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OFC 345: Pera vs Imbula PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Barbados (ranked 1602 p4p, 163 weight class) and Anton Altair (ranked 1757 p4p, 174 weight class). Barbados comes to the cage accompanied by What's It All For. Altair has chosen Bran's freestyle as his entrance music. Aldo Barbados has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Aldo Barbados!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anton Altair!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Altair takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barbados moves out of range of the body kick from Altair.
Altair doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbados circles away.
Altair lands a jab to Barbados's midsection.
Barbados misses with a series of wild punches.
Barbados rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Altair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Altair cracks Barbados with a good jab.
A solid body kick from Altair.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbados throws a wild body kick that Altair sees coming a mile off.
Altair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Altair keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barbados loads up on a big right hand but Altair slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbados looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Altair looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barbados appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Barbados digs a good body shot into Altair's ribs.
Barbados misses with a double jab
letting Altair counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Altair.
Altair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barbados misses with a lunging right hand
and Altair counters with a nice leg kick.
Barbados takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Altair thuds a left hand into Barbados's body.
Altair connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Barbados misses
and Altair counters with a slapping leg kick.
Altair scores with a nice body kick.
Barbados seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbados misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Altair tries to land a front kick but Barbados steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barbados fails to land with a series of punches.
Barbados fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Altair manages to avoid it.
Altair is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Barbados with a body shot.
Barbados clobbers Altair with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Barbados throws a head kick that misses.
Altair ducks right into an uppercut from Barbados.
Altair avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Altair.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Altair lands a left hand.
Altair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Altair misses with some punches.
Barbados tries to circle away but Altair has him pinned against the cage.
Altair tries a body shot but Barbados blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Altair.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Altair.
Altair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Altair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Altair dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Altair fails to land.
Altair prevents Barbados from breaking the clinch.
Altair pushes Barbados back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Altair lands a shoulder strike.
Altair misses with a punch on the inside.
Altair lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Altair lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbados breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbados on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barbados throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Altair stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barbados circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Altair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Altair 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.
Barbados lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Altair has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barbados misses with a looping left.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Altair 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.
Barbados misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Altair rushes Barbados and presses him up against the cage.
Altair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Altair lands with a light punch inside.
Altair swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbados uses good head movement to avoid it.
Altair pushes Barbados back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Altair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Altair fails to land.
Barbados has had enough of the clinch but Altair keeps him there for the moment.
Altair lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Altair throws a head punch that misses.
Barbados is trying to force a seperation but Altair has the dominant position.
Barbados can't break the clinch.
Barbados looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Altair fails to land.
Barbados blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Altair lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Altair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Altair tries to throw a body punch but Barbados avoids it by throwing Altair back against the cage.
Altair working aggressively here.
Barbados pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Altair staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altair throws a leg kick but Barbados moved away.
Altair throws a sloppy head kick and Barbados moves out of range easily.
Barbados swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Altair moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Barbados sizes up Altair with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Barbados throws a series of punches but Altair avoids them all with ease.
Altair throws out a counter right but Barbados avoids it with no problem.
The fight stays on the outside here - Altair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barbados is looking to counter punch.
Barbados throws a sloppy head kick and Altair moves out of range easily.
Barbados throws a head kick but Altair moves out of range.
Barbados thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barbados lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Altair at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Altair misses the target.
As Altair looks to move away, Barbados throws a big counter combo but Altair just gets out of the way.
Barbados ducks under a wild hook from Altair.
Barbados misses with a straight left.
Altair misses with a body kick.
Altair misses with a hook.
Altair staying out of range there.
Barbados scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Altair doesn't seem bothered though.
Good shot there by Altair.
Altair takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Altair throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbados misses with a double jab
and Altair counters with a good, hard body kick but Barbados shrugs it off.
Altair ducks under a wild hook from Barbados.
Barbados checks a low kick from Altair.
Altair throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good leg kick by Altair there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barbados will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barbados lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Altair throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Barbados turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Altair is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Altair is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anton Altair will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Barbados misses with a double jab.
Altair was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Barbados looks to land a combination but Altair avoids it well.
A lazy body kick from Altair
enabling Barbados to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbados throws the left hand but Altair avoids the punch easily.
Barbados scores with a three punch combo!
A head kick misses from Altair.
Altair misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Altair connects with a high kick.
