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UGD 63:Sturm Vs Gallagher II PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Boucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edern Ap Nudd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ap Nudd has chosen Natheniel Rateliff-SOB as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
16 - 14 - 0 |
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180 cm
35
220 lbs
18 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin |
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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
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Boucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edern Ap Nudd!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ap Nudd buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ap Nudd.
Boucher chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ap Nudd can pounce on him.
We've been told by Boucher's head coaches at Vendetta Alliance London Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Edern Ap Nudd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ap Nudd missing with a left hand there. Boucher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boucher is looking for a counter combo.
Nice body kick there by Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd misses with a body shot
and Boucher counters with a straight right hand.
Ap Nudd's coach down at The Furnace was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ap Nudd's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Nice body kick from Ap Nudd.
Boucher takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Roberto Boucher has been cut.
Ap Nudd scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ap Nudd ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ap Nudd scores with a hook to the body. Boucher takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ap Nudd is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ap Nudd throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ap Nudd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boucher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ap Nudd. Ap Nudd obviously looking to wear him down.
A shot to the liver by Ap Nudd. Beautiful body shot.
Ap Nudd lands with a shot to the body.
Ap Nudd thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Boucher if he has to take too many more of those.
Ap Nudd digs a good hook to Boucher's body.
Boucher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boucher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ap Nudd throws out a leg kick but Boucher moves out of range and Ap Nudd only half commits.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ap Nudd throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ap Nudd misses with a looping left.
That kick from Ap Nudd tenderised Boucher's leg. Boucher is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ap Nudd connects with an inside leg kick.
Ap Nudd lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ap Nudd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boucher.
Ap Nudd wants to land a leg kick but Boucher is out of range.
Ap Nudd missing with a left hand there. Boucher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boucher is looking to counter punch.
Boucher throws a jab but it's blocked by Ap Nudd.
Boucher 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.
Ap Nudd scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ap Nudd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boucher is looking to counter punch.
Ap Nudd scores with a leg kick.
Ap Nudd works Boucher's body with a nice hook.
A leg kick checked by Boucher.
Ap Nudd looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Boucher wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ap Nudd scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ap Nudd throws a big shot that misses.
Boucher is looking to counter punch.
Boucher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ap Nudd misses with a head kick.
Boucher is looking to counter punch.
Ap Nudd throws a wild body kick that Boucher sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ap Nudd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boucher moves away.
Ap Nudd throws a body punch but Boucher moves out of range.
Ap Nudd throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Boucher was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ap Nudd lands a slapping body shot.
Ap Nudd with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ap Nudd attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Boucher was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Boucher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ap Nudd misses with a jab to the body
enabling Boucher to counter with a crisp jab.
Ap Nudd feints and then cracks Boucher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boucher down.
Ap Nudd lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edern Ap Nudd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Boucher's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ap Nudd throws a jab when Boucher was well out of range.
Ap Nudd throws a jab but it's blocked by Boucher.
Boucher was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Boucher takes one to the side of the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ap Nudd 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.
Boucher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ap Nudd.
Boucher bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ap Nudd's head backwards.
Ap Nudd scores with a leg kick.
Ap Nudd scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Edern Ap Nudd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boucher staying out of range there.
Ap Nudd connects with a solid leg kick.
Ap Nudd connects with a body shot that sends Boucher's belly button to the back.
Boucher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ap Nudd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd jabs Boucher to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ap Nudd throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boucher moves away from the strike by Ap Nudd.
A counter left hand to the body from Boucher misses its target.
Ap Nudd takes a swing at Boucher's ribcage but misses.
As Ap Nudd looks to move away, Boucher throws a big counter combo but Ap Nudd just gets out of the way.
Ap Nudd fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ap Nudd throws out a powerful jab.
Jab, jab by Ap Nudd - just one landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ap Nudd throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boucher avoids the head kick by Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd throws a leg kick
letting Boucher counter with a right hand.
Ap Nudd walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Boucher checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Boucher tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ap Nudd manages to circle out of the way.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ap Nudd throws a solid leg kick but Boucher takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd throws a leg kick but Boucher sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Boucher on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ap Nudd has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ap Nudd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ap Nudd feints and then cracks Boucher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boucher down.
Ap Nudd misses the shot to the body.
Ap Nudd throws a body kick that misses.
Boucher is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ap Nudd lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ap Nudd lands with a nice body kick.
Ap Nudd connects with a jab.
Ap Nudd connects with a body shot.
Boucher checks a low kick from Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Boucher at a distance.
Boucher 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.
Boucher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ap Nudd throws out a leg kick but Boucher moves out of range and Ap Nudd only half commits.
Boucher blocks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ap Nudd misses with an uppercut. Boucher saw that one coming.
Ap Nudd lands with a thumping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ap Nudd. Boucher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ap Nudd fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ap Nudd lands with a kick to the ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ap Nudd.
Boucher throwing a counter right hand but Ap Nudd manages to avoid it.
Ap Nudd lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ap Nudd works Boucher's body with a nice hook.
Ap Nudd connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edern Ap Nudd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roberto Boucher's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ap Nudd lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ap Nudd throws the left hand but Boucher avoids the punch easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd throws a head kick that misses.
Ap Nudd throws a head kick that misses
and Boucher counters by moving into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Boucher.
Ap Nudd can't find room to land a body shot as Boucher controls the action.
Boucher lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boucher cracks Ap Nudd with a nice body shot.
Boucher working aggressively here.
Ap Nudd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ap Nudd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boucher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boucher lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ap Nudd backwards.
Boucher scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Boucher.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boucher.
Ap Nudd working aggressively here.
Ap Nudd is trying to force a seperation but Boucher has the dominant position.
Boucher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ap Nudd wants to get back to striking at distance but Boucher won't allow it.
Boucher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ap Nudd misses with a punch to the body.
Boucher is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ap Nudd throws a head punch that misses.
Ap Nudd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ap Nudd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ap Nudd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boucher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boucher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ap Nudd backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Boucher fails to land.
Boucher lands a left hand.
Ap Nudd scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boucher prevents a body shot from Ap Nudd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd tries to throw a body punch but Boucher avoids it by throwing Ap Nudd back against the cage.
Roberto Boucher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ap Nudd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ap Nudd has had enough of the clinch but Boucher keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boucher.
Ap Nudd lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boucher or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boucher misses with a punch on the inside.
Ap Nudd throws a punch but it's blocked by Boucher.
Ap Nudd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boucher's elbow.
Ap Nudd lands a hook that snaps the head of Boucher backwards.
Ap Nudd lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boucher backwards.
Ap Nudd misses with the head strike.
A short right from Ap Nudd.
Boucher throws a head punch that misses.
Ap Nudd misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ap Nudd.
Boucher misses with some punches.
Boucher working aggressively here.
Ap Nudd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boucher.
Ap Nudd lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boucher backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boucher blocks a body shot from Ap Nudd.
Boucher will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ap Nudd.
Good body shot from Ap Nudd.
Boucher prevents a body shot from Ap Nudd.
Ap Nudd misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boucher.
Ap Nudd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boucher lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ap Nudd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boucher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boucher misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Ap Nudd on the inside.
Boucher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ap Nudd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bouchers head.
Boucher is rocked!
Boucher blocks an uppercut.
Oh Boucher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ap Nudd blocks an uppercut.
Ap Nudd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Ap Nudd as the two fighters clinch.
Ap Nudd throws a big uppercut that drops Boucher! More strikes from Ap Nudd and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Boucher lies dazed against the cage as Ap Nudd celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edern Ap Nudd!
Edern Ap Nudd thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Wiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiz comes to the cage accompanied by SouthSide. 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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275 lbs
27 - 18 - 0 |
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240 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Big Wiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Wilson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilson.
