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LEGACY! 56 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Campos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Doom and Gloom by The Rolling Stones. 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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285 lbs
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276 lbs
40 - 34 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Campos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vince Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon throws a sloppy head kick and Campos moves out of range easily.
Dixon throws a big shot that misses.
Campos connects with a leg kick. Dixon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Campos.
Campos connects with a body shot that sends Dixon's belly button to the back.
Dixon throws a head kick that misses.
Campos tries to counter by clinching up but Dixon breaks away and moves out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Campos has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Campos misses the target.
Dixon walks into a stiff left hand from Campos.
Dixon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Campos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dixon thinking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dixon. Campos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Campos has managed to clinch.
Campos manages to break the clinch.
Campos gets tackled into the cage by Dixon. Dixon maintains the clinch.
Campos is trying to drag Dixon to the mat but Dixon just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Campos wants to take the fight to the mat but Dixon manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A short right from Campos on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dixon, pushing him back against the cage.
Campos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Vince Dixon has been cut.
Campos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dixon finds it's way round the side to connect with Campos's head.
Campos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dixon blocks the body kick.
Dixon throws a body punch but Campos moves out of range.
Dixon wants to clinch up but Campos keeps it at a distance.
Nice body punch from Campos.
Dixon throws a body punch but Campos moves out of range.
Campos tried to counter with a leg kick but Dixon avoided it.
Dixon scoring well with a low kick there.
Campos avoids the body shot from Dixon.
Campos misses with an uppercut. Dixon saw that one coming.
Dixon scores with a spinning back kick!
Dixon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Campos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon just misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Campos rather than just go for the knockout.
Dixon tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
Dixon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Campos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dixon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dixon closes the distance but Campos moves to the side
and Campos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Campos counters with a stiff right hand.
Campos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dixon forces Campos back against the cage and clinches.
Dixon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dixon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Campos is keeping busy.
Dixon is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Campos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon staying out of range there.
Campos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Campos connects with a solid leg kick.
Dixon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dixon tests Campos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon throws a low kick, looking for Campos's leg but Campos calmly moves out of range.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
Campos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dixon at a distance.
Dixon throws a sloppy body shot
and Campos counters with a series of strikes. Dixon will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Campos looks to score with a jab to the body but Dixon is just out of range.
Dixon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dixon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vince Dixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon tries to clinch up but Campos circles away and keeps his distance.
Campos just misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Campos defends it well.
Dixon throws a body shot but no joy.
Dixon throws a low kick but Campos avoids it.
It looked like Campos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Campos tests Dixon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dixon just misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon defending well as Campos loads up on a big left hand.
Dixon tries to clinch but Campos moves out of range.
Campos avoids the body shot from Dixon.
Campos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Campos has managed to clinch.
Dixon trying to land knees to the body.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Campos avoids it.
Dixon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Campos.
Dixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dixon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Campos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos takes a swing at Dixon's ribcage but misses.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
Dixon connects with a body shot that sends Campos's belly button to the back.
Campos throws a body punch but Dixon moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Campos lands a body shot.
Dixon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Campos jabs at Dixon's body.
Dixon tries to clinch up but Campos circles away and keeps his distance.
Campos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dixon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dixon digs a right hand underneath Campos's ribcage. Campos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Campos managing to block the knees to the body from Dixon.
Campos has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Dixon is trying to keep an underhook but Campos manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Campos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dixon is trying to get back to full guard.
Dixon trying to hold on to Campos's head to control him but Campos postures up.
Campos slips a nice elbow through Dixon's hands, connecting with Dixon's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Campos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vince Dixon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dixon throws a jab when Campos was well out of range.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Campos is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Dixon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Campos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dixon momentarily.
Campos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dixon tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dixon walks into a straight right hand from Campos.
Campos ducks under a wild hook from Dixon.
A shot to the body from Dixon misses
and Campos counters with a nice leg kick.
Dixon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Campos counters with an inside leg kick.
Campos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Daniel Campos is winning the standup battle so far.
Campos with a nice cross.
Dixon jabs Campos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Campos lands.
Campos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Campos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dixon.
Campos misses with a double jab.
Dixon looks to land a left hand but Campos moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Campos moves away.
Dixon throws a sloppy head kick and Campos moves out of range easily.
Dixon throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Campos coming out on top.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Campos.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dixon. Campos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Campos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Dixon tries to keep at a distance but Campos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Campos avoiding damage as Dixon throws knees to the body.
Campos goes for a takedown attempt but Dixon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Campos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dixon.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
Campos thinks about countering with a body kick.
Campos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Campos moves away from the strike by Dixon.
Dixon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Campos is out of range and Dixon settles back down.
Campos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Campos misses the target.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Campos moves away.
It looked like Campos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campos avoids the head kick by Dixon.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dixon checks a leg kick.
Campos closes the distance and clinches.
Dixon throws an elbow that misses.
Campos breaks from the clinch.
Campos catches Dixon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
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!
Dixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Campos moves into the clinch.
Campos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dixon pulls him back up using the underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dixon throws an elbow but misses.
Campos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dixon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Campos is able to avoid easily.
Dixon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That has opened up Vince Dixon's cut even more.
Campos rushes Dixon and presses him up against the cage.
Dixon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Campos is keeping busy.
Campos wants the takedown. Dixon is fighting it off but Campos persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Dixon's guard against the cage.
Dixon keeping moving, preventing Campos from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dixon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Campos lands a couple of digs.
Dixon has momentary wrist control but Campos slips an elbow through the middle.
Campos tries to stand but Dixon is controlling from the bottom.
Campos preventing the sweep.
Campos lands a couple of elbows.
Campos throws a strike but Dixon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Campos has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Dixon is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Dixon lands an elbow inside.
Campos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Campos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dixon pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dixon throws a chopping leg kick but Campos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dixon swings for the body but Campos moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
Campos scores with a jab.
Campos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dixon can do to turn this around?
Campos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dixon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Campos connects with a nice looking jab.
Campos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Campos is just out of range.
Dixon just misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Campos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Campos rushes Dixon and presses him up against the cage.
Dixon trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Campos blocks the elbow strike.
Dixon scores a nice knee to the body.
Dixon prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dixon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dixon is pressed up against the cage. Campos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dixon down to the mat. Dixon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Campos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vince Dixon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Campos misses the shot to the body.
Dixon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dixon throws a body shot but no joy.