Altair scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barbados uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Altair has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Altair moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbados prevents a body shot from Altair.
Barbados blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbados blocking some punches.
Altair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbados's elbow.
Anton Altair seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Altair misses with the head strike.
Barbados wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barbados manages to break the clinch.
Barbados throws a low kick but Altair avoids it.
Altair swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barbados.
Altair takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Altair is rocked!
Altair looks to land a left hand but Barbados moved out of range nicely.
Altair is still on wobbly legs! Can Barbados finish him?
Barbados pounces like a tiger and cracks Altair with a vicious hook! Altair is down but not out! Barbados follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Aldo Barbados!
Aldo Barbados decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Anton Altair stepped up to the mic, saying 'His manager better pay me my money he promised for me to throw this fight....'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Patton (ranked 1319 p4p, 168 weight class) and Mike Diaz (ranked 2825 p4p, 326 weight class). Patton comes to the cage accompanied by Barasuara - Api dan Lentera. The crowd seem to be enjoying Diaz's choice of entrance music: Not Afraid - Eminem. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jack Patton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz staying out of range there.
Diaz forces Patton back against the cage and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diaz's brow.
Patton blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz stalling.
Diaz looking to slow down the pace here.
Patton missing with knees to the body.
Patton lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Mike Diaz has been cut.
Patton lands a damaging elbow.
Patton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Diaz.
Diaz tries to break free but Patton pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Patton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Patton misses with a body punch.
Patton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Patton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Patton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Patton scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
Patton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Patton misses with a punch to the body.
Patton pushes off an throws an elbow but Diaz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Patton misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz trying to control the position but instead, Patton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz into the cage.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
Patton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Patton tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Patton back against the cage.
Patton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Patton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patton works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton lands with a right to the head.
Patton tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Patton back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patton lands a body shot.
Diaz is leaning against Patton and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Patton throws a head punch that misses.
Patton misses with some punches.
Patton tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
A nice right hand lands inside from Patton.
Diaz has Patton pressed against the cage.
Patton lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Diaz holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Patton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Patton is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patton swings wildly with an uppercut but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patton lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Patton.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Patton avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Patton.
A right handed body shot lands from Patton.
Patton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patton with a knee to the head.
Patton scores with a hook to the body.
Patton definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Diaz looks winded!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diaz.
Diaz trying to stall but Patton improves his position.
Patton lands a nice shot to the body.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Patton.
Patton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The referee is keeping an eye on Patton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Patton lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Patton.
Nice body punch from Patton.
Patton works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz blocks a body shot from Patton.
Patton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Patton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Patton improves position.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.
Patton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz trying to control the position but instead, Patton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz into the cage.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Patton.
Diaz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diaz tries to work over Patton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Patton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Diaz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Patton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diaz tries to land a body kick
enabling Patton to counter with a crisp jab.
Diaz misses the jab.
Patton throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Patton throws a head kick that Diaz semi-blocks.
Mike Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Patton, as that shot connected.
Diaz is rocked!
Patton moves out of range of the leg kick from Diaz.
Patton thinks about countering with a head kick.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Patton finish him?
Patton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
A jab from Diaz misses.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz clinches with his opponent.
Diaz is trying to maintain a safe position but Patton gets an underhook and turns Diaz into the cage.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Patton.
Patton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Patton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Patton.
Patton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Patton is controlling him.
Patton tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patton prevents a takedown attempt there.
Diaz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Diaz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diaz receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Diaz is trying to maintain a safe position but Patton gets an underhook and turns Diaz into the cage.
Patton lands a shoulder strike.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jack Patton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Patton misses with a body punch.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Patton's head.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Patton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Patton.
A short right from Patton on the inside.
Patton connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patton letting Diaz take a breather here.
Diaz tries to work over Patton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Come on Diaz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Come on Diaz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diaz has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Patton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Patton tries to tie him up.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Patton.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton lands with a right to the head.
Patton has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
The referee is keeping an eye on Diaz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Patton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diaz is defending well for now.
Patton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Patton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Patton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Diaz misses with the head strike.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz swings widly with a right hand
and Patton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diaz scores with a decent looking hook.
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz blocks the body kick.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Patton.
A little jabbing left from Diaz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Patton scores with a sloppy right hand. Diaz should have avoided that one.
Patton throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Patton uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Patton feints and then cracks Diaz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diaz down.
