HFC Challengers 87 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Dux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hai Shang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Dux
vs
Shang

196 cm
32
205 lbs
12 - 18 - 1

192 cm
35
198 lbs
15 - 15 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 12 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Dux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hai Shang!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dux throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shang.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shang uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Dux has closed the distance and engaged Shang in a clinch.
Shang tries a knee to the head but Dux blocks it.
Dux blocks an elbow strike from Shang.

Dux pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shang throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dux.
Shang listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dux has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shang.
Some wild striking there from Dux.
Shang is looking to land body kicks.
Dux is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dux connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dux lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shang circles away quickly and effectively.
Dux takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dux misses with the combination.
Dux on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dux swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shang connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shang bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dux's head backwards.
Shang lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shang connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shang lands a lovely overhand right.
Shang dodges the punch combination from Dux.
Shang misses with a wild body shot.
Dux on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shang is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dux had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Shang shoots in and gets a takedown into Dux's guard.
Dux is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dux controlling the position.
Shang throwing strikes from guard but Dux blocks nicely.
Shang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Dux looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Shang with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dux wants to sweep here but Shang controlling him for the moment.

Dux throws his legs up looking for a submission but Shang uses it to pass to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shang scoring with punches and elbows.
Dux is looking for a sweep.
Dux is not content to let Shang control the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Dux's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Shang lands a nice forearm strike.
Dux regains half guard.
Shang slips a nice elbow through Dux's hands, connecting with Dux's forehead.

Dux looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Shang there.

Shang is looking for a kimura but Dux is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shang to get the leverage.
Dux misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Shang prevents Dux from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dux trying to hold on to Shang's head to control him but Shang postures up.
Dux on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Shang slips a nice elbow through Dux's hands, connecting with Dux's forehead.
Dux punching from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Shang.
Dux is looking to control Shang's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dux avoid being mounted?
Dux regains full guard. Nicely done.
Shang landing some decent shots from guard.
Shang trying to control the position from guard on top but Dux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Dux working for a triangle but Shang defends it easily.
Shang lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shang stands up over Dux, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shang wants to control from the top but Dux keeps moving.
Shang wants to pass the guard but Dux is keeping the position.

Dux has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Shang can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Shang lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Shang passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Shang scoring with punches and elbows.

Dux is rocked!
Dux is looking for a sweep.
Oh Dux is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shang working the head with strikes.
A big shot lands for Shang! That's hurt Dux! Will he recover? Shang fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hai Shang!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
54%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norman Pederson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Griffin Heath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Griffin Heath enters the cage!

Pederson
vs
Heath

195 cm
22
220 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

192 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Pederson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Griffin Heath!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heath thuds a left hand into Pederson's body.
Heath swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pederson.
Pederson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Heath counters with a left and a right that stings Pederson.
Pederson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pederson 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.
Heath falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Pederson to counter with a crisp jab.
Heath throws a head kick but Pederson moves out of range.
Heath misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pederson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Heath.
Heath punishes Pederson's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Heath is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Pederson has Heath up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heath tries to break free but Pederson pushes him back against the cage.
Pederson missing with knees to the body.
Heath taking a breather.
Good body shot from Pederson.
Pederson tries to pull guard but Heath forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Heath can't break the clinch.

Pederson gets control of Heath's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pederson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Pederson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Pederson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Heath pinned against the cage. Heath gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norman Pederson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pederson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Griffin Heath is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pederson clinches up against the cage.
Heath tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pederson jumps guard but Heath turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Heath avoiding damage.
Heath blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heath blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Pederson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heath lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donk. Heath catches Pederson right on the button with a cross.
Pederson fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pederson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Heath as he avoids it easily.
Heath turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pederson avoids the head kick by Heath.
Heath throws a one two combo.
Pederson throws a right hand that misses
and Heath counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pederson thinking.

Pederson clinches with his opponent.
Pederson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Heath lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heath wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heath blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pederson lands a nice knee to the body.
Heath tries to circle away but Pederson has him pinned against the cage.
Heath looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pederson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pederson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Heath defends it nicely.
Heath pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Pederson has closed the distance and engaged Heath in a clinch.
Pederson just leaning against Heath, taking a breather.
Heath wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Pederson - that landed with a thud.
Pederson misses with a body punch.
Heath tries to work over Pederson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pederson leaning against his opponent.

Pederson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Griffin Heath dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pederson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Heath throws a head kick that misses

and Pederson counters by moving into the clinch.
Pederson is leaning against Heath and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pederson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pederson is stalling here.
Pederson tries to pull guard but Heath holds him up against the cage and eventually Pederson drops back down to his feet.
Pederson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Heath avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norman Pederson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pederson pulls guard effortlessly.

Heath gets to his feet - Pederson follows without any prompting.
Heath swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Heath takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heath throws a series of punches but Pederson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Heath.

Heath gets tackled into the cage by Pederson. Pederson maintains the clinch.
Heath looking to stall.
Heath is trying to break the clinch but Pederson is controlling him.

Pederson breaks the clinch.
Heath tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heath throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Heath, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pederson throws a quick counter head kick but Heath was just out of range.
Pederson darts in trying to clinch
and Heath counters with a nice body shot.
Heath lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pederson backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heath will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin Heath seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Pederson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Heath breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pederson doesn't manage to clinch there - Heath circles away.
Heath goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Heath misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pederson fails with a takedown attempt.
Heath comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heath goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Pederson forces Heath back against the cage and clinches.

Pederson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pederson blocks a head kick by Heath.
Pederson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Heath as he jumps to the side.
Heath unleashes a big counter combination but Pederson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pederson looks to land a combination but Heath avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Heath.
Pederson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Heath.
Pederson tries to clinch but Heath moves out of range.
Pederson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Heath defends it nicely.
Heath was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pederson tries to clinch up.
Pederson tries to clinch up
and Heath counters with a stiff right hand.
Pederson shoots in for a double leg but Heath sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Heath connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heath avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pederson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Heath, pushing him back against the cage.
Heath has had enough of the clinch but Pederson keeps him there for the moment.