Campos throws out a loose jab but Dixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dixon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dixon misses with an uppercut
and Campos counters with a nice uppercut.
Campos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dixon.
A telegraphed right hand from Campos misses the target.
A head kick misses from Dixon.
A clash of legs there as Campos blocks the low kick.
As Dixon looks to move away, Campos throws a big counter combo but Dixon just gets out of the way.
Campos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dixon moves forwards but Campos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Campos avoids the body shot from Dixon.
Dixon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Campos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Campos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Campos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dixon's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon misses with a shot to the body
and Campos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Campos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Campos has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Dixon regains guard immediately.
Campos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dixon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Campos with a nice head shot there.
Campos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Campos preventing the sweep.
Daniel Campos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Campos cracks Dixon with a solid left hand.
Campos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dixon, up you get!
Campos's corner calls for a 1-2. Campos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dixon wants to clinch up but Campos keeps it at a distance.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dixon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dixon is looking to clinch but Campos is avoiding it.
Campos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dixon takes a swing at Campos's ribcage but misses.
Campos misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dixon takes a swing at Campos's ribcage but misses.
Dixon is looking to clinch but Campos is avoiding it.
Campos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dixon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dixon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Campos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
Campos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dixon prevents the takedown attempt.
Campos manages to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Dixon.
Campos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dixon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dixon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dixon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dixon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dixon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jab from Campos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dixon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dixon takes a swing at Campos's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dixon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Campos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dixon misses the shot to the body.
Campos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Campos is just out of range.
Dixon just misses with a punch to the body.
Campos connects with a crisp jab.
Dixon avoids the body shot from Campos.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Campos defends it well.
Campos slips under a jab.
Dixon throws a shot from downtown. Campos moves away and avoids it.
Dixon fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Dixon tries to get set, Campos tries to push him back and clinch up but Dixon manages to avoid the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
Campos lands a glancing blow to the side of Dixon's head.
Campos moves into range and clinches up with Dixon.
Vince Dixon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dixon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Campos.
Daniel Campos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dixon tries to land knees in the clinch but Campos avoids the damage to the body.
A body shot lands from Campos.
Campos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dixon avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Campos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Campos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The cut above Vince Dixon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dixon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Campos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Campos was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dixon.
Campos lands a big head kick that sends Dixon tumbling to the mat! Campos takes a step backwards and waves Dixon back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Dixon is rocked!
Campos lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Dixon goes down and covers up as Campos starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Campos!
Daniel Campos seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conner has chosen The Man Who Sold The World as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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221 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Conner!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conner slips a jab from Williams.
Conner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Conner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conner.
And Williams counters with a quick kick to the body but Conner blocks it.
Conner misses with a right hand
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conner.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Conner counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conner. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Conner.
Williams is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Williams avoids the body shot from Conner.
Conner throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Conner looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Conner drops his hands momentarily and Williams takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Conner's head but Conner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conner moves out of range as Williams throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Conner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good work by Conner as he checks the leg kick.
Nice body kick from Williams.
Conner takes one to the chin there.
Conner cracks Williams with an open hand slap.
Williams swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It looks like Williams has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Conner's front leg but catches the back leg as Conner tries to avoid it.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Conner's shoulder, as Conner tries to avoid the shot.
Williams slips under a jab from Conner.
Williams swinging wildly here.
Conner misses with an uppercut.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Conner doesn't seem bothered though.
Williams's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Williams duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams misses with a hook. Conner ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Conner takes one to the chin there.
Williams throws out a leg kick but Conner moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
A cross from Williams lands.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Conner checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Conner throws out a leg kick but Williams moves out of range and Conner only half commits.
Williams finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conner has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Williams throws a low kick but Conner avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Williams. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Williams.
Conner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
As Conner backs away, Williams returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Conner lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Conner lands with a right hand.
Conner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Conner misses with a right hand
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Conner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Williams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Conner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Williams is looking to counter punch.
Williams slips a straight right by Conner.
Williams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conner.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Conner feints a counter leg kick.
Conner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
Williams appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Conner throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Conner is just out of range.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Conner circles away quickly and effectively.
Conner swings widly with a right hand
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Conner lands a jab.
Conner staying out of range there.
Conner feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Williams sprawling to the canvas! Williams rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Conner finish him?!
Williams is rocked!
Conner connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Conner misses with a body shot.
Williams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Conner checks a leg kick nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Conner. That's going to slow Williams down.
Conner misses with a looping right.
Conner lands with a kick to the ribs.
Conner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Williams is out of range and Conner settles back down.
Conner swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conner lands a big right hand that sends Williams crashing to the mat! Conner stays standing though and waves Williams back to his feet!
Conner needs to keep his hands up - Williams had a free shot at his head there.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Conner misses with a low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Williams misses the target.
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 Daniel Williams will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Conner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Conner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Conner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williamss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Conner moved out of range.
Conner appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Williams moves out of range as Conner strikes.
Conner staying out of range there.
Conner doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Conner pounces like a tiger and cracks Williams with a vicious hook! Williams is down but not out! Conner follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Wayne Conner!
During a confident post fight interview, Wayne Conner 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Luger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evan Horizon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Horizon has chosen Bring your whole crew as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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40
248 lbs
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34
249 lbs
19 - 12 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Luger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evan Horizon!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horizon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Luger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Horizon throws a big shot that misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Horizon 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.
Horizon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Luger throws an off balance right hand
and Horizon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Luger throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Horizon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luger was well out of range. Poor timing from Horizon.
Horizon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Luger lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A slow jab from Luger misses its intended target.
Horizon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Evan Horizon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luger slips under a jab from Horizon.
Luger slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Horizon throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Luger was covering up waiting for the punch and Horizon finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Luger pushes Horizon off and gets back to his feet.
Luger connects with a body shot that sends Horizon's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luger pushes Horizon away with a front kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Luger misses the target.
Horizon gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Luger counters with a straight right hand.
Luger lands a jab to the nose.
Horizon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Horizon throws the left hand but Luger avoids the punch easily.
It looks like Luger has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Luger misses with a body shot.
Luger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Horizon.
Luger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luger cracks Horizon with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luger. Horizon does a little dance to reset his feet.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Horizon.
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!
Luger throws a front kick aimed at Horizon's knee but Horizon avoids it well.
Luger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horizon misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Luger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luger tries to work over Horizon's front leg with a kick but Horizon checks it.
