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KOFC 75 - Cheek vs Menger 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Caiman (ranked 4067 p4p, 461 weight class) and David Prior (ranked 3290 p4p, 401 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Caiman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Iron - Woodkid. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Caiman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Prior!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prior fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Prior scores with a leg kick.
Caiman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caiman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Prior lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Caiman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Caiman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prior scores with a spinning back kick!
Prior fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Caiman, pushing him back against the cage.
Prior scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Prior scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Prior stalling against the cage.
Prior lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prior scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prior works on Caiman's body with a couple of short punches.
Caiman avoids a wild elbow strike from Prior.
Prior lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prior makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prior breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prior scoring well with a low kick there.
Prior fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Caiman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prior.
Prior lands with a nice body kick.
Prior tries a head kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Prior.
Caiman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Prior.
Prior throws a leg kick which misses Caiman's front leg but catches the back leg as Caiman tries to avoid it.
Caiman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Prior can pounce on him.
A combination from Caiman does no damage.
Prior feints and then cracks Caiman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Caiman down.
Prior fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Caiman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caiman misses with a looping right.
Prior throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prior throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Caiman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Caiman drives through and clinches with Prior against the cage.
Prior pushes Caiman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Prior digs a right hand underneath Caiman's ribcage. Caiman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Prior - that landed with a thud.
Prior goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prior manages to break the clinch.
Prior scoring well with a low kick there.
Prior shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Caiman is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Prior dives into side control.
Prior working away.
Prior taking a breather here.
Caiman can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caiman is trying to escape the position but Prior is controlling the position.
Prior's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The strikes coming from Prior are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Prior scoring with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prior is chipping away with strikes.
Caiman struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Prior's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prior gets to mount! Caiman was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Prior connects with a bit shot that sees Caiman covering up! More strikes from Prior and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Prior is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Prior!
After winning the bout, David Prior thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Number (ranked 3398 p4p, 431 weight class) and Attila The Hun (ranked 4650 p4p, 542 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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206 lbs
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Number!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Attila The Hun!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Number misses with a two punch combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The Hun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Number misses with a punch to the body.
The Hun lands with a right to the head.
Number goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Number lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Hun pushes Number back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Number swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Hun lands with a left to the head.
The Hun lands with a short shot to the head.
The Hun throws a punch but it's blocked by Number.
Number misses with a hook to the ribs.
Number has a couple of punches blocked by The Hun.
Number blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Hun lands a hook that snaps the head of Number backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Number.
Number has a couple of punches blocked by The Hun.
The Hun struggles to land a body shot inside as Number controls his hands.
Number misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hun misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from The Hun.
Number prevents a body shot from The Hun.
The Hun lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The Hun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Hun struggles to land a body shot inside as Number controls his hands.
Number can't find room to land a body shot as The Hun controls the action.
The Hun misses with some punches.
Number fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Number blocking some punches.
Number has a couple of punches blocked by The Hun.
Number tries a body shot but The Hun blocks it.
The Hun swings wildly with an uppercut but Number uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Number creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Hun blocking some punches.
The Hun blocking some punches.
The Hun misses with the head strike.
The Hun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Number doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hun prevents a body shot from Number.
Number swings wildly with an uppercut but The Hun uses good head movement to avoid it.
Number lands with a left to the head.
The Hun misses with a body punch.
The Hun lands a body punch in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Hun gets through Number's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Number misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Number swings wildly with an uppercut but The Hun uses good head movement to avoid it.
Number tries to work over The Hun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Number.
A hook to the body from The Hun.
Number misses with some punches.
The Hun lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Number tries to throw a body punch but The Hun avoids it by throwing Number back against the cage.
The Hun is working Number over against the cage.
Number is breathing heavily.
The Hun blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Number tries to throw a body punch but The Hun avoids it by throwing Number back against the cage.
Number throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hun prevents a body shot from Number.
The Hun lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Number digs a right hand underneath The Hun's ribcage. The Hun let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Number tries to throw a body punch but The Hun avoids it by throwing Number back against the cage.
Number blocks a body shot from The Hun.
The Hun blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Hun stalls.
We've been informed that The Hun has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The Hun lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Number.
A head punch on the inside from Number fails to land.
The Hun lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Hun.
Number blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Hun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee calls for The Hun to work.
The Hun stalls.
The Hun continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The Hun working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Hun content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The Hun lands a body punch.
Number fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Hun blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Hun lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Number misses with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Hun.
Number tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Hun lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
The Hun lands a shot to the body.
Number tries to throw a body punch but The Hun avoids it by throwing Number back against the cage.
The Hun lands a shoulder strike.
The Hun gets through Number's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Hun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Hun lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Hun swings wildly with an uppercut but Number uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Hun lands with a right to the head.
The Hun working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Attila The Hun 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.
The Hun throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Number stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A right-left combo lands from Number.
It looks like Attila The Hun has been cut.
Number takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Hun closes the distance and clinches.
The Hun has Number pressed against the cage.
Number lands a body punch.
The Hun prevents a body shot from Number.
Number can't find room to land a body shot as The Hun controls the action.
The Hun's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from The Hun on the inside.
Number misses with a hook to the ribs.
Number blocks a body shot from The Hun.
Number's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Hun.
Number misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Hun working aggressively here.
Number lands a body punch in the clinch.
Number working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hun throws a punch but it's blocked by Number.
A short left from Number.
The Hun throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Numbers head.
Number tries to work over The Hun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Number takes a shot to the head.
Number lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Hun backwards.
Number tries to throw a body punch but The Hun avoids it by throwing Number back against the cage.
Number swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Hun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Hun tries to throw a body punch but Number avoids it by throwing The Hun back against the cage.
Number lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from The Hun.
Number swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Number.
Number lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Hun pushes Number back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Number lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from Number.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Number lands a right hand.
The Hun struggles to land a body shot inside as Number controls his hands.
The Hun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Attila The Hun seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Hun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Hun's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Hun lands an uppercut.
The Hun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Number blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from The Hun.
The Hun lands a body punch.
Number blocks an uppercut.
The Hun swings wildly with an uppercut but Number uses good head movement to avoid it.
Number lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Hun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Number's elbow.
The Hun has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short right from Number on the inside.
The Hun is rocked!
