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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector Tafari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Woodrow Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tafari's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hector Tafari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Woodrow Black!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tafari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Tafari fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The fighters circling - Tafari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tafari fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Black is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Tafari tries to clinch up.
Tafari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Black throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tafari.
It looks like Hector Tafari has been cut.
Tafari shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Tafari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tafari closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tafari darts in looking for a takedown but Black gets double underhooks and turns Tafari into the cage.
Black lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tafari fails with a takedown attempt.
Black circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Tafari drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Black follows Tafari 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 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Woodrow Black!
Woodrow Black made sure to mention his sponsor, Rising Sun Supplements in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Austin McCartney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryker Byrd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCartney comes to the cage accompanied by Lord of the Boy. Byrd has chosen ACDC- For those about to rock as his entrance music. Ryker Byrd 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 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Austin McCartney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryker Byrd!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrd tries a low kick but McCartney avoids it.
McCartney feinted with a counter takedown.
Byrd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Austin McCartney has been cut.
Byrd scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McCartney is rocked!
Byrd fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oh McCartney is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Byrd gets in close and tags McCartney with a short punch that almost sends McCartney to the mat! Oh McCartney is in big trouble! He turns his back on Byrd, trying to create some distance but Byrd rushes him, striking wildly and McCartney goes down! The referee tackles Byrd into the cage to end the fight! Byrd is one violent man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryker Byrd!
An intense looking Ryker Byrd took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'My opponent had a terrible record coming into this fight but make no mistake - anyone i put my hands on inside this cage is in trouble. I dont care what your plan is - once i hit you your world starts to melt. Stay tuned.'.
The defeated Austin McCartney had this to say: 'Aw, nuts.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Umberto Grena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Dean will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Umberto Grena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Dean!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dean fails with the takedown.
Dean lands a two punch combo.
Grena throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dean tries to land a front kick but Grena steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dean wants to clinch up but Grena keeps it at a distance.
Grena throws a lazy head kick
and Dean counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grena misses with a head kick.
Grena lands a nice looking body shot.
Dean looks winded!
Dean tries to clinch up
and Grena counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grena won't allow Dean to sweep him here.
Dean keeping moving, preventing Grena from controlling successfully.
Grena with a nice head shot there.
Grena scoring with some ground and pound.
Grena connects with a couple of short punches.
Dean keeping full guard, as Grena tries to pass.
Grena in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dean has momentary wrist control but Grena slips an elbow through the middle.
Dean trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grena thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dean keeping moving, preventing Grena from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Grena's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Grena scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Grena wants to pass the guard but Dean is keeping the position.
Dean keeping moving, preventing Grena from controlling successfully.
Grena works over Dean with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grena lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grena content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Grena passes Dean's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dean has hold of Grena's hands but Grena slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dean is rocked!
Grena slips a nice elbow through Dean's hands, connecting with Dean's forehead.
Dean is still in real trouble! Can Grena finish him?
Grena is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dean defends it well.
Grena uses his free foot to push down on Dean's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dean.
Dean seems to have recovered his senses.
Dean is in a horrible position here. Grena smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grena scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dean?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Dean that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Grena 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.
Grena lands a big shot to the head and Dean winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Umberto Grena!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Bottoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bottoms comes to the cage accompanied by Insane In The Brain - Cypress Hill. Jimmy Quick is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Holden Bottoms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Quick!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bottoms darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bottoms throws a series of strikes that have Quick backpedaling.
Bottoms connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Quick's hands.
Bottoms smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Quick tries a head kick but it misses.
Bottoms went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bottoms feints a jab promting Quick to slip. Bottoms then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Quick slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bottoms swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Quick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Quick.
Quick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bottoms keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Some wild striking there from Bottoms.
Bottoms throws a one two combo.
Quick is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Quick throws a leg kick
and Bottoms counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Quick closes the distance but Bottoms moves to the side
and Quick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Quick misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab from Bottoms.