Horizon scores with a shot to the body.
Shane Luger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horizon lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Luger is breathing heavily.
Luger on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Shane Luger has been cut.
Horizon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A quick step to the side and Luger tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horizon.
Horizon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Horizon, right into the meat.
Horizon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Horizon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Horizon moves away.
Luger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Horizon.
Horizon feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Horizon controlling from the top position.
Luger wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horizon is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Luger wants to sweep here but Horizon controlling him for the moment.
Horizon slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Luger not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Horizon is standing up over Luger. Luger looks to escape but Horizon dives into side control.
Horizon content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Luger tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Horizon advances to mount.
Horizon controlling the position easily from mount.
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 Shane Luger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shane Luger's cut.
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.
Horizon slips under a jab from Luger.
Horizon lands with a nice body punch.
Good shot there by Horizon.
Horizon lands a big head kick that sends Luger tumbling to the mat! Horizon takes a step backwards and waves Luger back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Luger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horizon misses with a takedown
and Luger counters with a nice uppercut.
Luger cracks Horizon with an open hand slap.
Horizon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick from Horizon misses.
Luger throws a quick counter kick to the body but Horizon avoids it.
Horizon defending well as Luger loads up on a big left hand.
Luger scores with a hook to the body. Horizon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good work by Luger as he checks the leg kick.
Luger lands with a cross.
Horizon lands with an overhand left.
Horizon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luger manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Horizon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horizon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luger circles away quickly and effectively.
Luger cracks the inside of Horizon's front leg.
Luger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horizon feints a counter leg kick.
Horizon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Luger finds it's way through Horizon's defenses.
Luger just misses with a punch to the body.
Horizon tries to land a body kick
and Luger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Horizon is rocked!
Luger moves out of range of the strikes.
Horizon is still on wobbly legs! Can Luger finish him?
Horizon tries to get into range but Luger steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Horizon! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Luger scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shane Luger!
A relieved looking Shane Luger 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Jericho Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Erik Kramer enters the cage!
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24
180 lbs
9 - 4 - 1 |
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25
175 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jericho Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erik Kramer!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill throws a leg kick but Kramer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kramer throws a body punch but Hill moves out of range.
Hill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hill throwing a counter right hand but Kramer manages to avoid it.
Kramer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hill connects with a crisp jab.
Kramer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hill's hands.
Kramer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kramer slips under a jab.
Kramer misses with a double jab
and Hill counters with a good low kick that Kramer was not able to check.
Kramer takes a swing at Hill's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Kramer. Beautiful body shot.
Hill lands a leg kick that knocks Kramer off balance momentarily.
Hill lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kramer scores with a nice strike.
Hill throws a leg kick but Kramer moved away.
Hill lands a nice hook to Kramer's body. Kramer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer misses with an uppercut. Hill saw that one coming.
Hill scores with a punch to the head.
Hill misses with a straight left.
Hill takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jericho Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill throws the left hand but Kramer avoids the punch easily.
Kramer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hill stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kramer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Kramer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hill moves away from the strike by Kramer.
Hill misses with a body shot.
A jab from Kramer does it's job there.
Kramer ducks under a wild hook from Hill.
Kramer misses with an uppercut. Hill saw that one coming.
Hill scores with a leg kick.
Kramer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kramer connects with a right hand. Hill shakes it off.
Hill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kramer.
Kramer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kramer.
Kramer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hill 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.
Kramer throws the kick towards the body but Hill avoids it.
Hill scores with a leg kick.
Kramer throws a body punch but Hill moves out of range.
Hill scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hill misses with a low kick.
Hill scores with the left hand. Kramer knows he should have avoided that one.
Hill throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kramer throws a body shot but no joy.
Hill shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hill gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kramer trying to stall but Hill improves his position.
Hill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hill with a knee to the head.
Hill manages to break the clinch.
Hill doesn't manage to clinch there - Kramer circles away.
Kramer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hill on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A shot to the liver by Kramer. Beautiful body shot.
Hill tries to clinch up.
Hill feints and then cracks Kramer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kramer down.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kramer prevents a body shot from Hill.
Kramer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hill working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kramer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hill lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hill prevents a body shot from Kramer.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hill creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kramer tries to work over Hill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kramer has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hill seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kramer can turn it around.
Hill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hill misses with a punch on the inside.
Kramer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hill lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kramer backwards.
Hill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kramer thumps Hill with a low kick.
Hill throws a hook to the side of Kramer's head but Kramer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kramer! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Hill dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A big right from Kramer misses.
Kramer drops his hands momentarily and Hill takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kramer.
Kramer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kramer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hill.
Hill fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kramer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hill thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kramer if he has to take too many more of those.
Hill lands with a good body shot.
Hill lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kramer can do to turn this around?
Kramer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kramer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hill finds it's way round the side to connect with Kramer's head.
Kramer is rocked!
Hill cracks Kramer with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Kramer tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hill pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Kramer is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jericho Hill!
After winning the bout, Jericho Hill thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Barack Obama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthas Menethil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menethil has chosen Arthas - Let it go as his entrance music. 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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142 lbs
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Barack Obama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthas Menethil!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obama throws a lazy right hand but Menethil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Menethil connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Menethil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Menethil misses with the combination.
Obama swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Obama throws a jab when Menethil was well out of range.
Menethil tries to clinch up.
Obama feinted with a counter takedown.
Obama closes the distance and clinches.
Obama tries to pull guard but Menethil forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Obama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Obama is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Menethil to keep the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obama tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Menethil just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barack Obama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obama prevents a body shot from Menethil.
Obama drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body punch from Obama.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Obama swings wildly with an uppercut but Menethil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Menethil lands a nice uppercut.
Obama tries to throw a body punch but Menethil avoids it by throwing Obama back against the cage.
Obama on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Obama is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Menethil to keep the fight standing.
I was talking to Obama's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Obama successfully pulls guard.
Menethil has gone for a leg lock! Obama slips out almost immediately though and dives into Menethil's guard.
Obama pushes down on Menethil's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Menethil has a hand on Obama's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Obama takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Menethil is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Menethil wants to hold on but Obama pushes him away.
Obama moves to the back.
Obama is hanging on to Menethil's back as he tries to escape.
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!
Obama is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Menethil is defending well though. Obama let's go of the attempt for now.