Number pushes The Hun back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Hun is still on wobbly legs! Can Number finish him?
Number prevents a body shot from The Hun.
Number lands a big right hand that drops The Hun! The killer instinct kicks in and Number finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Number!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Number!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joao Sousa (ranked 1401 p4p, 157 weight class) and I Hate Work (ranked 3668 p4p, 331 weight class). Joao Sousa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joao Sousa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, I Hate Work!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Work closes the distance and clinches.
Sousa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sousa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Work prevents a body shot from Sousa.
Sousa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sousa swings wildly with an uppercut but Work uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sousa.
Work looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Sousa fails to land.
Work tries to break the clinch but Sousa is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Sousa scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sousa successfully pulls guard.
Sousa trying to control the position.
Work wants to pass the guard but Sousa is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa working for a triangle but Work defends it easily.
Work really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sousa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Work slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sousa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sousa controls Work momentarily but Work frees himself.
Work trying to control the position from guard on top but Sousa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sousa looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sousa continues to stall.
Sousa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Work trying to control the position from guard on top but Sousa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sousa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Work defends well.
Work wants to pass the guard but Sousa is keeping the position.
Work told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Work postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Work wants to get up but he can't break Sousa's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sousa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Work can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sousa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Work trying to control but Sousa is working from the bottom.
Sousa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Work defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sousa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Work is aware though and is defending well.
Sousa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Work is stalling in the full guard.
Sousa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Work tries to stand but Sousa is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Sousa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sousa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sousa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Work misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Work misses with a few strikes there.
Sousa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Work moves away.
Sousa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Work.
Sousa appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sousa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Work.
Work rushes Sousa and presses him up against the cage.
Sousa gets through Work's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sousa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Work can do to turn this around?
Sousa has a couple of punches blocked by Work.
Sousa has a couple of punches blocked by Work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Sousa.
Sousa pulls guard effortlessly.
Work looking to improve position, pressing down on Sousa's thigh with his hand. Sousa seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Work paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Work's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Sousa picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Joao Sousa!
An out of breath Joao Sousa 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Thurgood Jenkins (ranked 923 p4p, 95 weight class) and Scuba Chris (ranked 1710 p4p, 188 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thurgood Jenkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Scuba Chris!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chris throws an overhand right that lands on Jenkins's shoulder, as Jenkins tries to avoid the shot.
Thurgood Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jenkins misses with a wild body shot.
Jenkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jenkins throws a combination. Chris tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jenkins throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've been told by Jenkins's head coaches at Julius Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Chris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jenkins.
Chris 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.
Jenkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jenkins with a jab.
Jenkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chris stalks Jenkins and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jenkins's face. Jenkins staggers backwards, shaken.
Chris tries to bum rush Jenkins with a series of wild strikes but Jenkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chris. Jenkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Chris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jenkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jenkins.
Jenkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chris.
Chris is looking for the big counter here.
Jenkins throws a head kick but Chris moves out of range.
Chris throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Jenkins wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chris tries to move into range but Jenkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a body punch
and Chris counters with a left and a right that stings Jenkins.
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!
Jenkins misses with a hook
and Chris counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jenkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Jenkins thuds his shin into the meat of Chris's side.
Jenkins looks to land a right hand but Chris moved out of range.
As Jenkins backs off Chris throws a huge counter combo but Jenkins manages to avoid it all.
Jenkins throws out a leg kick but Chris moves out of range and Jenkins only half commits.
Chris misses with a few strikes there.
Chris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jenkins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chris moves away from the strike by Jenkins.
Chris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jenkins.
Chris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chris gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chris slips under a jab.
Chris unleashes a big counter combination but Jenkins bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Chris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jenkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice side step and Chris releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jenkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Chris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jenkins, right into the meat.
Jenkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Jenkins lands with an overhand left.
Chris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jenkins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins throws a lazy uppercut
and Chris makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jenkins misses with a body punch
and Chris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jenkins misses with a low kick as Chris jumps back.
Chris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jenkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jenkins swings widly with a right hand
and Chris makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jenkins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jenkins thumps Chris with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thurgood Jenkins dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jenkins is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, jab by Jenkins - just one landing.
Chris throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jenkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Jenkins throws an off balance right hand
and Chris counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jenkins misses with a left hand
and Chris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jenkins throws a poor cross that misses
and Chris counters with a nice uppercut.
Jenkins throws an off balance right hand
and Chris counters with a straight right hand.
Chris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jenkins jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jenkins. Chris does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Chris releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice uppercut there from Chris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Jenkins was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Chris.
Chris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jenkins throws a hook but Chris blocks it.
Jenkins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chris connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jenkins scrambles back to his feet.
Jenkins jabs Chris to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jenkins.
Scuba Chris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab by Chris.
Jenkins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Chris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jenkins misses with a right hand
and Jenkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jenkins.
Chris misses with the combination.
Jenkins throws a right hand that misses
and Chris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jenkins.
Jenkins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chris's calf.
Jenkins scores with a hook to the body. Chris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jenkins throws a right hand that misses
and Chris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jenkins throws a right hand that Chris ducks under and follows up with a left that Chris also avoids with ease.
Jenkins is looking to chop away at Chris's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with an uppercut. Chris saw that one coming.
Jenkins misses with a kick to the body
and Chris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jenkins misses with a body punch
and Chris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jenkins misses with a hook. Chris ducked under it nicely.
Jenkins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jenkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chris misses with a two punch combination.
Jenkins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chris lands a nice looking body shot.
Jenkins slips a jab from Chris.
Jenkins misses with a right hand
and Jenkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chris fails to land with a series of punches.
Jenkins tried to counter with a leg kick but Chris avoided it.
Jenkins misses with a body shot
and Chris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jenkins thinking.
Chris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jenkins.
Jenkins scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jenkins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jenkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jenkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jenkins.
Chris looks to land a combination but Jenkins avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scuba Chris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jenkins cracks the inside of Chris's front leg.
Jenkins throws a shot from downtown. Chris moves away and avoids it.
Jenkins throws a right hand that misses
and Chris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jenkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chris has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Chris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chris takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jenkins scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins lands a head shot.
Chris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jenkins.
Chris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Chris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chris cracks Jenkins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Chris misses with a double jab.
Jenkins scores with a jab. Chris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chris throws a good cross that connects.
Chris lands a jab.
