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KAMIKAZE 10: Revenge PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Farboleous Ricard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farboleous Ricard has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnold Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Farboleous Ricard!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricard clinches up with Palmer and pushes him back against the cage.
Ricard lands a left hand.
Palmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricard.
Ricard blocks a body shot from Palmer.
The referee calls for Ricard to work.
Ricard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ricard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ricard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer digs a right hand into Ricard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ricard's gas tank.
Ricard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ricard moves into range and clinches up with Palmer.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Palmer as Ricard tries to tie him up.
Palmer gets through Ricard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ricard.
Ricard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ricard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Ricard jumps guard and drags Palmer to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ricard working for a triangle but Palmer defends it easily.
Ricard wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ricard is trying to keep Palmer in close.
Ricard is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Palmer defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricard is working an open guard so Palmer takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Palmer misses with a wild body shot.
Jab from Palmer.
Palmer closes the distance and pushes Ricard back into the cage.
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!
Ricard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ricard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ricard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmer tries to throw a body punch but Ricard avoids it by throwing Palmer back against the cage.
Ricard pushes Palmer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ricard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ricard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
A short left from Palmer.
Ricard swings wildly with an uppercut but Palmer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ricards head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Palmer can't find room to land a body shot as Ricard controls the action.
Ricard gets through Palmer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ricard lands an uppercut.
Palmer misses with an elbow strike.
Ricard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palmer throws an off balance right hand
and Ricard counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ricard pushes Palmer up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Ricard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ricard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Palmer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Ricard is struggling to control the position.
Ricard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ricard effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Ricard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ricard blocks an uppercut.
Ricard lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Ricard.
Ricard dodges an elbow strike from Palmer.
Ricard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
Ricard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palmer blocking some punches.
Palmer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ricard scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ricard.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Ricard breaks the clinch.
Palmer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ricard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ricard moves into the clinch.
Palmer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Farboleous Ricard dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ricard shoots in but no luck this time.
Palmer throws a hook but Ricard avoids it easily.
Ricard closes the distance and clinches.
Palmer misses with a punch to the body.
Ricard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palmer scores with a shot to the side of Ricard's head.
Palmer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ricard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricard moves into the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Ricard.
Ricard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Palmer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ricard's brow.
Palmer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Ricard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Ricard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ricard lands a shot to the body.
Ricard blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ricard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Palmers head.
Ricard misses with a body punch.
Ricard stalling against the cage.
Ricard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Palmer tries to work over Ricard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ricard blocks a body shot from Palmer.
Ricard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ricard manages to break the clinch.
Ricard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Palmer.
Ricard drives through and clinches with Palmer against the cage.
Ricard stalling in the clinch but Palmer improves position.
Ricard lands a shot to the body.
Ricard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ricard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ricard lands a hook that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
Ricard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricard wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palmer misses with a punch on the inside.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer lands with a short shot to the head.
Ricard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Palmer or not.
Farboleous Ricard seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Palmer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ricard lands a body punch.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Palmer lands a right hand.
A body shot lands from Ricard.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ricard avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from Ricard fails to land.
Ricard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
Ricard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricard blocks a body shot from Palmer.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Palmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer tries to work over Ricard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palmer prevents a body shot from Ricard.
Ricard lands an uppercut.
Palmer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ricard tries to pull guard but Palmer won't allow it.
Palmer blocks the elbow strike.
Ricard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
Ricard prevents a body shot from Palmer.
Palmer misses with a body punch.
Ricard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ricard manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ricard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricard.
Ricard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ricard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ricard just leaning against Palmer, taking a breather.
Ricard lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palmer.
Ricard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ricard blocking some punches.
Ricard lands with a short shot to the head.
Ricard misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Ricard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ricard controlling the action here for a moment.
Ricard just leaning against Palmer, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Farboleous Ricard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ricard gets a clinch.
Ricard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ricard ducks under a wild hook from Palmer.
Palmer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ricard counters with a straight right hand.
Ricard takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ricard throws an elbow but misses.