Jack Patton is winning the standup battle so far.
Patton explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Patton connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diaz scrambles back to his feet.
Diaz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Diaz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Patton.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Patton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Diaz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Diaz fails with the takedown
and Patton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patton connects with a looping right hand.
Diaz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Patton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diaz counters with a takedown into side control.
Patton sneaks out the side door and pushes Diaz away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Patton misses with a head kick.
Patton thows a body kick. Diaz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Patton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Patton throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Patton tries to land a front kick but Diaz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Patton.
Patton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diaz throws a poor cross that misses
and Patton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Patton scores with a body shot.
Patton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. Patton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diaz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Patton to score with a decent uppercut.
Patton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patton manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Patton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Patton's ribs.
Patton uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Patton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diaz momentarily.
Diaz misses the jab.
Diaz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Patton counters with a three punch combo that has Diaz backing up. Diaz nods at Patton to acknowledge the strikes.
Diaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Patton.
Patton throws a shot from downtown. Diaz moves away and avoids it.
Jack Patton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Patton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diaz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Patton.
Patton lands a jab to the nose.
Patton misses with a double jab.
Nice shot lands for Patton.
Patton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Mike Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Patton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Patton misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Patton connects with a solid leg kick.
Jack Patton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A cross from Patton lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz takes a swing at Patton's ribcage but misses.
Patton is looking to counter with head kicks.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Patton moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Patton was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diaz.
Patton slips a jab from Diaz.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Patton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Patton connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diaz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Patton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Patton 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Patton!
A victorious Jack Patton thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Severo Del Bosque (ranked 1411 p4p, 175 weight class) and Bed Intruder (ranked 1474 p4p, 181 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Del Bosque might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mimosa - Drippin. Intruder has chosen Bed Intruder as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Bed Intruder has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Severo Del Bosque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bed Intruder!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Bosque takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Intruder will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A looping hook to the body misses from Intruder. Del Bosque does a little dance to reset his feet.
Intruder misses with an uppercut
and Del Bosque counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Intruder gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Intruder keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Severo Del Bosque has been cut.
Intruder throws a right hand that misses
and Del Bosque connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Del Bosque cracks Intruder with a right hand to the side of the head.
Intruder misses the jab.
Del Bosque throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Intruder sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Intruder! But no joy.
Intruder has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Del Bosque getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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!
Del Bosque is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Intruder lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Intruder's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Del Bosque connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Intruder scrambles back to his feet.
Intruder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Del Bosque.
Intruder now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Bosque staying out of range there.
Intruder swings for the body but Del Bosque moves out of range.
Del Bosque scores with a punch to the head.
Del Bosque lunges at Intruder with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Intruder's hand.
Del Bosque with a jab.
Intruder throws an off balance right hand
and Del Bosque counters with a straight right hand.
We've been hearing reports that Del Bosque has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Intruder slips under a jab from Del Bosque.
Intruder looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Intruder keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque throws a lazy right hand but Intruder sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Intruder throws out a counter right but Del Bosque avoids it with no problem.
Intruder ducks under a wild hook from Del Bosque.
Intruder bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Intruder! But no joy.
Intruder throws a shot from downtown. Del Bosque moves away and avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Del Bosque there.
A telegraphed right hand from Del Bosque misses the target.
Del Bosque is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Del Bosque on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Del Bosque uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Intruder.
Del Bosque moves into range and connects with a jab.
Del Bosque loads up on a big right hand but Intruder slips the punch.
Del Bosque cracks Intruder with an open hand slap.
Del Bosque lands with an uppercut that bounces Intruder off the cage and back into range.
Intruder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Del Bosque.
Intruder scores with a jab to the body.
Del Bosque slips under a jab.
It looked like Del Bosque wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Del Bosque swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Intruder.
Intruder thows a leg kick but Del Bosque checks it
and Del Bosque counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Del Bosque takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Intruder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque misses with a straight right.
Del Bosque misses with an uppercut.
Intruder throws out a counter right but Del Bosque avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque misses with an uppercut.
Del Bosque doesn't manage to clinch there - Intruder circles away.
Intruder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Del Bosque darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Del Bosque feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Intruders jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Intruder moves out of range of the strikes.
Intruder takes one to the chin there.
Intruder cracks Del Bosque with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Intruder swats away the attempt to clinch by Del Bosque.
