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Excursion 32: TBS vs Vendetta PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacinto Orelha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Jacinto Orelha!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orelha lands with a kick to the ribs.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Orelha saw that one coming.
Drake looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Orelha misses with a hook. Drake ducked under it nicely.
Drake keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Orelha clobbers Drake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Orelha lands with a nice body kick.
Orelha throws a hook to the side of Drake's head but Drake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orelha has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jacinto Orelha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orelha lands with a cross.
Nice cross by Orelha.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A thudding body kick lands there by Orelha!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drake on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Orelha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good leg kick by Orelha there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Orelha misses with a low kick.
Orelha scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drake in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake moves into range and clinches up with Orelha.
Drake lands with a right to the head.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orelha has a couple of punches blocked by Drake.
Drake scores with a shot to the side of Orelha's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Orelha.
Orelha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Orelha struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Drake prevents a body shot from Orelha.
Drake blocks a body shot from Orelha.
Orelha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orelha's efforts to push away.
Drake lands a right hand.
A hook to the body from Drake.
Orelha avoiding damage as Drake throws knees to the body.
Drake lands with a short shot to the head.
Orelha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orelha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake pushes Orelha up against the cage in a clinch.
Drake tries a body shot but Orelha blocks it.
Drake stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Orelha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orelha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orelha tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orelha.
Orelha has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Orelha struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Drake scores with a nice hook to the head.
Drake pushes Orelha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Orelha lands with a light punch inside.
Orelha throws a head punch that misses.
Orelha stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Drake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drake keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orelha's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Orelha.
Orelha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orelha throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
Orelha scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Drake scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drake trying to control the position but instead, Orelha has worked for underhooks and has pushed Drake into the cage.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Orelha.
Orelha can't find room to land a body shot as Drake controls the action.
Orelha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Orelha digs a right hand underneath Drake's ribcage. Drake let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Orelha tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Drake prevents a body shot from Orelha.
Orelha swings wildly with an uppercut but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orelha gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drake lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orelha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drake rushes Orelha and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orelha lands an uppercut.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drake misses with some punches.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orelha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Orelha prevents a body shot from Drake.
A nice left hand lands by Drake.
Orelha lands with a left to the head.
Orelha has a couple of punches blocked by Drake.
Orelha avoiding damage as Drake throws knees to the body.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Orelha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake has Orelha pressed against the cage, preventing Orelha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Orelha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drake tries to throw a body punch but Orelha avoids it by throwing Drake back against the cage.
Drake tries to work over Orelha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orelha lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacinto Orelha dominated that round.
That's time! Drake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Orelha fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Vladimir Drake has been cut.
Drake sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Drake fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Orelha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Orelha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Orelha throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
Drake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Drake has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Orelha cracks Drake with an open hand slap.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Orelha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drake's sensitive parts.
Orelha connects with a single shot there.
Drake is rocked!
Orelha ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Drake's jaw. Drake's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Orelha does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jacinto Orelha!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Byhenikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazimir Evgeni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Byhenikov comes to the cage accompanied by Untouchable. Evgeni comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bones - Trash kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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196 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Igor Byhenikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazimir Evgeni!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byhenikov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Byhenikov lands with a straight right. Evgeni didn't see that one coming.
Nice cross by Byhenikov.
It looks like Kazimir Evgeni has been cut.
Good shot there by Byhenikov.
Byhenikov misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Evgeni! But no joy.
Byhenikov moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Byhenikov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Byhenikov cracks Evgeni with a nice body shot.
Evgeni misses with the head strike.
Byhenikov digs a right hand underneath Evgeni's ribcage. Evgeni let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Byhenikov as the two fighters clinch.
Byhenikov presses Evgeni against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Byhenikov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Byhenikov scores with a shot to the side of Evgeni's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byhenikov lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Byhenikov on the inside.
A short uppercut from Byhenikov.
A shot in the inside from Byhenikov.
Evgeni doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Byhenikov breaks the clinch.
Byhenikov connects with the punch.
Evgeni is rocked!
Evgeni sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Evgeni looks winded!
Byhenikov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Evgeni is still on wobbly legs! Can Byhenikov finish him?
Evgeni ducks into an uppercut from Byhenikov and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Igor Byhenikov!