Ricard scores with a shoulder strike.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Ricard lands with a right to the head.
Palmer digs a right hand into Ricard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ricard's gas tank.
A short left from Ricard.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Ricard is trying to pull guard but Palmer turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ricard is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Palmer misses with a punch on the inside.
Ricard dodges an elbow strike from Palmer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ricard throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricard.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Palmer lands with a light punch inside.
Ricard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ricard avoids a wild elbow strike from Palmer.
Palmer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ricard backwards.
Ricard has a couple of punches blocked by Palmer.
Ricard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Palmer connects with a right hand. Ricard shakes it off.
Ricard has managed to clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ricard scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ricard.
Palmer lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Ricard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ricard scores with a shot to the side of Palmer's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ricard.
Palmer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmer misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer blocks an uppercut.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Ricard.
Ricard swings wildly with an uppercut but Palmer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ricard has a couple of punches blocked by Palmer.
A shot in the inside from Ricard.
Palmer misses with a punch on the inside.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Ricard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricard lands with a short shot to the head.
Palmer scores with a shoulder strike.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ricard.
Ricard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Palmer.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ricard.
Ricard pulls guard.
Palmer won't allow Ricard to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Ricard's closed guard. He's half up but Ricard has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Ricard pivots and extends the arm, Palmer falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Ricard! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Farboleous Ricard!
Farboleous Ricard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balla Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Sixx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sixx has chosen Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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206 lbs
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198 lbs
2 - 23 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Balla Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Sixx !
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sixx to the mat! Sixx manages to get full guard.
Sixx preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boy chips away with some ground and pound.
Boy trying to control but Sixx is working from the bottom.
Boy lands a couple of elbows.
Boy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sixx throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sixx being controlled here, momentarily.
Boy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Boy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sixx really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Boy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sixx has his feet on Boy's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sixx closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sixx seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boy wants to get back to full guard.
Boy is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sixx not doing much here.
Boy keeping hold of Sixx 's head, controlling as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Boy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sixx looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sixx bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sixx misses with a takedown attempt - Boy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sixx fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Boy avoids it really well and circles away.
Boy shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sixx napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Boy misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Boy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sixx keeps working.
Boy is trying to get an arm triangle but Sixx is defending well.
Boy looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sixx is avoiding damage well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy wants to stand but Sixx has his arm trapped.
Boy trying to control the position but Sixx is working away.
The ground and pound from Boy seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sixx is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Boy throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Sixx is holding Boy down, trying to stall.
Boy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Boy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
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 Balla Boy will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sixx is defended easily by Boy.
Boy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Boy wants to stand up but Sixx has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Boy trying to control from half guard but Sixx is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sixx keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boy wants to stand up but Sixx has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Boy seems to be working for a kimura but Sixx defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sixx can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sixx controlling the position for now.
Sixx keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sixx 's head.
Boy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sixx keeps working.
Sixx is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Boy looking for a submission but Sixx manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Sixx striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Boy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boy throwing strikes from guard but Sixx blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boy postures up and lands a big shot to Sixx 's brow.
Boy content to stall in guard here.
Boy trying to control the position from guard on top but Sixx is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Boy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boy wants to control but Sixx is keeping him busy.
Boy blocks the strikes from Sixx .
Sixx taking some punishment here, with Boy in his half guard.
Sixx flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sixx is controlling Boy's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Boy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sixx 's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sixx is trying to maintain the position but Boy is very close to passing his half guard.
Boy is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Boy is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Boy throws a strike but Sixx rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Boy looking to control but Sixx passes into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Boy is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balla Boy dominated that second round.
That's time! Boy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Boy throws a jab but it's blocked by Sixx .
Sixx gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sixx pushes Boy off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sixx closes this distance looking for a takedown but Boy circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Boy.
Sixx throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Sixx is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sixx is still on wobbly legs! Can Boy finish him?
Boy throws an overhand right that has Sixx reeling! Boy follows up with more punches and Sixx is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Balla Boy!