Quick darts in trying to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Quick ducks right into an uppercut from Bottoms.
Bottoms scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bottoms looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Quick is looking to clinch.
Bottoms lands a right hook to the body.
Quick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quick has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Quick drops his hands momentarily and Bottoms takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holden Bottoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Quick.
Quick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quick shoots in looking for a takedown but Bottoms manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Quick's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Quick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a left to the body.
Holden Bottoms is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bottoms.
Holden Bottoms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bottoms throws a leg kick but Quick moved away.
Bottoms jabs Quick to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bottoms connects with a body shot.
Quick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick moves out of range of the leg kick from Bottoms.
Bottoms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quick.
Quick takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Quick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bottoms tried to counter with a leg kick but Quick avoided it.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quick is looking to clinch but Bottoms is avoiding it.
Bottoms lands a body shot.
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch but Bottoms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bottoms.
Quick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Quick closes the distance but Bottoms moves to the side
and Bottoms counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quick in his tracks.
Quick looks for a takedown but Bottoms sprawls well.
Quick throws a combination that misses
and Bottoms counters with a left and a right that stings Quick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quick is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bottoms.
Quick throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bottoms counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Bottoms.
Quick tries to clinch up but Bottoms circles away and keeps his distance.
Quick is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottoms throws a combination. Quick tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bottoms listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bottoms is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bottoms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bottoms looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Bottoms dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Quick doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Quick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Quick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bottoms breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice sprawl there from Bottoms as Quick shoots in.
Bottoms is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quick can do to turn this around?
Nice jab there from Bottoms.
Bottoms scores with a one two! Quick had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bottoms attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Holden Bottoms is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quick takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Quick closes the distance but Bottoms moves to the side
and Bottoms counters with a one-two to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice combination there by Bottoms.
Quick shoots in for a takedown but Bottoms shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bottoms throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms thuds his right hand into Quick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Quick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bottoms was well out of range. Poor timing from Quick.
Bottoms appears to be looking for a big counter.
An inside leg kick from Bottoms misses.
Quick is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bottoms swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bottoms slaps away a takedown attempt from Quick, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Holden Bottoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Quick.
Quick tries to move into range but Bottoms moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Bottoms. Those never looked like landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bottoms.
Bottoms lands a slapping body shot.
Bottoms throws a right hand that Quick ducks under and follows up with a left that Quick also avoids with ease.
Quick shoots for a takedown but Bottoms saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick throws an off balance right hand
and Bottoms counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Holden Bottoms is winning the standup battle so far.
Quick takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bottoms sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quick somewhat.
Bottoms is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bottoms lands with a nice body punch.
Bottoms listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bottoms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Bottoms.
Quick darts in trying to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms jabs at Quick's body.
Bottoms moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Quick throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bottoms counters with a left to the body.
Quick doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bottoms paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bottoms throws a right hand that Quick ducks under and follows up with a left that Quick also avoids with ease.
Quick shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bottoms pinned against the cage. Bottoms gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Quick is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bottoms is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Quick.
Quick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bottoms sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quick somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quick doesn't seem bothered though.
Bottoms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Bottoms.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Bottoms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bottoms stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bottoms scores with a nice body kick.
Bottoms dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quick. That did some damage!
Quick with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bottoms counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick tries for a takedown but Bottoms circles away easily
and Bottoms cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Bottoms 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!
Bottoms connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bottoms lands a jab-cross combination.
Bottoms comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Quick takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bottoms lands with a nice body punch.
Quick takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bottoms attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bottoms throws a right and a left that Quick avoids nicely.
Quick fails with a takedown attempt.
Quick misses with the body kick
and Bottoms connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quick shoots in for a takedown but Bottoms shows good takedown defense.
Quick needs to keep his hands up - Bottoms had a free shot at his head there.
Bottoms lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms lands a right hook to the body.
Bottoms rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Quick moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quick is looking to clinch.