Menethil is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Obama looking for the choke but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama is looking for the choke from the back position but Menethil is controlling his hands well.
Obama looking for the choke from the back.
Menethil really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Obama. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Obama is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Menethil has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Menethil tries to roll but Obama sticks to his back.
Obama is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Obama is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Menethil has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Menethil can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menethil is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Obama is persistently looking for the submission but Menethil is defending it well.
Menethil tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Menethil tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Menethil regains half guard.
Menethil is trying to maintain the position but Obama is very close to passing his half guard.
Obama is looking for a kimura but Menethil is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Obama to get the leverage.
Obama is looking for a kimura but Menethil is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Obama to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barack Obama dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Menethil goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Obama jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Obama checks the leg kick.
Menethil scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Menethil throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Obama lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Obama.
Obama closes the distance and clinches.
Obama decides to pull guard.
Menethil slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Menethil trying to control but Obama is working from the bottom.
Menethil looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obama escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Menethil gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Menethil is pushing down on Obama's leg trying to pass to half guard. Obama is fighting to maintain full guard but Menethil has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menethil wants to work for an arm triangle but Obama is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Obama wants to sweep but Menethil has passed to side control!
Obama tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Menethil wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Obama is working hard here to advance position.
Menethil slows the pace down.
Obama is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Menethil is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Obama has managed to free his arm - good work.
Menethil stands up out of the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menethil tries to keep at a distance but Obama has taken the fight into the clinch.
Menethil taking a breather.
Obama tries for a takedown. No joy.
Obama tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Menethil smiles and moves away.
Obama gets tackled into the cage by Menethil. Menethil maintains the clinch.
Menethil looking to throw knees to the head but Obama is blocking nicely.
Obama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Obama tries to score a body lock takedown but Menethil shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barack Obama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Menethil lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Menethil lands with a left to the head.
Menethil pushes Obama back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama tries to pull guard but Menethil forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Menethil dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Menethil with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Menethil gets underhooks to prevent Obama's takedown attempt.
A right handed body shot lands from Menethil.
Obama pulls guard successfully.
Menethil advances position into side control!
Menethil working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Obama is trying to escape the position but Menethil is controlling the position.
Menethil is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Obama knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menethil is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Obama knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Obama tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Menethil is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Obama knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Menethil tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthas Menethil showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A shot to the liver by Obama. Beautiful body shot.
Menethil has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Menethil throws a lazy body kick
and Obama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Menethil.
Menethil throws a lazy right hand but Obama sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barack Obama is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Menethil throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obama throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Obama fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Menethil, pushing him back against the cage.
Obama tries to score a body lock takedown but Menethil shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Menethil is leaning against Obama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Obama jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Menethil walks away with a smile on his face. Obama gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Menethil.
Menethil staying out of range there.
Menethil moves into range and clinches up with Obama.
Obama blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menethil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Menethil gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Obama.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barack Obama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Obama fails to pull guard.
Menethil swings wildly with an uppercut but Obama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Menethil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Obama is defending well for now.
Menethil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Obama avoids it.
Menethil lands a hook to the side of the head.
Menethil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Obama is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menethil tries to throw a body punch but Obama avoids it by throwing Menethil back against the cage.
Obama tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Obama prevents a body shot from Menethil.
Menethil throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Obama blocks it with crossed arms.
Menethil lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Menethil misses with a punch to the body.
Menethil missing with knees to the body.
Menethil stalling in the clinch.
Obama jumps guard but Menethil stands there with Obama around his waist. Obama gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Menethil avoiding damage.
Obama lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obama has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Menethil after a bit of a struggle.
Arthas Menethil seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Menethil stalls.
Obama goes for a takedown in the clinch but Menethil prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Menethil.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama fails to pull guard.
Obama tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Menethil just stands there and leans against the cage.
Obama tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Menethil just stands there and leans against the cage.
Menethil throws a knee to the head but misses.
Obama drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Menethil gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Obama jumps guard but Menethil turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Menethil scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Menethil tries to land a knee to the head but Obama blocks with his arms.
Obama is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Menethil to keep the fight standing.
Still in the clinch, Menethil scores with a nice short uppercut.
Obama prevents a body shot from Menethil.
Menethil scores with a knee to the head.
Menethil lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Menethil.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menethil landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Menethil misses with a knee strike.
Obama jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Menethil walks away with a smile on his face. Obama gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Obama moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menethil tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Obama's elbow.
Menethil trying to land knees to the body.
Obama jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Menethil walks away with a smile on his face. Obama gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Obama moves out of range of the body kick from Menethil.
Obama throws a big shot that misses.
Menethil only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Obama throws a hook to the side of Menethil's head but Menethil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Menethil blocks a jab.
Menethil avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obama rushes Menethil and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Menethil tries a knee to the head but Obama blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthas Menethil comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Menethil has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthas Menethil!
A relieved looking Arthas Menethil 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johan Attila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuiness is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Boys are Back by Dropkick Murphys. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
205 lbs
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209 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johan Attila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Liam McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuiness motions for Attila to come forward. McGuiness throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McGuiness misses with an uppercut
and Attila counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McGuiness has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
McGuiness slips a jab from Attila.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Attila clinches with his opponent.
McGuiness tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Attila.
Attila digs a right hand underneath McGuiness's ribcage. McGuiness let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McGuiness trying to control the position but instead, Attila has worked for underhooks and has pushed McGuiness into the cage.
Attila lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attila tries a body shot but McGuiness blocks it.
Attila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGuiness throws a head punch that misses.
McGuiness has Attila pushed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Attila.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuiness takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Attila.
Attila leaning his opponent against the cage.
Attila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Attila blocks a body shot from McGuiness.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
McGuiness digs a right hand into Attila's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Attila's gas tank.
Attila lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McGuiness trying to control the position but instead, Attila has worked for underhooks and has pushed McGuiness into the cage.
Attila can't find room to land a body shot as McGuiness controls the action.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
Attila stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Attila taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
McGuiness throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness gets underhooks to prevent Attila's takedown attempt.
Attila misses with a punch to the body.
Attila blocks a body shot from McGuiness.
Attila working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Attila struggles to land a body shot inside as McGuiness controls his hands.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
Attila digs a right hand into McGuiness's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McGuiness's gas tank.
McGuiness lands a body punch.
