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AD443: Second trip PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Leduc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Monday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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284 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Leduc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Monday!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monday throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Leduc stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Leduc swings widly with a right hand
and Monday counters with a stiff right hand.
Monday keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Monday looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Monday throws a half hearted mid kick.
Leduc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Monday was well out of range. Poor timing from Leduc.
Monday throws a head kick but Leduc moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Leduc misses the target.
Nice uppercut lands for Monday. That snapped Leduc's head back.
Monday lands a jab to the head.
Leduc misses with an uppercut
and Monday counters with a series of strikes that sends Leduc to the canvas! Monday follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Leduc is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leduc looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Monday puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Monday is working for a submission of some sort.
Monday wants to lay and pray for a moment but Leduc keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monday throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leduc gets back to full guard.
Leduc wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Monday is now in half guard.
Monday is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Leduc has hold of Monday's hands but Monday slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Monday is working for a kimura but Leduc is defending it quite comfortably.
Monday is thwarting Leduc's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monday throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Leduc to regain full guard.
Monday scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leduc 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.
Leduc being controlled here, momentarily.
Leduc is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monday tries to free his leg and advance position but Leduc is retaining full guard.
Monday in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Leduc keeping moving, preventing Monday from controlling successfully.
Leduc tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Monday not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Leduc has Monday pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A slow jab from Leduc misses its intended target.
Nice combo by Monday! Oh, that's hurt him - Leduc falls to the canvas and Monday follows him into side control.
Oh Leduc is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
It looks like Joe Leduc has been cut.
Leduc is trying to improve his position.
Monday lands a big left to the face of Leduc, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Monday and another - Leduc is out! Monday stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mike Monday!
Mike Monday 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.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donny Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Slevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes to the cage accompanied by Monkey Junction. Slevin has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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275 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donny Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Slevin!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slevin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Davis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Slevin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Slevin throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick lands from Slevin.
Donny Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis tests Slevin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It looked like Davis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Davis throws a big shot that misses.
Slevin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
Davis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right-left combo lands from Davis.
Slevin throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Donny Davis has been cut.
Davis connects with a crisp jab.
Slevin checks a leg kick.
Despite the aggression on Slevin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Davis misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slevin moves forwards but Davis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Slevin misses the jab.
Davis throws an overhand right that lands on Slevin's shoulder, as Slevin tries to avoid the shot.
Slevin jabs Davis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Slevin defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
Slevin scores with a leg kick.
Slevin throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.
Davis lands a right hook to the body.
Slevin walks into a straight right hand from Davis.
Davis digs a good hook to Slevin's body.
Slevin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Davis throws a series of punches but Slevin moves out of range.
Slevin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Davis.
Davis throws out a loose jab but Slevin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slevin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Slevin swings widly with a right hand
and Davis counters with a low kick, right behind Slevin 's knee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Slevin misses its intended target.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Slevin saw that one coming.
Davis connects with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slevin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Slevin tries to counter with a clinch but Davis shakes him off and moves away.
Davis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Slevin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davis scores with a decent looking hook.
Slevin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davis. That did some damage!
Slevin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Slevin checks the leg kick.
Davis connects with a single shot there.
Slevin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Slevin.
Slevin misses with a body kick.
Davis appears to be looking for a big counter.
Davis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Slevin under the eye.
Slevin cracks a nice hook into Davis's ribs.
Slevin misses with a left hand
and Davis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Slevin moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis tries to bum rush Slevin with a series of wild strikes but Slevin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Davis checks a leg kick.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Slevin slips a straight right by Davis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slevin misses with an uppercut.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slevin closes the distance and clinches.
Slevin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Slevin throws a head punch that misses.
Slevin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slevin misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Slevin.
Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis lands a leg kick that knocks Slevin off balance momentarily.
Slevin throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Slevin is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
Slevin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Nice defenses there by Davis.
Slevin misses with a low kick.
Davis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Davis needs to keep his hands up - Slevin had a free shot at his head there.
Donny Davis's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis moves out of range as Slevin strikes.
Davis checks a low kick from Slevin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Slevin blocks the low kick.
Davis cracks Slevin with an open hand slap.