Quick tries to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a three punch combo that has Quick backing up. Quick nods at Bottoms to acknowledge the strikes.
Quick shoots in looking for a takedown. Bottoms tries to sprawl out of it but Quick keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bottoms manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Holden Bottoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Quick.
Bottoms throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bottoms lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Quick doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a series of strikes. Quick will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bottoms lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quick circles away quickly and effectively.
Bottoms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bottoms lands a slapping body shot.
Bottoms swats away the attempt to clinch by Quick.
Bottoms cracks the inside of Quick's front leg.
Bottoms scores with a jab. Quick acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Quick shoots in for a double leg but Bottoms sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Quick tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a jab to the head.
A right-left combo lands from Bottoms.
Bottoms throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quick stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Quick closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a series of strikes. Quick will be more careful next time no doubt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bottoms.
Bottoms will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bottoms throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bottoms misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bottoms lunges at Quick with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quick's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bottoms keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms lands a jab to Quick's midsection.
Quick fails with a takedown attempt.
Bottoms connects with the punch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Quick or perhaps it was just good defense by Bottoms, which made it look bad.
Bottoms stalks Quick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Quick's face. Quick staggers backwards, shaken.
Quick takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Quick throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bottoms counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Quick tries to clinch
and Bottoms counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jimmy Quick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holden Bottoms is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quick takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Bottoms showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bottoms, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Bottoms!
Holden Bottoms took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Im a real fighter - this is what i do. This isnt a game or a sport to me. Shout out to SHINTO ELITE MMA gym in Tokyo. We're going to take this game over.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lothar Svantovit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svantovit has chosen Stone Cold Metal - Ensiferum as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lothar Svantovit!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svantovit rushes Bailey and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Svantovit told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Svantovit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Svantovit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Svantovit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
Bailey avoids the elbow strike from Svantovit, against the cage.
Svantovit unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bailey pushes Svantovit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Svantovit throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Svantovit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svantovit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bailey.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike from Svantovit.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Svantovit.
Svantovit misses with a knee to the head.
Svantovit using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey avoids the elbow strike from Svantovit, against the cage.
Svantovit is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Svantovit pushes off an throws an elbow but Bailey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bailey digs a right hand underneath Svantovit's ribcage. Svantovit let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike from Svantovit.
Bailey managing to block the knees to the body from Svantovit.
Bailey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Svantovit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svantovit tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
Bailey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Svantovit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Svantovit misses with an elbow strike.
Bailey pushes Svantovit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Bailey.
Still in the clinch, Bailey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike from Svantovit.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey misses with a punch to the body.
Bailey is leaning against Svantovit and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bailey lands with a left to the head.
Svantovit takes a shot to the head.
Svantovit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Svantovit throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Svantovit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike from Svantovit.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Svantovit blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Svantovit displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bailey up against the cage.
Svantovit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bailey avoids a wild elbow strike from Svantovit.
Svantovit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bailey lands a left hand.
A short right from Bailey on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Svantovit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svantovit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Svantovit controls his hands.
Svantovit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
Svantovit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Svantovit.
Svantovit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Svantovit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bailey's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Svantovit backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bailey misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Bailey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Bailey dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bailey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Svantovit has Bailey up against the cage in a clinch.
Svantovit trying to land knees to the body.
Bailey has a couple of punches blocked by Svantovit.
Bailey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Svantovit can do to turn this around?
Bailey cracks Svantovit with a nice body shot.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey takes an elbow to the temple.
Svantovit tries to land knees in the clinch but Bailey avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Bailey.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Svantovit backwards.
Bailey avoids the elbow strike from Svantovit, against the cage.
Bailey blocks the elbow strike.
Svantovit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Svantovit throws an elbow but misses.
Svantovit pressing his opponent against the cage.
A body shot lands from Bailey.
Bailey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Svantovit is rocked!
Bailey lands a big right hand that drops Svantovit! The killer instinct kicks in and Bailey finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bailey!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Bailey!