Intruder slips a jab from Del Bosque.
The fight stays on the outside here - Del Bosque looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Del Bosque has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Intruder.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque closes the distance and clinches.
Del Bosque is trying to pull guard but Intruder has him pressed against the cage.
Intruder is looking to control Del Bosque's arms but Del Bosque gets an underhook and turns him. Now Intruder has his back to the cage.
Del Bosque lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Intruder is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Intruder tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Intruder lands a nice shot to the body.
Intruder working aggressively here.
Del Bosque tries a body shot but Intruder blocks it.
Intruder has a couple of punches blocked by Del Bosque.
Intruder prevents a body shot from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Intruder avoiding damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Intruder.
Del Bosque misses with a hook to the ribs.
Del Bosque lands a shot to the body.
Del Bosque can't find room to land a body shot as Intruder controls the action.
Del Bosque misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Severo Del Bosque dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Severo Del Bosque's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Intruder throws a jab when Del Bosque was well out of range.
Del Bosque throws an off balance right hand
and Intruder counters with a straight right hand.
Del Bosque is rocked!
Del Bosque ducks under a wild hook from Intruder.
Oh Del Bosque is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Del Bosque is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Intruder can do to turn this around?
Intruder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque thows a left - swing and a miss!
Intruder appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Del Bosque seems to have got his legs back now.
Intruder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Del Bosque.
Intruder misses with a looping right.
Del Bosque slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Intruder misses with a looping right.
Intruder swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Del Bosque.
Del Bosque throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Intruder sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Del Bosque darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Intruder misses with a straight right.
Del Bosque slips under a jab.
Del Bosque looks to land a right hand but Intruder moved out of range.
Intruder swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Intruder blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Intruder.
Del Bosque throws a jab when Intruder was well out of range.
Intruder cracks Del Bosque with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Del Bosque falls to his knees and Intruder doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bed Intruder!
An out of breath Bed Intruder 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryzen Dall (ranked 1722 p4p, 171 weight class) and Khatir Afridi (ranked 1288 p4p, 136 weight class). Dall comes to the cage accompanied by Scarecrow. Ryzen Dall had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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31
150 lbs
9 - 5 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
17 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryzen Dall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Khatir Afridi!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dall fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dall shoots in for a takedown but Afridi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Afridi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Afridi stuffs the takedown.
Afridi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryzen Dall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dall with a poor takedown
and Afridi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dall gets the takedown into side control.
Afridi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Dall is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Afridi jumps into side control!
Afridi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Afridi tries for a kimura but Dall is defending well.
Dall is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Afridi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Afridi is looking for a kimura but Dall is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Afridi to get the leverage.
Dall is refusing to be controlled, as Afridi sits in half guard.
Dall is defending against the submission attempts here by Afridi.
Dall manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Afridi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dall is keeping the position for now.
Afridi wants to control from the top but Dall keeps moving.
Dall looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dall looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Afridi passes into half guard.
Dall works his way to full guard. Good work.
Afridi won't allow Dall to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dall keeping moving, preventing Afridi from controlling successfully.
Afridi looking to pass the guard.
Afridi trying to control the position from guard on top but Dall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dall has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Afridi has passed into side control.
Dall manages to work his way to half guard, despite Afridi's best efforts.
Afridi is trying to control the action in half guard but Dall is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Afridi is trying to work for a kimura but Dall is defending well.
Dall gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Afridi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dall is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Afridi defends well.
Afridi wants to control from the top but Dall keeps moving.
Dall is trying to keep Afridi in close.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dall working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Afridi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Afridi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Afridi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Khatir Afridi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Dall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dall shoots in for a takedown but Afridi shows good takedown defense.
No luck for Dall with that takedown attempt.
Ryzen Dall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dall forces Afridi back against the cage and clinches.
Dall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Afridi.
Afridi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dall seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dall fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dall walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Afridi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Afridi flicks out a counter leg kick but Dall steps away.
Dall throws a wild body kick that Afridi sees coming a mile off.
Dall shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Afridi pinned against the cage. Afridi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryzen Dall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall misses with a hook. Afridi ducked under it nicely.
Dall throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Afridi's waist but Afridi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dall off to one side.
Dall throws a head kick that misses
and Afridi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dall's knee momentarily.
Afridi avoids the head kick by Dall.
Afridi misses with a straight right.