Davis throws a wild hook but Slevin just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Davis gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Slevin raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Slevin!
Our winner, Tony Slevin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Donny Davis was interviewed post fight and said 'I want to thank all you fans for coming out tonight, Milwaukee's Best for keeping me energized, the gang at Montreal Fighter's Gym, all of my loved ones back home, and Uncle Lar for letting me fight here in Montreal Fight Nights! I really wanted the win tonight, I'll get it next time.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Duberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Carter Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duberry comes to the cage accompanied by Ween - Cover it with Gas and Set It On Fire. Fidel Duberry has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
37 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fidel Duberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Carter Williams!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duberry staying out of range there.
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duberry throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Duberry blocks a jab.
Williams lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Duberry attempts a counter takedown but Williams avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duberry throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Williams tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Duberry is in Williams's guard.
Williams manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Duberry 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left hand lands to the body for Duberry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duberry misses with a body punch.
Duberry lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duberry.
Duberry throws a head punch that misses.
Duberry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Duberry.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Duberry can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Duberry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duberry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Duberry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duberry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duberry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Duberry.
Williams looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Duberry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duberry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duberry digs a right hand into Williams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Williams's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duberry lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Duberry.
A nice right hand lands inside from Duberry.
A short left from Duberry.
Duberry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duberry lands with a left to the head.
Duberry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Duberry.
Duberry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Nice body punch from Duberry.
Duberry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duberry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duberry.
Duberry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Duberry.
Duberry tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duberry.
Duberry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duberry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
Duberry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duberry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Duberry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duberry throws a head punch that misses.
Duberry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Duberry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duberry throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duberry.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Duberry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Duberry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duberry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Duberry on the inside.
Duberry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duberry misses with some punches.
Duberry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duberry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duberry lands a nice uppercut.
Williams is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Duberry.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Duberry finish him?
Duberry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duberry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Duberry unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Williams! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Duberry is unloading with more strikes now! Williams drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fidel Duberry!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Fidel Duberry waved his t-shirt featuring Sin City Allstars's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elmo Salty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Televing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salty kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Gonna Fly Now. Televing has chosen Nightwish - End of all Hope as his entrance music. Elmo Salty could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Christian Televing's chin.
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33 - 21 - 0 |
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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
33 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elmo Salty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christian Televing!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Televing catches Salty with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Televing takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Televing throws a hook but Salty avoids it easily.
Salty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Televing.
Salty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Televing moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Salty.
It looks like Christian Televing has been cut.
Salty takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Salty misses with a body shot.
Christian Televing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Televing throws a body punch but Salty moves out of range.
Salty appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Salty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Televing.
Televing lunges at Salty with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Salty's hand.
A slow jab from Salty misses its intended target.
Salty throws a sloppy head kick and Televing moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Televing lands a nice looking body kick.
Televing works Salty's body with a nice hook.
Salty is breathing heavily.
Salty throws a hook to the side of Televing's head but Televing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Televing lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Salty misses with a shot to the body
and Televing connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salty walks into a straight right hand from Televing.
Salty takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Televing does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Televing.
Televing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salty.
Televing is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Televing connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Salty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salty takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice jab there from Salty.
Televing tests Salty's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Salty misses with a straight right.
Televing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Televing feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Salty's calf.
Televing lands a big right hand that sends Salty crashing to the mat! Televing stays standing though and waves Salty back to his feet!
Salty is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Televing sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Salty's defenses. It connects perfectly with Salty's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Christian Televing!
Christian Televing 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.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cearul Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Rover. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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236 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cearul Ysengrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Joseph!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph throws out a powerful jab.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Ysengrin misses its target.
Ysengrin slips under a jab.
Joseph connects with a right hand. Ysengrin shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Joseph misses the target.
Joseph moves out of range as Ysengrin throws a body kick.
Joseph fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Ysengrin scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Cearul Ysengrin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ysengrin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Joseph tries to land a front kick but Ysengrin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ysengrin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joseph checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ysengrin fails to land with a series of punches.
Ysengrin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ysengrin gets a double leg takedown into Joseph's guard.
Joseph looking for a sweep. Not yet Joseph, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph is adopting a defensive guard.
Ysengrin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin looking to pass the guard.