During a confident post fight interview, William Bailey thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jermey Hritzkowin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kev Wooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wooten has chosen Gods gonna cut you down- Johnny Cash as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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29
150 lbs
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156 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jermey Hritzkowin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kev Wooten!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hritzkowin lands a leg kick that knocks Wooten off balance momentarily.
Wooten misses with a two punch combination.
As Wooten tries to get set, Hritzkowin tries to push him back and clinch up but Wooten manages to avoid the attempt.
Hritzkowin throws a head kick but Wooten moves out of range.
Hritzkowin misses with a left hand
and Wooten counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hritzkowin misses with a hook.
Hritzkowin misses with an uppercut
and Wooten counters with a stiff right hand.
Hritzkowin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wooten is able to avoid easily.
Hritzkowin moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWooten.
Hritzkowin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hritzkowin throws a lazy uppercut
and Wooten counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hritzkowin scores with a kick to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Wooten misses the target.
Wooten scores with a punch to the head.
Hritzkowin is rocked!
It looks like Jermey Hritzkowin has been cut.
Hritzkowin moves into range and clinches up with Wooten.
Wooten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hritzkowin gets through Wooten's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wooten wants to get back to striking at distance but Hritzkowin won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Hritzkowin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooten wants to break free but Hritzkowin has control.
Wooten tries to circle away but Hritzkowin has him pinned against the cage.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hritzkowin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little jabbing left from Wooten on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hritzkowin rushes Wooten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hritzkowin has him pressed against the cage.
Hritzkowin swings wildly with an uppercut but Wooten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooten tries to circle away but Hritzkowin has him pinned against the cage.
Hritzkowin gets through Wooten's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hritzkowin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hritzkowin can't find room to land a body shot as Wooten controls the action.
Hritzkowin has a couple of punches blocked by Wooten.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hritzkowin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooten blocking some punches.
Hritzkowin lands a hook that snaps the head of Wooten backwards.
Hritzkowin swings wildly with an uppercut but Wooten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooten has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hritzkowin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wooten can turn it around.
Hritzkowin throws a punch but it's blocked by Wooten.
Hritzkowin throws a head punch that misses.
Hritzkowin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hritzkowin misses with an elbow over the top.
Hritzkowin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hritzkowin throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wooten blocking some punches.
Hritzkowin scores with a shot to the side of Wooten's head.
Wooten tries to break free but Hritzkowin pushes him back against the cage.
Wooten can't break the clinch.
Wooten dodges an elbow strike from Hritzkowin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooten tries to break free but Hritzkowin pushes him back against the cage.
Hritzkowin working aggressively here.
Hritzkowin misses with the head strike.
Hritzkowin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hritzkowin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hritzkowin can't find room to land a body shot as Wooten controls the action.
Hritzkowin misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wooten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hritzkowin.
Wooten wants to get back to striking at distance but Hritzkowin won't allow it.
Hritzkowin has a couple of punches blocked by Wooten.
Hritzkowin has Wooten pressed against the cage, preventing Wooten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hritzkowin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hritzkowin tries a body shot but Wooten blocks it.
Wooten tries to circle away but Hritzkowin has him pinned against the cage.
Wooten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hritzkowin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wootens head.
Hritzkowin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hritzkowin.
Hritzkowin misses with some punches.
Hritzkowin throws a punch but it's blocked by Wooten.
Hritzkowin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooten wants to get back to striking at distance but Hritzkowin won't allow it.
Hritzkowin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooten throws a body shot but no joy.
Hritzkowin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hritzkowin throws a leg kick but Wooten sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wooten looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hritzkowin throws a lazy body kick
letting Wooten counter with a right hand.
Wooten is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A good leg kick by Hritzkowin.
Hritzkowin moves to clinch but Wooten breaks away
and Wooten counters with a nice right hand that sends Hritzkowin toppling to the canvas! Hritzkowin scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Wooten finish him?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jermey Hritzkowin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jermey Hritzkowin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wooten keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hritzkowin cracks a nice hook into Wooten's ribs.