Wilson throws a leg kick but Wiz sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wilson.
Wiz looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.
Wiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wilson tried to score with a low kick but Wiz checks it.
Wilson forces Wiz back against the cage and clinches.
Wiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wiz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wilson, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wiz.
Wiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiz breaks the clinch.
Wilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Wiz circles away.
Wilson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wilson looks to land a body kick but Wiz moved away.
Wiz misses the shot to the body.
Wiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson tries for a takedown but Wiz circles away easily
and Wiz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wiz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wiz misses with a wild combination.
Wilson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wiz moves out of range as Wilson strikes.
Wilson keeps the fight on the outside.
Big Wiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiz rushes Wilson and presses him up against the cage.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Wiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wilson instigates a clinch.
Wilson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wiz prevents it.
Wilson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wiz lands with a left to the head.
Wilson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiz or not.
Wiz breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiz prevents a body shot from Wilson.
Wilson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wiz's elbow.
Wiz lands an uppercut.
Wiz scores with a shoulder strike.
Wiz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Wiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wilson is working Wiz over against the cage.
Wiz blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wiz.
Good body shot from Wiz.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilson.
Nice elbow from Wiz.
It looks like Sam Wilson has been cut.
A right hook to the body lands for Wilson.
Wiz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wilson tries to work over Wiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Wilson.
Wilson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a shoulder strike.
Wiz has a couple of punches blocked by Wilson.
Wiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiz blocks a body shot from Wilson.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wiz's elbow.
Wilson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wiz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Big Wiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Wilson.
Wiz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wilson pushes Wiz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Wiz breaks from the clinch.
Wilson misses with a head kick.
Wilson instigates a clinch.
Wiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson scores with a leg kick.
Wilson has managed to clinch.
Wilson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiz blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Wiz.
Wilson lands a left hand.
Wilson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wilson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wilson is trying to control the action in half guard but Wiz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wiz is trying to get back to full guard.
Wiz looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiz trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wiz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Big Wiz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sam Wilson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wiz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wiz rushes Wilson and presses him up against the cage.
Wilson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wiz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wilson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wiz backwards.
It looks like Big Wiz has been cut.
Wilson scores with a shot to the side of Wiz's head.
Wiz can't find room to land a body shot as Wilson controls the action.
Sam Wilson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wilson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Wiz is trying to force a seperation but Wilson has the dominant position.
Wilson has a couple of punches blocked by Wiz.
A head punch on the inside from Wilson fails to land.
Wiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wiz lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Wiz.
Wilson moves into range and clinches up with Wiz.
Wiz lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wilson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Wilson.
Wilson misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilson tries to throw a body punch but Wiz avoids it by throwing Wilson back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Wiz fails to land.
Wiz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.
Wilson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wiz.
A right handed body shot lands from Wilson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wilson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wilson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wilson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wilson gets through Wiz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wilson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wilson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wilson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wilson can't find room to land a body shot as Wiz controls the action.
Wilson lands a left hand.
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!
Wilson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wilson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilson tries a body shot but Wiz blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Wilson.
Wilson has hold of one of Wiz's legs. Wiz is fighting the takedown attempt but Wilson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Wiz keeps moving.
Wilson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wilson is continuing to stall.
Wilson lands a couple of elbows.
Wilson is looking to work some ground and pound but Wiz has wrist control.
Wiz trying to keep a closed guard but Wilson is proving a slippery customer.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Wiz keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Wilson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wiz dodges the punch combination from Wilson.
Wilson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wiz.
Wiz takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wiz misses with a head kick.
Wilson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wilson moves away.
Wilson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wiz misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson walks into a left hand.
Wilson looks to land a body kick but Wiz moved away.
Wiz moves forwards but Wilson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wilson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wilson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wiz's elbow.
Wilson has a couple of punches blocked by Wiz.
Nice body punch from Wilson - that landed with a thud.
Wilson looking for a takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilson lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wilson.
Wiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wiz backwards.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilson blocking some punches.
A short left from Wilson.
Wiz lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Wilson 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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wilson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wiz misses the shot to the body.
Wilson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Wiz blocks it well.
Wilson shoots in and bounces Wiz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wiz uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Wilson tries to land a front kick but Wiz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wiz scores with a jab to the head.
Wilson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Wiz's guard.
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!
Wilson trying to control but Wiz is working from the bottom.
Wilson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wiz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Wiz keeps moving.
Wilson with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wilson landing with the ground and pound.
Wiz wants to stand up but Wilson is controlling him.
Wilson postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wilson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wiz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wilson somewhat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wilson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Big Wiz is winning the standup battle so far.
Wiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Wilson.
Wiz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wilson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wilson dives in and scores a takedown into Wiz's guard.
Wiz can't keep his opponent in guard - Wilson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wiz wants to get back to his feet.
Wilson trying to pass the guard but Wiz defending well.
Wilson stops Wiz from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiz is not content to let Wilson control the position.
Wilson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wilson throwing shots but Wiz is blocking nicely.
Wilson is looking to take a break and control but Wiz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Wiz is looking to control Wilson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wiz avoid being mounted?
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Wilson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wiz.
Wiz checks a low kick from Wilson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wilson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wilson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wiz misses with a straight left.
Wilson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Wiz moves away from the strike by Wilson.
Wilson connects with an inside leg kick.
Wilson forces Wiz back against the cage and clinches.
Wiz misses with the head strike.
Wiz is trying to force a seperation but Wilson has the dominant position.
Wilson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wilson is looking for a takedown.
Wiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiz scores with a shot to the body.
Wilson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wilson feints and then cracks Wiz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wiz down.
Wiz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wilson manages to avoid it.
Wilson tries to clinch up but Wiz circles away and keeps his distance.
Wiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sam Wilson.
I think Wilson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Wilson!
An out of breath Sam Wilson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giacomo Benvenuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Smietana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benvenuti comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Goddamn Electric. Smietana has chosen I Can't Stop - By: Flux Pavilion as his entrance music. Piotr Smietana has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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269 lbs
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280 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Giacomo Benvenuti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Piotr Smietana!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Benvenuti misses
and Smietana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benvenuti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Benvenuti misses the shot to the body.
Benvenuti slips under a jab from Smietana.
Benvenuti throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smietana gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Smietana checks a leg kick.
Smietana looks to land a left hand but Benvenuti moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Benvenuti misses the target.
Benvenuti cracks Smietana with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smietana lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benvenuti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Benvenuti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smietana lands a glancing blow to the side of Benvenuti's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Benvenuti.
Benvenuti throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Smietana on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Benvenuti throws a right hand that misses
and Benvenuti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smietana scores with a leg kick.
Benvenuti scores with a sloppy right hand. Smietana should have avoided that one.
Giacomo Benvenuti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benvenuti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smietana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benvenuti looks to land a right hand but Smietana moved out of range.
Smietana wants to counter the offense by Benvenuti and move into the clinch position.
A telegraphed right hand from Benvenuti misses the target.
Smietana will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Benvenuti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It seemed like Smietana was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benvenuti slips under a jab.
Benvenuti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smietana.
Benvenuti missing with a left hand there. Smietana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benvenuti is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti throws a body shot but no joy.
Benvenuti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smietana fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benvenuti throws a low kick but Smietana avoids it.
Benvenuti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smietana has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smietana takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little jabbing left from Smietana on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smietana looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Benvenuti misses with a jab to the body
and Smietana counters with a nice uppercut.
Benvenuti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Benvenuti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benvenuti throws a punch but it's blocked by Smietana.
Smietana has Benvenuti pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Benvenuti manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Smietana is looking for a takedown.
Giacomo Benvenuti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piotr Smietana.
Benvenuti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benvenuti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smietana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benvenuti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smietana wants to break free but Benvenuti has control.