Ysengrin 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.
Ysengrin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ysengrin throws an elbow that misses. Joseph uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ysengrin's guard. Nice move by Joseph!
Ysengrin has his hands on Joseph's head, controlling the position.
Joseph won't allow Ysengrin to sweep him here.
Joseph sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ysengrin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ysengrin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ysengrin looking for a sweep. Not yet Ysengrin, not yet.
Joseph is fighting to break Ysengrin's control of his arms but Ysengrin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Joseph thumps Ysengrin with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Ysengrin.
Joseph has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joseph there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Ysengrin.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ysengrin, as that shot connected.
Joseph feints and then cracks Ysengrin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ysengrin down.
Ysengrin connects with a solid leg kick.
Joseph blocks a jab.
Joseph moves out of range as Ysengrin strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Ysengrin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ysengrin scores with a punch to the head.
Ysengrin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Joseph scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin misses the shot to the body.
Joseph was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joseph misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ysengrin shoots in and drives through. Joseph sprawls well.
Ysengrin scores with a spinning back kick!
Joseph throws a low kick but Ysengrin avoids it.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Ysengrin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joseph throws the kick towards the body but Ysengrin avoids it.
Joseph throws the kick towards the body but Ysengrin avoids it.
And Ysengrin counters with a quick kick to the body but Joseph blocks it.
Ysengrin throws a front kick that sends Joseph stumbling back into the cage.
Ysengrin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joseph has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joseph throws a leg kick
and Ysengrin counters with a nice uppercut.
Ysengrin misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cearul Ysengrin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Joseph throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ysengrin delivers a nice body kick.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Joseph looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Joseph 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.
Ysengrin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ysengrin showed some decent athleticism there.
Ysengrin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Joseph does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ysengrin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph tries to roll over but Ysengrin keeps him under control.
Ysengrin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is staying active underneath Ysengrin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ysengrin controlling the pace.
Joseph is pressing down on Ysengrin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Joseph trying to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ysengrin slips a jab from Joseph.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ysengrin. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ysengrin fails with the takedown.
A good leg kick by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin tries to clinch up.
Joseph chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ysengrin can pounce on him.
Joseph keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph throws a leg kick which misses Ysengrin's front leg but catches the back leg as Ysengrin tries to avoid it.
Joseph drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ysengrin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joseph slips under a jab.
Ysengrin moves out of range as Joseph strikes.
Cearul Ysengrin is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin works the jab nicely.
Joseph scores with a leg kick.
Joseph blocks the body kick.
Ysengrin misses with a body shot.
Joseph swings widly with a right hand
and Ysengrin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joseph with a hook.
Joseph walks into a left hand.
Joseph connects with an inside leg kick.
Ysengrin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Joseph stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Joseph misses with a hook.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ysengrin.
Anthony Joseph is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Joseph misses with a hook. Ysengrin ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Ysengrin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joseph checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ysengrin throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joseph's head backwards.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
Ysengrin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joseph lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ysengrin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ysengrin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joseph looks to land a right hand but Ysengrin moved out of range.
Ysengrin throws a poor cross that misses
and Joseph counters with a low kick, right behind Ysengrin 's knee.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ysengrin punishes Joseph's body with a nice straight punch.
Ysengrin ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Ysengrin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph counters with a body kick.
Ysengrin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ysengrin takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
Joseph takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cearul Ysengrin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
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!
Joseph checks a low kick from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ysengrin's corner calls for a 1-2. Ysengrin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ysengrin defending well as Joseph loads up on a big left hand.
A clash of legs there as Ysengrin blocks the low kick.
Ysengrin digs a good body shot into Joseph's ribs.
Ysengrin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Ysengrin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Joseph momentarily.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ysengrin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ysengrin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is trying to keep Ysengrin in close.
Ysengrin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Joseph looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Anthony Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Joseph looking to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd cheers as Joseph lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ysengrin doesn't seem phased though.
Ysengrin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ysengrin slips under a jab from Joseph.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joseph.
Joseph scoring well with a low kick there.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joseph.
Joseph paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ysengrin lands a nice shot to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Joseph crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ysengrin - the referee stops the clock and Joseph gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ysengrin. Joseph manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Joseph takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joseph.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ysengrin tries to clinch there but Joseph circles away.