Hritzkowin scoring well with a low kick there.
Hritzkowin misses with a body kick.
Hritzkowin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hritzkowin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Wooten cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Hritzkowin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hritzkowin takes the fight into the clinch.
Hritzkowin seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooten breaks from the clinch.
Kev Wooten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hritzkowin lands a glancing blow to the side of Wooten's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wooten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wooten throws out a counter right but Hritzkowin avoids it with no problem.
Hritzkowin forces Wooten back against the cage and clinches.
Hritzkowin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hritzkowin lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooten is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wooten is still on wobbly legs! Can Hritzkowin finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hritzkowin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wooten.
Wooten seems to have recovered his senses.
Hritzkowin can't find room to land a body shot as Wooten controls the action.
Hritzkowin presses Wooten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Hritzkowin fails to land.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hritzkowin throws a good cross that connects.
Wooten ducks under a wild hook from Hritzkowin.
Wooten is looking for the big counter here.
Wooten gets tackled into the cage by Hritzkowin. Hritzkowin maintains the clinch.
Hritzkowin misses with a body punch.
Hritzkowin swings wildly with an uppercut but Wooten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooten working hard to break the clinch.
Wooten blocks an uppercut.
Hritzkowin lands a left hand.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wooten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hritzkowin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hritzkowin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wooten now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hritzkowin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A little jabbing left from Wooten on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hritzkowin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hritzkowin throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hritzkowin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hritzkowin tries to land a body kick
and Wooten makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hritzkowin misses with a looping left.
Wooten misses with a wild combination.
Hritzkowin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A right-left combo lands from Wooten.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Hritzkowin misses
and Wooten counters with a crisp right hand that drops Hritzkowin! Wooten lets Hritzkowin back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Jermey Hritzkowin's cut is getting worse.
Hritzkowin rushes Wooten and presses him up against the cage.
Wooten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hritzkowin moves into range and clinches up with Wooten.
Hritzkowin has a couple of punches blocked by Wooten.
Wooten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wooten.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Hritzkowin is controlling him.
Jermey Hritzkowin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hritzkowin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooten is trying to break free.
Hritzkowin misses with the head strike.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hritzkowin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hritzkowin misses with a right hand
and Wooten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hritzkowin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wooten counters with a straight right hand.
Jab, jab by Hritzkowin - just one landing.
Hritzkowin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Wooten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hritzkowin thinking.
Hritzkowin misses the shot to the body.
Hritzkowin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jermey Hritzkowin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hritzkowin misses with a low kick.
Hritzkowin cracks Wooten with a good jab.
Hritzkowin misses the body punch
and Wooten rattles Hritzkowin with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Hritzkowin tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Wooten dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Hritzkowin stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kev Wooten!
Kev Wooten decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Uli Kunkel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunkel comes into the arena with Bubbles - Bidibodi Bidibu blaring out of the sound system. Rizzo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alice In Chains - Get Born Again kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Uli Kunkel has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Uli Kunkel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kunkel looks to clinch
enabling Rizzo to counter with a crisp jab.
Rizzo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kunkel.
Rizzo throws a body punch but Kunkel moves out of range.
Kunkel is looking to clinch.
Kunkel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
It looks like Uli Kunkel has been cut.
Rizzo throws out a powerful jab.
Rizzo shoots in but no luck this time.
Kunkel tries to clinch but Rizzo moves away
and Rizzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Uli Kunkel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rizzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kunkel moves away.
Kunkel gets tackled into the cage by Rizzo. Rizzo maintains the clinch.
Rizzo is stalling here.
Rizzo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rizzo lands a hook that snaps the head of Kunkel backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo being controlled against the cage.
Rizzo can't find room to land a body shot as Kunkel controls the action.
Rizzo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kunkel wants to stall.
Kunkel seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Rizzo is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Rizzo letting Kunkel take a breather here.