Pederson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heath throws a head kick that misses.
Heath throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Griffin Heath 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. This is the final round!

Heath throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pederson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Pederson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Heath defends well and Pederson ends up having to push Heath into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Heath has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Pederson rushes Heath and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pederson has Heath pressed against the cage.
Pederson stalling the fight.

Heath breaks from the clinch.
Heath feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pedersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pederson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Heath circles away.
Norman Pederson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pederson has closed the distance and engaged Heath in a clinch.
Heath blocking some punches.
Heath misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pederson scores with a shot to the side of Heath's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pederson tries to pull guard but Heath forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norman Pederson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pederson misses with the head strike.

Heath manages to break the clinch.
Heath displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Pederson shoots in and bounces Heath off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Heath wants to sweep but no luck.
Pederson tries to free his leg and advance position but Heath is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Heath throws his legs up looking for a submission but Pederson uses it to pass to side control.
Pederson has control of an arm but Heath manages to advance to Pederson's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pederson tries to break free.
Heath controls the position.
Pederson is in bad spot here.
Pederson looking very determined here, making life difficult for Heath.
Heath is trying to stick to Pederson's back but Pederson is turning into Heath. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Heath's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Pederson.
Heath keeping moving, preventing Pederson from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heath wants to get back to his feet but Pederson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heath controlling the position.
Heath wants to get back to his feet but Pederson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Heath looking to control.
Pederson postures up in Heath's guard and throws a big left but Heath blocks it.
Pederson prevents Heath from getting back to his feet.
Pederson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Pederson wants to control from the top but Heath keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pederson pushes down on Heath's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Norman Pederson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pederson is nestled in close to Heath, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pederson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Heath keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Heath bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pederson is looking to clinch but Heath is avoiding it.
Heath scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Griffin Heath is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Heath is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pederson rather than just go for the knockout.
Heath keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Griffin Heath.
I've got Heath 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Griffin Heath!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
49%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suma Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnie Cash has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cash
vs
Pepper

165 cm
28
143 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

164 cm
26
135 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnie Cash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Suma Pepper!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cash closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cash lands a shot to the body.
Pepper looking to slow down the pace here.
Pepper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cash tries to work over Pepper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cash blocks an uppercut.
Cash pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pepper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cash's elbow.
Pepper looking to stall.
Pepper swings wildly with an uppercut but Cash uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cash breaks from the clinch.
Cash looks to throw the jab but Pepper is out of range.
Cash feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Peppers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cash misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cash takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper tries to clinch up.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cash paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've been told by Cash's head coaches at $1000 Crouching Stoner Hidden Ground Game that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cash steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pepper.
Cash throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepper manages to avoid it.
Pepper slips a jab from Cash.
Cash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pepper throws a leg kick which misses Cash's front leg but catches the back leg as Cash tries to avoid it.
Pepper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cash.
A jab lands there for Pepper.
Cash throws a lazy right hand but Pepper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cash misses with a looping right.
Pepper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cash throws a hook but Pepper blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cash. Pepper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cash drops his hands momentarily and Pepper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big right from Cash misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cash rushes Pepper and presses him up against the cage.
Pepper misses with some punches.
Cash swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepper uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Cash.
Cash lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pepper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cash lands a right hand.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Pepper letting Cash take a breather here.
Pepper stalling in the clinch but Cash improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cash lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.
Cash stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Cash.
A right handed body shot lands from Cash.
Cash stalling the fight.

Cash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cash throws a hook to the side of Pepper's head but Pepper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cash lands a jab to Pepper's midsection.

Pepper moves into the clinch.
Pepper is trying to maintain a safe position but Cash gets an underhook and turns Pepper into the cage.
Cash lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cash misses with a punch to the body.
Cash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash tries a body shot but Pepper blocks it.
Pepper lands a right hand.
Pepper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cash is keeping busy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pepper seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Cash lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Cash.
Cash slows down the pace here.
Cash blocks an uppercut.
Cash lands with a right to the head.
Cash dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pepper is trying to maintain a safe position but Cash gets an underhook and turns Pepper into the cage.
Pepper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnie Cash 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.

Cash throws a jab but it's blocked by Pepper.
Pepper avoids the body shot from Cash.
The fighters circling - Cash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cash misses the jab.
Pepper tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Cash moves into the clinch successfully.
Cash misses with a punch on the inside.
Pepper stalls.
Pepper takes a shot to the head.
Johnie Cash has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cash lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pepper trying to stall but Cash improves his position.
Cash working hard to break the clinch.
Cash stalling against the cage.
Cash is pushing Pepper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pepper throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Still in the clinch, Cash scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cash lands a shoulder strike.
Cash blocks an uppercut.
Cash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pepper misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cash.
A shot in the inside from Cash.
Pepper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Cash.
Cash working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.
Cash works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Cash on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pepper lands with a light punch inside.
Cash lands a hook that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.