Jenkins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chris misses with a hook
and Jenkins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Chris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jenkins misses with a straight left.
Chris lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chris.
Jenkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Jenkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jenkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chris. That did some damage!
Jenkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chris.
Chris takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Chris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jenkins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jenkins.
Jenkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chris was well out of range. Poor timing from Jenkins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a head kick.
Jenkins throws a body kick that misses
and Chris counters with a straight right hand.
Chris throws a right hand that Jenkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Jenkins also avoids with ease.
Chris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jenkins. Jenkins obviously looking to wear him down.
Chris lands a head shot.
Jenkins goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jenkins explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jenkins looks for the body kick but Chris saw that one coming.
Chris is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Jenkins moves away from the strike by Chris.
A little feinted left hand from Jenkins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jenkins throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jenkins.
Chris throws out a counter right but Jenkins avoids it with no problem.
Chris misses with an uppercut.
Jenkins throws out a loose jab but Chris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jenkins throws a sloppy body shot
and Chris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Chris takes one on the button.
Chris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chris misses with a few strikes there.
Chris misses with a wild body shot.
Chris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jenkins jabs Chris to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thurgood Jenkins clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chris scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Chris misses with a left hand
enabling Jenkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Chris avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chris just misses with a punch to the body.
Chris misses with an uppercut. Jenkins saw that one coming.
Chris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jenkins throws a lazy right hand but Chris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chris! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jenkins lands a front kick.
Chris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jenkins throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jenkins.
A good leg kick by Jenkins.
Chris cracks Jenkins with an open hand slap.
Jenkins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Left hook, right uppercut from Chris.
Jenkins scores with a jab to the body.
Jenkins looks to land a body kick but Chris moved away.
A punch lands to the side of Jenkins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jenkins lands a jab to Chris's midsection.
Thurgood Jenkins is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenkins moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Jenkins misses.
Chris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jenkins dips to his left and cracks Chris with an uppercut!
Jenkins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jenkins misses with a low kick.
Chris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chris walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jenkins looks for the body kick but Chris saw that one coming.
Chris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a body shot.
Chris doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Chris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a leg kick
and Chris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chris throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jenkins throws a chopping leg kick but Chris manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jenkins, right into the meat.
Nice uppercut lands for Jenkins. That snapped Chris's head back.
Jenkins catches Chris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jenkins misses with a low kick as Chris jumps back.
Chris throws a counter combo.
Chris throws a series of punches but Jenkins avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins lands a really nice looking cross but Chris seems unphased.
Jenkins throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chris looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jenkins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chris is rocked!
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!
Jenkins cracks Chris with a good jab.
Chris is still on wobbly legs! Can Jenkins finish him?
Jenkins looks to throw the jab but Chris is out of range.
Chris seems to have recovered his senses.
Jenkins scores with a nice body kick.
Chris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jenkins explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jenkins thows a leg kick but Chris checks it
and Chris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thurgood Jenkins had his way with Scuba Chris in 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jenkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jenkins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jenkins 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.
Jenkins throws a big shot that misses.
Jenkins cracks Chris with an open hand slap.
Chris swings widly with a right hand
and Jenkins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jenkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins looks to land a left hand but Chris moved out of range nicely.
Chris has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jenkins.
Jenkins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chris lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jenkins throws a body shot but no joy.
Chris works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jenkins scores with a nice head shot.
Jenkins throws a sloppy head kick
and Chris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jenkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Jenkins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jenkins defending well as Chris loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Jenkins was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Chris.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a hook
and Chris counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chris misses the shot to the body.
Chris throws a right hand that misses
and Jenkins counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Chris misses.
Jenkins cracks Chris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jenkins throws a poor cross that misses
and Chris counters with a nice uppercut.
Jenkins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thurgood Jenkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jenkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins moves away from the strike by Chris.
Chris misses with a right hand
and Jenkins counters with a straight right hand.
Chris swings for the body but Jenkins moves out of range.
Jenkins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jenkins lands a leg kick that knocks Chris off balance momentarily.
Jenkins lands with a straight right. Chris didn't see that one coming.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Chris misses.
Chris lands with an uppercut that bounces Jenkins off the cage and back into range.
Jenkins throws a lazy right hand but Chris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jenkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chris takes a step back to recover.
Jenkins throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jenkins. Chris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chris unleashes a big counter combination but Jenkins bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Chris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jenkins.
Jenkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chris.
Jenkins throws a lazy uppercut
and Jenkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Scuba Chris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Chris just misses with a punch to the body.
Chris misses with a right hand
and Jenkins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jenkins throws a head kick but Chris moves out of range.
Donk. Jenkins catches Chris right on the button with a cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thurgood Jenkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jenkins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 49:46
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thurgood Jenkins!
Thurgood Jenkins retains his featherweight title!
A relieved looking Thurgood Jenkins 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 393 p4p, 17 weight class) and Mark Coleman Jr (ranked 1284 p4p, 37 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
36 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noob Saibot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Coleman Jr!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman Jr slips a straight right by Saibot.
Coleman Jr gets caught napping as Saibot dives in and scores a takedown. Coleman Jr manages to retain guard.
Saibot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coleman Jr tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coleman Jr looking to control.
Saibot works over Coleman Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
Saibot scoring with some ground and pound.
Coleman Jr controls Saibot momentarily but Saibot frees himself.
Saibot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Saibot tries to free his leg and advance position but Coleman Jr is retaining full guard.
Coleman Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coleman Jr is looking for a triangle but Saibot pushes his legs off easily.
Saibot with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Saibot trying to control but Coleman Jr is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saibot accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've been hearing that Saibot has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Coleman Jr had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Saibot defends it easily.
Saibot is in close to Coleman Jr's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saibot tries to free his leg and advance position but Coleman Jr is retaining full guard.
Saibot scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coleman Jr has momentary wrist control but Saibot slips an elbow through the middle.
Coleman Jr working a defensive guard here.
Saibot cracks Coleman Jr with a solid left hand.
Saibot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Coleman Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Saibot landing with the ground and pound.
Saibot distracts Coleman Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Coleman Jr is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Saibot landing with the ground and pound.
Coleman Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Saibot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Saibot working some strikes from top position.
Saibot stopping the sweep attempt from Coleman Jr.
Saibot connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Saibot's guard.