Ysengrin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ysengrin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ysengrin has closed the distance and engaged Joseph in a clinch.
Ysengrin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ysengrin blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ysengrin misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ysengrin tries to land knees in the clinch but Joseph avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ysengrin.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ysengrin's elbow.
Ysengrin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin working Joseph over with knees to the body.
Ysengrin presses Joseph against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ysengrin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joseph takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ysengrin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ysengrin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Joseph lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ysengrin connects with a knee to the head.
Ysengrin lands a knee to the body.
Ysengrin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ysengrin digs a right hand into Joseph's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Joseph's gas tank.
Ysengrin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ysengrin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Joseph avoids it.
Ysengrin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Ysengrin.
A shot in the inside from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Joseph can't fight it off and eventually Ysengrin manages to take the fight to the floor. Joseph looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cearul Ysengrin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ysengrin cracks Joseph with a solid left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cearul Ysengrin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ysengrin 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cearul Ysengrin!
An out of breath and clearly excited Cearul Ysengrin thanked Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Slade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Eerkilaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toni Eerkilaa will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
34 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Slade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Toni Eerkilaa!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slade takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Tyrone Slade has been cut.
Eerkilaa slips a straight right by Slade.
Slade lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eerkilaa circles away quickly and effectively.
Slade looks to score with a jab to the body but Eerkilaa is just out of range.
Eerkilaa misses with a hook
and Slade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Slade moves into range and clinches up with Eerkilaa.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Eerkilaa.
Eerkilaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Slade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slade wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Slade pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Slade wants to get back to striking at distance but Eerkilaa won't allow it.
Slade escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Slade looks to score with a jab to the body but Eerkilaa is just out of range.
Slade takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tyrone Slade's cut is getting worse.
Eerkilaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Eerkilaa throws out a counter right but Slade avoids it with no problem.
Slade swings for the body but Eerkilaa moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eerkilaa lands with an overhand left.
Slade throws a low kick but Eerkilaa avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slade misses with a two punch combination.
Eerkilaa misses with an uppercut.
Eerkilaa lands with a cross.
Eerkilaa throws a jab when Slade was well out of range.
Slade lands with a thumping leg kick.
Eerkilaa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eerkilaa misses with a left hand
enabling Slade to counter with a crisp jab.
Slade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slade will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Eerkilaa lands with an overhand left.
Eerkilaa blocks a leg kick.
Slade is looking to wear down Eerkilaa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Slade misses with a hook.
Slade lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slade steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eerkilaa.
Slade misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slade lands with a kick to the temple. Eerkilaa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That kick from Slade tenderised Eerkilaa's leg. Eerkilaa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Eerkilaa misses with a straight left.
Slade looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Slade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Eerkilaa misses with the combination.
Slade rushes Eerkilaa and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Eerkilaa is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Slade piles on the pressure and Eerkilaa crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Slade!
Tyrone Slade decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Predator Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jiu-Jitsu. Nathan Silver will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Predator Burns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nathan Silver!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silver throws a lazy head kick
and Burns counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Silver pushes Burns off and gets back to his feet.
Burns fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Silver to the ground. Burns is now in Silver's guard.
Silver wriggles free and stands up.
Nathan Silver 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!
A bone on bone clash there as Silver blocks the leg kick.
Silver looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burns moves out of range as Silver throws a body kick.
Silver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silver wants to clinch.
Burns fails with a takedown attempt.
Silver looks to clinch
and Burns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice shot lands for Burns.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burns, as that shot connected.
Silver scores with a jab to the jaw.
Burns fails with the takedown
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
Silver looks for the body kick but Burns saw that one coming.
Burns drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silver sprawls and moves away.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Burns's head but Burns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver with a hook.
Silver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burns sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Silver fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burns looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver 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.
Silver needs to keep his hands up - Burns had a free shot at his head there.
Nathan Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a nice hook to Burns's body. Burns takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Burns blocks a jab.
Silver tries to clinch there but Burns circles away.
Burns attempts a counter takedown but Silver avoids it well and moves away.