Pepper is rocked!
Cash leaning against his opponent.
Pepper is still on wobbly legs! Can Cash finish him?
Cash tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cash has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pepper seems to have recovered his senses.
Cash misses with a body punch.
Cash slowing the pace effectively.
Cash stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cash misses with a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Cash.
Pepper misses with the head strike.
Cash tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cash prevents a body shot from Pepper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper working aggressively here.
Cash lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.
Pepper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Cash.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepper.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cash lands a shoulder strike.
Pepper throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.
Pepper blocking some punches.
Cash is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pepper can do to turn this around?
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cash lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pepper or not.
Cash stalling against the cage.
Pepper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cash lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.
Pepper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cash as Pepper tries to tie him up.
Pepper misses with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Cash.
Cash tries to circle away but Pepper has him pinned against the cage.
Cash is trying to break free.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cash lands a shot to the body.
Cash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pepper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
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!
Pepper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnie Cash dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Pepper doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cash tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pepper was well out of range. Poor timing from Cash.
Cash takes a kick to the side of the head.
Johnie Cash is winning the standup battle so far.
Cash just misses with a punch to the body.
And Pepper tries to counter it with a takedown but Cash pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Cash forces Pepper back against the cage and clinches.
Pepper misses with some punches.
Pepper lands a hook that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
Pepper misses with a punch on the inside.
Cash gets through Pepper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pepper struggles to land a body shot inside as Cash controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cash is pushing Pepper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right hook to the body lands for Cash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pepper tries to work over Cash's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cash taking a breather.
Cash's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Cash for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Pepper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
Pepper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cash misses with a punch to the body.
Cash lands a body punch.
Cash misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cash misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cash wants to break free but Pepper has control.
Cash looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cash scores with a shot to the side of Pepper's head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cash controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cash creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cash is pushing Pepper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.
A short right from Cash on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cash lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Come on Cash - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cash misses with a punch on the inside.
Pepper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cash tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pepper looking to stall.
Pepper cracks Cash with a nice body shot.
Cash scores with a shot to the side of Pepper's head.
Cash can't find room to land a body shot as Pepper controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pepper misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pepper blocks a body shot from Cash.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cash.
Pepper misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cash as Pepper tries to tie him up.
Cash lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cash makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cash lands a shot to the body.
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!
Cash tries a body shot but Pepper blocks it.
Cash digs a right hand underneath Pepper's ribcage. Pepper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cash as Pepper tries to tie him up.
Suma Pepper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnie Cash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cash lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnie Cash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cash has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnie Cash!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy McLarnin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Squiggy Squirrelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Squiggy Squirrelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McLarnin
vs
Squirrelly

182 cm
29
183 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

179 cm
27
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy McLarnin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Squiggy Squirrelly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLarnin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Squirrelly defends well and McLarnin ends up having to push Squirrelly into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
McLarnin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McLarnin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Squirrelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Squirrelly misses with a body shot.
McLarnin throwing a counter right hand but Squirrelly manages to avoid it.
McLarnin scores with a jab to the head.
McLarnin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Squirrelly.
A looping hook to the body misses from McLarnin. Squirrelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Squirrelly takes a swing at McLarnin's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Squirrelly lands with a nice combination. McLarnin backs away looking to recover.
McLarnin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Squirrelly.
Squiggy Squirrelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the side of McLarnin's head but McLarnin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McLarnin throwing a counter right hand but Squirrelly manages to avoid it.
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!
McLarnin cracks Squirrelly with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirrelly throws a body kick that misses.
Squirrelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McLarnin.
McLarnin throws a big counter combination but Squirrelly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
McLarnin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Squirrelly 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.
Squirrelly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McLarnin rather than just go for the knockout.
McLarnin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
Squirrelly clobbers McLarnin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Squirrelly scores with a hook to the body. McLarnin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McLarnin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Squirrelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Squirrelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Squirrelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McLarnin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Squirrelly moves away.
Squirrelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McLarnin looks to land a right hand but Squirrelly moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McLarnin throws a body punch but Squirrelly moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McLarnin ducks under a wild hook from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice uppercut there from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly moves away from the strike by McLarnin.
Squirrelly scores with a hook to the body. McLarnin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Squirrelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Squirrelly lands a really nice looking cross but McLarnin seems unphased.
Squirrelly throws a shot to the body.
Squirrelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Squirrelly misses with a hook. McLarnin ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Squirrelly lands a leg kick that knocks McLarnin off balance momentarily.
Squirrelly throws out a loose jab but McLarnin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Squirrelly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A swing and a miss from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Squirrelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Squirrelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McLarnin with a poor takedown
letting Squirrelly counter with a right hand.
McLarnin looks to score with a jab to the body but Squirrelly is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Squirrelly! But no joy.
Squirrelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Squirrelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Squirrelly doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Squirrelly misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly looks to land a left hand but McLarnin moved out of range nicely.
Squiggy Squirrelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McLarnin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McLarnin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Squirrelly misses with a right hand
and McLarnin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McLarnin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Squirrelly misses with a low kick.
McLarnin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Squirrelly scores with a jab to the body.
Squirrelly misses the jab.
McLarnin is looking to counter with head kicks.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Squirrelly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Squirrelly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Squirrelly duly obliges.
Squirrelly misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Squiggy Squirrelly dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Squirrelly, as that shot connected.
McLarnin avoids the body shot from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly stuns McLarnin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McLarnin misses with a double jab.
Squirrelly lands a front kick.
Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot.
McLarnin throwing a counter right hand but Squirrelly manages to avoid it.