Balla Boy thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lefteris Samaras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballinger comes into the arena with When The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Ballinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lefteris Samaras!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Ballinger
and Samaras counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ballinger won't be happy with that.
Samaras advances to mount.
Samaras controlling the pace for now.
Samaras wants to take Ballinger's back but he can't do it this time.
Ballinger working to try and regain half guard.
Ballinger is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samaras seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Ballinger is holding on tight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samaras takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Samaras is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ballinger is surviving well by controlling Samaras's body position as best he can.
Samaras wants to take Ballinger's back here but Ballinger is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samaras controlling the pace for now.
Samaras jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ballinger is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ballinger and Samaras has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Samaras tries to advance to mount but Ballinger denies him.
Ballinger wants to control but Samaras postures up.
Ballinger is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ballinger stops Samaras from passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Samaras staying calm.
Samaras tries to advance to mount but Ballinger denies him.
Samaras moves into full mount!
Samaras controlling the pace for now.
Ballinger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Samaras on the ground.
Samaras wants to take Ballinger's back here but Ballinger is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samaras controlling from mount.
Samaras jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ballinger is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ballinger and Samaras has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Samaras controlling the position from side mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Samaras looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Samaras tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Samaras is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Ballinger will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Let's hope that Samaras has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lefteris Samaras dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Samaras walks into a jab.
Samaras has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ballinger.
Samaras uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ballinger.
Samaras is looking for the big counter here.
Samaras paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Samaras lands a nice looking body kick.
Ballinger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ballinger lands with a slapping head kick.
Samaras avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ballinger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ballinger keeps Samaras at a distance using the push kick.
Samaras avoids the head kick by Ballinger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballinger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger checks a low kick from Samaras.
Ballinger throws a head kick but Samaras moves out of range.
Samaras lands with a good body shot.
Ballinger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ballinger cracks Samaras with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Samaras blocks the body kick.
Ballinger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ryan Ballinger is winning the standup battle so far.
Samaras moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Samaras cracks the inside of Ballinger's front leg.
Ballinger misses with a lunging right hand
and Ballinger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ballinger scores with a jab to the head.
Samaras on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Samaras misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ballinger.
Sloppy strikes from Ballinger. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballinger throws a series of punches but Samaras avoids them all with ease.
Samaras avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ballinger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Samaras lands with a good body shot.
Ballinger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Samaras.
Samaras avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Samaras throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ballinger misses with a combination
so Samaras counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Samaras works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Samaras uses his free foot to push down on Ballinger's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ballinger.
Samaras controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samaras wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Samaras controlling from the full mount.
Samaras takes Ballinger's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Ballinger is in trouble.
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.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Samaras has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Ballinger has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Samaras is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Ballinger taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Samaras.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lefteris Samaras!
In his post fight interview, Lefteris Samaras started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Ryan Ballinger stepped up to the mic, saying 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Psycho Hobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Czyngis Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Psycho Hobo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Czyngis Chan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hobo feints and as Chan raises his hands in defense, Hobo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hobo chips away with some ground and pound.
Hobo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chan's head.
Chan is rocked!
Hobo postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Chan's head off the mat! Chan is out! He's out! Hobo jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Psycho Hobo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Polavic Monira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Very Rounded (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Very Rounded has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Polavic Monira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Very Rounded!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monira gets the takedown into side control.
Monira tries to score with some ground and pound. Rounded controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Rounded can't do much from the bottom here.
Rounded is looking to reverse the position.
Rounded taking a bit of punishment here - Monira scoring with strikes.
Rounded wants to get back to his feet.
Monira tries to score with some ground and pound. Rounded controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rounded can't do much from the bottom here.
Rounded trying his best to control but Monira has mounted him.
Monira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rounded is looking to escape.