Saibot thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Saibot is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Saibot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coleman Jr trying to control but Saibot is working from the bottom.
Coleman Jr is pushing down on Saibot's leg trying to pass to half guard. Saibot is fighting to maintain full guard but Coleman Jr has managed to sneak the leg through.
Saibot tries to roll over but Coleman Jr keeps him under control.
Saibot on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Saibot is trying to maintain the position but Coleman Jr is very close to passing his half guard.
Saibot wants to improve his position but Coleman Jr is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr trying to control the action but Saibot is working from the bottom.
Saibot wants to improve his position but Coleman Jr is controlling well.
Saibot is trying to control but can't.
We've been informed that Coleman Jr has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Coleman Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Coleman Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Saibot defending well though.
Saibot avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coleman Jr.
Coleman Jr is keen to just control but Saibot is a slippery customer.
Coleman Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saibot tries to roll over but Coleman Jr keeps him under control.
Saibot moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Coleman Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saibot's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noob Saibot dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Coleman Jr gets tackled into the cage by Saibot. Saibot maintains the clinch.
Saibot lands a body punch in the clinch.
Saibot tightens his grip and picks Coleman Jr up, before dumping him to the ground. Coleman Jr manages to land in guard.
Saibot landing some decent shots from guard.
Coleman Jr looking for a guillotine here but Saibot defends easily.
Saibot has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Coleman Jr has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Saibot passes Coleman Jr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot working over Coleman Jr with some ground and pound. Coleman Jr looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coleman Jr trying to hold on to Saibot's head to control him but Saibot postures up.
Saibot looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman Jr looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Saibot is thwarting Coleman Jr's attempts to control the position.
Coleman Jr gets full guard.
Saibot keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Coleman Jr's head.
Saibot wants to control from the top but Coleman Jr keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Saibot's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Saibot loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Saibot controls from within his opponent's guard.
Saibot is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saibot is one step ahead there.
Coleman Jr keeping moving, preventing Saibot from controlling successfully.
Noob Saibot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saibot 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.
Coleman Jr controls Saibot momentarily but Saibot frees himself.
Saibot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Coleman Jr swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Coleman Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Saibot throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Saibot preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Saibot trying to control the position.
Coleman Jr postures up in Saibot's guard and throws a big left but Saibot blocks it.
Coleman Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Saibot trying to control the position.
Saibot wants to sweep but no luck.
Saibot not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Saibot seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Coleman Jr preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr postures up and lands a big shot to Saibot's brow.
Coleman Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Saibot.
Coleman Jr with a nice head shot there.
Coleman Jr won't allow Saibot to sweep him here.
Saibot controls Coleman Jr momentarily but Coleman Jr frees himself.
Coleman Jr must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Saibot keeping moving, preventing Coleman Jr from controlling successfully.
Saibot doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Coleman Jr wants to control from the top but Saibot keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Coleman Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Coleman Jr closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Saibot to the mat! Saibot manages to get full guard.
Saibot has Coleman Jr pulled in close to control his posture.
Coleman Jr working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noob Saibot dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Coleman Jr swings for the body but Saibot moves out of range.
Coleman Jr defending well as Saibot loads up on a big left hand.
Coleman Jr slips a straight right by Saibot.
Saibot stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Saibot misses with a wild body shot.
Coleman Jr looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Coleman Jr trying to control but Saibot is working from the bottom.
Saibot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Coleman Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot is trying to control the position but Coleman Jr postures up.
Coleman Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Saibot has wrist control.
Coleman Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saibot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Saibot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coleman Jr distracts Saibot with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Coleman Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saibot's head.
Saibot trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Saibot wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Coleman Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Coleman Jr is fighting to break Saibot's control of his arms but Saibot is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Saibot keeping moving, preventing Coleman Jr from controlling successfully.
Saibot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coleman Jr can do to turn this around?
Coleman Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Coleman Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Saibot is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Saibot wants to free his trapped foot but Coleman Jr is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Saibot slips a nice elbow through Coleman Jr's hands, connecting with Coleman Jr's forehead.
Coleman Jr holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Noob Saibot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Saibot trying to control from half guard but Coleman Jr is working away.
Coleman Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
Coleman Jr is trying to maintain the position but Saibot is very close to passing his half guard.
Saibot slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr wants to improve his position but Saibot is controlling well.
Well, if Saibot is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Coleman Jr trying to control from the bottom.
Coleman Jr is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Saibot pulls his head out easily.
Coleman Jr is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Saibot jumps into side control!
Saibot controlling from side mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Saibot trying to control the position but Coleman Jr is working away.
Saibot slows the pace down.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Coleman Jr is looking to regain half guard here but Saibot keeps moving and retains side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saibot just content to control the position.
Saibot is looking to take a break and control but Coleman Jr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
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 Noob Saibot.
Well Saibot has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noob Saibot!
A relieved looking Noob Saibot 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Kelley (ranked 574 p4p, 25 weight class) and Laverne Mazzola (ranked 1847 p4p, 49 weight class). Mazzola is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Il Canto Degli Italiani. 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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162 lbs
22 - 11 - 2 |
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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
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Liam Kelley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Laverne Mazzola!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelley tries to bum rush Mazzola with a series of wild strikes but Mazzola uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liam Kelley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazzola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelley.
Kelley connects with a solid leg kick.
Mazzola tries to move into range but Kelley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mazzola takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mazzola closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mazzola lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mazzola takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mazzola ducks under a wild hook from Kelley.
Kelley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mazzola lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mazzola.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Kelley misses its intended target.
Kelley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kelley scores with a leg kick.
Kelley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mazzola looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Mazzola. Those never looked like landing.
Kelley clobbers Mazzola with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mazzola moves out of range as Kelley strikes.
Kelley misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kelley bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mazzola's head.
Kelley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kelley misses with a jab to the body
and Mazzola connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Mazzola throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kelley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mazzola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelley.
Mazzola wants to counter with a clinch but Kelley pushes him away.
Kelley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mazzola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelley moves away.
Kelley fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut. Kelley saw that one coming.
Mazzola takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola ducks right into an uppercut from Kelley.
A jab from Kelley misses.
Kelley throws a low kick but Mazzola moves out of range easily.
Mazzola throws a jab but it's blocked by Kelley.
A swing and a miss from Kelley.