Rizzo can't find room to land a body shot as Kunkel controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rizzo pushes Kunkel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a left hand.
Kunkel blocks an uppercut.
Kunkel prevents a body shot from Rizzo.
Kunkel trying to stall but Rizzo improves his position.
Kunkel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rizzo.
Rizzo scores with a shoulder strike.
Rizzo controlling the action here for a moment.
Rizzo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kunkel's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo tries to work over Kunkel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rizzo misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzo misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rizzo.
Rizzo stalling against the cage.
Rizzo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kunkel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rizzo.
Kunkel trying to stall but Rizzo improves his position.
Rizzo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kunkel prevents a body shot from Rizzo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kunkel is trying to maintain a safe position but Rizzo gets an underhook and turns Kunkel into the cage.
Rizzo breaks the clinch.
Kunkel clinches.
Nice body punch from Rizzo.
Rizzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kunkel moves into the clinch successfully.
Rizzo lands a body punch.
Rizzo has a couple of punches blocked by Kunkel.
Rizzo has Kunkel pushed against the cage.
Kunkel wants to stall.
Rizzo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Rizzo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uli Kunkel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rizzo looks for a takedown but Kunkel sprawls well.
Kunkel is looking to clinch but Rizzo is avoiding it.
Kunkel looks to clinch
and Rizzo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kunkel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rizzo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rizzo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kunkel blocks a low kick nicely.
Kunkel moves in looking to clinch but Rizzo pushes him off.
Kunkel is looking to clinch but Rizzo is avoiding it.
Rizzo misses with a double jab
and Kunkel counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kunkel avoids the damage to the body.
Rizzo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rizzo is leaning against Kunkel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kunkel slowing the pace effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Rizzo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rizzo stalling.
Rizzo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rizzo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kunkel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rizzo misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Rizzo.
A bit of stalling here from Kunkel.
Kunkel stalls.
Rizzo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rizzo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Rizzo.
Rizzo can't find room to land a body shot as Kunkel controls the action.
Kunkel taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rizzo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kunkel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kunkel moves out of range as Rizzo strikes.
Kunkel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rizzo lands a body shot.
Kunkel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rizzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kunkel tries to close the distance and clinch but Rizzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rizzo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kunkel with a body shot.
Frank Rizzo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunkel tries to clinch up.
Rizzo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kunkel tries to clinch but Rizzo moves out of range.
Rizzo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rizzo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rizzo swats away the attempt to clinch by Kunkel.
Kunkel tries to clinch up but Rizzo circles away and keeps his distance.
Rizzo throws a shot from downtown. Kunkel moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kunkel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rizzo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kunkel with a body shot.
Rizzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rizzo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rizzo throws a hook to the side of Kunkel's head but Kunkel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rizzo keeps the fight on the outside.
Rizzo swinging wildly here.
Kunkel tries to counter by clinching up but Rizzo breaks away and moves out of range.
Rizzo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo fails to land with a series of punches.
Kunkel tries to clinch but Rizzo moves out of range.
Rizzo throws an overhand right that lands on Kunkel's shoulder, as Kunkel tries to avoid the shot.
Kunkel gets a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice left hand lands by Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a hook that snaps the head of Kunkel backwards.
Rizzo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kunkel's elbow.
Rizzo lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rizzo trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kunkel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kunkel leaning against his opponent.
Rizzo lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Rizzo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Uli Kunkel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Kunkel wants to clinch.
Rizzo misses with a body shot.
Kunkel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rizzo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kunkel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Rizzo misses.
Kunkel tries to close the distance and clinch but Rizzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kunkel tries to clinch there but Rizzo circles away.
It seemed like Rizzo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kunkel tries to close the distance and clinch but Rizzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rizzo throws a nice looking combination but Kunkel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kunkel wants to clinch up but Rizzo keeps it at a distance.
Kunkel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rizzo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kunkel backs up against the cage.
Rizzo rushes Kunkel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kunkel is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rizzo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rizzo throws a punch but it's blocked by Kunkel.