Monira working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Monira has hold of Rounded's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rounded manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Monira has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rounded's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monira pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A big strike lands for Monira! That's really hurt Rounded and he's turned his back - Monira keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Monira jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Polavic Monira!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russell Westbrook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
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166 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Russell Westbrook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez moves to clinch but Westbrook breaks away
and Westbrook connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Westbrook swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Westbrook loads up on a big right hand but Alvarez slips the punch.
Alvarez tries to counter by closing the distance.
Alvarez rushes Westbrook and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Westbrook.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Alvarez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Westbrook lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Westbrook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alvarez's elbow.
Westbrook misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvarez is pushing Westbrook up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Westbrook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Alvarez.
Alvarez pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez.
Westbrook closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Westbrook.
Westbrook misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alvarez avoiding damage.
Westbrook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Westbrook struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Westbrook.
Westbrook throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Westbrook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
Alvarez avoids a wild elbow strike from Westbrook.
A bit of stalling here from Alvarez.
Westbrook misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Westbrook fails to land.
Westbrook lands an elbow inside that Alvarez shrugs off.
Alvarez just leaning against Westbrook, taking a breather.
Westbrook throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook scores with a shot to the side of Alvarez's head.
Westbrook throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Alvarez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Alvarez has Westbrook pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Alvarez's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Westbrook tries to throw a body punch but Alvarez avoids it by throwing Westbrook back against the cage.
Come on Alvarez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Alvarez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch but Westbrook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook looks to land a combination but Alvarez avoids it well.
Westbrook throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Alvarez on the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Westbrook.
Westbrook sets himself, and Alvarez steps forward looking for the clinch! Westbrook avoids it this time.
Alvarez tries to clinch up.
Alvarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Westbrook wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Westbrook closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alvarez blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Westbrook dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Alvarez clinches up against the cage.
Alvarez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alvarez trying to stall but Westbrook improves his position.
Westbrook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez is pushing Westbrook up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Westbrook softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Westbrook lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Westbrook.
Alvarez blocks the elbow strike.
Alvarez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Westbrook misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alvarez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Alvarez dodges an elbow strike from Westbrook.
Alvarez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Westbrook lands a nice elbow.
Westbrook lands with a short shot to the head.
Alvarez has Westbrook pushed against the cage.
Westbrook lands with a right to the head.
Westbrook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Westbrook misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Westbrook as Alvarez tries to tie him up.
Russell Westbrook has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Westbrook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Westbrook.
Alvarez avoids the elbow strike from Westbrook, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Westbrook throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Westbrook misses with some punches.
Westbrook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Westbrook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alvarez has Westbrook pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez blocks an elbow strike.
Westbrook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Westbrook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Westbrook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Alvarez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Westbrook is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Alvarez leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez.
Westbrook gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook misses with a hook from the clinch.
Westbrook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Westbrook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Westbrook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Westbrook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Westbrook throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez avoiding damage.
Alvarez avoids the elbow strike from Westbrook, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Alvarez taking a breather.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Westbrook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alvarez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Westbrook up against the cage.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Westbrook dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Alvarez tries to clinch up but Westbrook circles away and keeps his distance.
Westbrook lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Alvarez wants to clinch.
Westbrook misses with a body shot.
Alvarez steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Westbrook.
Alvarez takes one to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Westbrook lands with a nice body punch.
Westbrook throws a lazy right hand but Alvarez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alvarez tries to counter with a clinch but Westbrook shakes him off and moves away.
Westbrook lands a really nice looking cross but Alvarez seems unphased.
Westbrook throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Westbrook looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Westbrook misses with a low kick.
Alvarez tries to counter with a clinch but Westbrook shakes him off and moves away.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Westbrook.
Westbrook moves into the clinch.
Westbrook lands a nice elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Alvarez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Alvarez stalls.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alvarez trying to stall but Westbrook improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook lands an elbow inside.
Alvarez stalling the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Alvarez effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez.
Westbrook clinches up with Alvarez and pushes him back against the cage.
Westbrook working aggressively here.
Westbrook lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Westbrook being controlled against the cage.