A relieved looking Igor Byhenikov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Kazimir Evgeni stepped up to the mic, saying 'I couldn't pull it off. I want to thank the fans who came to support this fight. Full credit to Igor for bringing his A-game. He was the better fighter. Much respect. For now I will just relax with my family and see what my manager has next for me. Maybe I'll drop down to 185? We'll see.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between O Shea Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It. Wylde comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Label Society - Parade of the Dead 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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215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, O Shea Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunnar Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wylde.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Wylde keeps it at a distance.
Jackson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wylde.
Wylde looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson gets control of Wylde's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jackson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jackson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wylde can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wylde is looking to stand up but Jackson won't let him.
Jackson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jackson working for a triangle but Wylde defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wylde must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jackson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wylde defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson has Wylde pulled in close to control his posture.
Jackson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Wylde stacks Jackson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Wylde!
You can see the frustration on Jackson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jackson manages to get back to half guard.
Jackson looking for submissions off his back.
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.
Jackson is looking to control Wylde's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jackson avoid being mounted?
Wylde wants to get back to his feet.
Jackson looking for submissions off his back.
It looks like Wylde is going to stand back up.
Jackson gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Wylde frees his head nicely. Oh but Jackson has switched to an armbar! Wylde is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). O Shea Jackson!
O Shea Jackson 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Cartona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Creosote McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Cartona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Creosote McGee!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee looks to land a right hand but Cartona moved out of range.
A shot to the liver by Cartona. Beautiful body shot.
Cartona lets loose with a powerful body kick. McGee will feel that in the morning.
McGee clobbers Cartona with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McGee looks to clinch
and Cartona cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McGee staying out of range there.
Cartona takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
McGee jabs Cartona to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartona.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee lands with a good body shot.
McGee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cartona throws a hook but McGee avoids it easily.
Cartona takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartona walks into a jab.
McGee throws a body shot but no joy.
Cartona swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cartona sets himself, and McGee steps forward looking for the clinch! Cartona avoids it this time.
Cartona looks to throw the jab but McGee is out of range.
Cartona avoids the body shot from McGee.
Cartona was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McGee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McGee is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cartona rather than just go for the knockout.
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartona.
Cartona takes one to the side of the head.
McGee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cartona manages to avoid it.
Cartona throws a counter high kick but McGee was just alert enough to avoid it.
Cartona takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
McGee lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
McGee swings for the body but Cartona moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee throws a lazy right hand but Cartona sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGee clinches with his opponent.
Cartona gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McGee.
Cartona lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGee or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Cartona - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cartona lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cartona breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cartona lunges at McGee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McGee's hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McGee, as that shot connected.
Cartona throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good work by McGee as he checks the leg kick.
Jab by Cartona.
Cartona digs a good hook to McGee's body.
Cartona staying out of range there.
Cartona ducks under a wild hook from McGee.
Cartona lands with a nice body kick.
Cartona connects with a body shot that sends McGee's belly button to the back.
Cartona is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
McGee blocks the body kick.
McGee throws a lazy uppercut
and Cartona counters with a left to the body.
Cartona throws the left hand but McGee avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with a left hand
and Cartona counters with a left to the body.
McGee loads up on a big right hand but Cartona slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartona moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Creosote McGee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cartona gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cartona takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cartona uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGee.
Cartona swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McGee misses with a series of wild punches.
Joey Cartona is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - McGee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cartona tries to keep at a distance but McGee has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from Cartona.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Creosote McGee will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McGee throws a body shot but no joy.
McGee takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cartona slips under a jab.
Cartona is looking to counter punch.
McGee misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Cartona misses the target.
A big left from McGee misses.
A little feinted left hand from Cartona on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McGee scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Cartona lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGee doesn't seem phased though.
Cartona lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McGee takes a swing at Cartona's ribcage but misses.
McGee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cartona.
McGee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cartona throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee defending well as Cartona loads up on a big left hand.
McGee takes a swing at Cartona's ribcage but misses.
Cartona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cartona staying out of range there.
McGee scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from McGee misses.
Cartona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab by McGee.
McGee throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cartona stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice defenses there by Cartona.
Cartona scores with a jab.
McGee throws out a loose jab but Cartona uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGee. Cartona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cartona is looking to counter with a body kick.
McGee is looking to clinch but Cartona is avoiding it.
Cartona is looking to counter with a body kick.
Cartona gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McGee catches Cartona with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGee doesn't manage to clinch there - Cartona circles away.
Cartona wants to slow McGee down by chopping away at his legs.
McGee moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
McGee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from McGee misses.
Cartona staying out of range there.