Silver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Burns was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silver throws a hook but Burns avoids it easily.
Burns misses with a low kick.
Silver tries to land a front kick but Burns steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Burns tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silver needs to keep his hands up - Burns had a free shot at his head there.
Silver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns goes for a double leg but Silver avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Silver continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Predator Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burns tries to counter with a takedown but Silver is quick to defend against it.
Silver looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Silver misses.
Burns manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silver on his heels. He'll look to pass Silver's guard now, I'm sure.
Silver is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Burns presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Silver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.
Burns manages to break the clinch.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burns slips under a jab.
Silver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silver's head.
Burns manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silver on his heels. He'll look to pass Silver's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Silver manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Burns jumps into guard, dragging Silver to the mat.
Silver pushing down on Burns's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Burns regains full guard. Nicely done.
Burns looking to control.
Burns escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silver gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silver's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silver gets to his feet - Burns follows without any prompting.
Burns lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns moves out of range as Silver throws a body kick.
Burns is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Silver dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burns.
Silver throws an off balance right hand
and Burns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silver misses with a hook.
Burns blocks the body kick.
Silver leaves Burns with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silver, right into the meat.
Silver's jab looks to have found its range, popping Burns under the eye.
Silver closes the distance and pushes Burns back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
Burns jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silver walks away with a smile on his face. Burns gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burns was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silver misses with a two punch combination.
Silver scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver with a hook.
Nice cross by Burns.
Silver gets a clinch.
Burns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burns is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Burns throws an overhand right that lands on Silver's shoulder, as Silver tries to avoid the shot.
Nice body punch from Silver.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burns ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Silver throws a leg kick but Burns sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silver misses with the body kick
and Burns counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver is looking to stand up but Burns isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver is pushing Burns's head away, looking to escape. Burns manages to hold on to the position though.
Burns working away.
Burns is looking to take a break and control but Silver is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silver is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Silver has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Burns misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns happy to just control the position for now.
Burns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silver keeps working.
Silver is trying to control Burns's posture but Burns avoids it.
Silver tries to buck Burns off but Burns is having none of it.
Burns misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silver is trying to escape the position but Burns is controlling the position.
Silver is pushing Burns's head away, looking to escape. Burns manages to hold on to the position though.
Silver is not content to let Burns control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
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.
A combination from Silver does no damage.
Silver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Burns counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Burns.
Burns won't allow Silver to get back to his feet.
Burns not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Burns is fighting to break Silver's control of his arms but Silver is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Burns working some strikes from top position.
Silver is trying to control the position but Burns postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silver pushes Burns off and gets back to his feet.
Burns throws a hook but Silver blocks it.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nathan Silver will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Silver tries a head kick but it misses.
Burns's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silver under the eye.
Burns defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
Burns half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Silver drops his hands momentarily and Burns takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burns appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Silver connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silver throws a right hand that Burns ducks under and follows up with a left that Burns also avoids with ease.
Silver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burns.
Silver lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silver throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns throws a leg kick but Silver checks it.
Silver swings widly with a right hand
and Burns counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Burns shoots in but Silver avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nathan Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It seemed like Silver was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Burns misses with a looping right.
Silver throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Burns throws a leg kick but Silver sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silver misses with a hook. Burns ducked under it nicely.
Burns throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silver gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Burns counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silver wants to get back to his feet.
Burns works his way into side control.
Burns advances to mount.
Burns raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns looking for a sweep. Not yet Burns, not yet.
Burns looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silver passes into side control.
Silver trying to control the action but Burns is working from the bottom.
Nathan Silver has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silver taking a break here but Burns is having none of it and regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns trying to control but Silver postures up.
Burns wants to improve his position but Silver is controlling well.
Silver winds up and cracks Burns with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silver controlling the action here.
Burns wants to control but Silver is keeping busy.
Silver controlling the action here.
Silver is trying to work for a kimura but Burns is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burns moves into full guard.
Burns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silver would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Silver working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Silver preventing the sweep.
Burns is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns is trying to control the position but Silver postures up.
Burns looking for a sweep. Not yet Burns, not yet.
Silver passes Burns's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Nathan Silver just about did enough to take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Burns is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silver's half guard.