Mazzola connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kelley. Kelley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kelley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mazzola throws out the jab.
Kelley throws a shot to the body.
Mazzola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelley.
Mazzola is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kelley with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Kelley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola needs to keep his hands up - Kelley had a free shot at his head there.
Kelley throws a jab but it's blocked by Mazzola.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mazzola. Kelley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Kelley.
Mazzola misses the shot to the body.
Kelley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kelley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mazzola is able to avoid easily.
Kelley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mazzola instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mazzola.
Kelley misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Kelley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley gets through Mazzola's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kelley blocking some punches.
Kelley lands a nice shot to the body.
Mazzola scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mazzola creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
Kelley lands a shoulder strike.
Mazzola has a couple of punches blocked by Kelley.
Kelley has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelley.
Mazzola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kelley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelley tries a body shot but Mazzola blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Mazzola fails to land.
Kelley tries to work over Mazzola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelley throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzola.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kelley as Mazzola tries to tie him up.
Mazzola lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelley backwards.
Mazzola throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelley.
Mazzola misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Kelley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kelley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kelley misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelley misses the shot to the body.
Kelley takes a swing at Mazzola's ribcage but misses.
Mazzola is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mazzola blocks a jab.
Kelley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mazzola can do to turn this around?
A leg kick checked by Mazzola.
Kelley moves out of range as Mazzola strikes.
A leg kick checked by Mazzola.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelley throws a body punch but Mazzola moves out of range.
Kelley throws a head kick that Mazzola semi-blocks.
Kelley looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mazzola moves in looking to clinch but Kelley pushes him off.
Mazzola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mazzola. Kelley does a little dance to reset his feet.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mazzola 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.
Kelley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mazzola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelley.
Mazzola throws a counter combo.
Kelley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Mazzola misses.
Mazzola misses with a straight right.
Kelley is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Liam Kelley is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Mazzola misses its intended target.
Mazzola takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mazzola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kelley tries a low kick but Mazzola avoids it.
Kelley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A slow jab from Kelley misses its intended target.
Kelley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mazzola.
Mazzola now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Mazzola blocks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelley stuns Mazzola with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kelley.
Mazzola misses with a low kick.
Kelley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut.
Mazzola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelley.
Mazzola appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kelley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelley misses with a right hand
and Mazzola counters with a stiff right hand.
Kelley misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kelley 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 Mazzola has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mazzola and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mazzola lands with an overhand left.
Kelley misses with a straight right.
Mazzola tries a quick counter leg kick but Kelley is wise to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Mazzola checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mazzola tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kelley looks for the body kick but Mazzola saw that one coming.
Mazzola throws a hook to the side of Kelley's head but Kelley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mazzola slips under a jab.
Kelley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mazzola walks into a jab.
Kelley 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.
Mazzola swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Mazzola misses.
As Mazzola backs away, Kelley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kelley lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mazzola will feel that in the morning.
Kelley throws a jab but it's blocked by Mazzola.
Kelley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mazzola can pounce on him.
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley throws an off balance right hand
and Mazzola counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kelley throws a head kick but Mazzola moves out of range.
Kelley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mazzola throws out a counter right but Kelley avoids it with no problem.
Mazzola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mazzola avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mazzola throws a body shot but no joy.
Kelley lands the 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!
Kelley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mazzola is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kelley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mazzola takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kelley lands with an uppercut that bounces Mazzola off the cage and back into range.
Mazzola takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mazzola slips under a jab from Kelley.
Mazzola looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Kelley dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A big left from Mazzola misses.
Kelley connects with an inside leg kick.
Mazzola tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kelley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mazzola tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kelley cracks Mazzola with an open hand slap.
Kelley throws a lazy right hand but Mazzola sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mazzola doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Mazzola looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kelley lands with a straight right. Mazzola didn't see that one coming.
Mazzola looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelley is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Mazzola finds it's way through Kelley's defenses.
Mazzola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelley was well out of range. Poor timing from Mazzola.
A slow jab from Mazzola misses its intended target.
Kelley avoids the body shot from Mazzola.
Mazzola avoids the head kick by Kelley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelley needs to keep his hands up - Mazzola had a free shot at his head there.
Kelley misses with a straight left.
Mazzola smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kelley misses the shot to the body.
Kelley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kelley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mazzola throws a big shot that misses.
Mazzola misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kelley - that will leave a mark!
Mazzola's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kelley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kelley jabs Mazzola right on the nose. Mazzola blinks but takes it well.
Mazzola slips a straight right by Kelley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazzola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mazzola 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!
Mazzola slips a straight right by Kelley.
Mazzola steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kelley.
Mazzola lands a head shot.
Kelley misses with an uppercut.
Liam Kelley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kelley slips a jab from Mazzola.
Mazzola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Kelley is predictable there
and Mazzola counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kelley swings for the body but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kelley counters with a nice body kick.
Kelley 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.
Mazzola misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelley misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzola throws a front kick aimed at Kelley's knee but Kelley avoids it well.
Kelley connects with a body shot.
Kelley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mazzola manages to avoid it.
Kelley moves out of range as Mazzola strikes.
Mazzola looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kelley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kelley lands with a good body shot.
Kelley misses with an uppercut. Mazzola saw that one coming.
Kelley connects with a jab.
Kelley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mazzola.
Mazzola tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laverne Mazzola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelley throws an off balance right hand
and Mazzola counters with a left to the body.
Mazzola has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kelley misses with a body kick.
Mazzola throws a counter combo.
Kelley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazzola was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelley.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut. Kelley saw that one coming.
Kelley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mazzola looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mazzola takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mazzola with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kelley to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Kelley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kelley.
A cross from Mazzola lands.
Kelley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mazzola on the side of the head.
Mazzola walks into a left hand.
Kelley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mazzola. That did some damage!
Kelley cracks the inside of Mazzola's front leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Kelley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kelley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Kelley!
A very excited looking Liam Kelley 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between BJ McGobblecock (ranked 550 p4p, 23 weight class) and Inspectah Deck (ranked 563 p4p, 24 weight class). McGobblecock, Jr. comes to the cage accompanied by $ Team. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
21 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, BJ McGobblecock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Inspectah Deck!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a wild body kick that Deck sees coming a mile off.