I was talking to Benvenuti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Benvenuti is working Smietana over against the cage.
Benvenuti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benvenuti swings wildly with an uppercut but Smietana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benvenuti lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Smietana looks winded!
Benvenuti lands with a light punch inside.
Benvenuti pushes Smietana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smietana is trying to push Benvenuti away but Benvenuti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Benvenuti lands with a light punch inside.
Smietana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Benvenuti.
Benvenuti lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Benvenuti.
Smietana prevents a body shot from Benvenuti.
Benvenuti lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benvenuti presses Smietana against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Smietana prevents a body shot from Benvenuti.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smietana.
Benvenuti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benvenuti throws a hook but Smietana avoids it easily.
Benvenuti tries to land a front kick but Smietana steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smietana doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Smietana throws the left hand but Benvenuti avoids the punch easily.
Benvenuti closes the distance and clinches.
Smietana looking for a takedown.
Benvenuti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Benvenuti.
Smietana throws a chopping leg kick but Benvenuti manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Smietana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Benvenuti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benvenuti. Smietana does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giacomo Benvenuti 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.
Benvenuti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smietana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Benvenuti throws a hook but Smietana avoids it easily.
Smietana steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Benvenuti.
Smietana comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smietana swings widly with a right hand
and Benvenuti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benvenuti. Smietana does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Smietana was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Smietana scores with a jab.
Benvenuti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benvenuti lands a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benvenuti throws a big shot that misses.
Smietana misses with a hook
and Benvenuti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benvenuti moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benvenuti defending well as Smietana loads up on a big left hand.
Smietana defending well as Benvenuti loads up on a big left hand.
Benvenuti tries to clinch up but Smietana circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Benvenuti.
Smietana lands a really nice looking cross but Benvenuti seems unphased.
Smietana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benvenuti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Benvenuti lands with an uppercut that bounces Smietana off the cage and back into range.
Smietana scores with a decent looking hook.
A jab from Benvenuti misses.
Benvenuti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smietana can do to turn this around?
Benvenuti is looking to land body kicks.
Benvenuti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Benvenuti lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti lands with a nice body kick.
Smietana is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benvenuti moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benvenuti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smietana.
Benvenuti looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smietana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big right from Benvenuti misses.
Smietana is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Smietana blocks a head kick by Benvenuti.
Smietana looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Giacomo Benvenuti is winning the standup battle so far.
Smietana takes one to the chin there.
Benvenuti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smietana counters with a stiff right hand.
Benvenuti staying out of range there.
Benvenuti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Benvenuti. Beautiful body shot.
Benvenuti looks to land a body kick but Smietana moved away.
Giacomo Benvenuti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benvenuti thuds his shin into the meat of Smietana's side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smietana.
Benvenuti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smietana. Smietana circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A bone on bone clash there as Smietana blocks the leg kick.
Benvenuti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smietana.
Benvenuti lands a big right hand that sends Smietana crashing to the mat! Benvenuti stays standing though and waves Smietana back to his feet!
Smietana is rocked!
Benvenuti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smietana.
Smietana is still on wobbly legs! Can Benvenuti finish him?
Smietana wants to stay close but Benvenuti steps back to make room for something. Smietana seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Benvenuti and Smietana drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Giacomo Benvenuti!
A very excited looking Giacomo Benvenuti made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neal Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Scarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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28
199 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
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28
198 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Neal Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Scarn!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scarn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Bob misses the target.
Bob looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Scarn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Scarn just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBob.
A big left from Scarn misses.
Bob on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bob looks to throw the jab but Scarn is out of range.
Scarn darts in looking for a takedown but Bob gets double underhooks and turns Scarn into the cage.
Bob fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bob tries a head kick but it misses.
Scarn shoots in but Bob avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bob dodges the punch combination from Scarn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bob has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Scarn.
Scarn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bobs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Scarn takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Scarn misses with a low kick as Bob jumps back.
Bob uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Scarn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Scarn throws a combination that misses
and Bob counters with a straight right hand.
Scarn looks to score with a jab to the body but Bob is just out of range.
Bob throws a big counter combination but Scarn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Scarn misses with a double jab.
Scarn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bob jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Michael Scarn has been cut.
Bob throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Scarn misses with a straight right.
Bob misses the shot to the body.
Bob throws the kick towards the body but Scarn avoids it.
Bob ducks under a wild hook from Scarn.
Scarn avoids the head kick by Bob.
A swing and a miss from Scarn.
Scarn staying out of range there.
Scarn connects with a single shot there.
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 slapping leg kick lands for Scarn.
Bob throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Bob.
Bob throws a head kick that misses.
Scarn checks a low kick from Bob.
A little jabbing left from Scarn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Scarn scoring well with a low kick there.
Bob throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bob tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Bob.
Bob bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Scarn's head.
Scarn scores with a head kick.
Scarn tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bob sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Scarn somewhat.
Neal Bob has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Scarn.
Scarn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Scarn wants to slow Bob down by chopping away at his legs.
Scarn lands with a straight right. Bob didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bob throws a leg kick
and Scarn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Scarn closes the distance and pushes Bob back into the cage.
Scarn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Scarn lands an elbow that stopped Bob in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Bob's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scarn lands a damaging elbow.
Scarn lands with a right to the head.
Scarn misses with a punch to the body.
Scarn can't find room to land a body shot as Bob controls the action.
Bob working aggressively here.
Bob has a couple of punches blocked by Scarn.
Bob dodges an elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn has hold of one of Bob's legs. Bob is fighting the takedown attempt but Scarn gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bob preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Scarn with a nice head shot there.
Bob is looking to stand up but Scarn isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob is pulling down on Scarn's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bob preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Scarn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Scarn stays in close to Bob's body and controls the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Scarn throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bob throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scarn shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Scarn throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Scarn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Scarn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Scarn lands a head kick!
Scarn misses with a low kick.
Scarn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Michael Scarn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scarn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bob takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Scarn digs a good hook to Bob's body.
Scarn takes one to the side of the head.
Scarn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Bob misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scarn. Bob does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bob tests Scarn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Scarn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bob misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scarn.
Scarn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scarn moves out of range of the body kick from Bob.
Scarn looks for the body kick but Bob saw that one coming.
Scarn scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bob lands a big head kick that sends Scarn tumbling to the mat! Bob takes a step backwards and waves Scarn back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Scarn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bob was well out of range. Poor timing from Scarn.
Scarn misses with a hook to the body
and Bob counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bob looks for the body kick but Scarn saw that one coming.
Scarn throws a looping overhand right but Bob ducks down to avoid it.
Bob throws a big counter combination but Scarn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bob throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Scarn was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bob is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bob fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scarn manages to avoid it.
Neal Bob is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bob drops Scarn with a beautiful combination! Scarn stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Bob is looking for the KO!
Scarn is rocked!
Bob lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Scarn is still on wobbly legs! Can Bob finish him?
Scarn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bob misses with a head kick.
Scarn blocks a head kick by Bob.
Bob connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Scarn looks to score with a jab to the body but Bob is just out of range.
As Scarn looks to move away, Bob throws a big counter combo but Scarn just gets out of the way.
Scarn misses with a double jab
and Bob counters with a nice right hand that sends Scarn toppling to the canvas! Scarn scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Bob finish him?!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scarn jabs at Bob's body.
Scarn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick misses from Bob.
Bob with a jab.
Bob misses with a low kick.
Bob cracks Scarn with an open hand slap.
Bob avoids the head kick by Scarn.
No joy there for Bob, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Scarn catches Bob with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Scarn seems to have recovered his senses.
Bob throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bob lands with a shot to the body.
Bob misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Scarn throws a shot to the body.
Scarn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Scarn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bob misses with a wild combination.