Silver pushes Burns off and gets back to his feet.
Silver looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
Silver is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Silver lands a jab to the head.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver throws a body kick that misses.
Silver tries to clinch there but Burns circles away.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Burns.
Burns swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silver throws a poor cross that misses
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silver.
Silver scores with a three punch combo!
Burns connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Burns's head but Burns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Silver misses the target.
Silver connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Burns momentarily.
Burns fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silver sprawls well initially but Burns persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Burns is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silver makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silver counters with a two punch combo.
Silver explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes from Burns. Those never looked like landing.
Burns darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver is refusing to be controlled, as Burns sits in half guard.
Silver trying to control from the bottom.
Burns prevents Silver from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns is trying to control the action in half guard but Silver is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Silver lands a high kick!
Burns uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Burns scores with a jab.
Burns connects with a nice looking jab.
Burns moves out of range of the strikes.
Burns throws a leg kick that misses.
Burns looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silver is fending him off so far but Burns persists. Nope, Silver circles away and we're back to standing.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy body kick from Silver
and Burns counters with a takedown into side control.
Silver tries to improve position but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Burns in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Burns fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silver avoids it really well and circles away.
Silver swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burns drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silver sprawls and moves away.
Silver throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Silver throws a jab when Burns was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Silver dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Silver takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns.
Burns looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A telegraphed right hand from Silver misses the target.
Silver slips under a jab from Burns.
Silver takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silver throws a poor cross that misses
and Burns counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Burns.
Burns content to stall in guard here.
Burns won't allow Silver to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Silver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burns is one step ahead there.
Burns pushes down on Silver's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Burns controlling the action here.
Burns trying to control from Silver's half guard. Silver has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Burns is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silver is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burns tries to free his leg and advance position but Silver is retaining full guard.
Silver had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Burns defends it easily.
Burns wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Silver looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Predator Burns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns looking to sit in guard and control but Silver gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Burns being controlled here, momentarily.
Burns throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Silver escapes and throws Burns's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Burns wants to control but Silver postures up.
Silver is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver cracks Burns with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Silver looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silver wants to control but Burns is keeping him busy.
Burns tries to buck Silver off but Silver is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burns is trying to control Silver's posture but Silver avoids it.
Silver wants to control but Burns is keeping him busy.
Silver is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Burns knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Silver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silver has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 45:50
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 45:50
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Silver!
Nathan Silver is the new featherweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nathan Silver made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Predator Burns was interviewed post fight and said 'It's ok, i'm home.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devin Skrumbellos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karol Cropp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Skrumbellos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to CANT BE TOUCHED!!!. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devin Skrumbellos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
54 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karol Cropp!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cropp slips a jab from Skrumbellos .
Skrumbellos tries to move into range but Cropp moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Devin Skrumbellos has been cut.
Skrumbellos blocks a head kick by Cropp.
Cropp misses with a left hand
and Skrumbellos counters with a stiff right hand.
Skrumbellos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cropp takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cropp shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Skrumbellos as he jumps to the side.
Cropp scores with a one two! Skrumbellos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cropp closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Skrumbellos 's guard.
Skrumbellos is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
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 short uppercut from Skrumbellos .
Good body shot from Skrumbellos .
Cropp looks winded!
Skrumbellos misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Skrumbellos .
Cropp is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cropp tries for a takedown but Skrumbellos manages to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skrumbellos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cropp backwards.
Skrumbellos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cropp takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Skrumbellos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cropp is rocked!
Skrumbellos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cropp takes a shot to the head.
Cropp is still on wobbly legs! Can Skrumbellos finish him?
Skrumbellos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skrumbellos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cropp backwards.
Skrumbellos is working Cropp over against the cage.
Skrumbellos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Skrumbellos misses with the head strike.
Skrumbellos misses with some punches.
Skrumbellos creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Cropp's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Cropp drops to his knees and Skrumbellos pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Devin Skrumbellos !
Our winner, Devin Skrumbellos , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LightHeavy Weight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
21 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, LightHeavy Weight!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lesnar.
Weight misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Weight misses its intended target.
Weight listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Weight uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lesnar.