Westbrook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Westbrook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Westbrook has a couple of punches blocked by Alvarez.
Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez tries to stall but Westbrook uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alvarez has Westbrook pressed against the cage.
Alvarez is struggling to control the position.
Alvarez trying to control the position but instead, Westbrook has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alvarez into the cage.
Westbrook lands a hook that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Westbrook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez leaning against his opponent.
Westbrook lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Westbrook misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to keep at a distance but Westbrook has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvarez.
Alvarez stalling the fight.
Westbrook gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alvarez controlling the action here for a moment.
Westbrook misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Westbrook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
Nice elbow from Westbrook.
A nice left hand lands by Westbrook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hand to the body from Westbrook.
Westbrook lands a nice elbow.
Russell Westbrook is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Russell Westbrook showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Westbrook 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russell Westbrook!
Russell Westbrook took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, King of Fists for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Hampton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan August Sandels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Johan August Sandels enters the cage!
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31
199 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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27
192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Hampton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan August Sandels!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandels pushes Hampton away with a front kick.
Sandels lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Fred Hampton has been cut.
Sandels scores with a jab.
Hampton just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Sandels lands.
Hampton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sandels stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hampton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hampton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sandels. Sandels obviously looking to wear him down.
Some bone on bone action there as Hampton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hampton shoots in looking for a takedown. Sandels tries to sprawl out of it but Hampton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sandels manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hampton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sandels was well out of range. Poor timing from Hampton.
Sandels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hampton misses with a jab to the body
and Hampton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sandels throws a nice head kick!
Hampton is rocked!
Sandels throws an overhand right that lands on Hampton's shoulder, as Hampton tries to avoid the shot.
Oh Hampton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sandels tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hampton seems to have got his legs back now.
Hampton looks to score with a jab to the body but Sandels is just out of range.
Sandels swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hampton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sandels.
Hampton tries to counter by clinching up but Sandels breaks away and moves out of range.
Sandels looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sandels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hampton.
Sandels throws a poor cross that misses
and Hampton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hampton defending well as Sandels loads up on a big left hand.
Hampton was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sandels misses with a looping right.
Hampton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sandels was well out of range. Poor timing from Hampton.
A clash of legs there as Hampton blocks the low kick.
Hampton thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the liver by Sandels. Beautiful body shot.
Hampton misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandels pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sandels looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hampton is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sandels sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sandels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hampton's sensitive parts.
Johan August Sandels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hampton misses with a hook.
Hampton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sandels.
Sandels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hampton avoids the head kick by Sandels.
A big left from Hampton misses.
Sandels buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sandels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sandels missing with a left hand there. Hampton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sandels swings widly with a right hand
and Hampton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johan August Sandels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hampton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sandels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandels scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hampton doesn't seem bothered though.
Hampton avoids the head kick by Sandels.
Hampton takes a swing at Sandels's ribcage but misses.
Hampton walks into a left hand.
A head kick by Sandels misses
and Hampton counters with a right hand to the body.
Hampton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sandels tries to land a front kick but Hampton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice uppercut lands for Sandels. That snapped Hampton's head back.
No luck for Hampton with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Hampton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sandels looks to land a body kick but Hampton moved away.
Hampton swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hampton shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sandels's guard.
Hampton wants to control from the top but Sandels keeps moving.
Sandels tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hampton trying to control but Sandels is working from the bottom.
Hampton postures up in Sandels's guard and throws a big left but Sandels blocks it.
Sandels keeping moving, preventing Hampton from controlling successfully.
Hampton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sandels holds on and takes a little breather.
Sandels keeping moving, preventing Hampton from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hampton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan August Sandels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Hampton's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sandels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hampton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hampton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sandels thows a leg kick but Hampton checks it
and Hampton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sandels tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hampton manages to move to mount!
Hampton punching from mount but Sandels doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hampton unloading with bombs!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sandels can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sandels wants to hold on but Hampton pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sandels wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hampton.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hampton working for a guillotine from mount but Sandels is in no mood to give up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandels tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hampton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hampton looking to secure an arm triangle but Sandels defends it well.