Scarn lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scarn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bob throws a big counter combination but Scarn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Scarn lands with a nice body punch.
Scarn missing with a left hand there. Bob was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bob lands an overhand right.
Scarn moves out of range as Bob strikes.
Scarn dodges the punch combination from Bob.
Scarn flicks out a counter leg kick but Bob steps away.
Scarn motions for Bob to come forward. Scarn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheers as Bob lands an impressive looking overhand right. Scarn doesn't seem phased though.
Scarn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scarn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Scarn throws a nice looking combination but Bob bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scarn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bob pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bob getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bob scores with a jab to the jaw.
Scarn connects with a crisp jab.
Bob throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Scarn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Bob throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Scarn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bob 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.
Scarn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bob.
Scarn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scarn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Scarn throws the left hand but Bob avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Bob on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bob digs a good hook to Scarn's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neal Bob dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Scarn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Scarn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scarn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bob.
Nice defenses there by Bob.
Bob lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Michael Scarn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bob misses with a double jab.
Bob avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Scarn!
Bob misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Scarn tries to clinch up.
Scarn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bob avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scarn misses with a body shot.
Scarn misses with the combination.
Scarn misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob scores with a jab to the body.
Scarn takes one to the chin there.
Bob misses with a two punch combination.
Bob walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Scarn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bob's sensitive parts.
Scarn tries to clinch up.
Bob misses with a body kick.
Scarn throws a leg kick
and Bob counters with a leg kick.
Scarn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Scarn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Scarn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Scarn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bob lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Scarn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scarn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Scarn closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scarn scores with a shoulder strike.
Scarn misses with a punch on the inside.
Bob lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bob breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neal Bob is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scarn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bob throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Scarn blocks a jab.
Scarn misses with a kick to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Bob misses the target.
Scarn blocks a head kick by Bob.
Scarn throws a leg kick but Bob sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Scarn throws a combination that misses
and Bob counters with a body kick that stops Scarn in his tracks momentarily.
Scarn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scarn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Scarn 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 Bob has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bob and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bob throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Scarn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bob slips a straight right by Scarn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob lunges at Scarn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Scarn's hand.
Bob looks to land a left hand but Scarn moved out of range nicely.
Scarn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Scarn throws a hook to the side of Bob's head but Bob sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Scarn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Scarn throws a shot to the body.
Bob throws a push kick but Scarn slaps the foot to one side.
Scarn staying out of range there.
Bob tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Bob.
Bob ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good standup being displayed there by Scarn as he connects with a hook.
Scarn throws a leg kick but Bob checks it.
Bob bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Scarn works Bob's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob lands a jab to Scarn's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Bob throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bob tries a head kick but it misses.
Scarn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bob.
Bob paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bob avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Bob misses its intended target.
Bob misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Scarn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bob at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Scarn.
Scarn misses with a combination
and Bob counters with a stiff right hand.
Scarn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bob was well out of range. Poor timing from Scarn.
Scarn misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Neal Bob.
I think Bob has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neal Bob!
Neal Bob took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, King of Clothes for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsson has chosen Nemesis by Arch Enemy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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209 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Donald Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Karl Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans darts in and clinches Karlsson up against the cage.
Evans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karlsson misses with a body punch.
Karlsson blocks an uppercut.
Evans has a couple of punches blocked by Karlsson.
Evans goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karlsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Karlsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karlsson.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson won't allow it.
Karlsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karlsson tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evans has a couple of punches blocked by Karlsson.
Karlsson lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Karlsson as the two fighters clinch.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A short left from Karlsson.
A shot in the inside from Karlsson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Karlsson.
Evans misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karlsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karlsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karlsson works on Evans's body with a couple of short punches.
Karlsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Evans misses with some punches.
Karlsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Karlsson.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
Karlsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Evans working aggressively here.
Evans misses with a body punch.
Evans lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Karlsson.
Karlsson working aggressively here.
Karlsson digs a right hand underneath Evans's ribcage. Evans let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Karlsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Evans can't find room to land a body shot as Karlsson controls the action.
A short right from Karlsson on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Karlsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karlsson lands with a right to the head.
Karlsson misses with a body punch.
Evans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Karlsson walks away with a smile on his face. Evans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Evans just misses with a punch to the body.
Evans throws a hook but Karlsson blocks it.
Evans looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Karlsson scores with a jab to the head.
Karl Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evans walks into a left hand.
Karlsson takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Karlsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans looks to land a right hand but Karlsson moved out of range.
Karlsson lands a head shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karlsson. That's going to slow Evans down.
Karlsson misses with an uppercut. Evans saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Evans.
Karlsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karlsson.
Evans on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Evans 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.
Evans throws out a leg kick but Karlsson moves out of range and Evans only half commits.
Karlsson tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Karlsson clinches up with Evans and pushes him back against the cage.
Karlsson lands a shoulder strike.
Karlsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karlsson gets underhooks to prevent Evans's takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Evans fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Karlsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
Karlsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans misses with some punches.
Karlsson tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karlsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
Evans lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karlsson tries a body shot but Evans blocks it.
Karlsson blocking some punches.
Karlsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Evans misses with some punches.
Karlsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karlsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Evans.
Karlsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Evans has a couple of punches blocked by Karlsson.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
Karlsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karlsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Evanss head.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
Evans lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans prevents a body shot from Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a right hand.
Evans swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Evans jumps into guard, dragging Karlsson to the mat.
Karlsson wants to stand but Evans is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Karlsson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Evans looks to land a right hand but Karlsson moved out of range.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
Karlsson takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Evans tries to clinch but Karlsson moves out of range.
Karlsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Evans slips a straight right by Karlsson.
Evans takes a swing at Karlsson's ribcage but misses.
Karlsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Evans 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.
Evans wants to clinch.
Karlsson scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlsson scores with a jab to the body.
Evans tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Karlsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evans.
Karlsson thuds a left hand into Evans's body.
Evans misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karlsson lands a nice looking body shot.
Evans misses with a hook. Karlsson ducked under it nicely.
Karlsson throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
Karlsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Evans finds it's way round the side to connect with Karlsson's head.
Karlsson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Evans connects with the punch.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karlsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karlsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Karlsson walks into a left hand.
Karlsson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Evans stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karlsson tries to clinch but Evans moves away
and Evans counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Karlsson thinking.
Evans has Karlsson up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans jumps guard but Karlsson stands there with Evans around his waist. Evans gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Evans fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Karlsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karlsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karlsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Evans tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Karlsson just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karlsson tries a body shot but Evans blocks it.
Karlsson can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
Karlsson misses with a body punch.
Evans tries to score a body lock takedown but Karlsson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Good body shot from Karlsson.
A short right from Karlsson on the inside.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
Evans blocks an uppercut.
Evans blocks a body shot from Karlsson.
Evans misses with a punch to the body.
Karlsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Evans tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karlsson misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans pushes Karlsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karlsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karlsson tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Karlsson back against the cage.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson won't allow it.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Karlsson.
Evans jumps guard but Karlsson stands there with Evans around his waist. Evans gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Evans misses with some punches.
Evans fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Evans tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Evans tries to throw a body punch but Karlsson avoids it by throwing Evans back against the cage.
Karlsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karlsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evans jumps guard but Karlsson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Karlsson lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karlsson tries a body shot but Evans blocks it.
Nice body punch from Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a right hand.
Karlsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Karlsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans working aggressively here.
Karlsson lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Karlsson.
Karlsson scores with a shot to the side of Evans's head.
Karlsson lands a nice uppercut.
Karlsson tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Karlsson back against the cage.
Karlsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Karlsson.
A short left from Karlsson.
Karlsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Evanss head.
Karlsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Karlsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Karlsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Karlsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karlsson cracks Evans with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karlsson.
Karlsson lands with a light punch inside.
Evans prevents a body shot from Karlsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Karlsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Karlsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karlsson throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Evans defending well as Karlsson loads up on a big left hand.