Lesnar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weight steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lesnar.
Weight lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Brock Lesnar has been cut.
Weight has closed the distance and engaged Lesnar in a clinch.
Lesnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lesnar misses with a punch on the inside.
Weight lands a shoulder strike.
Lesnar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weight misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Weight.
Lesnar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Weight.
A short uppercut from Lesnar.
Weight gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Weight presses Lesnar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lesnar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Weight's elbow.
Weight scores with a nice hook to the head.
Weight can't find room to land a body shot as Lesnar controls the action.
Weight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lesnar backwards.
Lesnar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Weight lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Weight tries a body shot but Lesnar blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Weight.
Lesnar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Weight scores with a shot to the side of Lesnar's head.
Weight tries to throw a body punch but Lesnar avoids it by throwing Weight back against the cage.
Lesnar working aggressively here.
Weight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lesnar misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Weight lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lesnar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Weight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Weight creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Lesnar with a big uppercut! Lesnar tries to clinch up but Weight pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Lesnar to the mat! Lesnar covers up and Weight unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). LightHeavy Weight!
LightHeavy Weight tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael D Amato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Maximus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D Amato comes to the cage accompanied by Machine Gun - Hated. DJ Maximus will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael D Amato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, DJ Maximus!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
D Amato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maximus was well out of range. Poor timing from D Amato.
We've been informed that Maximus has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
D Amato misses with a hook
and Maximus counters with a right hand to the body.
D Amato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maximus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maximus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like DJ Maximus has been cut.
D Amato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maximus counters with a nice leg kick.
D Amato misses with a wild body shot.
Maximus ducks under a wild hook from D Amato.
D Amato scores with a decent looking hook.
D Amato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maximus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
D Amato lands with a straight right. Maximus didn't see that one coming.
Michael D Amato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maximus scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maximus lands a glancing blow to the side of D Amato's head.
Maximus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maximus misses with a hook
and D Amato counters with a left to the body.
D Amato jabs at Maximus's body.
Maximus scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maximus slips a straight right by D Amato.
Maximus misses the shot to the body.
D Amato swings for the body but Maximus moves out of range.
Maximus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from D Amato with a body shot.
D Amato thuds a left hand into Maximus's body.
D Amato just misses with a punch to the body.
D Amato goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Maximus misses with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - D Amato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maximus looks like he wants to counter punch here.
D Amato throws a hook to the side of Maximus's head but Maximus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maximus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from D Amato.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Maximus! But no joy.
Maximus avoids the body shot from D Amato.
D Amato is looking to wear down Maximus with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maximus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
D Amato throws a shot to the body.
D Amato slips under a jab from Maximus.
The fighters circling - D Amato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
D Amato throws a lazy right hand but Maximus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maximus loads up on a big right hand but D Amato slips the punch.
Maximus misses with a body shot.
Maximus is looking to land body kicks.
D Amato was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Maximus lands a jab to D Amato's midsection.
A slow jab from D Amato misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maximus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by D Amato. D Amato obviously looking to wear him down.
D Amato pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Maximus back to the cage. D Amato follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
D Amato lands with a cross.
D Amato rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Maximus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from D Amato misses
and Maximus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
D Amato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
D Amato slips a jab from Maximus.
Maximus throws a looping overhand right but D Amato ducks down to avoid it.
D Amato takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Maximus scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
D Amato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
D Amato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maximus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maximus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Maximus ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
D Amato throws a hook to the side of Maximus's head but Maximus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maximus connects with a crisp jab.
D Amato throws a big shot that misses.
Maximus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maximus slips a jab from D Amato.
D Amato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maximus.
Maximus ducks under a wild hook from D Amato.
Maximus tests D Amato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
D Amato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maximus moves away.
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 Michael D Amato will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on DJ Maximus's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Both fighters circling a little - Maximus finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Maximus connects with a body shot that sends D Amato's belly button to the back.
Maximus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
D Amato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
D Amato fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
D Amato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maximus digs a good hook to D Amato's body.
Maximus uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Maximus just misses with a punch to the body.
Maximus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Maximus releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
D Amato takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Michael D Amato has been cut.
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!
Maximus slips a jab from D Amato.