McGee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cartona counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartona shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McGee tries to clinch but Cartona is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Cartona misses the target.
McGee throws a poor cross that misses
and McGee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cartona misses the jab.
Cartona uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGee.
Cartona on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McGee digs a good body shot into Cartona's ribs.
Some wild striking there from McGee.
Cartona throws a big counter combination but McGee scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
McGee misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with a body punch
and Cartona counters with a straight right hand.
Cartona slips under a jab from McGee.
Cartona gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cartona throws a hook to the side of McGee's head but McGee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cartona manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGee staying out of range there.
McGee lands with a good body shot.
McGee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cartona misses with a body shot.
McGee lands with an uppercut that bounces Cartona off the cage and back into range.
Cartona gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McGee.
McGee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cartona sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cartona was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Creosote McGee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Cartona's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cartona throws a shot from downtown. McGee moves away and avoids it.
McGee tries to counter with a clinch but Cartona shakes him off and moves away.
Cartona just misses with a punch to the body.
Cartona is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGee.
McGee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cartona moves away.
McGee scores with a jab to the body.
McGee is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cartona.
It looks like Creosote McGee has been cut.
McGee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartona throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cartona on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cartona paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McGee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from McGee.
It looked like Cartona wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cartona avoids the body shot from McGee.
Cartona takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cartona getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Decent striking displayed by McGee there.
McGee misses with a body shot
and Cartona cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cartona takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McGee lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from McGee does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McGee has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cartona misses with a low kick.
Cartona takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McGee misses with a looping right.
Cartona appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cartona is looking to chop away at McGee's legs.
McGee jabs at Cartona's body.
Creosote McGee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McGee looks to throw the jab but Cartona is out of range.
Cartona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGee fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cartona keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGee.
Cartona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cartona's waist but Cartona gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing McGee off to one side.
Cartona tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGee was well out of range. Poor timing from Cartona.
Cartona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cartona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cartona looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cartona throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McGee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McGee throws a body punch but Cartona moves out of range.
Cartona scores with a hook to the body. McGee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McGee misses with a double jab.
Cartona bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGee misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McGee checks a leg kick.
McGee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A lazy left from Cartona finds it's target.
Cartona misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
McGee swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McGee is looking to clinch but Cartona is avoiding it.
Cartona takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McGee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGee scores with a decent looking hook.
McGee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cartona counters with a stiff right hand.
Cartona defending well as McGee loads up on a big left hand.
McGee takes a swing at Cartona's ribcage but misses.
As McGee looks to move away, Cartona throws a big counter combo bu McGee just gets out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Creosote McGee really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Creosote McGee's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McGee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McGee looks for a takedown but Cartona sprawls well.
McGee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McGee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McGee moves forwards but Cartona connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for McGee. That snapped Cartona's head back.
Cartona looks to land a left hand but McGee moved out of range nicely.
Cartona takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartona uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGee.
McGee takes a swing at Cartona's ribcage but misses.
McGee looks for a takedown but Cartona sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee missing with a left hand there. Cartona was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Cartona wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cartona staying out of range there.
McGee throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cartona stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McGee scores with a shot to the body.
McGee scores with a jab to the jaw.
McGee throws a poor cross that misses
and Cartona counters with a stiff right hand.
Cartona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cartona's corner calls for a 1-2. Cartona obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McGee throws a right and a left that Cartona avoids nicely.
McGee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cartona is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartona uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGee.
An attempted straight right counter from Cartona misses the target.
McGee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Cartona.
McGee throws an off balance right hand
and McGee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cartona smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cartona uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGee.
McGee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McGee thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cartona counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cartona throws a nice looking combination but McGee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cartona.
McGee throws a right hand that misses
and Cartona counters with a series of strikes. McGee will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cartona misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
McGee scores with a hook.
McGee moves away from the strike by Cartona.
Cartona gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McGee.
McGee misses with a body shot.
McGee has managed to clinch.
Cartona struggles to land a body shot inside as McGee controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cartona.
McGee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Cartona.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee blocks a body shot from Cartona.
Cartona doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from McGee.
Cartona misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cartona throws a head punch that misses.
McGee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cartona has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cartona tries a body shot but McGee blocks it.
McGee lands with a short shot to the head.
Cartona misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGee misses with some punches.
McGee throws a punch but it's blocked by Cartona.
Cartona will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McGee up against the cage.