McGuiness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGuiness content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Attila swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Attila misses with a punch to the body.
Attila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Attila.
Attila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McGuiness working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McGuiness wants to stall.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
McGuiness lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Attila misses with a lunging right hand
and McGuiness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Johan Attila has been cut.
Attila swings for the body but McGuiness moves out of range.
Liam McGuiness is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGuiness slips a jab from Attila.
McGuiness is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Attila throws a half hearted mid kick.
McGuiness looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Attila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McGuiness lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McGuiness throws a looping overhand right but Attila ducks down to avoid it.
McGuiness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A counter left hand to the body from Attila misses its target.
Attila with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attila misses with a looping left.
McGuiness walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Attila closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Attila tries to work over McGuiness's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Attila misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Attila.
McGuiness wants to break free but Attila has control.
McGuiness blocks a body shot from Attila.
Attila can't find room to land a body shot as McGuiness controls the action.
Attila pushes McGuiness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McGuiness goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGuiness wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Attila lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Attila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johan Attila's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Attila pushes McGuiness away with a front kick.
Attila slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Attila lands a body shot.
Attila swings widly with a right hand
and McGuiness counters with a stiff right hand.
Johan Attila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Attila misses with the combination.
A countering left hand to the body from McGuiness misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuiness blocks a jab.
Attila lands with a cross.
Attila throws a leg kick
and McGuiness counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attila scores with a jab. McGuiness acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Attila closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McGuiness tries to stall but Attila uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short left from Attila.
A shot in the inside from McGuiness.
Attila misses with a body punch.
Johan Attila has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGuiness doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McGuiness misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGuiness misses with a body punch.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
Attila goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGuiness is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Attila is keeping busy.
Attila is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGuiness can do to turn this around?
A hook to the body from McGuiness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
McGuiness doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Attila prevents a body shot from McGuiness.
Attila misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Attila on the inside.
Attila swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGuiness blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuiness prevents a body shot from Attila.
Attila lands a right hand.
Attila struggles to land a body shot inside as McGuiness controls his hands.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Attila blocks a body shot from McGuiness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuiness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
Attila can't find room to land a body shot as McGuiness controls the action.
Attila tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGuiness's elbow.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
Attila pushes McGuiness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from McGuiness on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Attila lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McGuiness misses with a hook to the ribs.
Attila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGuiness can't break the clinch.
McGuiness prevents a body shot from Attila.
A body shot lands from Attila.
Attila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Attila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGuiness lands a right hand that snaps the head of Attila backwards.
McGuiness misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Attila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McGuiness doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Attila takes a shot to the head.
Attila blocks a body shot from McGuiness.
Attila has a couple of punches blocked by McGuiness.
A nice right hand lands inside from Attila.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness blocking some punches.
McGuiness swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Attila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McGuiness misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Attila misses with a short punch on the inside.
Attila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Attila controls his hands.
McGuiness is trying to stall.
Attila is working McGuiness over against the cage.
Attila struggles to land a body shot inside as McGuiness controls his hands.
Attila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Attila misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuiness lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McGuiness is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A body shot lands from Attila.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Attila dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johan Attila's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Attila throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Attila throws a quick inside leg kick.
Attila moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Attila misses.
McGuiness sizes up Attila with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Attila moves into range and clinches up with McGuiness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attila has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by McGuiness after a bit of a struggle.
Attila fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Attila tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGuiness's elbow.
McGuiness misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attila blocks a body shot from McGuiness.
A short right from Attila on the inside.
Attila lands a body punch in the clinch.
Attila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Attila misses with a hook to the ribs.
Attila throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuiness.
Attila turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Attila manages to end up in side control.
McGuiness is looking to get back to his feet here but Attila is keeping cool and he's managed to take McGuiness's back.
McGuiness covering up well under a series of strikes from Attila.
Attila is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Attila misses with an elbow to the head.
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!
McGuiness covering up well under a series of strikes from Attila.
Liam McGuiness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGuiness covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Attila softening up his opponent with strikes here.
McGuiness is trying to break free.
Can McGuiness hold on?! Attila is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
McGuiness really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Attila. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Attila lands a shot to the head.
McGuiness is rocked!
Attila lands a good shot there. McGuiness covers up! Attila smells blood and goes for the finish - the referee warns McGuiness to improve his position but he's not intelligently defending himself and the referee has no choice but to step in and end the fight! Attila jumps to his feet and celebrates the important win with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johan Attila!
Johan Attila decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geralt Of Rivia (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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141 lbs
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145 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Geralt Of Rivia!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith pushes Of Rivia up against the cage in a clinch.
Of Rivia managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Of Rivia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Of Rivia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Of Rivia.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Of Rivia.
Smith blocks a body shot from Of Rivia.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Of Rivia breaks the clinch.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Of Rivia circles away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Of Rivia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Of Rivia scores with a shot to the body.
Of Rivia has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Of Rivia just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith is looking to counter the offense by Of Rivia and move into the clinch.
Of Rivia lunges at Smith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smith's hand.
Smith tries to clinch up
and Of Rivia counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Rivia lands a high kick!
Smith tries to clinch there but Of Rivia circles away.
Smith has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cylon Training Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Matt Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith is looking to clinch but Of Rivia is avoiding it.
Smith tries to clinch up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smith crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Of Rivia - the referee stops the clock and Smith gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Of Rivia. Smith manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Of Rivia misses the shot to the body.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Of Rivia moves out of range easily.
Of Rivia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith tries to clinch but Of Rivia moves away
and Of Rivia counters with a good low kick that Smith was not able to check.
Smith steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Of Rivia. That one must have hurt.
A jab lands there for Of Rivia.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Of Rivia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Of Rivia lands a body shot.
Of Rivia throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Of Rivia's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Of Rivia duly obliges.
Of Rivia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Of Rivia lands a right hook to the body.
Of Rivia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Of Rivia swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Of Rivia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Of Rivia managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
A short body shot lands from Of Rivia as the two fighters clinch.
Of Rivia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Of Rivia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Of Rivia blocks it.
Of Rivia tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Of Rivia avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Rivia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Of Rivia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Of Rivia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
Of Rivia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Of Rivia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Smith tries to clinch but Of Rivia is having none of it.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith wants to clinch up but Of Rivia keeps it at a distance.
Of Rivia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Of Rivia pushes him off.