Karlsson lands a high kick!
Karlsson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karlsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Karlsson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Evans takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Karlsson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Karlsson lands with a slapping head kick.
Evans is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karlsson.
It seemed like Karlsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oh Evans is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karlsson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Evans seems to have got his legs back now.
Karlsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Evans, pushing him back against the cage.
Karlsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karlsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Evans misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson lands with a left to the head.
Karlsson blocks a body shot from Evans.
Karlsson can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
Karlsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karlsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Evans makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Evans jumps guard and drags Karlsson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Evans wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Karlsson tries to stand but Evans is controlling from the bottom.
Evans is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Evans gets through Karlsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Evans or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
Karlsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karlsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Karlsson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Karlsson.
Karlsson is working Evans over against the cage.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Karlsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Evans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Karlsson walks away with a smile on his face. Evans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Karlsson connects with a single shot there.
Evans takes a shot to the body in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Karlsson.
Karlsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Evans.
Karlsson throws a shot to the body.
Karlsson has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Karlsson jabs Evans right on the nose. Evans blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Karlsson with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Karlsson. Those never looked like landing.
Evans was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Evans takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sloppy strikes from Karlsson. Those never looked like landing.
Karlsson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Evans misses with a hook.
Karl Karlsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Karlsson. Those never looked like landing.
Donald Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karlsson connects with an inside leg kick.
Evans forces Karlsson back against the cage and clinches.
Karlsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karlsson tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Karlsson back against the cage.
Karlsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karlsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Evans is trying to pull guard but Karlsson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Evans softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Evans is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson won't allow it.
Evans blocks a body shot from Karlsson.
Evans tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Karlsson just stands there and leans against the cage.
A short uppercut from Karlsson.
Evans tries to pull guard but Karlsson holds him up against the cage and eventually Evans drops back down to his feet.
Karlsson lands with a left to the head.
Evans is looking for a takedown.
Evans is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Karlsson to keep the fight standing.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karlsson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Karlsson lands a body shot.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
Karlsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Evans.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karlsson pushes Evans back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Evans is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Karlsson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Evans tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evans tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Karlsson just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Karlsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Karlsson 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Karlsson!
After the fight, Karl Karlsson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sixth Fist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Blaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master Blaster has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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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
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Sixth Fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Master Blaster!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fist throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blaster throws a body punch but Fist moves out of range.
Fist staying out of range there.
Blaster misses with a body shot.
Fist on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blaster. Blaster obviously looking to wear him down.
Good work by Fist as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like Fist wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Blaster misses the target.
Blaster slips a straight right by Fist.
Blaster takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blaster connects with a high kick.
Fist scores with a sloppy right hand. Blaster should have avoided that one.
Blaster scoring well with a low kick there.
Fist misses the shot to the body.
Fist misses with a hook to the body
and Blaster counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Blaster.
Blaster misses with a body punch.
Blaster digs a right hand underneath Fist's ribcage. Fist let out a lung full of air as it connected.
I was talking to Fist's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Fist uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fist blocking some punches.
Blaster lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Blaster.
Fist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fist's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fist lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blaster throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Fist counter with a right hand.
Blaster misses with a kick to the body.
Fist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaster throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fist counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Blaster misses with a hook.
Blaster blocks a leg kick.
Fist misses the shot to the body.
Blaster fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fist.
Fist lands with a good body shot.
Fist throws a jab when Blaster was well out of range.
Blaster lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That kick from Blaster tenderised Fist's leg. Fist is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fist chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Blaster can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaster moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blaster looks for the body kick but Fist saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fist catches Blaster with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Master Blaster has been cut.
Fist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaster blocks the body kick.
Blaster was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Blaster throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fist scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Blaster.
Blaster throws a leg kick but Fist sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fist cracks Blaster with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Blaster lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blaster throws a head kick that misses.
Blaster fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fist misses with a straight left.
Fist connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Blaster throws a looping overhand right but Fist ducks down to avoid it.
Blaster is looking to score with low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fist.
Blaster digs a good hook to Fist's body.
Fist is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaster motions for Fist to come forward. Blaster throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fist just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaster throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fist walks forward, straight into a front kick from Blaster.
Fist moves out of range as Blaster throws a body kick.
Fist is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Blaster throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fist lands with a shot to the body.
Blaster wants to slow Fist down by chopping away at his legs.
Blaster misses with a straight right.
Blaster bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blaster throws a jab but it's blocked by Fist.
Blaster fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fist manages to avoid it.
Blaster blocks a leg kick.
Blaster misses with a leg kick
and Fist counters with a stiff right hand.
Fist throws a hook but Blaster blocks it.
Blaster misses with a hook. Fist ducked under it nicely.
Blaster wants to slow Fist down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Blaster.
Blaster fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fist looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fist checks a leg kick.
Jab from Fist.
An inside leg kick from Fist misses.
Blaster moves out of range of the strikes.
Fist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blaster throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fist connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blaster throws a leg kick but Fist sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fist scores with a nice right hand.
Blaster lands with a cross.
Fist takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fist comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Master Blaster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaster misses with a straight right.
Fist misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaster.
Blaster tries a quick counter leg kick but Fist is wise to it.
Blaster connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Master Blaster will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Master Blaster's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Blaster throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blaster takes a swing at Fist's ribcage but misses.
Blaster throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fist just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaster follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Fist feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blaster's calf.
Fist takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fist connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blaster darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blaster is looking to chop away at Fist's legs.
Fist avoids the head kick by Blaster.
Blaster throws a leg kick
and Fist counters with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fist, right into the meat.
Fist throws a leg kick but Blaster checks it.
Blaster throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fist slips under a jab.
Fist lands a really nice looking cross but Blaster seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaster uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fist.
Sixth Fist is winning the standup battle so far.
Fist takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Blaster.
Blaster lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blaster throws a body punch but Fist moves out of range.
Blaster misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fist.
Fist uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blaster.
A little feinted left hand from Fist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fist misses with a low kick as Blaster jumps back.
Blaster was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fist misses with a body shot.
Fist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blaster throws out a leg kick but Fist moves out of range and Blaster only half commits.
Fist lands a body shot.
Fist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blaster misses with a low kick.
Blaster uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fist.
Blaster looks to score with a jab to the body but Fist is just out of range.
Blaster misses with a looping left.
Fist takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fist takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fist tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fist checks a leg kick.
Fist was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fist steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blaster.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick there by Blaster.
Blaster fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fist slips a jab from Blaster.
Fist moves out of range of the body kick from Blaster.
Fist checks a leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fist checks the leg kick.
Blaster pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A leg kick checked by Fist.
Blaster misses with a lunging right hand
and Fist counters with a left to the body.
Fist throws an overhand right that lands on Blaster's shoulder, as Blaster tries to avoid the shot.
Blaster misses with a hook. Fist ducked under it nicely.
Fist takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blaster lands with a good body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fist.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaster throws a push kick but Fist slaps the foot to one side.
Blaster lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fist looks to land a left hand but Blaster moved out of range nicely.
A head kick misses from Blaster.
Blaster lands a leg kick that knocks Fist off balance momentarily.
A solid body kick from Blaster.
Blaster tried to score with a low kick but Fist checks it.
Fist throws a hook to the side of Blaster's head but Blaster sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fist avoids a kick to the body.
Fist throwing a counter right hand but Blaster manages to avoid it.
Fist scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fist throws a low kick but Blaster moves out of range easily.
Blaster lands a nice looking body shot.
Blaster 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.
Blaster throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaster.
Fist ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An attempted straight right counter from Fist misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Blaster misses the target.
Fist avoids a kick to the body.
Fist looks to score with a jab to the body but Blaster is just out of range.
Fist fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaster throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blaster connects with an inside leg kick.