McGee has Cartona pressed against the cage, preventing Cartona from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Creosote McGee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Creosote McGee's cut.
That's time! Cartona's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
McGee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cartona is looking to counter punch.
McGee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cartona was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartona.
Cartona paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McGee on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cartona tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McGee scores with a punch to the head.
McGee tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee walks into a left hand.
McGee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cartona.
It looked like Cartona wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McGee shoots in and drives through. Cartona sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cartona bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cartona was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McGee looks to score with a jab to the body but Cartona is just out of range.
Cartona scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cartona lands a body shot.
McGee jabs Cartona to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McGee throws an overhand right that lands on Cartona's shoulder, as Cartona tries to avoid the shot.
Cartona looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A big left from McGee misses.
Cartona connects with a body shot that sends McGee's belly button to the back.
McGee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cartona was well out of range. Poor timing from McGee.
McGee misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cartona was well out of range. Poor timing from McGee.
Cartona throws a leg kick but McGee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cartona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGee misses with the combination.
McGee throws a hook but Cartona avoids it easily.
Cartona blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Cartona misses the target.
Cartona fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McGee takes a swing at Cartona's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGee clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartona pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cartona misses with a body shot.
McGee moves into the clinch.
Cartona can't find room to land a body shot as McGee controls the action.
Cartona blocking some punches.
A short right from Cartona on the inside.
Cartona tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cartona is trying to stall.
Cartona prevents a body shot from McGee.
Cartona tries to throw a body punch but McGee avoids it by throwing Cartona back against the cage.
Cartona wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McGee has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee is trying to trip Cartona. He has hold of a leg but Cartona is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. McGee persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
McGee advances to half guard.
McGee perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
McGee is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cartona defends it well.
McGee moves nicely into side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McGee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cartona is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Joey Cartona has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGee wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cartona, who protects the arm well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Creosote McGee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McGee has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 45:50
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 45:50
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Creosote McGee!
Creosote McGee gave a mention to Arcticus University: London in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Blind Mouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorma Niemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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158 lbs
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blind Mouse!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorma Niemi!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niemi lands a slapping body shot.
Mouse throws a lazy uppercut
letting Niemi counter with a right hand.
Mouse misses with a lunging right hand
and Niemi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mouse has managed to clinch.
Mouse lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Niemi or not.
Mouse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Niemi.
Mouse lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mouse can't find room to land a body shot as Niemi controls the action.
Niemi prevents a body shot from Mouse.
A short body shot lands from Mouse as the two fighters clinch.
Mouse blocks a body shot from Niemi.
Mouse lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Niemi backwards.
Mouse lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Mouse.
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!
Mouse lands a nice shot to the body.
Mouse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Niemi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mouse lands an uppercut.
Mouse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niemi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Mouse.
Niemi misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mouse.
Mouse lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Niemi.
Mouse lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niemi backwards.
Mouse lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Niemi misses with the head strike.
Niemi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Niemi tries to throw a body punch but Mouse avoids it by throwing Niemi back against the cage.
Mouse lands a body shot.
Niemi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Niemi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mouse scores with a shot to the side of Niemi's head.
Mouse lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mouse.
Mouse scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mouse creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mouse lands a hook to the side of the head.
Niemi is rocked!
Mouse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Niemi is still on wobbly legs! Can Mouse finish him?
Mouse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mouse misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Niemi.
Niemi seems to have recovered his senses.
Niemi misses with a body punch.
Mouse struggles to land a body shot inside as Niemi controls his hands.
Niemi misses with an elbow strike.
Mouse gets through Niemi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Niemi misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niemi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Niemi has a couple of punches blocked by Mouse.
Mouse lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mouse breaks from the clinch.
Mouse throws a right hand that Niemi ducks under and follows up with a left that Niemi also avoids with ease.
Mouse throws a body shot but no joy.
Mouse is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Mouse throws a looping overhand right but Niemi ducks down to avoid it.
Niemi lands the left hand.
Mouse closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Niemi! Mouse dives in looking to finish! Niemi is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blind Mouse!
Blind Mouse retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Blind Mouse, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimbo Looseterman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Sturm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimbo Looseterman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felix Sturm!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturm misses with a looping left.
Looseterman lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice shot by Sturm.
A bone on bone clash there as Looseterman blocks the leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sturm 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.