McGobblecock, Jr. lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Deck circles away quickly and effectively.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Deck stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Deck finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Deck misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Deck goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Deck lands an overhand right.
McGobblecock, Jr. slips a jab from Deck.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Deck backs up against the cage.
Nice defenses there by Deck.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deck is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Deck throws a push kick but McGobblecock, Jr. slaps the foot to one side.
McGobblecock, Jr. scores with a decent looking hook.
Deck lands a right hook to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Deck.
Deck lands the left hand.
McGobblecock, Jr. takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A big right from Deck misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. with a nice cross.
McGobblecock, Jr. has been working on his boxing with his coaches at *****AXE PACK***** in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deck moves forwards but McGobblecock, Jr. connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McGobblecock, Jr. has taken the fight to the clinch.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocking some punches.
Deck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Deck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deck throws a body shot but no joy.
McGobblecock, Jr. keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Deck.
Deck throws out a loose jab but McGobblecock, Jr. uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGobblecock, Jr. fires out a quick counter leg kick but Deck just manages to avoid it.
Deck jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like BJ McGobblecock, Jr. has been cut.
McGobblecock, Jr. looks to score with a jab to the body but Deck is just out of range.
Deck has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGobblecock, Jr. finds it's way round the side to connect with Deck's head.
Deck throws out a loose jab but McGobblecock, Jr. uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGobblecock, Jr. is looking to clinch but Deck is avoiding it.
McGobblecock, Jr. stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Deck.
Deck looks to land a left hand but McGobblecock, Jr. moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Deck misses.
Good exchange - McGobblecock, Jr. coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deck on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGobblecock, Jr. cracks Deck with a right hand to the side of the head.
McGobblecock, Jr. defending well as Deck loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deck throws a head kick but McGobblecock, Jr. moves out of range.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to counter by clinching up but Deck breaks away and moves out of range.
McGobblecock, Jr. uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Deck.
McGobblecock, Jr. feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Deck misses with a leg kick
and McGobblecock, Jr. counters with a head kick. That will keep Deck thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A bone on bone clash there as McGobblecock, Jr. blocks the leg kick.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Deck manages to circle out of the way.
That kick from Deck tenderised McGobblecock, Jr.'s leg. McGobblecock, Jr. is trying to keep his angry face on.
Deck throws a right hand that misses
and McGobblecock, Jr. counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Deck moves out of range of the body kick from McGobblecock, Jr..
Deck let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jab, jab by McGobblecock, Jr. - just one landing.
Deck avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Deck misses with a hook.
McGobblecock, Jr. gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGobblecock, Jr. struggles to land a body shot inside as Deck controls his hands.
Deck misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Deck.
Deck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Deck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGobblecock, Jr. swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McGobblecock, Jr. takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Deck dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands with a hook. Deck tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Deck walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Deck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McGobblecock, Jr..
Deck scores with a kick to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. is breathing heavily.
Deck slips a straight right by McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Deck lands with a straight right. McGobblecock, Jr. didn't see that one coming.
McGobblecock, Jr. cracks Deck with an open hand slap.
Deck throws an overhand right that lands on McGobblecock, Jr.'s shoulder, as McGobblecock, Jr. tries to avoid the shot.
Deck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McGobblecock, Jr. has taken the fight to the clinch.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to throw a body punch but Deck avoids it by throwing McGobblecock, Jr. back against the cage.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a body shot from Deck.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deck.
McGobblecock, Jr. missing with knees to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Deck softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deck throws a wild body kick that McGobblecock, Jr. sees coming a mile off.
Deck misses with a wild body shot.
Deck looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGobblecock, Jr. looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Deck pivots, looking for a leg kick but McGobblecock, Jr. is out of range and Deck settles back down.
McGobblecock, Jr. scores with a jab to the jaw.
Inspectah Deck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Deck.
Deck is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McGobblecock, Jr. with a body shot.
Deck ducks under a wild hook from McGobblecock, Jr..
Deck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A good leg kick by Deck.
Deck jabs McGobblecock, Jr. to the body, keeping him at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Deck tries to land a leg kick but McGobblecock, Jr. saw it coming and moves away.
Deck scores with a jab to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a head kick by Deck.
Deck lands a big head kick that sends McGobblecock, Jr. tumbling to the mat! Deck takes a step backwards and waves McGobblecock, Jr. back to his feet - he wants the finish!
McGobblecock, Jr. is rocked!
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Inspectah Deck will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on BJ McGobblecock, Jr.'s cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Deck throws a combination that misses
and McGobblecock, Jr. counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McGobblecock, Jr. rushes Deck and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Deck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a low kick nicely.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to counter by clinching up but Deck breaks away and moves out of range.
McGobblecock, Jr. is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice jab there from McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. darts in and clinches Deck up against the cage.
McGobblecock, Jr. stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a nice elbow.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to land a knee to the head but Deck blocks with his arms.
Deck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Deck.
BJ McGobblecock, Jr. has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short left from Deck.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deck throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Deck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McGobblecock, Jr. with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McGobblecock, Jr. doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Deck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deck lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deck connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McGobblecock, Jr. thuds a left hand into Deck's body.
McGobblecock, Jr. connects with a body shot.
McGobblecock, Jr. has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McGobblecock, Jr. there as he acknowledges the shot.
Oh McGobblecock, Jr. is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Deck looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
McGobblecock, Jr. seems to have got his legs back now.
Inspectah Deck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Deck misses with a hook
letting McGobblecock, Jr. counter with a right hand.
McGobblecock, Jr. clinches with his opponent.
Deck prevents a body shot from McGobblecock, Jr..
Deck throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGobblecock, Jr.s head.
Deck presses McGobblecock, Jr. against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Deck has a couple of punches blocked by McGobblecock, Jr..
Deck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to throw a body punch but Deck avoids it by throwing McGobblecock, Jr. back against the cage.
McGobblecock, Jr. prevents a body shot from Deck.
Deck breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deck connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McGobblecock, Jr.'s hands.
A leg kick checked by McGobblecock, Jr..
Deck throws a right hand that misses
and McGobblecock, Jr. counters with a one-two to the body.
It looks like Inspectah Deck has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deck throws a head kick but McGobblecock, Jr. moves out of range.
Deck blocks the body kick.
Deck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGobblecock, Jr. lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a good cross that connects.