Hampton working Sandels over with strikes here.
Hampton controlling from mount.
Sandels is squirming around, avoiding Hampton's attempts to control the action.
Fred Hampton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hampton throws a sloppy strike and Sandels uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Sandels has ended up in Hampton's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton trying to control the position.
Hampton is pulling down on Sandels's head to control his posture.
Hampton has an active guard here but Sandels has managed to pass into half guard.
Hampton is trying to maintain the position but Sandels is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sandels blocks the strikes from Hampton.
Sandels is thwarting Hampton's attempts to control the position.
Hampton is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Hampton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hampton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hampton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sandels manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Hampton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fred Hampton's cut.
That's time! Hampton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sandels tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hampton is able to avoid easily.
Sandels scoring well with a low kick there.
Good work by Hampton as he checks the leg kick.
Hampton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sandels avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hampton backing away here, and Sandels unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Sandels fails to land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Sandels.
Hampton checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hampton throws out a loose jab but Sandels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sandels throws a leg kick but Hampton sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sandels blocks a jab.
Sandels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hampton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sandels looks to land a right hand but Hampton moved out of range.
Hampton slips under a jab.
Sandels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hampton.
Sandels looks to land a left hand but Hampton moved out of range nicely.
Sandels throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton throws a body shot but no joy.
Hampton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sandels manages to avoid it.
Sandels throws a leg kick but Hampton checks it.
Hampton throws a looping overhand right but Sandels ducks down to avoid it.
Hampton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sandels moves away.
Sandels pushes Hampton away with a front kick.
A jab from Hampton misses.
Sandels takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sandels. That's going to slow Hampton down.
Hampton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sandels stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hampton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sandels lands a big head kick that sends Hampton tumbling to the mat! Sandels takes a step backwards and waves Hampton back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Johan August Sandels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandels swings for the body but Hampton moves out of range.
Hampton defending well as Sandels loads up on a big left hand.
Hampton is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sandels.
Hampton throws a shot from downtown. Sandels moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hampton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sandels slips a jab from Hampton.
Sandels misses with a head kick.
A big left from Hampton misses.
Sandels throws a push kick but Hampton slaps the foot to one side.
A bone on bone clash there as Hampton blocks the leg kick.
Hampton misses the shot to the body.
Hampton throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Sandels misses.
Hampton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sandels.
Hampton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sandels lands a nice looking body kick.
Sandels scores with a decent looking hook.
Hampton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sandels.
Sandels looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Sandels punishes Hampton's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sandels.
Hampton ducks under a wild hook from Sandels.
A little feinted left hand from Hampton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sandels throws a push kick but Hampton slaps the foot to one side.
Sandels lands with a shot to the body.
Hampton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sandels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hampton missing with a left hand there. Sandels was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sandels digs a good hook to Hampton's body.
Sandels throws a shot from downtown. Hampton moves away and avoids it.
Hampton misses with an uppercut. Sandels saw that one coming.
Sandels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sandels lands a head kick. Hampton smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hampton avoids the head kick by Sandels.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hampton. Sandels does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandels tries to land a leg kick but Hampton saw it coming and moves away.
Hampton moves away from the strike by Sandels.
Hampton looks to land a right hand but Sandels moved out of range.
Hampton misses with a straight left.
Hampton looks to land a right hand but Sandels moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hampton.
Sandels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hampton.
A head kick misses from Sandels.
Hampton blocks a head kick by Sandels.
Sandels misses with a hook.
Hampton closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sandels holding on.
Hampton looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johan August Sandels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sandels 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johan August Sandels!
An out of breath Johan August Sandels thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Tambling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks has chosen Cult Of Personality as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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25
167 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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174 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Tambling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks dives in and scores a takedown into Tambling's guard.
Brooks drops back looking for a leg! Tambling is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tambling manages to kick Brooks off! Brooks jumps back into Tambling's guard.