D Amato throws the left hand but Maximus avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maximus.
Maximus drives through and clinches with D Amato against the cage.
D Amato misses with a punch to the body.
D Amato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maximus misses with a hook to the ribs.
D Amato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Maximus.
D Amato misses with a hook from the clinch.
D Amato scores with a nice hook to the head.
D Amato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maximus struggles to land a body shot inside as D Amato controls his hands.
Maximus has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Maximus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maximus misses with a punch to the body.
Maximus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
D Amato throws a punch but it's blocked by Maximus.
Maximus swings wildly with an uppercut but D Amato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maximus lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maximus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
D Amato gets through Maximus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, D Amato creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
D Amato lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from D Amato fails to land.
D Amato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maximus tries to work over D Amato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maximus lands with a left to the head.
D Amato tries to throw a body punch but Maximus avoids it by throwing D Amato back against the cage.
Maximus digs a right hand into D Amato's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on D Amato's gas tank.
Maximus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maximus lands a right hand.
D Amato blocks an uppercut.
Maximus prevents a body shot from D Amato.
Maximus throws a punch but it's blocked by D Amato.
Maximus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of D Amato backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Amato swings wildly with an uppercut but Maximus uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to D Amato's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Maximus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by D Amato.
Maximus pushes D Amato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
D Amato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
D Amato tries a body shot but Maximus blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from D Amato.
Maximus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
D Amato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maximus.
D Amato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maximus manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Maximus on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maximus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on D Amato. That did some damage!
Maximus misses with a body shot.
Nice body kick from Maximus.
Maximus staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maximus.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
D Amato takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
D Amato takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
D Amato on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Maximus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
D Amato sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maximus scores with a jab to the body.
D Amato avoids the body shot from Maximus.
D Amato misses with a lunging right hand
and Maximus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
DJ Maximus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maximus lands a nice shot to the body.
D Amato takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DJ Maximus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Maximus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
D Amato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maximus manages to avoid it.
D Amato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maximus was well out of range. Poor timing from D Amato.
A jab from D Amato does it's job there.
D Amato will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
D Amato throws a hook but Maximus avoids it easily.
Maximus throws out a counter right but D Amato avoids it with no problem.
Maximus throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Maximus cracks D Amato with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! D Amato looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Maximus finish him?
Nice jab there from Maximus.
D Amato is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maximus tries a head kick but it misses.
Maximus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
D Amato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Maximus.
D Amato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
D Amato throws out a loose jab but Maximus uses good head movement to avoid it.
D Amato fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from D Amato misses.
Maximus feints a counter leg kick.
D Amato misses the shot to the body.
D Amato throws a hook to the side of Maximus's head but Maximus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maximus throws out a loose jab but D Amato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maximus throws an off balance right hand
and D Amato counters with a nice uppercut.
Maximus lands with a straight right. D Amato didn't see that one coming.
Maximus misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from D Amato misses the target.
Maximus moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Amato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Maximus finds it's way round the side to connect with D Amato's head.
D Amato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maximus manages to avoid it.
A big left from D Amato misses.
Nice shot lands for Maximus.
Oh D Amato is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
D Amato throws a shot from downtown. Maximus moves away and avoids it.
Maximus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from D Amato with a body shot.
D Amato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Maximus throws a front kick that sends D Amato stumbling back into the cage.
D Amato seems to have got his legs back now.
Maximus pushes D Amato away with a front kick.
Maximus connects with a single shot there.
A swing and a miss from Maximus.
D Amato avoids the body shot from Maximus.
D Amato takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
D Amato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maximus manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maximus.
D Amato loads up on a big right hand but Maximus slips the punch.
Maximus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
D Amato moves out of range of the body kick from Maximus.
D Amato takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
D Amato drops his hands momentarily and Maximus takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
D Amato swings widly with a right hand
and Maximus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maximus throws a shot to the body.
D Amato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maximus circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! D Amato drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Maximus follows D Amato to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DJ Maximus!
DJ Maximus is the new heavyweight champion!
DJ Maximus gave a mention to Vandal & Laundry in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
Michael D Amato spoke after the fight, saying 'Whoop ass or get your ass whooped
I got Whooped too day!'.
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