Of Rivia is trying to counter with his kicks.
Of Rivia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith forces Of Rivia back against the cage and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Rivia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Of Rivia avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Of Rivia on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Of Rivia misses with a punch on the inside.
Of Rivia misses with the head strike.
A short left from Of Rivia.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Of Rivia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Of Rivia misses with the head strike.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Of Rivia blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Of Rivia avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Of Rivia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.
Of Rivia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geralt Of Rivia dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Geralt Of Rivia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Of Rivia misses the shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Of Rivia in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Of Rivia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Of Rivia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws a head kick but Of Rivia moves out of range.
Of Rivia avoids a kick to the body.
Smith has Of Rivia up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Of Rivia tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Of Rivia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Of Rivia avoids the damage to the body.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Rivia breaks from the clinch.
Of Rivia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Of Rivia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Of Rivia keeps the fight on the outside.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Of Rivia, as that shot connected.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Of Rivia.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Of Rivia pushes him off.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Of Rivia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Of Rivia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Of Rivia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Of Rivia pushes him off.
Of Rivia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Of Rivia throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Of Rivia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Of Rivia loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Of Rivia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Of Rivia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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!
Of Rivia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith moves out of range as Of Rivia throws a body kick.
Of Rivia looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
As Of Rivia tries to get set, Smith tries to push him back and clinch up but Of Rivia manages to avoid the attempt.
Of Rivia misses with a leg kick.
Smith is looking to clinch but Of Rivia is avoiding it.
Smith checks the leg kick nicely there.
Smith tries to clinch but Of Rivia is having none of it.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Of Rivia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Of Rivia throws a head kick that Smith semi-blocks.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Of Rivia moves out of range easily.
Smith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Of Rivia, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has Of Rivia pushed against the cage.
Of Rivia breaks the clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but Of Rivia moves away
and Of Rivia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Of Rivia pushes him off.
Smith tries to clinch but Of Rivia moves out of range.
Of Rivia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Of Rivia. Of Rivia obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith looks to clinch
and Of Rivia counters with a straight right hand.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Of Rivia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Of Rivia swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Of Rivia counters with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Rivia misses with a straight right.
Of Rivia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Of Rivia throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Of Rivia pushes him off.
Smith throws a head kick but Of Rivia moves out of range.
Of Rivia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Of Rivia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Of Rivia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Of Rivia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Of Rivia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith slips under a jab.
Of Rivia tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Of Rivia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Of Rivia was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Smith is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geralt Of Rivia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Of Rivia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith throws a counter high kick but Of Rivia was just alert enough to avoid it.
A jab from Of Rivia misses.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Of Rivia.
Smith wants to clinch up but Of Rivia keeps it at a distance.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Of Rivia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Of Rivia swinging wildly here.
Of Rivia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith tries to clinch but Of Rivia moves out of range.
Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Rivia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Of Rivia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Of Rivia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Rivia avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Of Rivia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Of Rivia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Of Rivia fails to land.
Of Rivia lands a nice shot to the body.
Of Rivia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith looking to slow down the pace here.
Of Rivia lands a left hand.
Of Rivia tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Of Rivia is defending well for now.
Of Rivia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Of Rivia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Of Rivia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Of Rivia looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Of Rivia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Of Rivia throws a shot to the body.
Of Rivia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Rivia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Smith's head.
Of Rivia swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith moves into the clinch.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Of Rivia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Smith checks a leg kick.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Of Rivia pushes him off.
A countering left hand to the body from Of Rivia misses.
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Of Rivia misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Of Rivia avoids it.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Of Rivia misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Rivia misses with the head strike.
Of Rivia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Of Rivia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Of Rivia.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Of Rivia is defending well for now.
Of Rivia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Of Rivia avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Of Rivia fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Of Rivia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Of Rivia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Of Rivia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Of Rivia.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Of Rivia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Of Rivia manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks a leg kick.
Smith tries to counter by clinching up but Of Rivia breaks away and moves out of range.
Matt Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Of Rivia with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Of Rivia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Of Rivia keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot lands for Of Rivia.
Of Rivia loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Of Rivia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith has Of Rivia up against the cage in a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Geralt Of Rivia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Of Rivia winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geralt Of Rivia!
Geralt Of Rivia decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Lobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Lobo 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Lobo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Rutherford!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutherford throws a big shot that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lobo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rutherford has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rutherford and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rutherford follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Lobo is looking to score with low kicks.
Lobo wants to clinch up but Rutherford keeps it at a distance.
A nice side step and Rutherford releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Antonio Lobo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lobo moves into the clinch.
Rutherford lands a nice uppercut.
Lobo blocking some punches.
Lobo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rutherford lands with a right to the head.
Rutherford lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rutherford tries to work over Lobo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutherford breaks the clinch.
Rutherford has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lobo is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lobo avoids the head kick by Rutherford.
Rutherford scores with a sloppy right hand. Lobo should have avoided that one.
Rutherford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It seemed like Rutherford was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lobo connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lobo moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lobo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rutherford to keep the fight standing.
I was talking to Lobo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rutherford scores with a hook to the body.
Rutherford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lobo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rutherford finds it's way round the side to connect with Lobo's head.
Lobo wants to clinch.
Jab, jab by Rutherford - just one landing.
Lobo drops his hands momentarily and Rutherford takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lobo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rutherford takes a step back to recover.
Rutherford goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheers as Rutherford lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lobo doesn't seem phased though.
Lobo tries to clinch but Rutherford is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lobo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rutherford.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Rutherford lands.
Lobo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rutherford throws a sloppy head kick and Lobo moves out of range easily.
Lobo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lobo thows a leg kick but Rutherford checks it
and Rutherford cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lobo throws a low kick, looking for Rutherford's leg but Rutherford calmly moves out of range.
Lobo throws a low kick, looking for Rutherford's leg but Rutherford calmly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Rutherford.
Lobo tries to land a front kick but Rutherford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rutherford slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lobo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rutherford connects with a solid leg kick.
Rutherford is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lobo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rutherford connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Rutherford.
Rutherford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lobo. That did some damage!
Lobo thuds his shin into the meat of Rutherford's side.
Rutherford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lobo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lobo blocks a head kick by Rutherford.
Lobo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rutherford if he has to take too many more of those.
Lobo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lobo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rutherford digs a good body shot into Lobo's ribs.