Tambling is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Brooks got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tambling has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Brooks has managed to get both his arms back between Tambling's legs - danger averted.
Brooks drops back looking for a leg! Tambling is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tambling manages to kick Brooks off! Brooks jumps back into Tambling's guard.
Tambling knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brooks on the ground.
Brooks wants to stand but Tambling has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Brooks jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Brooks is looking to work some ground and pound but Tambling has wrist control.
Brooks gets to his feet. Tambling looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Tambling lands a nice hook to Brooks's body. Brooks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tambling feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brookss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Phil Brooks has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tambling cracks Brooks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tambling lands with a shot to the body.
Tambling wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tambling lands a big right hand that sends Brooks crashing to the mat! Tambling stays standing though and waves Brooks back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Tambling gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Brooks is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Tambling!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Ciprianni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Gracie Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie Jr has chosen System Of a Down - She's Like Heroin #10 as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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213 lbs
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Ciprianni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Gracie Jr!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciprianni fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie Jr.
A solid body kick from Ciprianni.
Xavier Gracie Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie Jr fails with the takedown
and Ciprianni counters with a thumping low kick.
Gracie Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Ciprianni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Xavier Gracie Jr has been cut.
Gracie Jr swings widly with a right hand
and Ciprianni counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie Jr needs to keep his hands up - Ciprianni had a free shot at his head there.
Ciprianni fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ciprianni throws a combination. Gracie Jr tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ciprianni connects with a leg kick. Gracie Jr looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gracie Jr misses with a left hand
and Ciprianni counters with an inside leg kick.
Gracie Jr looks winded!
Gracie Jr misses with a right hand
and Ciprianni counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Gracie Jr!
A lull in the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciprianni has hold of Gracie Jr's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Gracie Jr seems comfortable defending it but Ciprianni has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Gracie Jr is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Gracie Jr is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Ciprianni couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Danny Ciprianni!
Danny Ciprianni seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clinton Offley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Clinton Offley was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clinton Offley!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson cracks Offley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Clinton Offley has been cut.
Watson cracks Offley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Offley takes one on the button.
Offley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Watson misses with a looping right.
Offley tries to score a power double leg takedown but Watson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Offley somewhat.
Offley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That has opened up Clinton Offley's cut even more.
Watson dips to his left and cracks Offley with an uppercut!
Watson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Watson wants it to stay on the feet.
Offley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Offley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Offley slips a straight right by Watson.
Watson misses with an uppercut. Offley saw that one coming.
Watson looks to land a right hand but Offley moved out of range.
Offley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Watson but Watson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Offley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
John Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clinton Offley.
Watson loads up on a big right hand but Offley slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Offley! But no joy.
Offley moves away from the strike by Watson.
Watson throws a leg kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
John Watson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Offley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Watson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Offley throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Watson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Offley misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Offley with the ground and pound but Watson regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Offley looks to land a strike but Watson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Offley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Offley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Watson keeping full guard, as Offley tries to pass.
Watson controls Offley momentarily but Offley frees himself.
Offley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Offley wants to pass the guard but Watson is keeping the position.
Offley trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watson is trying to control the position but Offley postures up.
Offley stops Watson from standing up.
Offley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Watson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Offley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Offley drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Watson defends it well.
Nice takedown defense from Watson. No joy for Offley on that attempt.
Watson throws a looping overhand right but Offley ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Offley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Watson avoids it really well and circles away.
Offley throws the left hand but Watson avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Watson misses its intended target.
A head kick by Watson misses
and Offley decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Watson's guard.
Watson pushes Offley off and scrambles back to his feet.
Watson misses with a straight right.
Offley feints the counter takedown.
Watson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
Watson throws a series of punches but Offley moves out of range.
Offley dives in and grabs Watson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Watson pushes down on Offley's head and hops out.
An attempted straight right counter from Watson misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Watson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clinton Offley's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Watson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watson throws a shot from downtown. Offley moves away and avoids it.
Offley feints the counter takedown.
Watson throws a big shot that misses.