Deck scoring well with a low kick there.
Deck connects with a leg kick. McGobblecock, Jr. looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McGobblecock, Jr. takes a jab right on the kisser.
BJ McGobblecock, Jr.'s cut is getting worse.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGobblecock, Jr. looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Deck is trying to counter with his kicks.
Deck drops McGobblecock, Jr. with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but McGobblecock, Jr. looks back up at him and smiles so Deck waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
McGobblecock, Jr. defending well as Deck loads up on a big left hand.
BOOM! Deck lands a beautiful left hook that drops McGobblecock, Jr.. McGobblecock, Jr. tries to recover but Deck is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and McGobblecock, Jr. lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Inspectah Deck!
Inspectah Deck decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knock Out (ranked 478 p4p, 56 weight class) and Jack Morgan (ranked 610 p4p, 72 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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30
276 lbs
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23
252 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Knock Out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Out throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Out sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knock Out seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Out slips a straight right by Morgan.
Out is looking to counter the offense by Morgan and move into the clinch.
Morgan loads up on a big right hand but Out slips the punch.
Out throws a looping overhand right but Morgan ducks down to avoid it.
Morgan throws out a counter right but Out avoids it with no problem.
Out swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Out throws a hook but Morgan blocks it.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Out saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Out looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morgan.
Out uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morgan has time to react.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Out.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Out ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Out scores with a nice strike.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Out was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Out lands a head shot.
Out scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morgan in his tracks.
Out lands a right hook to the body.
Out looks to throw the jab but Morgan is out of range.
Out ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Out looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Decent striking displayed by Out there.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Out looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Out.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Morgan slips a jab from Out.
Out backing away here, and Morgan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Out manages to avoid it.
Out takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Knock Out has been cut.
Out swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Out lands a body shot.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Out.
Out misses with a hook
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Out connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice shot by Out.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Morgan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Out misses the target.
Out lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Out lands a lovely overhand right.
Morgan instigates a clinch.
Out throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Morgan is working Out over against the cage.
Out struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
Morgan lands with a light punch inside.
Out lands a body punch.
Out fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Out.
Out working aggressively here.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Morgan misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Out.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Out avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.
Out tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
Out manages to break the clinch.
Out takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Out is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Morgan.
Out swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little jabbing left from Morgan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Out connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Donk. Out catches Morgan right on the button with a cross.
Morgan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Out tries to clinch up but Morgan circles away and keeps his distance.
Morgan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Out bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morgan's head.
Out seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Out swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Knock Out dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Knock Out's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morgan gets tackled into the cage by Out. Out maintains the clinch.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Out misses with a punch to the body.
Out is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Morgan lands a left hand.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Morgan misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Morgan.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Morgan 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.
Out tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Out.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Morgan.
Jack Morgan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morgan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Out backwards.
Morgan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Morgan.
Morgan digs a right hand underneath Out's ribcage. Out let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Out's elbow.
Morgan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morgan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Out backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Morgan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morgan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Out takes a shot to the head.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Out's elbow.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Out's elbow.
Morgan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Out backwards.
Out fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Out tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Out.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Out throws a looping overhand right but Morgan ducks down to avoid it.
Out jabs Morgan right on the nose. Morgan blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Out.
Morgan throws out a counter right but Out avoids it with no problem.
Morgan takes a swing at Out's ribcage but misses.
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Out moved out of range.
Out throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan scores with a shot to the body.
Morgan slips under a jab from Out.
Out looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Morgan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morgan moves out of range of the strikes.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out misses with an uppercut
and Morgan counters with a good, hard body kick but Out shrugs it off.
Knock Out is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Out throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morgan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A slow jab from Out misses its intended target.
Out takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Out looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Out fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Out lands the left hand.
Out throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Out. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan moves away from the strike by Out.
Nice defenses there by Out.
Morgan throws a wild body kick that Out sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Out throws an off balance right hand
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
Out tries to clinch but Morgan moves away
and Morgan counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Out moved out of range.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Out tries to clinch
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.
BOOM! Morgan lands a beautiful left hook that drops Out. Out tries to recover but Morgan is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Out lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Morgan!
Jack Morgan took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doctor Doolittle (ranked 193 p4p, 10 weight class) and Vitaly Karelin (ranked 220 p4p, 4 weight class). Doctor Doolittle has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Doctor Doolittle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doolittle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Doolittle misses with a jab to the body
and Karelin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doolittle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karelin looks to score with a jab to the body but Doolittle is just out of range.
Karelin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karelin throws a body shot but no joy.
Karelin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Doolittle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Karelin blocks the body kick.
Doolittle connects with a leg kick. Karelin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karelin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Doolittle tries to avoid it but Karelin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Doolittle to the ground. Doolittle escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A quick step to the side and Doolittle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doolittle slips under a jab from Karelin.
Karelin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doolittle.
A big left from Doolittle misses.
Doolittle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doolittle. Karelin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doolittle misses with a kick to the body.
Karelin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Doolittle lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Doctor Doolittle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Doolittle.
Karelin tries to move into range but Doolittle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Karelin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doolittle to score with a decent uppercut.
Doolittle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Doolittle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karelin.
Doolittle tries to score with a low kick but Karelin moves his leg out of the way.
Karelin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Karelin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Doolittle can pounce on him.
Doolittle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Doolittle throws a quick inside leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Karelin is defended easily by Doolittle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doolittle.
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!
Karelin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Karelin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Karelin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Doolittle.
Karelin digs a good hook to Doolittle's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karelin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Karelin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doolittle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doolittle throws a good cross that connects.
Karelin throws a right hand that misses
and Doolittle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Doolittle scores with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Karelin misses with a looping right.
Doolittle catches Karelin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Vitaly Karelin has been cut.
Doolittle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Doolittle throws a hook but Karelin avoids it easily.
Doolittle slips a straight right by Karelin.
A thudding body kick lands there by Doolittle!
Nice uppercut there from Doolittle.
It looks like Doolittle has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Doolittle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karelin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Doolittle looks to throw the jab but Karelin is out of range.
Karelin with the counter takedown but Doolittle avoids it easily.
Karelin scores with a punch to the head.
Karelin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Karelin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doolittle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doolittle slips a jab from Karelin.
Doolittle blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Doolittle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Karelin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Doolittle was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Karelin checks a leg kick nicely.