McLarnin drives through and clinches with Squirrelly against the cage.
Squirrelly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Squirrelly can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Squirrelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Squirrelly misses with a few strikes there.
Squirrelly throws a poor cross that misses
and McLarnin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by McLarnin.
A little feinted left hand from McLarnin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Squirrelly scores with a push kick.
Squirrelly scores with a leg kick.
Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McLarnin walks into a jab.
McLarnin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Squirrelly scores with a kick to the midsection.
Squirrelly clobbers McLarnin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Squirrelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McLarnin at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! McLarnin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Squirrelly - the referee stops the clock and McLarnin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Squirrelly. McLarnin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Squirrelly takes a swing at McLarnin's ribcage but misses.
McLarnin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Squirrelly lands with a nice body kick.
Squirrelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McLarnin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Squirrelly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Squirrelly scores with a push kick.
McLarnin checks a low kick from Squirrelly.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Squirrelly, right into the meat.
McLarnin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McLarnin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Squirrelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McLarnin moves out of range of the strikes.
Squiggy Squirrelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Squirrelly misses with a hook to the body
and McLarnin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Squirrelly lands with a good body shot.
Squirrelly scores with a head kick.
Squirrelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Squirrelly cracks the inside of McLarnin's front leg.
Jimmy McLarnin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Squirrelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McLarnin throws a head kick that misses.
McLarnin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Squirrelly throws a body shot but no joy.
McLarnin is looking to counter punch.
Squirrelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McLarnin.
Squirrelly misses with a lunging right hand
and McLarnin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Squirrelly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McLarnin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Squirrelly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Squirrelly throws a head kick but McLarnin moves out of range.
McLarnin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
It looked like McLarnin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McLarnin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
McLarnin walks into a straight right hand from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly takes a swing at McLarnin's ribcage but misses.
It looked like McLarnin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Squirrelly throws a body punch but McLarnin moves out of range.
McLarnin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
McLarnin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Squirrelly.
McLarnin thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Squirrelly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McLarnin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Squirrelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Squirrelly tries to bum rush McLarnin with a series of wild strikes but McLarnin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McLarnin is looking to counter punch.
McLarnin swings widly with a right hand
enabling Squirrelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Squirrelly throws a jab but it's blocked by McLarnin.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the side of McLarnin's head but McLarnin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McLarnin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
McLarnin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLarnin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
McLarnin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Squiggy Squirrelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Squirrelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Squirrelly cracks a nice hook into McLarnin's ribs.
McLarnin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An attempted straight right counter from McLarnin misses the target.
Squirrelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Squirrelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Squirrelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Squirrelly cracks McLarnin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Squirrelly thuds a left hand into McLarnin's body.
Squirrelly tries a head kick but it misses.
McLarnin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Squirrelly avoids the head kick by McLarnin.
Squirrelly flicks out a counter leg kick but McLarnin steps away.
McLarnin misses with a hook. Squirrelly ducked under it nicely.
Squirrelly lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Squirrelly.
Squirrelly cracks McLarnin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirrelly throws a big shot that misses.
Squirrelly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McLarnin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Squirrelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Squirrelly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McLarnin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Squirrelly connects with a looping right hand.
McLarnin blocks the body kick.
McLarnin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McLarnin throws a sloppy head kick
and Squirrelly counters with a slapping leg kick.
Squirrelly misses with a head kick.
Squirrelly connects with a leg kick. McLarnin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
As Squirrelly looks to move away, McLarnin throws a big counter combo but Squirrelly just gets out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Squirrelly.
McLarnin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McLarnin staying out of range there.
McLarnin takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Squirrelly lands a leg kick that knocks McLarnin off balance momentarily.
McLarnin looks to throw the jab but Squirrelly is out of range.
Squirrelly scoring well with a low kick there.
McLarnin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

McLarnin takes the fight into the clinch.

Squirrelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McLarnin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jimmy McLarnin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Squirrelly leaves McLarnin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
McLarnin checks the leg kick nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Squiggy Squirrelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McLarnin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Squirrelly throws out the jab.
Squirrelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Squirrelly.
A punch combination from McLarnin misses.
McLarnin tries to clinch up
and Squirrelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McLarnin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Squirrelly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Squirrelly wants it to stay on the feet.
Squirrelly misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Squirrelly throws a poor cross that misses
and McLarnin counters with a left to the body.
Squirrelly misses with a head kick.
Squirrelly scores with a body shot.
Squirrelly looks to score with a jab to the body but McLarnin is just out of range.
McLarnin moves away from the strike by Squirrelly.
McLarnin misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Squiggy Squirrelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Squirrelly 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Squiggy Squirrelly!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
66%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ay One (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rupert Whiston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rupert Whiston has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ay One's chin.

One
vs
Whiston

190 cm
26
200 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
30
202 lbs
12 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ay One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rupert Whiston!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
One blocks a head kick by Whiston.
One swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from One. Whiston does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Whiston misses.
One misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whiston.
A solid body kick from Whiston.
One ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
One misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whiston.
A jab from One misses.
Whiston lands with a straight right. One didn't see that one coming.
One seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Whiston throws a hook but One blocks it.
Whiston scores with a hook to the body. One takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whiston misses with a series of wild punches.
One scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Rupert Whiston has been cut.
One throws a poor cross that misses
and Whiston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ay One seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whiston misses with a body kick.
One swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice jab there from Whiston.
Whiston misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
One scores with a shot to the body.
One throws a looping overhand right but Whiston ducks down to avoid it.
One misses with a left hand
and Whiston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whiston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from One.
Whiston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
One throws a hook but Whiston blocks it.
Whiston scores with a three punch combo!
One throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from One.
Whiston misses with an uppercut.
One moves out of range of the strikes.
One avoids the body shot from Whiston.
One wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Whiston 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.
Whiston slips under a jab from One.
Whiston is looking for the big counter here.
Whiston looks to land a combination but One avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
One misses with a left hand
and One takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whiston connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
One stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
One tests Whiston's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Whiston throws a shot from downtown. One moves away and avoids it.
One throws the left hand but Whiston avoids the punch easily.
Whiston throws a right and a left that both miss.
One tries to counter by clinching up but Whiston breaks away and moves out of range.
One misses with a shot to the body
and Whiston counters with a stiff right hand.
One connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Whiston momentarily.

One has managed to clinch.

Whiston manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
One throws a big elbow that misses.
Whiston managing to control the position.
Whiston is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Whiston keeping moving, preventing One from controlling successfully.
Whiston pulls One in close to prevent any damage.
One throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Whiston is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Whiston wants to sweep but no luck.
One has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Whiston bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in One's guard.

Whiston slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
One is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
One bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Whiston's guard.