Watson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Offley can do to turn this around?
Watson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Offley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Watson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
It looked like Watson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. Offley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Offley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Offley scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Watson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
John Watson 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!
Watson throws a shot from downtown. Offley moves away and avoids it.
Offley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Watson but Watson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Offley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watson throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson looks to throw the jab but Offley is out of range.
Offley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Watson throws the left hand but Offley avoids the punch easily.
Offley ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Watson throws a hook but Offley avoids it easily.
Watson leaves Offley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
John Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clinton Offley.
Watson misses with a hook. Offley ducked under it nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Watson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Offley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Watson to score with a decent uppercut.
Offley changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Watson tries to avoid it but Offley manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Watson to the ground. Watson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Watson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Offley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Watson but Watson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a looping right.
Watson looks to throw the jab but Offley is out of range.
Offley walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Watson misses the jab.
Watson looks to land a left hand but Offley moved out of range nicely.
Offley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
John Watson is winning the standup battle so far.
Offley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Watson sprawls well. Watson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Offley gets slowly back to his feet.
Watson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson missing with a left hand there. Offley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Offley misses with a takedown
and Watson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Offley thinking.
Watson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Watson slips a straight right by Offley.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Offley moves away.
Offley tries a quick counter leg kick but Watson is wise to it.
Watson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Watson scores with a nice strike.
The cut above Clinton Offley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice sprawl there from Watson as Offley shoots in.
Offley closes this distance looking for a takedown but Watson circles away.
Watson is looking to counter punch.
Watson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Offley has time to react.
Watson throws a poor cross that misses
and Offley counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Offley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Offley postures up in Watson's guard and throws a big left but Watson blocks it.
Offley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Offley throws an elbow that misses. Watson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Offley's guard. Nice move by Watson!
Watson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Offley is trying to control the position but Watson postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Offley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Watson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clinton Offley's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Offley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Watson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Offley.
Offley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Watson counters with a nice leg kick.
Watson lands a leg kick that knocks Offley off balance momentarily.
Offley defending well as Watson loads up on a big left hand.
Watson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Offley moves out of range of the body kick.
Offley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Watson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Offley slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Offley ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Watson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Offley checks it well.
Offley slips a jab from Watson.
Watson lands a leg kick that knocks Offley off balance momentarily.
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Offley.
Watson throws a body punch but Offley moves out of range.
Offley with the counter takedown but Watson avoids it easily.
Watson throws a series of punches but Offley moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Watson misses.
And Offley tries to counter it with a takedown but Watson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Watson misses with a looping right.
Offley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Watson pinned against the cage. Watson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Clinton Offley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clinton Offley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Watson.
Offley checks the leg kick nicely there.
The fighters circling - Watson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Offley moves out of range as Watson strikes.
Watson lands a glancing blow to the side of Offley's head.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
Watson throws a hook but Offley avoids it easily.
Offley with the counter takedown but Watson avoids it easily.
Watson throws a jab but it's blocked by Offley.
Offley drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Watson defends it well.
Offley shoots in for a takedown but Watson shows good takedown defense.
Nice uppercut there from Offley.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Offley thuds a left hand into Watson's body.
Watson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson looks to land a right hand but Offley moved out of range.
Watson tries to land a body kick
and Offley counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Watson!
Watson throws Offley to one side and escapes!
Watson throws an overhand right that lands on Offley's shoulder, as Offley tries to avoid the shot.
Offley shoots in for a double leg but Watson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Watson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Offley.
Watson throws a head kick but Offley moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Offley misses.
Offley slips under a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watson throws a hook but Offley avoids it easily.
Watson throws an overhand right that lands on Offley's shoulder, as Offley tries to avoid the shot.
Offley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Offley misses with a takedown attempt - Watson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Offley slips under a jab.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Offley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice defenses there by Offley.
Offley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Offley slips a straight right by Watson.
Watson misses the jab.
Offley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Watson swivels and escapes.
Watson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Offley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Watson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Watson 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Watson!
John Watson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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