Fist throws a leg kick but Blaster checks it.
Fist moves out of range of the body kick from Blaster.
Fist was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Blaster scores with a nice right hand.
Blaster lands a head shot.
Blaster wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fist checks a low kick from Blaster.
Fist lands a body shot.
Crunch! Blaster slams his shin into Fist's torso.
Blaster tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fist keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fist rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blaster makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Fist really felt that one!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Master Blaster showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Master Blaster's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Blaster looks for the body kick but Fist saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Fist.
Fist throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blaster takes one to the side of the head.
Blaster throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fist checks a low kick from Blaster.
Fist jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Blaster throws a push kick but Fist slaps the foot to one side.
Fist digs a good body shot into Blaster's ribs.
Blaster throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Fist wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Blaster throws a right hand that misses
and Fist connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blaster is looking to slow Fist down with leg kicks.
Blaster blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaster looks to land a body kick but Fist moved away.
Fist thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Blaster if he has to take too many more of those.
Fist throws a hook but Blaster avoids it easily.
Blaster throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
Blaster throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Blaster misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaster will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaster throws a body punch but Fist moves out of range.
Blaster wants to slow Fist down by chopping away at his legs.
Blaster misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fist counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blaster.
Blaster avoids the body shot from Fist.
Fist tests Blaster's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blaster gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blaster misses the jab.
Blaster throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Fist misses the target.
A big left from Blaster misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Blaster. Fist shrugs it off though.
Fist will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fist misses with a body kick.
Fist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaster was well out of range. Poor timing from Fist.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blaster 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 Fist has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fist and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Blaster goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blaster connects with an inside leg kick.
Fist slips under a jab from Blaster.
Fist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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 leg kick lands there from Fist.
Blaster avoids the body shot from Fist.
Blaster misses with a head kick.
Blaster throws the kick towards the body but Fist avoids it.
Fist gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sixth Fist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That kick from Fist tenderised Blaster's leg. Blaster is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blaster misses with a hook. Fist ducked under it nicely.
Fist half committed to a counter leg kick.
Blaster pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blaster throws a lazy uppercut
and Fist counters with a left to the body.
Blaster takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blaster looks to land a body kick but Fist moved away.
Fist lands a nice shot that snaps Blaster's head back.
Fist lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fist bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Blaster's head.
Blaster misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It looked like Fist wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Blaster fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fist manages to avoid it.
Fist misses with a looping left.
Blaster avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaster.
Fist throws an overhand right that lands on Blaster's shoulder, as Blaster tries to avoid the shot.
Blaster throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Fist counters with a nice uppercut.
Blaster blocks a jab.
Blaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blaster throws a poor cross that misses
and Fist counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaster looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fist connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blaster misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Fist misses the target.
Blaster throws a head kick that misses
and Fist counters with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fist scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fist lands a big right hand that sends Blaster crashing to the mat! Fist stays standing though and waves Blaster back to his feet!
Blaster is rocked!
That has opened up Master Blaster's cut even more.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fist. That's going to slow Blaster down.
Blaster is still on wobbly legs! Can Fist finish him?
Fist swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blaster.
Blaster thuds his shin into the meat of Fist's side.
Fist tries to work over Blaster's front leg with a kick but Blaster checks it.
Blaster takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blaster seems to have recovered his senses.
Blaster uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fist.
Blaster misses with a kick to the body.
Fist attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Master Blaster is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice defenses there by Blaster.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaster throws a chopping leg kick but Fist manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fist throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fist scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blaster doesn't seem bothered though.
Blaster slips a straight right by Fist.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sixth Fist showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blaster has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sixth Fist!
After winning the bout, Sixth Fist thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Master Blaster stepped up to the mic, saying 'It was that little dude on my shoulder that done fucked me up. God he's got an annoying voice. He's kinda heavy too.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bostar Tyraanicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akeen Coker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akeen Coker told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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156 lbs
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32
145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bostar Tyraanicao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akeen Coker!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyraanicao chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Coker can pounce on him.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Tyraanicao enables Coker to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tyraanicao manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyraanicao working a defensive guard here.
Coker landing with the ground and pound.
Tyraanicao is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tyraanicao is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Coker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Tyraanicao pulls Coker in to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyraanicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyraanicao is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tyraanicao looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Coker chips away with some ground and pound.
Tyraanicao looking for a guillotine here but Coker defends easily.
Coker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyraanicao keeping moving, preventing Coker from controlling successfully.
Tyraanicao 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Coker distracts Tyraanicao with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Coker trying to control but Tyraanicao is working from the bottom.
Tyraanicao trying to control the position.
Tyraanicao keeping moving, preventing Coker from controlling successfully.
Coker working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tyraanicao's head.
Coker working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyraanicao had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Coker defends it easily.
Coker looking to pass the guard.
Tyraanicao looking to control.
Coker trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyraanicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Coker trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyraanicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyraanicao managing 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 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.
Coker throws an overhand right that lands on Tyraanicao's shoulder, as Tyraanicao tries to avoid the shot.
Tyraanicao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Coker has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Coker. Tyraanicao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Coker throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Coker throws the kick towards the body but Tyraanicao avoids it.
Tyraanicao checks the leg kick.
Tyraanicao wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Tyraanicao staying out of range there.
Tyraanicao blocks a low kick nicely.
Tyraanicao staying out of range there.
Coker throws a leg kick which misses Tyraanicao's front leg but catches the back leg as Tyraanicao tries to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Coker looks to land a right hand but Tyraanicao moved out of range.
Coker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tyraanicao - that will leave a mark!
Coker throws a front kick aimed at Tyraanicao's knee but Tyraanicao avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akeen Coker 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.
Coker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A low kick from Coker is predictable there
and Tyraanicao counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyraanicao throws a hook but Coker blocks it.
Coker lands the left hand.
Coker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A good leg kick by Coker.
Coker misses with a body kick.
Coker scores with a leg kick.
A low kick from Coker is predictable there
and Tyraanicao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Coker misses with a low kick as Tyraanicao jumps back.
Coker throws a leg kick
and Tyraanicao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Coker thinking.
Akeen Coker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tyraanicao.
Coker ducks under a wild hook from Tyraanicao.
Coker lands a nice hook to Tyraanicao's body. Tyraanicao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tyraanicao misses the shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coker thumps Tyraanicao with a low kick.
Coker feints and then cracks Tyraanicao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tyraanicao down.
Coker throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker misses with a body kick.
Coker cracks Tyraanicao with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Coker blocks a head kick by Tyraanicao.
It seemed like Coker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Coker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyraanicao checks a leg kick nicely.
Tyraanicao throws a body punch but Coker moves out of range.
Coker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tyraanicao stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Coker misses with a low kick.
Coker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Coker closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tyraanicao trying to control from the bottom.
Coker thows a huge punch but Tyraanicao dodges it nicely.
Tyraanicao actively working from the bottom here.
Coker is keen to just control but Tyraanicao is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coker might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Tyraanicao haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Tyraanicao looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Coker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tyraanicao keeps working.
Coker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyraanicao is not content to let Coker control the position.
Tyraanicao is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coker throwing shots but Tyraanicao is blocking nicely.
Tyraanicao has hold of Coker's hands but Coker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coker is trying to control. Tyraanicao wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Coker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tyraanicao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coker.
Coker throwing shots but Tyraanicao is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Coker.
Coker throwing shots but Tyraanicao is blocking nicely.
Tyraanicao looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tyraanicao trying to hold on to Coker's head to control him but Coker postures up.
Tyraanicao tries to get to full guard but Coker has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyraanicao gets full guard.
Coker works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tyraanicao trying to control from the bottom.