Whiston looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
One throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Whiston has his hands on One's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Whiston is trying to control the position but One postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whiston being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
One postures up in Whiston's guard and throws a big left but Whiston blocks it.
One stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Whiston swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Whiston avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Whiston controls One momentarily but One frees himself.
Whiston wants to sweep but no luck.
Whiston controlling One's posture.
One postures up in Whiston's guard and throws a big left but Whiston blocks it.
One throws a big right hand that misses.
Whiston controls One momentarily but One frees himself.
One distracts Whiston with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rupert Whiston will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rupert Whiston's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Whiston lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as One backs up against the cage.
Whiston just misses with a punch to the body.
One scores with a jab to the body.
One lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Whiston just misses with a punch to the body.
Rupert Whiston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whiston bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
One misses with a jab to the body
and Whiston counters with a left and a right that stings One.
One looks to throw the jab but Whiston is out of range.
One avoids the head kick by Whiston.
One moves out of range as Whiston throws a body kick.
One fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whiston manages to avoid it.
One misses with a hook. Whiston ducked under it nicely.
Rupert Whiston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
One misses the shot to the body.
One throws a body shot but no joy.
Whiston lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Ay One has been cut.
A big right from One misses.
Nice shot by Whiston.
Whiston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by One.
Whiston moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

One has closed the distance and engaged Whiston in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from One fails to land.
Whiston wants to get back to striking at distance but One won't allow it.
Whiston is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for One.
Whiston tries for a takedown. No joy.
One lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whiston tries to pull guard but One holds him up against the cage and eventually Whiston drops back down to his feet.
Ay One has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rupert Whiston.
One misses with a short punch on the inside.
One misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whiston prevents a body shot from One.
One throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whistons head.
Whiston working aggressively here.
Whiston blocks an elbow strike.
One slows down the pace here.
Whiston blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
One misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from One fails to land.
One throws a head punch that misses.
Whiston tries to pull guard but One won't allow it.
One lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whiston backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from One.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right hook to the body lands for One.
A frustrated look appears on Whiston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from One.
Ay One has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for One.
Whiston is trying to drag One to the mat but One just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
One has a couple of punches blocked by Whiston.
Whiston drops down looking for an ankle pick but One pulls his leg out and moves away.
One displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whiston throws out the jab.
One ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whiston moves away.
Whiston misses with a looping left.
Whiston misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
One throws a predictable looking body shot
and Whiston counters with a straight right hand.
Whiston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Whiston was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
One throws a hook to the side of Whiston's head but Whiston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
One feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Whistons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
One wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Whiston takes one to the chin there.
Whiston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
One throwing a counter right hand but Whiston manages to avoid it.
Whiston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but One manages to avoid it.
One tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Whiston manages to circle out of the way.
One lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whiston circles away quickly and effectively.
Whiston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but One moves away.
Whiston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but One moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
One uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Whiston.
One throws a lazy right hand but Whiston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
One scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
One throws a right and a left that both miss.
Whiston swings for the body but One moves out of range.
Whiston scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Whiston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
One takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Some wild striking there from One.
One keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whiston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but One manages to avoid it.
Whiston throws a nice looking combination but One bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Whiston misses with a wild body shot.
One lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whiston circles away quickly and effectively.
One misses with a looping right.
One just misses with a punch to the body.
One just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Whiston.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whiston uses good head movement to avoid the hook from One.
Whiston looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
One thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whiston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by One.
Whiston moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ay One will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! One's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Whiston throws a shot to the body.
Whiston scores with a jab to the body.
Whiston jabs One to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Whiston fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Whiston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whiston throws a looping overhand right but One ducks down to avoid it.
Whiston throws a one two combo.
One tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whiston was well out of range. Poor timing from One.
One showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Whiston.
Whiston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but One moves away.
One tries to move into range but Whiston moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Whiston swings away with a body shot that misses
and One counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
One fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
One throws out a loose jab but Whiston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whiston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of One 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiston throws a hook but One blocks it.
One avoids the head kick by Whiston.
Whiston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
One scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Whiston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whiston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but One moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
One tries to counter by clinching up but Whiston breaks away and moves out of range.
One is looking to clinch.
Whiston walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
One throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
One fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whiston manages to avoid it.
Whiston needs to keep his hands up - One had a free shot at his head there.

Whiston is rocked!
One throws a body punch but Whiston moves out of range.
Whiston is still on wobbly legs! Can One finish him?
Whiston walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Whiston tries to keep at a distance but One has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
One misses with some punches.
One lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whiston working hard to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, One scores with a nice short uppercut.
One pushes Whiston against the cage. One is working some dirty boxing. One pushes off with a quick right hook! Whiston goes down! Whiston tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! One moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ay One!
A victorious Ay One thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
83%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elias Al Haddad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Dirt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Dirt is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Al Haddad
vs
Dirt

174 cm
33
163 lbs
18 - 18 - 2

175 cm
32
165 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, Elias Al Haddad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Dirt!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Al Haddad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Al Haddad stalling.
Dirt misses with the head strike.
Dirt misses with the head strike.
Al Haddad blocking some punches.
Dirt has a couple of punches blocked by Al Haddad.
A head punch on the inside from Dirt fails to land.
Dirt misses with a punch on the inside.
Dirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad throws a punch but it's blocked by Dirt.
Dirt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Al Haddad as the two fighters clinch.
Al Haddad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Haddad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Haddad looking to stall.
Dirt misses with a punch on the inside.
Dirt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Al Haddad lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Haddad works on Dirt's body with a couple of short punches.
Al Haddad wants to stall.
Dirt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al Haddad trying to control the position but instead, Dirt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Al Haddad into the cage.
Al Haddad trying to control the position but instead, Dirt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Al Haddad into the cage.
Maybe Al Haddad would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dirt.
Al Haddad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dirt blocks a body shot from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad lands a right hand.
Dirt misses with some punches.
Al Haddad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dirt working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Dirt fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Al Haddad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dirt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Haddad.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Dirt fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dirt lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Dirt on the inside.
Al Haddad's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Al Haddad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al Haddad.
Dirt misses with some punches.
Dirt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dirt misses with a punch on the inside.
Dirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Haddad.
Dirt has a couple of punches blocked by Al Haddad.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Dirt.

Al Haddad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Al Haddad lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dirt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Dirt forces Al Haddad back against the cage and clinches.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dirt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al Haddad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Al Haddad lands a shoulder strike.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dirt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dirt misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dirt fails to land.
Dirt working aggressively here.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dirt blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Al Haddad.
Dirt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al Haddad has a couple of punches blocked by Dirt.
Dirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Haddad.
Dirt misses with the head strike.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
Al Haddad stalling the fight.
Al Haddad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dirt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Haddad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Al Haddad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dirt blocks it with crossed arms.
Al Haddad is pushing Dirt up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dirt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dirt misses with some punches.
Al Haddad blocking some punches.
Dirt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
Al Haddad scores with a shot to the side of Dirt's head.
Al Haddad blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joe Dirt 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.