Rizzo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rizzo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kunkel is defending well for now.
Rizzo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rizzo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rizzo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rizzo slows down the pace here.
Frank Rizzo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Still in the clinch, Rizzo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Frank Rizzo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo lands a nice uppercut.
Rizzo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rizzo struggles to land a body shot inside as Kunkel controls his hands.
Kunkel stalling the fight.
Kunkel wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunkel trying to stall but Rizzo improves his position.
Rizzo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rizzo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kunkel prevents a body shot from Rizzo.
Kunkel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nice body punch from Rizzo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kunkel.
Uli Kunkel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kunkel stalling.
Kunkel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kunkel is looking to control Rizzo's arms but Rizzo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kunkel has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uli Kunkel.
Kunkel tries to close the distance and clinch but Rizzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rizzo lands with a good body shot.
Rizzo lands with a good body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rizzo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kunkel doesn't seem bothered though.
Rizzo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rizzo is struggling to control the position.
Rizzo tries a body shot but Kunkel blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Rizzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rizzo 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 26:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Rizzo!
An out of breath and clearly excited Frank Rizzo thanked Hellraiser FightGear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Uli Kunkel spoke after the fight, saying 'no comment guys'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Ragnarson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joon Woo Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
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210 lbs
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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
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustav Ragnarson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joon Woo Yang!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarson feints and as Yang raises his hands in defense, Ragnarson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ragnarson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ragnarson looking to pass the guard.
Ragnarson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ragnarson slips nicely into half guard.
Yang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ragnarson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ragnarson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ragnarson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ragnarson lands a big elbow.
Yang is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ragnarson lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Yang! Ragnarson sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Yang and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gustav Ragnarson!
Gustav Ragnarson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guilhaume Prevot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luiz Diaz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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156 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Guilhaume Prevot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luiz Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prevot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prevot misses with a takedown attempt
and Diaz counters with a stiff right hand.
Prevot with a poor takedown
and Diaz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've been told by Prevot's head coaches at Club Savage MMA Tokyo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Prevot is defended easily by Diaz.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guilhaume Prevot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prevot closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Prevot is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prevot is trying to control but Diaz passes into side control!
Diaz in side control, throwing shots but Prevot defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prevot takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Prevot tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diaz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz moves into full mount!
Diaz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Prevot?
Diaz with a couple of short strikes.
Diaz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Prevot might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Diaz is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Prevot has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Diaz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz lands a couple of good shots and Prevot has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Prevot defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Prevot defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Prevot tries to escape but Diaz has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Diaz has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Prevot.
Prevot defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Diaz's arms.
Prevot trying to control the hands but Diaz won't let him.
Diaz working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking for the RNC.
Can Prevot hold on?! Diaz is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Diaz is looking for the choke from the back position but Prevot is controlling his hands well.
Diaz 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, Prevot has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diaz lands with a hammerfist to the side of Prevot's head.
Diaz is looking to control Prevot but Prevot is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Diaz looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Prevot is controlling Diaz 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
Prevot working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prevot is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.
Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Prevot is aware though and is defending well.
Diaz is looking for a triangle but Prevot pushes his legs off easily.
Diaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Prevot from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luiz Diaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Prevot misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Prevot lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Prevot cracks Diaz with a solid left hand.
Prevot wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prevot postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Prevot can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Prevot cracks Diaz with a solid left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Prevot.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Prevot tries to pass.
Prevot throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Prevot showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Prevot landing with the ground and pound.
Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Prevot postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Prevot trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Prevot looking to sit in guard and control but Diaz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Prevot keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.
Prevot pulls Diaz in close to prevent any damage.
Diaz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Prevot's head.
Diaz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Diaz throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a big elbow that misses.
Luiz Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Prevot working a defensive guard here.
Prevot keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Prevot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
Prevot utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diaz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Diaz advances to half guard.
Diaz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Diaz controlling the action here.
Diaz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Diaz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Diaz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Prevot is trying to maintain the position but Diaz is very close to passing his half guard.
Diaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Diaz there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Prevot does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Diaz throwing shots but Prevot is blocking nicely.
Diaz wants to control but Prevot is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luiz Diaz 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!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Diaz.
Diaz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Diaz working the ground and pound from side control.
Diaz tries to score with some ground and pound. Prevot controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Diaz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Prevot down.
Diaz working the ground and pound.
Diaz grinds an elbow into Prevot's temple.
Diaz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Prevot some visible discomfort.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Diaz cracks Prevot with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz grinds an elbow into Prevot's temple.
Diaz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Prevot avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Diaz.
Diaz is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Prevot knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Prevot is not content to let Diaz control the position.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Diaz working the head and body with strikes.
Prevot avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Diaz.
Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Prevot to see if he's OK.
Diaz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Prevot is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Diaz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Prevot has escaped the position, nice work there.
Diaz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Prevot some visible discomfort.
Diaz lands a few punches from side control.
Diaz scoring with punches and elbows.
Diaz prevents Prevot from escaping the position.
Prevot takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Diaz wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Prevot, who protects the arm well.
Prevot prevents Diaz from moving into mount.
Diaz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Prevot is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Prevot wants to control but Diaz postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Prevot rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Diaz's guard! Nice work there by Prevot!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Diaz is on top in guard.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Prevot trying to keep a closed guard but Diaz is proving a slippery customer.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Prevot keeps moving.
Guilhaume Prevot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz postures up and lands a big shot to Prevot's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz is working Prevot over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
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!
Diaz lands a couple of digs.
Luiz Diaz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diaz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luiz Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diaz 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luiz Diaz!
Luiz Diaz 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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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Volland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keller comes to the cage accompanied by War Music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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197 lbs
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204 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Virgil Keller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Volland!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keller closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Keller has taken the fight to the clinch.
Keller wants the takedown. Volland is fighting it off but Keller persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Volland's guard against the cage.
Volland looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Volland working for a triangle but Keller defends it easily.
Volland tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Volland keeping moving, preventing Keller from controlling successfully.
Volland has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Keller has passed into side control.
Volland tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Keller presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Volland tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Keller landing shots from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volland is working to get back to half guard.
Keller can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Volland is looking to escape.
Volland wants to hold on but Keller pushes him away.
Keller throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Volland is desperately trying to improve his position but Keller has a good base and remains in mount.
Volland tries to improve his position but instead Keller has taken his back!
Volland tries to escape but Keller has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Keller gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Keller trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Keller lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Keller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Keller has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Volland.
Volland tries to roll but Keller sticks to his back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Volland keeps trying to improve his position.
Keller is trying to stick to Volland's back but Volland is turning into Keller. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Keller's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Volland.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keller is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Volland advances position into side control!
Volland is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Keller stops Volland from passing to mount.
Keller gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volland works his way into full mount!
Volland can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Keller is looking to escape.
Volland might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Keller haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Keller is controlling an arm, preventing Volland from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Volland throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keller is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Volland controlling from mount.
Volland wants to control but Keller has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keller looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Keller makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Keller.
Volland wants to control from the top but Keller keeps moving.
Keller controls Volland momentarily but Volland frees himself.
Volland looking to pass the guard.
Keller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Volland stopping the sweep attempt from Keller.
Volland is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Keller has momentary wrist control but Volland slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Virgil Keller dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Volland scores with a sloppy right hand. Keller should have avoided that one.
Keller drives through and clinches with Volland against the cage.
Volland misses with a punch to the body.
Volland is trying to trip Keller. He has hold of a leg but Keller is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Volland persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Volland is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Let's hope that Volland 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.
Volland trying to control the position from guard on top but Keller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Volland can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Volland tries to free his leg and advance position but Keller is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller is trying to keep Volland in close.
Keller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Volland's guard.
Volland is looking to cinch up a triangle. Keller throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Volland's body to avoid the submission. Volland has instead reached around Keller's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Volland arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Christian Volland!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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