Karelin throws a jab but it's blocked by Doolittle.
Karelin misses with a hook.
Karelin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Doolittle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doolittle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Karelin sizes up Doolittle with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Doolittle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Doolittle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Karelin looks to throw the jab but Doolittle is out of range.
Karelin misses with a lunging right hand
and Doolittle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doctor Doolittle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Karelin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Doolittle!
Doolittle misses with a looping right.
Karelin throws out a counter right but Doolittle avoids it with no problem.
Karelin just misses with a punch to the body.
Doolittle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Karelin.
Doctor Doolittle is winning the standup battle so far.
Doolittle misses with a hook. Karelin ducked under it nicely.
Doolittle moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Doolittle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doolittle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karelin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doolittle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karelin counters with a takedown into side control.
Doolittle explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doolittle tries to score with a low kick but Karelin moves his leg out of the way.
And Karelin tries to counter it with a takedown but Doolittle pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Doolittle throws a shot from downtown. Karelin moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doolittle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Doolittle misses the target.
Doolittle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelin can do to turn this around?
A jab from Karelin misses.
Doolittle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Karelin throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Doolittle tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Karelin is in Doolittle's guard.
Karelin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Doolittle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Karelin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Doolittle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Karelin.
Doolittle will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karelin throwing strikes but missing.
Doolittle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Doolittle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin throwing strikes from guard but Doolittle blocks nicely.
Doolittle working a defensive guard but Karelin manages to pass into side control anyway.
Karelin working the ground and pound but Doolittle is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin grinds an elbow into Doolittle's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The strikes coming from Karelin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Karelin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Doolittle sneaks back into half guard.
Karelin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Doolittle is positioning himself well to prevent Karelin advancing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Doolittle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Karelin is working away from the top position though.
Doolittle controlling the position for now.
Doolittle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karelin.
Doolittle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Karelin.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karelin throwing shots but Doolittle is blocking nicely.
Doolittle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Karelin is working away from the top position though.
Karelin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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.
Doolittle has hold of Karelin's hands but Karelin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Doolittle's head.
Doolittle wants to get back to full guard.
Karelin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Karelin slips a nice elbow through Doolittle's hands, connecting with Doolittle's forehead.
Karelin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karelin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Doolittle is rocked!
Doolittle is staying active underneath Karelin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vitaly Karelin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karelin is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Doolittle is hurt! He's hurt bad - Karelin fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Doolittle from any more punishment! Congratulations to Karelin! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitaly Karelin!
During a confident post fight interview, Vitaly Karelin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Right Cheek (ranked 172 p4p, 20 weight class) and Carl Menger (ranked 1265 p4p, 147 weight class). Menger has chosen Shiny as his entrance music. The key to victory for Right Cheek has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Right Cheek!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Menger!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheek misses with a looping left.
Menger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cheek.
Menger drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cheek defends it well.
Cheek definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cheek stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Menger slips a jab from Cheek.
Menger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Menger slips a jab and a cross from Cheek.
Cheek throws a shot from downtown. Menger moves away and avoids it.
Menger with the counter takedown but Cheek avoids it easily.
Menger fails with the takedown.
Menger tries for a takedown but Cheek sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cheek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Menger.
Cheek changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cheek looks to score with a jab to the body but Menger is just out of range.
Menger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Menger shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cheek's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menger chips away with some ground and pound.
Menger with a flurry of punches that miss.
Menger has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Menger is working Cheek over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheek working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Menger.
Menger throwing strikes from guard but Cheek blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Menger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cheek avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Menger lands a couple of digs.
Menger throws a big elbow that misses.
Cheek pulls Menger in close to prevent any damage.
Menger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Menger landing with the ground and pound.
Menger throwing strikes but missing.
Cheek on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cheek tries to get out of the position.
Cheek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheek looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cheek working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Menger.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Menger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cheek works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Menger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Menger throws a big elbow that misses.
Menger is looking to work some ground and pound but Cheek has wrist control.
Menger throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cheek preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Cheek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Menger.
Menger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Menger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cheek but Cheek pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Right Cheek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Menger.
Cheek throws a looping overhand right but Menger ducks down to avoid it.
Danga de danga de dang - Cheek scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Carl Menger has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menger takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Menger misses with a takedown attempt
and Cheek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cheek leaves Menger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Menger scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Menger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Menger missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Menger missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cheek knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Menger on the ground.
Menger throwing shots but Cheek is blocking nicely.
Menger is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Menger thows a huge punch but Cheek dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheek blocking the ground and pound attempt from Menger.
Cheek keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Menger is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Menger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cheek is trying to get back to full guard.
Menger working Cheek over with strikes.
It looks like Right Cheek has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Menger not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Menger not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Menger with the ground and pound but Cheek uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Cheek preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cheek tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Right Cheek dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cheek defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Menger.
Cheek connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Menger's hands.
Menger shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cheek pinned against the cage. Cheek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Menger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cheek but Cheek pushes him off and we're back to square one.
An attempted straight right counter from Cheek misses the target.
Right Cheek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Menger.
Menger shoots in but Cheek avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Menger shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cheek pinned against the cage. Cheek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Cheek as Menger shoots in.
Cheek listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A lazy left from Cheek finds it's target.
Menger shoots in for a takedown but Cheek shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cheek is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Menger looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cheek is fending him off so far but Menger persists. Nope, Cheek circles away and we're back to standing.
Cheek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Menger can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheek digs a good hook to Menger's body.
Menger is breathing heavily.
Menger shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Cheek counter with a right hand.
Cheek dips to his left and cracks Menger with an uppercut!
That has opened up Carl Menger's cut even more.
No joy there for Cheek, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cheek cracks Menger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Menger is rocked!
Menger ducks under a wild hook from Cheek.
Carl Menger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheek connects with a body shot that sends Menger's belly button to the back.
Cheek sends Menger crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Cheek is motioning to the referee to let Menger up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Menger is still on wobbly legs! Can Cheek finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheek punishes Menger's body with a nice straight punch.
Menger seems to have recovered his senses.
Menger shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cheek pinned against the cage. Cheek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cheek is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Menger hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Right Cheek!
Right Cheek retains his heavyweight title!
Right Cheek gave a mention to RAGS of a RONIN in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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