Looseterman throws a lazy uppercut
and Sturm counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sturm lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Looseterman throws a hook to the side of Sturm's head but Sturm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Sturm throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Looseterman throws a leg kick
and Sturm connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Looseterman misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Sturm counter with a right hand.
Looseterman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sturm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Looseterman throws a low kick but Sturm moves out of range easily.
Looseterman throws a body punch but Sturm moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Looseterman looks to score with a jab to the body but Sturm is just out of range.
Looseterman tries to land a body kick
and Sturm makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Looseterman misses the target.
Sturm swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Looseterman to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Sturm.
Sturm is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Looseterman with a body shot.
Sturm closes the distance and clinches.
Sturm tries to work over Looseterman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Looseterman wants to stall.
Looseterman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Looseterman struggles to land a body shot inside as Sturm controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Sturm scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sturm lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sturm scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sturm lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Sturm.
Looseterman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sturm misses with a punch to the body.
Looseterman misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Looseterman misses with a punch to the body.
Looseterman lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sturm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Looseterman backwards.
Sturm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Looseterman's elbow.
Looseterman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Looseterman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sturm lands a body punch.
Looseterman taking a breather.
Sturm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Looseterman backwards.
Sturm lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Looseterman backwards.
Sturm swings wildly with an uppercut but Looseterman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Looseterman tries to throw a body punch but Sturm avoids it by throwing Looseterman back against the cage.
Sturm scores with a shot to the side of Looseterman's head.
Sturm blocks a body shot from Looseterman.
A nice left hand lands by Sturm.
Sturm blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturm misses with a hook to the ribs.
Looseterman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Looseterman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Looseterman blocks an uppercut.
Looseterman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Looseterman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Looseterman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sturm is keeping busy.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Looseterman.
A shot in the inside from Looseterman.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sturm.
A nice left hand lands by Looseterman.
Good body shot from Sturm.
Sturm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Looseterman's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Sturm fails to land.
Sturm misses with a punch on the inside.
Looseterman throws a punch but it's blocked by Sturm.
Sturm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loosetermans head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Looseterman.
Looseterman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Looseterman lands a hook that snaps the head of Sturm backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Looseterman - that landed with a thud.
Sturm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sturm has a couple of punches blocked by Looseterman.
A short right from Looseterman on the inside.
Sturm can't find room to land a body shot as Looseterman controls the action.
Looseterman misses with the head strike.
Sturm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Sturm fails to land.
Looseterman is trying to maintain a safe position but Sturm gets an underhook and turns Looseterman into the cage.
Sturm misses with a body punch.
Looseterman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sturm misses with a punch to the body.
Sturm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Looseterman backwards.
Sturm lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Sturm dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sturm avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Felix Sturm seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick from Sturm misses.
Sturm's corner calls for a 1-2. Sturm obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Looseterman misses with a left hand
and Sturm counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Jimbo Looseterman has been cut.
Sturm scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Looseterman doesn't seem bothered though.
Looseterman throws an overhand right that lands on Sturm's shoulder, as Sturm tries to avoid the shot.
A lazy left from Sturm finds it's target.
Looseterman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sturm was well out of range. Poor timing from Looseterman.
Sturm takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Looseterman looks to land a right hand but Sturm moved out of range.
Sturm looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sturm has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sturm bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Looseterman is rocked!
Looseterman misses with a looping left.
Looseterman takes a swing at Sturm's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Looseterman is looking to score with low kicks.
Sturm is looking for the big counter here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Looseterman misses with a hook to the body
and Sturm counters by clinching up.
Sturm lands an uppercut.
Looseterman pushes Sturm back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Looseterman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Sturm.
Sturm lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Looseterman misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sturm.
Looseterman blocking some punches.
Sturm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Looseterman lands a shoulder strike.
Sturm scores with a hook to the body.
Sturm misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Sturm.
Oh Looseterman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sturm lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Looseterman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sturm lands a nice shot to the body.
Looseterman seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturm lands a nice shot to the body.
Sturm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loosetermans head.
Looseterman is trying to break the clinch but Sturm has him pressed against the cage.
Looseterman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Looseterman.
The referee is keeping an eye on Looseterman - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Looseterman.
A shot in the inside from Sturm.
Sturm lands a hook that snaps the head of Looseterman backwards.
Sturm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loosetermans head.
Sturm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sturm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sturm displaying some good clinch control by pressing Looseterman up against the cage.
Sturm scores with a shoulder strike.
Sturm lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Looseterman misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Looseterman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Felix Sturm seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sturm.