Dirt moves in looking to clinch but Al Haddad pushes him off.
It looked like Al Haddad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Dirt gets a clinch.
Al Haddad lands with a right to the head.
Joe Dirt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Al Haddad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al Haddad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Al Haddad lands a left hand.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Haddad.
Dirt misses with a punch on the inside.
Al Haddad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Haddad struggles to land a body shot inside as Dirt controls his hands.
Al Haddad has a couple of punches blocked by Dirt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dirt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Al Haddad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Al Haddad blocking some punches.
Al Haddad blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad stalling in the clinch.
Dirt misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Haddad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dirt.
Dirt misses with some punches.
Dirt misses with some punches.
Al Haddad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dirt dodges an elbow strike from Al Haddad.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad pushes Dirt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Al Haddad stalling the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Haddad.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Haddad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dirt misses with the head strike.
Dirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Haddad.
Dirt working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Dirt fails to land.
Al Haddad lands a left hand.
Al Haddad tries to work over Dirt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al Haddad struggles to land a body shot inside as Dirt controls his hands.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad scores with a knee to the head.
Al Haddad leaning against his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Al Haddad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Haddad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Haddad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al Haddad.
Dirt misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Dirt.
Al Haddad blocks an uppercut.
Al Haddad blocking some punches.
Al Haddad misses with a knee to the head.
Al Haddad misses with a body punch.
Dirt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Al Haddad - that landed with a thud.
Dirt misses with some punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dirt 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.
Al Haddad lands with a left to the head.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
Dirt keeps control of Al Haddad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Al Haddad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dirt misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dirt misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Haddad.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al Haddad.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dirt.
Al Haddad taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dirt misses with some punches.
Al Haddad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Al Haddad blocking some punches.
Al Haddad lands a body shot.
Dirt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
Al Haddad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Haddad blocks an uppercut.
Al Haddad blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dirt fails to land.
Dirt lands a shoulder strike.
Al Haddad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Al Haddad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Al Haddad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dirt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
Al Haddad lands a nice shot to the body.
Al Haddad tries a body shot but Dirt blocks it.
Al Haddad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Haddad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dirts head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dirt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Al Haddad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dirt misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Dirt fails to land.
Dirt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dirt lands a hook that snaps the head of Al Haddad backwards.
Dirt has a couple of punches blocked by Al Haddad.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joe Dirt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dirt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad lands with a cross.

Dirt gets a clinch.
Al Haddad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dirt backwards.
Al Haddad misses with a body punch.
Al Haddad stalling in the clinch but Dirt improves position.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dirt.
Al Haddad blocking some punches.
Al Haddad throws an elbow but it misses.
Dirt misses with a punch on the inside.
Dirt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dirt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Haddad gets through Dirt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dirt.
A short right from Al Haddad on the inside.
A short right from Al Haddad on the inside.
Al Haddad misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dirt has a couple of punches blocked by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Haddad working aggressively here.
Al Haddad throws a punch but it's blocked by Dirt.
Al Haddad blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Al Haddad.
Dirt throws a head punch that misses.
Al Haddad tries a body shot but Dirt blocks it.
Dirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Haddad tries to work over Dirt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al Haddad misses with a punch to the body.
Al Haddad slowing the pace effectively.
Dirt misses with some punches.
Al Haddad lands a knee to the body.
Al Haddad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dirt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Al Haddads head.
Al Haddad effectively controlling the action here.
Dirt lands a right hand.
Al Haddad trying to land knees to the body.
Al Haddad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joe Dirt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dirt backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Al Haddad - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dirt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Haddad throws a head punch that misses.
Al Haddad can't find room to land a body shot as Dirt controls the action.
Al Haddad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Al Haddad throws a punch but it's blocked by Dirt.
Dirt prevents a body shot from Al Haddad.
Dirt has a couple of punches blocked by Al Haddad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Al Haddad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dirt rushes Al Haddad and presses him up against the cage.
Dirt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Dirt.
Al Haddad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dirt misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dirt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dirt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Al Haddad fails to land.
Al Haddad looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Haddad.
Dirt blocks an uppercut.
Al Haddad is looking to break free of the clinch but Dirt has double underhooks.
Al Haddad throws an elbow that misses.
Elias Al Haddad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Al Haddad misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Al Haddad.
Dirt misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Al Haddad showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dirt 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Joe Dirt!
A relieved looking Joe Dirt thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
60%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yokozuna Asashoryu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Fame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Asashoryu
vs
Fame

212 cm
37
274 lbs
29 - 15 - 0

205 cm
34
265 lbs
18 - 17 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yokozuna Asashoryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lil Fame!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fame misses with a straight left.
Asashoryu lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Asashoryu misses with a wild combination.
Fame tries to counter by closing the distance.
A head kick misses from Asashoryu.
Asashoryu misses with a head kick.
Fame is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Asashoryu throws a push kick but Fame slaps the foot to one side.
Asashoryu throws a sloppy head kick and Fame moves out of range easily.
Fame only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Fame punishes Asashoryu's body with a nice straight punch.
Asashoryu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A cross from Fame lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fame avoids the head kick by Asashoryu.
Asashoryu falls off balance throwing a combination

and Fame moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Fame.
Nice elbow from Fame.

It looks like Yokozuna Asashoryu has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fame lands a nice elbow.
Fame throws an elbow but it misses.
Fame comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Asashoryu working hard to break the clinch.
Fame doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fame can't find room to land a body shot as Asashoryu controls the action.
Asashoryu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fame lands a damaging elbow.
Fame lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fame has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Asashoryu avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fame works on Asashoryu's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fame pushes off an throws an elbow but Asashoryu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fame stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fame lands an elbow inside.
Fame lands a nice elbow.

Fame breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Asashoryu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fame.
Fame takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fame tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Asashoryu was well out of range. Poor timing from Fame.
Asashoryu takes one to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Fame.
Fame with a jab.