Tyraanicao on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Coker working over Tyraanicao with some ground and pound. Tyraanicao looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tyraanicao on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Akeen Coker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Coker is thwarting Tyraanicao's attempts to control the position.
Tyraanicao has hold of Coker's hands but Coker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coker trying to control the action but Tyraanicao is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akeen Coker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Tyraanicao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Coker lands a leg kick that knocks Tyraanicao off balance momentarily.
Tyraanicao jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tyraanicao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coker.
Coker throws a low kick but Tyraanicao moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Coker misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Coker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Coker throws a leg kick which misses Tyraanicao's front leg but catches the back leg as Tyraanicao tries to avoid it.
Coker scores with a shot to the body.
Tyraanicao lands a really nice looking cross but Coker seems unphased.
Coker is looking to slow Tyraanicao down with leg kicks.
Tyraanicao is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyraanicao with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Coker to score with a decent uppercut.
Tyraanicao misses with a low kick as Coker jumps back.
Tyraanicao throws a looping overhand right but Coker ducks down to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Coker. That's going to slow Tyraanicao down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Coker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker scoring well with a low kick there.
Coker lands a nice shot to the body.
Tyraanicao gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Coker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tyraanicao pinned against the cage. Tyraanicao gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Coker swings for the body but Tyraanicao moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Tyraanicao misses the target.
Coker throws a solid leg kick but Tyraanicao takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Coker.
Coker stalks Tyraanicao and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tyraanicao's face. Tyraanicao staggers backwards, shaken.
Coker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tyraanicao scores with a jab. Coker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tyraanicao checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tyraanicao clinches up with Coker and pushes him back against the cage.
Tyraanicao is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Coker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Coker misses with an elbow over the top.
Bostar Tyraanicao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Coker fails to land.
Tyraanicao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Coker.
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!
Tyraanicao blocking some punches.
Coker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coker misses with a punch to the body.
Coker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tyraanicao.
Coker swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyraanicao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyraanicao blocks an uppercut.
Coker is trying to pull guard but Tyraanicao has him pressed against the cage.
Coker misses with a punch to the body.
Coker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tyraanicao.
Coker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tyraanicao can't find room to land a body shot as Coker controls the action.
Tyraanicao lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tyraanicao stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyraanicao throws a punch but it's blocked by Coker.
Tyraanicao can't find room to land a body shot as Coker controls the action.
Tyraanicao scores with a hook to the body.
Coker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Coker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Coker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tyraanicao's brow.
Tyraanicao tries to work over Coker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tyraanicao struggles to land a body shot inside as Coker controls his hands.
Coker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coker blocks a body shot from Tyraanicao.
Coker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coker working hard to break the clinch.
Tyraanicao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tyraanicao just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bostar Tyraanicao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akeen Coker.
Coker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyraanicao backwards.
Coker breaks from the clinch.
Coker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tyraanicao. That did some damage!
Bostar Tyraanicao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coker fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tyraanicao checks it well.
Coker connects with an inside leg kick.
Coker sizes up Tyraanicao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Coker scores with a leg kick.
Akeen Coker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Coker slips under a jab.
A big left from Coker misses.
Coker slips a jab from Tyraanicao.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyraanicao misses with a low kick.
Tyraanicao steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Coker. That one must have hurt.
Akeen Coker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Coker cracks Tyraanicao with a right hand to the side of the head.
Coker is looking to chop away at Tyraanicao's legs.
Tyraanicao checks a low kick from Coker.
A little feinted left hand from Tyraanicao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tyraanicao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Coker was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyraanicao.
Coker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Coker digs a good body shot into Tyraanicao's ribs.
Tyraanicao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akeen Coker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Coker winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akeen Coker!
Akeen Coker thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Bostar Tyraanicao stepped up to the mic, saying 'Shit, I need to fuck a goat.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Gombos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdullah Zaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Gombos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abdullah Zaire!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zaire 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 Gombos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gombos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zaire 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.
Gombos misses with a body shot.
Gombos looks to score with a jab to the body but Zaire is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zaire! But no joy.
Gombos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zaire 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.
Zaire connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaire catches Gombos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gombos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zaire.
Zaire looks to land a right hand but Gombos moved out of range.
Abdullah Zaire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gombos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zaire can pounce on him.
Good shot there by Gombos.
Zaire 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.
Zaire 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.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gombos slips under a jab from Zaire.
Gombos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zaire.
Zaire misses with a body shot.
Gombos drops down looking for a counter takedown but Zaire sprawls and moves away.
Zaire lands a nice shot that snaps Gombos's head back.
Zaire scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gombos.
Gombos misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaire lands a front kick.
Gombos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zaire throws a leg kick but Gombos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gombos misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Zaire was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gombos connects with a leg kick. Zaire looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gombos scores with a body shot.
Zaire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zaire misses with a looping left.
Gombos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Zaire moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zaire. Gombos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zaire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gombos.
A lazy left from Gombos finds it's target.
Zaire closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Gombos's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaire tries to free his leg and advance position but Gombos is retaining full guard.
Gombos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Zaire controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gombos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zaire defends it easily.
Gombos keeping moving, preventing Zaire from controlling successfully.
Zaire might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gombos haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gombos wants to control but Zaire passes easily into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaire is keen to just control but Gombos is a slippery customer.
Zaire not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gombos is looking for a sweep. Zaire is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zaire lands with a punch from half guard.
Zaire thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gombos's head.
Zaire working the head and body with strikes.
Zaire looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaire drops an elbow to the side of Gombos's head.
Gombos actively working from the bottom here.
Zaire wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gombos keeps working.
Gombos is looking for a sweep. Zaire is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zaire looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gombos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zaire is trying to control. Gombos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gombos tries to roll over but Zaire keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gombos regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdullah Zaire dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gombos throws a body punch but Zaire moves out of range.
Zaire has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gombos throws a body shot but no joy.
Gombos misses with a shot to the body
and Zaire counters with an inside leg kick.
Gombos cracks Zaire with an open hand slap.
Gombos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gombos misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gombos. Zaire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zaire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gombos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zaire. Zaire obviously looking to wear him down.
Zaire stuns Gombos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gombos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zaire lands with a cross.
Gombos throws a chopping leg kick but Zaire manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gombos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zaire.
Zaire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zaire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaire throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaire dodges the punch combination from Gombos.
Gombos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gombos misses with an uppercut. Zaire saw that one coming.
Gombos is looking to wear down Zaire with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaire misses with a leg kick.
Gombos lands with a shot to the body.
Zaire throws out a loose jab but Gombos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaire throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gombos drops down looking for a counter takedown but Zaire sprawls and moves away.
Zaire moves out of range of the leg kick from Gombos.
Abdullah Zaire seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zaire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gombos was well out of range. Poor timing from Zaire.
Gombos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zaire pushes Gombos away with a front kick.
Zaire lands a lovely overhand right.
Zaire walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gombos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gombos throws a wild body kick that Zaire sees coming a mile off.
Gombos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zaire drops his hands momentarily and Gombos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zaire fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gombos checks it well.
Zaire takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gombos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaire throws a lazy right hand but Gombos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gombos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice side step and Zaire releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zaire lands a head shot.
Gombos throws a series of punches but Zaire avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gombos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gombos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Zaire is looking to improve his position.
Zaire moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Zaire trying to keep a closed guard but Gombos is proving a slippery customer.
Zaire lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Zaire works over Gombos with some ground and pound from guard.
Abdullah Zaire has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaire is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Zaire wants to control from the top but Gombos keeps moving.
Gombos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Zaire doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Zaire manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Zaire wants to control from the top but Gombos keeps moving.
Gombos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zaire's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gombos trying to control the position from guard on top but Zaire is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gombos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gombos pushes down on Zaire's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Zaire tries to get to full guard but Gombos has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dan Gombos will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gombos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gombos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zaire throws a body shot but no joy.