Sturm prevents a body shot from Looseterman.
Looseterman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Looseterman lands with a shot to the body.
Looseterman throws a hook but Sturm avoids it easily.
Sturm steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Looseterman.
Sturm tries to clinch up.
Sturm cracks Looseterman with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Looseterman looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sturm finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sturm scores with a hook to the body. Looseterman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sturm throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sturm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sturm takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Looseterman misses with a right hand
and Sturm counters with a crisp right hand that drops Looseterman! Sturm lets Looseterman back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturm cracks Looseterman with a hook to the temple - Looseterman is on wobbly legs here! Sturm swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Looseterman falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Sturm wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Felix Sturm!
Felix Sturm is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Felix Sturm 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Cosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Richmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cosby comes into the arena with Hikky Burr blaring out of the sound system. Richmond is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dont Stop Me Now. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
192 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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22
190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Cosby!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Richmond!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richmond fails to land with a series of punches.
Cosby 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.
Some wild striking there from Cosby.
Richmond unleashes a big counter combination but Cosby bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Richmond tries to clinch but Cosby moves out of range.
Cosby works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Richmond moves in looking to clinch but Cosby pushes him off.
Richmond closes the distance but Cosby moves to the side
and Cosby counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Richmond pushes Cosby off and gets back to his feet.
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 punch lands to the side of Richmond 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cosby blocks a low kick nicely.
Richmond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Richmond misses with a series of wild punches.
Cosby feinted with a counter takedown.
Richmond leaves Cosby with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richmond on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Richmond.
Cosby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Charles Richmond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cosby stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Richmond.
Richmond shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cosby is trying to defend but Richmond finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cosby is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Richmond's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Richmond's back!
Richmond tries to roll but Cosby sticks to his back.
Cosby tries to keep control of the position but Richmond is staying busy.
Cosby patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Richmond really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cosby. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richmond trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Cosby has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Richmond has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Cosby is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Richmond has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Richmond tries to escape but Cosby has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Cosby looking for the choke from the back.
Richmond has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Cosby.
Richmond told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Richmond is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Richmond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosby dodges the punch combination from Richmond.
Cosby half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Cosby loads up on a big right hand but Richmond slips the punch.
Cosby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richmond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richmond throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cosby scores with a jab to the body.
Cosby checks a low kick from Richmond.
Richmond throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cosby.
Cosby with a lazy takedown attempt
and Richmond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Bill Cosby has been cut.
Cosby tries to score a power double leg takedown but Richmond sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cosby somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Cosby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cosby misses with a few strikes there.
Cosby moves out of range of the body kick from Richmond.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Cosby as he checks the leg kick.
Cosby shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Richmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cosby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cosby lands a really nice looking cross but Richmond seems unphased.
A punch combination from Richmond misses.
Cosby dodges the punch combination from Richmond.
Richmond lands a big head kick that sends Cosby tumbling to the mat! Richmond takes a step backwards and waves Cosby back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cosby is rocked!
Richmond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oh Cosby is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Richmond misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richmond rushes Cosby and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Richmond.
Cosby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cosby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Richmond is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cosby.
Cosby seems to have got his legs back now.
Cosby breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Richmond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bill Cosby's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Richmond looks to land a combination but Cosby avoids it well.
Richmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cosby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Richmond misses with a low kick.
Cosby scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Richmond has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Richmond has taken the fight to the clinch.
Richmond throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Richmond creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Richmond.
Richmond can't find room to land a body shot as Cosby controls the action.
Cosby misses with some punches.
Richmond lands an uppercut.
Richmond breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Cosby as he checks the leg kick.
Cosby attempts a counter takedown but Richmond avoids it well and moves away.
Richmond misses with the combination.
It appears Cosby was looking to counter with a kick there.
Nice takedown defense from Richmond. No joy for Cosby on that attempt.
Richmond fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richmond closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Richmond manages to break the clinch.
Richmond drops Cosby with a beautiful combination! Cosby stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Richmond is looking for the KO!
Cosby shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cosby.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Cosby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Richmond misses with a few strikes there.
Cosby feinted with a counter takedown.
A combination from Richmond does no damage.
Cosby changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richmond wants to clinch
and Cosby counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cosby performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richmond tries to roll over but Cosby keeps him under control.
Richmond keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cosby trying to control from half guard but Richmond is working away.
Cosby trying to pass the guard but Richmond defending well.