Asashoryu is rocked!
Asashoryu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fame now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Oh Asashoryu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fame flashes Asashoryu a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Asashoryu's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Asashoryu crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Fame punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lil Fame!
Lil Fame gave a mention to GREEN!160 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Kamen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabryel Catchmaer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kamen
vs
Catchmaer

190 cm
31
270 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

196 cm
30
246 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Kamen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabryel Catchmaer!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Catchmaer darts in and clinches Kamen up against the cage.
Kamen throws a head punch that misses.
Catchmaer misses with a body punch.
A short right from Kamen on the inside.
Kamen letting Catchmaer take a breather here.
Catchmaer misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Catchmaer.
Catchmaer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kamen swings wildly with an uppercut but Catchmaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamen struggles to land a body shot inside as Catchmaer controls his hands.
The referee is keeping an eye on Catchmaer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Catchmaer swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamen uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Catchmaer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kamen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Catchmaer backwards.
Catchmaer misses with an elbow over the top.
Kamen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Catchmaer backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kamen fails to land.
Catchmaer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Catchmaer to work.
Kamen misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamen.
Kamen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Our sources have told us that Kamen has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Catchmaer trying to land knees to the body.
Kamen lands a right hand.
Catchmaer throws a head punch that misses.
Kamen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Catchmaer can't break the clinch.
Catchmaer taking a breather.
Catchmaer misses with a punch on the inside.
Catchmaer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kamen backwards.
Kamen blocks an uppercut.
Catchmaer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Catchmaer lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Catchmaer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kamen prevents a body shot from Catchmaer.
Kamen is working Catchmaer over against the cage.
Kamen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Catchmaer has a couple of punches blocked by Kamen.
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!
Kamen tries to work over Catchmaer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Catchmaer misses with an elbow over the top.
Catchmaer has Kamen pressed against the cage.
Catchmaer takes a shot to the head.
Catchmaer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kamen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Catchmaer pushes off an throws an elbow but Kamen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kamen working aggressively here.
Kamen lands with a short shot to the head.
Kamen misses with a body punch.
Catchmaer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kamen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamen scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamen.
Kamen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Catchmaer.
Catchmaer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamen misses with a punch to the body.
Catchmaer blocking some punches.
Catchmaer swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Catchmaer backwards.
Catchmaer misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kamen.
Catchmaer scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kamen.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kamen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kamen blocking some punches.
Kamen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamen gets through Catchmaer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kamen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamen throws a punch but it's blocked by Catchmaer.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kamen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Catchmaer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Catchmaer's efforts to push away.
Kamen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Catchmaer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Catchmaer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamen struggles to land a body shot inside as Catchmaer controls his hands.
Kamen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Catchmaer tries to work over Kamen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Catchmaer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kamen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Catchmaer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kamen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Catchmaer takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Kamen 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.

A big left from Catchmaer misses.

Kamen has Catchmaer up against the cage in a clinch.
Catchmaer has had enough of the clinch but Kamen keeps him there for the moment.
Catchmaer stalling in the clinch but Kamen improves position.
Kamen gets through Catchmaer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Catchmaer throws an elbow but misses.
Catchmaer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Catchmaer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Catchmaer blocking some punches.
Catchmaer scores with a shot to the side of Kamen's head.
Kamen misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kamen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamen works on Catchmaer's body with a couple of short punches.

Catchmaer breaks the clinch.
Kamen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Catchmaer can do to turn this around?

Kamen rushes Catchmaer and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Catchmaer lands a nice elbow.
Kamen lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kamen.
A short left from Kamen.
Charles Kamen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kamen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kamen misses with a body punch.

Catchmaer breaks from the clinch.
Kamen stalks Catchmaer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Catchmaer's face. Catchmaer staggers backwards, shaken.
Catchmaer missing with a left hand there. Kamen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kamen digs a good hook to Catchmaer's body.
Catchmaer is breathing heavily.
Catchmaer throws the kick towards the body but Kamen avoids it.
Kamen is looking to counter the offense by Catchmaer and move into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kamen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Catchmaer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Catchmaer looks to land a body kick but Kamen moved away.
Kamen wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Catchmaer throws a looping overhand right but Kamen ducks down to avoid it.
Kamen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Catchmaer.
Kamen doesn't manage to clinch there - Catchmaer circles away.
Kamen lands a nice shot to the body.
Kamen scores with a jab to the body.
Kamen moves in looking to clinch but Catchmaer pushes him off.
Catchmaer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Catchmaer tries to keep at a distance but Kamen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kamen presses Catchmaer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kamen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kamen.
Kamen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Catchmaer backwards.
Catchmaer takes a shot to the head.
Kamen lands a nice uppercut.

Catchmaer is rocked!
Kamen scores with a shoulder strike.
Catchmaer is still on wobbly legs! Can Kamen finish him?
Good body shot from Kamen.
Kamen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kamen lands a big right hand! Catchmaer is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Kamen!
Charles Kamen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
62%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Winslow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velasquez comes to the cage accompanied by El Camino . Winslow has chosen KJ-52 - Let's go as his entrance music. Shane Winslow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Velasquez
vs
Winslow

185 cm
31
240 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

195 cm
42
271 lbs
31 - 33 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Solid chin

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fabricio Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Winslow!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Velasquez misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Velasquez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A swing and a miss from Velasquez.
Winslow fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Velasquez avoids it really well and circles away.