Gombos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zaire manages to avoid it.
Zaire walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zaire throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gombos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gombos checks a leg kick.
Zaire throws a solid leg kick but Gombos takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zaire.
Zaire jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That kick from Zaire tenderised Gombos's leg. Gombos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zaire, right into the meat.
Zaire misses with a body shot.
Gombos looks to land a combination but Zaire avoids it well.
Gombos throws a hook but Zaire avoids it easily.
Zaire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gombos manages to avoid it.
Gombos throws the left hand but Zaire avoids the punch easily.
Zaire misses with a leg kick
and Gombos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Zaire's guard.
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!
Zaire has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Gombos has passed into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaire is trying to get back to half guard.
Zaire wants to control but Gombos postures up.
Zaire is looking to reverse the position.
Gombos has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gombos avoids the attempt from Zaire to control.
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.
Gombos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zaire is in all sorts of trouble here.
Zaire in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gombos avoids the attempt from Zaire to control.
Zaire tries to reverse the position but Gombos maintains control.
Gombos can't control as he wanted to and Zaire manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Zaire keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gombos wants to pass the guard but Zaire is defending well.
Gombos is trying to control. Zaire wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gombos controlling the action here.
Zaire is staying active underneath Gombos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gombos is thwarting Zaire's attempts to control the position.
Gombos stalling away here and it's allowed Zaire to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Gombos 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.
Gombos stands and throws Zaire's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zaire tries to buck Gombos off but Gombos is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Gombos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gombos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Gombos!
Dan Gombos 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 Johnny Twborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snow Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Twborg comes to the cage accompanied by Heavy Hitter. Snow Man has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Johnny Twborg's chin.
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Twborg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Snow Man!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Twborg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Twborg has a couple of punches blocked by Man.
Man stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Man on the inside.
Man blocking some punches.
Man lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Twborg lands a right hand.
Twborg misses with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Twborg.
Twborg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Twborg gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Twborg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Twborg controls his hands.
Twborg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Twborg controls his hands.
Man escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Twborg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a hook to the side of Twborg's head but Twborg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Twborg.
Twborg instigates a clinch.
Twborg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Man backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Twborg fails to land.
I was talking to Twborg's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Twborg misses with a body punch.
Twborg throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Twborg on the inside.
Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
Twborg digs a right hand underneath Man's ribcage. Man let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Man lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Twborg.
Twborg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Twborg lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Twborg.
A nice right hand lands inside from Twborg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twborg blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Twborg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man lands a shot to the body.
Twborg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Twborg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.
Twborg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Twborg avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Man blocking some punches.
Twborg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Twborg misses with a body punch.
Man prevents a body shot from Twborg.
Twborg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Twborg backwards.
Man is working Twborg over against the cage.
Man scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Twborg takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twborg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Twborg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Twborg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.
Twborg misses with some punches.
Man scores with a shot to the side of Twborg's head.
Good body shot from Man.
Man blocking some punches.
Twborg struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Twborg is breathing heavily.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Twborg fails to land.
Twborg lands a shoulder strike.
Twborg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Twborg misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Twborg.
Twborg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Twborg misses with the head strike.
Man gets through Twborg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Man prevents a body shot from Twborg.
Man lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man prevents a body shot from Twborg.
Twborg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Twborg.
Nice body punch from Man - that landed with a thud.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Twborg backwards.
Man prevents a body shot from Twborg.
Man lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Man tries a body shot but Twborg blocks it.
Twborg tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Twborg back against the cage.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Twborg backwards.
Twborg is rocked!
Twborg has a couple of punches blocked by Man.
Oh Twborg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Man creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Twborg's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Twborg drops to his knees and Man pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Snow Man!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felix Sturm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gallagher has chosen The Vindictives - Stupid Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felix Sturm!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philip Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallagher lands with a nice body punch.
Gallagher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sturm is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gallagher 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 Sturm has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sturm and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
An attempted straight right counter from Sturm misses the target.
Sturm bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gallagher's head backwards.
It looks like Philip Gallagher has been cut.
Sturm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gallagher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sturm.
Gallagher has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gallagher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gallagher blocks an uppercut.
Gallagher unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sturm lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gallagher scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gallagher lands a nice uppercut.
Gallagher misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Sturm's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sturm misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sturm cracks Gallagher with a nice body shot.
We've been informed that Gallagher 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturm digs a right hand into Gallagher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gallagher's gas tank.
Sturm struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallagher controls his hands.
Sturm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gallagher's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturm misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gallagher can't find room to land a body shot as Sturm controls the action.
Gallagher lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sturm fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Sturm as the two fighters clinch.
Sturm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sturm managing to block the knees to the body from Gallagher.
Sturm throws a punch but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Sturm tries to throw a body punch but Gallagher avoids it by throwing Sturm back against the cage.
Sturm lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gallagher or not.
Sturm tries a body shot but Gallagher blocks it.
Sturm misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sturm breaks from the clinch.
Sturm feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gallagher's calf.
Sturm takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sturm just misses with a punch to the body.
Gallagher takes a swing at Sturm's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gallagher throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Sturm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Gallagher misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Sturm.
Sturm misses with the head strike.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sturm avoids it.
Sturm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sturm makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gallagher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gallagher landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gallagher lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sturm struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallagher controls his hands.
Sturm throws a head punch that misses.
Sturm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sturm lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Sturm on the inside.
Gallagher trying to land knees to the body.
Sturm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Sturm.
Sturm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gallagher's elbow.
Sturm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sturm tries a body shot but Gallagher blocks it.
Gallagher blocks an uppercut.
Gallagher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sturm blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Sturm fails to land.
Sturm misses with some punches.
Gallagher lands a nice uppercut.
Sturm swings wildly with an uppercut but Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Sturm.
Gallagher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Sturm has a couple of punches blocked by Gallagher.
Sturm can't find room to land a body shot as Gallagher controls the action.
Sturm misses with a body punch.
Gallagher lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Sturm fails to land.
Sturm throws a head punch that misses.
Sturm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gallagher throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sturm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gallagher backwards.
A short uppercut from Gallagher.
Sturm tries a body shot but Gallagher blocks it.
Sturm misses with the head strike.
Gallagher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturm.
Sturm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallagher lands a right hand.
Sturm is rocked!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sturm tries a body shot but Gallagher blocks it.
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 Felix Sturm will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Philip Gallagher'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.
Gallagher motions for Sturm to come forward. Gallagher throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sturm swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sturm moves out of range as Gallagher throws a body kick.
Sturm is looking to counter punch.
Philip Gallagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gallagher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sturm thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sturm throws a big shot that misses.
Gallagher keeps the fight on the outside.
Gallagher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A left lands for Sturm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Gallagher misses its intended target.
Sturm slips a jab from Gallagher.
Gallagher looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sturm scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gallagher slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sturm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gallagher throws out the jab.
Gallagher scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gallagher. Sturm does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gallagher throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gallagher moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gallagher lands the left hand.
Gallagher catches Sturm with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gallagher scores with a push kick.
Gallagher tests Sturm's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oh Sturm is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gallagher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sturm.
Sturm is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gallagher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sturm seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturm throws a body punch but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gallagher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gallagher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sturm doesn't manage to clinch there - Gallagher circles away.
Gallagher misses with an uppercut
and Sturm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gallagher misses with a body shot
and Sturm counters with a nice uppercut.
Gallagher is rocked!
Gallagher wants to land a leg kick but Sturm is out of range.
Gallagher is still on wobbly legs! Can Sturm finish him?
Gallagher takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gallagher misses with a left hand
and Sturm counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Felix Sturm!
Felix Sturm retains his lightweight title!
A relieved looking Felix Sturm thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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