Rutherford moves out of range of the body kick from Lobo.
Lobo misses with a leg kick
and Rutherford counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lobo misses with a body kick.
Lobo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rutherford checks it well.
Rutherford misses with a double jab
and Lobo counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lobo blocking some punches.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Lobo blocks it.
Lobo lands an elbow that stopped Rutherford in his tracks for a moment.
Rutherford presses Lobo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lobo misses with an elbow over the top.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lobo throws an elbow that misses.
Rutherford avoids the elbow strike from Lobo, against the cage.
Lobo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rutherford walks away with a smile on his face. Lobo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lobo doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutherford circles away.
Rutherford slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rutherford buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lobo feints and then cracks Rutherford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rutherford down.
Lobo gets a clinch.
Rutherford lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Rutherford dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rutherford 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.
Steven Rutherford seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rutherford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lobo moves to clinch but Rutherford breaks away
and Rutherford counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rutherford is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lobo lands a leg kick that knocks Rutherford off balance momentarily.
Rutherford tried to score with a low kick but Lobo checks it.
Lobo walks into a left hand.
Lobo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rutherford is out of range and Lobo settles back down.
Lobo throws a leg kick that misses.
Rutherford lands a nice shot that snaps Lobo's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lobo wants to clinch up but Rutherford keeps it at a distance.
Rutherford scores with a sloppy right hand. Lobo should have avoided that one.
Rutherford throws a good cross that connects.
Lobo is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lobo misses with a leg kick
and Rutherford counters with a crisp right that sends Lobo to the canvas! Rutherford follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Rutherford!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker comes to the cage accompanied by Flash - Queen . 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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelvin Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Pedro!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker throws the left hand but Pedro avoids the punch easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Parker.
Parker has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Axis of Evil in the buildup to the fight.
Pedro instigates a clinch.
Parker digs a right hand underneath Pedro's ribcage. Pedro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pedro lands with a short shot to the head.
Parker tries to work over Pedro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Parker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pedro misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Pedro on the inside.
Parker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parker manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pedro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pedro distracts Parker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pedro wants to control from the top but Parker keeps moving.
Pedro won't allow Parker to sweep him here.
Parker looking for a guillotine here but Pedro defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro works over Parker with some ground and pound from guard.
Pedro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Parker's head.
Pedro preventing the sweep.
Pedro is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Parker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pedro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pedro manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Parker looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pedro puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pedro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Parker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pedro scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pedro is nestled in close to Parker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Parker is looking for a sweep. Pedro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pedro winds up and cracks Parker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pedro controlling the pace.
Pedro lands with a punch from half guard.
Pedro lands strikes from half guard.
Pedro wants to pass to mount but Parker is defending the position.
Parker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Parker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pedro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pedro manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parker working for a triangle but Pedro defends it easily.
Pedro got a little sloppy there for a moment and Parker has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pedro has managed to get both his arms back between Parker's legs - danger averted.
Parker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Parker keeping full guard, as Pedro tries to pass.
Pedro won't allow Parker to sweep him here.
Parker escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pedro gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Parker had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pedro defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Parker is keeping the position for now.
Pedro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pedro landing with the ground and pound.
Pedro slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Parker wants to sweep but no luck.
Parker keeping moving, preventing Pedro from controlling successfully.
Pedro is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Parker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pedro can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Parker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Parker keeping moving, preventing Pedro from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Parker working for a triangle but Pedro defends it easily.
Pedro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pedro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Parker is keeping the position for now.
Parker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parker is working hard here to advance position.
Parker has his foot on Pedro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pedro works his way back into a safe position though.
Parker wants to sweep here but Pedro controlling him for the moment.
Pedro chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pedro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Pedro throws a series of punches but Parker avoids them all with ease.
Pedro lands a glancing blow to the side of Parker's head.
Pedro is looking to land body kicks.
Pedro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Parker shoots in looking for a takedown but Pedro manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Parker's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pedro scores with the left hand. Parker knows he should have avoided that one.
Parker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pedro jabs Parker right on the nose. Parker blinks but takes it well.
A big right from Parker misses.
Pedro scores with a spinning back kick!
Pedro bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pedro blocks a head kick by Parker.
Pedro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pedro looks to score with a jab to the body but Parker is just out of range.
Pedro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Parker throws a head kick that misses.
Pedro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Parker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Parker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Parker looks to throw the jab but Pedro is out of range.
Parker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pedro scores with a jab to the head.
Pedro ducks under a wild hook from Parker.
A left lands for Pedro.
George Pedro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pedro scores with a hook to the body. Parker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Pedro as he connects with a hook.
Parker is rocked!
Pedro closes the distance and clinches.
Oh Parker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short uppercut from Pedro.
Pedro throws a big uppercut that drops Parker! More strikes from Pedro and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Parker lies dazed against the cage as Pedro celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Pedro!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ethelbart Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tevin Mangrove Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tevin Mangrove Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
45 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Ethelbart Takahashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tevin Mangrove Jr!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangrove Jr scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mangrove Jr lands a right hook to the body.
Mangrove Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Takahashi avoids a kick to the body.
Mangrove Jr lets loose with a powerful body kick. Takahashi will feel that in the morning.
Mangrove Jr has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Takahashi is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mangrove Jr scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Takahashi throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Takahashi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mangrove Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takahashi looks to land a left hand but Mangrove Jr moved out of range nicely.
Takahashi misses with a body shot.
Mangrove Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mangrove Jr scores with a one two! Takahashi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mangrove Jr closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Takahashi cracks Mangrove Jr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mangrove Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Takahashi under the eye.
Mangrove Jr dodges the punch combination from Takahashi.
Both fighters circling a little - Mangrove Jr finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Takahashi misses the target.
A big right from Takahashi misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mangrove Jr.
Mangrove Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takahashi. Mangrove Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Takahashi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mangrove Jr to score with a decent uppercut.
Mangrove Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Takahashi moves out of range of the body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mangrove Jr.
Mangrove Jr slips under a jab from Takahashi.
Takahashi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mangrove Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Takahashi.
Takahashi thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Mangrove Jr misses.
Mangrove Jr misses with a low kick.
Takahashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mangrove Jr.
Mangrove Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot lands for Takahashi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mangrove Jr ducks under a wild hook from Takahashi.
Nice shot by Mangrove Jr.
Mangrove Jr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Takahashi, pushing him back against the cage.