Cosby is looking for a kimura but Richmond is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cosby to get the leverage.
Cosby is pressing down on Richmond's thigh, looking to free his foot. Richmond is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Richmond defending well though.
Cosby tries to pass to full mount but Richmond defends it.
Richmond is looking to improve his position.
Richmond has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Cosby is on him like a limpet, forcing Richmond back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Richmond.
Richmond lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cosby breaks the clinch.
Richmond fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cosby shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Richmond pinned against the cage. Richmond gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cosby.
A big head kick from Cosby and Richmond is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Richmond is rocked!
It looks like Charles Richmond has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cosby prevents Richmond from getting back to his feet.
Richmond is still in real trouble! Can Cosby finish him?
Richmond keeping full guard, as Cosby tries to pass.
Richmond seems to have recovered his senses.
Cosby preventing the sweep.
Cosby trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Richmond is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cosby throws an elbow that misses. Richmond uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cosby's guard. Nice move by Richmond!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Richmond showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cosby plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cosby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Richmond connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Richmond misses with the combination.
Richmond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Richmond misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Cosby blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Cosby finds it's way through Richmond's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richmond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cosby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Cosby on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Richmond throws a solid leg kick but Cosby takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Richmond.
Cosby feinted with a counter takedown.
Cosby lands a brutal uppercut that launches Richmond off his feet! Richmond tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bill Cosby!
Bill Cosby is the new middleweight champion!
Bill Cosby made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I'd like to thank my sponsors, "Jello Pudding Pops" and "Quaalude."'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cruz White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by ASAP Ferg - Dump Dump. Williams has chosen 679 as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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21
217 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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21
212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cruz White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lenny Williams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
Lenny Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but White is keeping busy.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
White misses the jab.
White scores with a head kick. Williams tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
White clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the cage.
White lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White misses with a body punch.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
Williams breaks the clinch.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
Williams lands the left hand.
A nice combination there by Williams.
White has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Unicorn Powered Fighting in the buildup to the fight.
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!
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams lands with a good body shot.
Williams misses with a hook
and White counters with a thumping low kick.
Williams closes this distance looking for a takedown but White circles away.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Williams sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
White lands the left hand.
White ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and White counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams avoids the body shot from White.
White walks into a left hand.
White with a jab.
White moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
White slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Williams misses with a right hand
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Williams is rocked!
Williams misses with a telegraphed body shot
and White counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Williams is out cold! A devastating KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cruz White!
Cruz White 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cearul Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has chosen Pantera - Mouth For War as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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222 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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Lethal high kicks
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cearul Ysengrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Phil Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ysengrin throws a leg kick but Taylor checks it.
Taylor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Taylor cracks Ysengrin with a good jab.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Taylor steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Ysengrin moves out of range of the body kick from Taylor.
Ysengrin looks to land a body kick but Taylor moved away.
A little jabbing left from Taylor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Taylor, right into the meat.
Ysengrin closes the distance and clinches.
Taylor blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Ysengrin takes a shot to the head.
Ysengrin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taylor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ysengrin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ysengrin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin lands with a right to the head.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Ysengrin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ysengrin throws a punch but it's blocked by Taylor.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor misses with the head strike.
Taylor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
I was talking to Ysengrin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Taylor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ysengrin backwards.
Ysengrin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Ysengrin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ysengrin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ysengrin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ysengrin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taylor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ysengrin scores with a hook to the body.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ysengrin misses with some punches.
Ysengrin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a big uppercut that drops Taylor! More strikes from Ysengrin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Taylor lies dazed against the cage as Ysengrin celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cearul Ysengrin!
A less than humble Cearul Ysengrin misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Gower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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21
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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20
156 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonathan Banks!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeff Gower!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks misses with a body shot.
Gower looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Banks throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gower on the side of the head.
Good shot there by Banks.
Gower throws a shot from downtown. Banks moves away and avoids it.
Banks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Banks misses with an uppercut
letting Gower counter with a right hand.
Gower avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gower keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Banks.
Gower takes a swing at Banks's ribcage but misses.
Banks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Banks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jonathan Banks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banks connects with a nice looking jab.
A big left from Banks misses.
Banks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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!
Banks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Banks thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've been told by Banks's head coaches at Team Finland that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Banks misses the target.
Banks throws a lazy right hand but Gower sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Banks works Gower's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gower clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banks.
Gower misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banks trying to stall but Gower improves his position.
Banks blocks a body shot from Gower.