Dall is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Afridi's half guard.
Afridi trying to control from the bottom.
Dall is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Afridi is just riding it out for now. Dall eventually gives up the hold.
Afridi is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afridi is looking for a sweep. Dall is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Afridi trying to control but Dall postures up.
Dall is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Afridi!
Afridi is working to get back to half guard.
Afridi wants to hold on but Dall pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Afridi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Afridi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dall working for a submission but Afridi is keeping him at bay.
Afridi tries to hold on but Dall postures up.
Afridi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dall wants to pass to mount but Afridi is defending the position.
Afridi tries to roll over but Dall keeps him under control.
Afridi is defending against the submission attempts here by Dall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dall prevents Afridi from improving his position.
Afridi manages to get to full guard.
Afridi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dall trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Afridi lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ryzen Dall will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Afridi stuffs the takedown attempt from Dall. Dall gets slowly back to his feet.
Ryzen Dall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Afridi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Afridi throws a chopping leg kick but Dall manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dall tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Afridi defends well and Dall ends up having to push Afridi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dall blocks a low kick nicely.
Dall misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Afridi circles away from the clinch attempt
and Afridi counters with a good low kick that Dall was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Afridi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Afridi swats away the attempt to clinch by Dall.
Afridi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dall scores with a hook to the body. Afridi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dall shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Afridi sprawls well. Afridi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dall gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryzen Dall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dall takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dall shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Afridi pinned against the cage. Afridi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Afridi misses with a body shot.
Khatir Afridi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Afridi drops his hands momentarily and Dall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dall tries to bum rush Afridi with a series of wild strikes but Afridi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Afridi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dall darts in looking for a takedown but Afridi gets double underhooks and turns Dall into the cage.
Afridi feints a counter leg kick.
Dall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dall looks for a takedown but Afridi sprawls well.
Afridi follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall tries to clinch up
and Afridi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Afridi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dall in his tracks.
Afridi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Afridi connects with a body shot.
Dall has a takedown stuffed.
Afridi misses with a straight left.
Dall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Afridi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dall tries to land a front kick but Afridi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Afridi tries a quick counter leg kick but Dall is wise to it.
Dall closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Afridi has Dall pressed against the cage, preventing Dall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dall blocking some punches.
Dall is trying to push Afridi away but Afridi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dall lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Afridi is looking to control Dall's arms but Dall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Afridi has his back to the cage.
Afridi is trying to trip Dall. He has hold of a leg but Dall is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Afridi persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dall has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Afridi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Afridi wants to control from the top but Dall keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Khatir Afridi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Afridi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khatir Afridi!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Crespo (ranked 702 p4p, 81 weight class) and Koko Pinea (ranked 590 p4p, 71 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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155 lbs
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134 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Crespo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koko Pinea!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crespo tries to bum rush Pinea with a series of wild strikes but Pinea uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pinea stuffs the takedown.
Crespo throws a hook but Pinea blocks it.
Crespo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Crespo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pinea sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pinea throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crespo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crespo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pinea. Pinea obviously looking to wear him down.
Crespo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crespo lands a nice shot that snaps Pinea's head back.
Crespo 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.
Pinea feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crespo being controlled here, momentarily.
Pinea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinea preventing the sweep.
Pinea trying to control but Crespo is working from the bottom.
Crespo seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinea postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Crespo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Crespo wants to sweep but no luck.
Pinea looking to pass the guard.
Pinea is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pinea controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pinea with a flurry of punches that miss.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pinea trying to control the position from guard on top but Crespo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crespo delivers a nice body kick.
Crespo scores with a leg kick.
Crespo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pinea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crespo is looking to land body kicks.
Pinea is looking to clinch.
Crespo misses the shot to the body.
Crespo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pinea checks it well.
Crespo misses with a body kick.
Crespo staying out of range there.
Crespo throws an off balance right hand
and Pinea counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Crespo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pinea fails with a takedown attempt.
Crespo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pinea has time to react.
Pinea throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crespo tries to land a leg kick but Pinea saw it coming and moves away.
Pinea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crespo circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinea throws a head kick that misses.
Pinea fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crespo is out of range.
Crespo throws a low kick but Pinea avoids it.
Crespo lands with a hook. Pinea tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Crespo misses with a wild combination.
Crespo throws a wild body kick that Pinea sees coming a mile off.