Winslow has Velasquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Winslow is trying to drag Velasquez to the mat but Velasquez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Velasquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winslow cracks Velasquez's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Velasquez slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Winslow can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shane Winslow!
An intense looking Shane Winslow took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'And once again I show that I have improved, in every aspect of the game, whoever you are, don't give up on anything, I am the proof that if you want it bad enough, you get it! '.
Fabricio Velasquez spoke after the fight, saying 'My camp trained hard, but the better fighter won on the day. I won't let it keep me down. I'll be back, training, at the first chance I get.'.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
64%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Garrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Big Dick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dick
vs
Garrison

198 cm
29
285 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

199 cm
36
275 lbs
21 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Big Dick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greg Garrison!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Dick 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dick wants to clinch but Garrison slips to the side
and Garrison counters with a nice uppercut.
Garrison misses the shot to the body.
Dick is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Garrison.
Garrison avoids a kick to the body.
Garrison is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Dick shoots in and bounces Garrison off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Garrison trying to keep a closed guard but Dick is proving a slippery customer.
Garrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Dick advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Garrison preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Dick working Garrison over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dick not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dick thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garrison's head.
Dick looks to land a strike but Garrison avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dick trying to control but Garrison is working from the bottom.
Dick connects with a couple of short punches.
Garrison being controlled here, momentarily.
Dick's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dick wants to control from the top but Garrison keeps moving.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
We've been hearing that Dick has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Garrison has Dick pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dick throws a body kick that misses
letting Garrison counter with a right hand.

It looks like Big Dick has been cut.

Dick looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dick wants to pass the guard but Garrison is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dick.
Dick trying to control the position from guard on top but Garrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Dick decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Garrison, up you get!
Dick fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Garrison throws a sloppy head kick and Dick moves out of range easily.
Big Dick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garrison connects with a nice looking jab.
Dick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garrison moves away.
Garrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garrison crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dick - the referee stops the clock and Garrison gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dick. Garrison manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dick misses with a kick to the body
and Garrison counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dick throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Garrison darts in and clinches Dick up against the cage.
Dick working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Dick.
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!
Dick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garrison backwards.
Dick tries to throw a body punch but Garrison avoids it by throwing Dick back against the cage.
The referee calls for Garrison to work.
Garrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dick stalling in the clinch but Garrison improves position.

Garrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garrison lands a head shot.
Dick shoots in and drives through. Garrison sprawls well.
Garrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dick tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garrison swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Dick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garrison moves out of range of the body kick from Dick.
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 Big Dick will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Big Dick's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Garrison throws a head kick that misses.
Dick pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dick tries to land a front kick but Garrison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dick pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dick looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dick blocks a head kick by Garrison.
Garrison with a hook.
A bone on bone clash there as Dick blocks the leg kick.
Dick takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Garrison blocks the body kick.
Garrison misses the shot to the body.
Dick tries to land a front kick but Garrison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garrison shapes to counter with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dick lands with an overhand left.
Dick tries to close the distance and clinch but Garrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dick fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dick throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Dick is just out of range.
Dick scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dick tries a head kick but it misses.
Garrison throws a nice looking combination but Dick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Greg Garrison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garrison lands with a kick to the temple. Dick shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Garrison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dick.

Garrison rushes Dick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dick has a couple of punches blocked by Garrison.
Nice body punch from Dick - that landed with a thud.
Garrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Garrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dick looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrison moves out of range as Dick throws a body kick.
Dick wants to clinch up but Garrison keeps it at a distance.
Dick moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dick misses with a kick to the body.
Garrison has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Garrison there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dick misses with a kick to the body.
Dick scores with a shot to the body.
Dick tries to work over Garrison's front leg with a kick but Garrison checks it.
Garrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dick.
Garrison blocks the body kick.
Garrison misses with a hook.

Dick closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Garrison to the mat! Garrison manages to get full guard.

Garrison pushes Dick off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Dick has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Garrison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison misses with some punches.

Garrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Dick catches Garrison right on the button with a cross.
Dick scores with a push kick.
Garrison throws a sloppy head kick and Dick moves out of range easily.
Dick moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Greg Garrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dick closes the distance but Garrison moves to the side
and Garrison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dick lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Garrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dick.
Dick tries to counter by clinching up but Garrison breaks away and moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dick throws a punch but it's blocked by Garrison.
Dick is leaning against Garrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
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!
Dick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garrison's efforts to push away.
A short right from Dick.
A right handed body shot lands from Dick.
Dick lands a right hand.
Dick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garrison lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Garrison is trying to break free.
Dick lands a nice uppercut.
Dick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garrison backwards.
Dick will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Garrison up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Garrison fails to land.
Dick is leaning against Garrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garrison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Dick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Big Dick's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The crowd cheers as Dick lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garrison doesn't seem phased though.
Garrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dick fails with a takedown attempt.
Garrison takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Garrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice sprawl there from Garrison as Dick shoots in.
Dick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garrison cracks Dick with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garrison has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrison avoids a kick to the body.
Dick closes this distance looking for a takedown but Garrison circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Dick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dick closes the distance but Garrison moves to the side
and Garrison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dick thinking.
Garrison blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Garrison.
Garrison jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Dick moves into the clinch.
Garrison tries to circle away but Dick has him pinned against the cage.

Garrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dick on the side of the head.
Dick misses with a low kick.
Dick looks to land a body kick but Garrison moved away.
Garrison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dick pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dick throws a body kick that misses
and Garrison counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dick is looking to clinch but Garrison is avoiding it.

Dick closes the distance and clinches.
Dick misses with a hook from the clinch.

Garrison breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dick tries to clinch there but Garrison circles away.
Garrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garrison lands a jab-cross combination.
Dick throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dick throws a body kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dick looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dick moves out of range as Garrison throws a body kick.
Garrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dick throws out the jab.

Dick moves into the clinch.
Dick avoids a wild elbow strike from Garrison.
Dick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Garrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dick doesn't manage to clinch there - Garrison circles away.
Dick fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garrison avoids it really well and circles away.
Garrison unleashes a big counter combination but Dick bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Dick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Dick.
Garrison misses with a body shot.
Garrison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Garrison closes the distance and clinches.

Garrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dick takes a kick to the side of the head.
Garrison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dick scores with a hook.
Garrison takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garrison misses with a body shot.
Dick lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dick fails to land the takedown.
Greg Garrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dick misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garrison! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Garrison pushes Dick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Garrison scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garrison avoids it.
Dick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Garrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dick looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Garrison rushes Dick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dick tries to stall but Garrison uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Garrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Garrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dick has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Big Dick!