Gower throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
Banks blocks an uppercut.
Gower misses with a punch on the inside.
Banks blocks a body shot from Gower.
Banks looking to slow down the pace here.
Gower misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banks taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gower working aggressively here.
Gower lands a body punch in the clinch.
Banks blocks an uppercut.
Banks wants to stall.
Banks is trying to maintain a safe position but Gower gets an underhook and turns Banks into the cage.
Banks's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gower.
Gower swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banks is trying to stall.
Banks blocking some punches.
Gower misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Banks looking to slow down the pace here.
A short left from Gower.
Gower scores with a shot to the side of Banks's head.
Banks is struggling to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jonathan Banks.
A jab from Banks misses.
Gower loads up on a big right hand but Banks slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Banks.
Banks throws a lazy right hand but Gower sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Banks throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Gower to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gower looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Banks looks to land a left hand but Gower moved out of range nicely.
Gower cracks the inside of Banks's front leg.
Banks lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Banks slips under a jab.
Gower slips under a jab from Banks.
Gower throws a right hand that misses
and Banks counters with a two punch combo.
Banks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gower misses the shot to the body.
Gower moves in looking to clinch but Banks pushes him off.
Banks slips a straight right by Gower.
Banks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banks throwing a counter right hand but Gower manages to avoid it.
Banks connects with a body shot.
Gower doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gower displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Banks throws out the jab.
Gower throws a hook to the side of Banks's head but Banks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gower fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banks manages to avoid it.
Gower scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gower slips under a jab.
Banks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Banks connects with a crisp jab.
Gower moves into the clinch.
Gower lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gower.
Stalling in the clinch from Banks.
Banks is trying to stall.
Gower misses with a body punch.
Gower tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banks's elbow.
Banks tries to throw a body punch but Gower avoids it by throwing Banks back against the cage.
Gower tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Banks taking a breather.
Gower working aggressively here.
Banks is trying to stall.
A short right from Gower.
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 Jonathan Banks will probably get the nod.
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.
Gower defending well as Banks loads up on a big left hand.
Jonathan Banks is winning the standup battle so far.
Banks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gower.
Gower tries to counter with a clinch but Banks shakes him off and moves away.
Gower 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.
Gower bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Banks throws a hook to the side of Gower's head but Gower sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Banks slips under a jab.
Banks misses with a body punch
and Gower counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Banks lands with a good body shot.
Gower is looking to clinch.
Banks throws a big shot that misses.
Banks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Banks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gower tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Banks does it's job there.
Gower stalks Banks and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Banks's face. Banks staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gower lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Banks is rocked!
Gower has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Gower throws a hook but Banks blocks it.
Gower uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banks.
Gower gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Banks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Gower misses.
Banks misses the jab.
Banks looks to throw the jab but Gower is out of range.
Banks throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Gower to counter with a crisp jab.
Banks throws a jab when Gower was well out of range.
Banks swings widly with a right hand
and Gower cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Banks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Banks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gower.
A cross from Gower lands.
Gower avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gower slips under a jab.
Gower moves out of range of the strikes.
Gower misses with a looping right.
Banks seems to have got his legs back now.
Banks swings widly with a right hand
and Gower counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gower slips a jab from Banks.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gower uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Banks.
Gower darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gower counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Banks thinking.
Banks misses with a right hand
letting Gower counter with a right hand.
Gower steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Banks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Banks lands with a shot to the body.
Gower takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Banks takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gower misses with a hook. Banks ducked under it nicely.
Banks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gower moves away.
Gower ducks under a wild hook from Banks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gower! But no joy.
The fighters circling - Banks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Banks throws a jab but it's blocked by Gower.
Gower has Banks up against the cage in a clinch.
Gower lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gower throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
Banks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gower swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Banks can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Gower presses Banks against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gower creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gower throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gower lands a nice uppercut.
Gower doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gower controlling the action here for a moment.
Gower misses with some punches.
Gower tries a body shot but Banks blocks it.
Gower tries to work over Banks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gower lands a shoulder strike.
Gower misses with a punch on the inside.
Gower lands a nice uppercut.
Gower lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Banks or not.
Banks trying to stall but Gower improves his position.
Gower tries to work over Banks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gower misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gower lands with a right to the head.
Gower lands a big right hand that drops Banks! The killer instinct kicks in and Gower finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Gower!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeff Gower! Jeff Gower retains his featherweight title!
Jeff Gower decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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