Crespo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Pinea was covering up waiting for the punch and Crespo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pinea is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Pinea preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Crespo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Crespo connects with a couple of short punches.
Crespo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinea is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Pinea keeping full guard, as Crespo tries to pass.
Pinea has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Crespo looking to pass the guard.
Crespo is looking to work some ground and pound but Pinea has wrist control.
Crespo wants to control from the top but Pinea keeps moving.
Crespo throwing strikes from guard but Pinea blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silvio Crespo 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.
Pinea with a jab.
Pinea tries to clinch up.
Crespo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Crespo looks to land a body kick but Pinea moved away.
Silvio Crespo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinea takes the fight into the clinch.
Pinea works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Crespo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pinea can do to turn this around?
Pinea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crespo avoids it.
A right handed body shot lands from Pinea.
Pinea lands a body shot.
Pinea using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pinea.
Crespo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pinea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crespo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pinea is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pinea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crespo swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinea tries to land a knee to the head but Crespo blocks with his arms.
Pinea trying to land knees to the body.
Crespo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pinea avoids it.
Pinea with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pinea keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crespo's efforts to push away.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crespo.
Pinea misses with a knee to the head.
Pinea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crespos head.
Pinea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crespo is trying to force a seperation but Pinea has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinea throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Pinea - that landed with a thud.
Pinea lands with a light punch inside.
Pinea with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Crespo.
Crespo wants to break free but Pinea has control.
Crespo is working for takedown but Pinea is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Silvio Crespo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinea is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Pinea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pinea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crespo's elbow.
Pinea tries to land a knee to the head but Crespo blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinea.
Crespo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crespo tries to land knees in the clinch but Pinea avoids the damage to the body.
Pinea makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crespo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinea lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pinea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crespo avoids it.
Pinea using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Crespo can't get the takedown.
Pinea lands a nice knee to the body.
Koko Pinea seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pinea tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
Crespo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crespo connects with a knee to the head.
Pinea avoiding damage as Crespo throws knees to the body.
Crespo breaks the clinch.
Pinea steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crespo.
Crespo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pinea sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Crespo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crespo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pinea defends well and Crespo ends up having to push Pinea into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pinea misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crespo throws out a loose jab but Pinea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crespo throws a wild body kick that Pinea sees coming a mile off.
Crespo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pinea lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crespo moves out of range of the body kick from Pinea.
Crespo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pinea moves out of range of the body kick from Crespo.
Pinea bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Crespo misses the jab.
Pinea throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Crespo tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pinea is in Crespo's guard.
Crespo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Crespo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pinea looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Crespo trying to keep a closed guard but Pinea is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koko Pinea showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Crespo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pinea clinches with his opponent.
Pinea scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pinea landing knees to the body.
Pinea lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pinea lands with a light punch inside.
Crespo swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinea is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crespo is defending well for now.
Crespo scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Koko Pinea has been cut.
Crespo looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinea tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pinea misses with a knee strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pinea with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pinea scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Pinea.
Crespo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pinea managing to block the knees to the body from Crespo.
Crespo throws a punch but it's blocked by Pinea.
Crespo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crespo trying to stall but Pinea improves his position.
Pinea avoids a wild elbow strike from Crespo.
Pinea lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pinea with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Silvio Crespo has been cut.
Crespo working hard to break the clinch.
Pinea misses with a knee to the head.
Crespo avoiding damage as Pinea throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Pinea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinea working Crespo over with knees to the body.
Crespo wants a takedown but no success here.
A right handed body shot lands from Pinea.
Knees to the body from Pinea.
Pinea crunches a lovely knee into Crespo's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinea trying to land knees to the body.
Pinea tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pinea tries a knee to the head but Crespo blocks it.
Pinea tries to throw a body punch but Crespo avoids it by throwing Pinea back against the cage.
Crespo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pinea throws a sloppy head kick and Crespo moves out of range easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pinea.
Good exchange - Crespo coming out on top.
Pinea throws a right hand that Crespo ducks under and follows up with a left that Crespo also avoids with ease.
Silvio Crespo is winning the standup battle so far.
Crespo moves out of range of the body kick from Pinea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crespo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pinea but Pinea pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Silvio Crespo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crespo shoots in and drives through. Pinea sprawls well.
Pinea steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Crespo.
Pinea lands with a straight right. Crespo didn't see that one coming.