Takahashi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove Jr misses with a body punch.
Mangrove Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mangrove Jr misses with some punches.
Mangrove Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takahashi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mangrove Jr scores with a hook to the body. Takahashi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mangrove Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Takahashi throws a jab when Mangrove Jr was well out of range.
Mangrove Jr misses with a leg kick.
Mangrove Jr digs a good hook to Takahashi's body.
Mangrove Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Mangrove Jr misses with a kick to the body.
Takahashi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Takahashi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mangrove Jr moves into the clinch successfully.
Takahashi tries to work over Mangrove Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takahashi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mangrove Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takahashi scores with a shot to the side of Mangrove Jr's head.
Mangrove Jr tries to throw a body punch but Takahashi avoids it by throwing Mangrove Jr back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takahashi gets through Mangrove Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mangrove Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Takahashi controls the action.
Takahashi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mangrove Jr throws a right hand that Takahashi ducks under and follows up with a left that Takahashi also avoids with ease.
Mangrove Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Takahashi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Takahashi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Mangrove Jr checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mangrove Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Takahashi quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Mangrove Jr is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Takahashi rather than just go for the knockout.
Mangrove Jr takes a kick to the side of the head.
Takahashi misses the shot to the body.
Takahashi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mangrove Jr lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Takahashi finds it's target.
Mangrove Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Takahashi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mangrove Jr has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Takahashi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mangrove Jr now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Takahashi throws a lazy right hand but Mangrove Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi lands a jab to the head.
Takahashi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takahashi looks to land a right hand but Mangrove Jr moved out of range.
Nice shot by Takahashi.
Takahashi lands a right hook to the body.
Takahashi takes a swing at Mangrove Jr's ribcage but misses.
Takahashi walks into a left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Mangrove Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Mangrove Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Takahashi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mangrove Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Takahashi seems unphased.
Mangrove Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mangrove Jr is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mangrove Jr swinging wildly here.
Takahashi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takahashi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mangrove Jr manages to avoid it.
Takahashi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Takahashi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice defenses there by Mangrove Jr.
A lazy body kick from Mangrove Jr
and Mangrove Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mangrove Jr scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tevin Mangrove Jr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Takahashi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tevin Mangrove Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mangrove Jr throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mangrove Jr swings for the body but Takahashi moves out of range.
Takahashi throws a low kick, looking for Mangrove Jr's leg but Mangrove Jr calmly moves out of range.
Takahashi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Takahashi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Takahashi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mangrove Jr keeps Takahashi at a distance using the push kick.
Tevin Mangrove Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takahashi throws a hook but Mangrove Jr blocks it.
Mangrove Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Takahashi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mangrove Jr.
Takahashi swings for the body but Mangrove Jr moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mangrove Jr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mangrove Jr there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mangrove Jr checks the leg kick.
Mangrove Jr punishes Takahashi's body with a nice straight punch.
Takahashi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mangrove Jr.
Mangrove Jr with a jab.
Takahashi slips a jab and a cross from Mangrove Jr.
Takahashi throws a head kick but Mangrove Jr moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangrove Jr thuds a left hand into Takahashi's body.
Takahashi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mangrove Jr.
Ethelbart Takahashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takahashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mangrove Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Takahashi.
Mangrove Jr is looking for the big counter here.
Takahashi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Takahashi throws a hook to the side of Mangrove Jr's head but Mangrove Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takahashi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mangrove Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mangrove Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mangrove Jr.
Mangrove Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takahashi. That did some damage!
Mangrove Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mangrove Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mangrove Jr tries to bum rush Takahashi with a series of wild strikes but Takahashi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mangrove Jr tries to bum rush Takahashi with a series of wild strikes but Takahashi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mangrove Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Takahashi misses its intended target.
Mangrove Jr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mangrove Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mangrove Jr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mangrove Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Takahashi.
Mangrove Jr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mangrove Jr throws a body punch but Takahashi moves out of range.
Takahashi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mangrove Jr is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Takahashi blocks the body kick.
Mangrove Jr takes one on the button.
Takahashi looks to land a left hand but Mangrove Jr moved out of range nicely.
Takahashi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mangrove Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mangrove Jr drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Takahashi swats away the attempt to clinch by Mangrove Jr.
Takahashi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mangrove Jr slips a jab and a cross from Takahashi.
Takahashi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Takahashi scores with a jab. Mangrove Jr acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mangrove Jr throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Takahashi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takahashi scores with a nice right hand.
Mangrove Jr defending well as Takahashi loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takahashi throws out the jab.
Mangrove Jr counters with a body kick.
Mangrove Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mangrove Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mangrove Jr defending well as Takahashi loads up on a big left hand.
Takahashi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Takahashi throws a chopping leg kick but Mangrove Jr manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mangrove Jr appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mangrove Jr connects with a body shot that sends Takahashi's belly button to the back.
Takahashi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Takahashi tries a low kick but Mangrove Jr avoids it.
Mangrove Jr scores with a hook to the body. Takahashi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mangrove Jr!
Mangrove Jr missing with a left hand there. Takahashi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the liver by Mangrove Jr. Beautiful body shot.
Mangrove Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Takahashi.
Mangrove Jr throws a counter combo.
Takahashi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mangrove Jr.
Mangrove Jr slips a jab from Takahashi.
Mangrove Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mangrove Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove Jr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Takahashi lands with an overhand left.
Mangrove Jr scores with a jab to the jaw.
Takahashi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mangrove Jr manages to avoid it.
Takahashi punishes Mangrove Jr's body with a nice straight punch.
Takahashi tries to keep at a distance but Mangrove Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Takahashi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mangrove Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mangrove Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takahashi can't break the clinch.
Mangrove Jr tries a body shot but Takahashi blocks it.
Mangrove Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mangrove Jr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mangrove Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Mangrove Jr as the two fighters clinch.
Mangrove Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Mangrove Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Takahashis head.
A head punch on the inside from Mangrove Jr fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tevin Mangrove Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mangrove Jr clinches with his opponent.
Mangrove Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Mangrove Jr lands a right hand.
Mangrove Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mangrove Jr is working Takahashi over against the cage.
Mangrove Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takahashi prevents a body shot from Mangrove Jr.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mangrove Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Takahashi is rocked!
Takahashi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mangrove Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Takahashi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mangrove Jr unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Takahashi! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Mangrove Jr is unloading with more strikes now! Takahashi drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tevin Mangrove Jr!
Tevin Mangrove Jr tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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