Crespo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crespo appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Pinea. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
That kick from Pinea tenderised Crespo's leg. Crespo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Crespo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Pinea was covering up waiting for the punch and Crespo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pinea wants to sweep here but Crespo controlling him for the moment.
Pinea bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Crespo's guard.
Crespo keeping moving, preventing Pinea from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pinea's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crespo is looking for a triangle but Pinea pushes his legs off easily.
Crespo trying to control the position.
Pinea slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Pinea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pinea looking to sit in guard and control but Crespo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinea wants to sweep here but Crespo controlling him for the moment.
Crespo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koko Pinea comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pinea has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koko Pinea!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Teebs (ranked 903 p4p, 134 weight class) and Akoni Gray (ranked 961 p4p, 140 weight class). Teebs comes into the arena with Ghost - Square Hammer blaring out of the sound system. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bo Teebs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akoni Gray!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teebs tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gray moves away from the strike by Teebs.
Teebs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Teebs throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gray.
A head kick misses from Teebs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gray.
Teebs ducks under a wild hook from Gray.
Gray slips under a jab.
Gray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teebs.
Teebs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice body punch from Teebs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Teebs to counter with a crisp jab.
Teebs moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Teebs misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gray counters with a crisp hook to the side of 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!
A leg kick checked by Gray.
Teebs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gray has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray scores with a punch to the head.
Teebs throws a jab when Gray was well out of range.
Teebs swings widly with a right hand
and Gray counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gray 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.
Teebs throws a head kick that misses
and Gray counters by clinching up.
Teebs with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Teebs scores with a hook to the body.
Teebs blocks a body shot from Gray.
Gray struggles to land a body shot inside as Teebs controls his hands.
Gray misses with some punches.
Gray breaks from the clinch.
Teebs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Teebs counters with a leg kick.
Gray lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gray walks forward, straight into a front kick from Teebs.
Gray moves out of range as Teebs throws a body kick.
Gray ducks under a wild hook from Teebs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teebs walks into a stiff left hand from Gray.
Teebs lands a jab to the head.
Teebs misses with a straight right.
Teebs looks to score with a jab to the body but Gray is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Gray misses.
Teebs misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gray! But no joy.
Teebs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Teebs throwing a counter right hand but Gray manages to avoid it.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teebs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Teebs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gray moves away.
Teebs throws a push kick but Gray slaps the foot to one side.
Teebs misses with a leg kick.
Gray misses the shot to the body.
Teebs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gray throws an off balance right hand
and Teebs counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray throws a sloppy head kick and Teebs moves out of range easily.
Crunch! Gray slams his shin into Teebs's torso.
Teebs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gray was well out of range. Poor timing from Teebs.
Teebs throws a front kick that sends Gray stumbling back into the cage.
Teebs misses with a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Teebs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Teebs works Gray's body with a nice hook.
Teebs throws a low kick, looking for Gray's leg but Gray calmly moves out of range.
Teebs lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Teebs throws a head kick that misses
and Gray counters with a leg kick.
Gray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gray lands a glancing blow to the side of Teebs's head.
Bo Teebs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teebs ducks right into an uppercut from Gray.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gray throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gray connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Teebs is rocked!
Teebs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Teebs is breathing heavily.
Gray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gray weaves into range and cracks Teebs right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Teebs goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Gray is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Akoni Gray!
Akoni Gray spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Shamrock (ranked 176 p4p, 23 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 513 p4p, 64 weight class). Shamrock's entrance music is One Winged Angel by The Black Mages. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock feints a jab promting Letaivu to slip. Shamrock then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Letaivu slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Shamrock takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Letaivu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Letaivu keeps the fight on the outside.
Shamrock lands a jab-cross combination.
Shamrock throws a body shot but no joy.
Letaivu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shamrock.
Letaivu dodges the punch combination from Shamrock.
Shamrock connects with a leg kick. Letaivu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Letaivu throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Letaivu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shamrock.
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 decent looking cross lands there for Shamrock.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shamrock.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Letaivu looks to throw the jab but Shamrock is out of range.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Letaivu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shamrock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Letaivu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shamrock paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Letaivu takes a jab right on the kisser.
Letaivu throws a body shot but no joy.
Shamrock with a hook.
Shamrock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shamrock tries to move into range but Letaivu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Shamrock with a jab.
Good exchange - Shamrock coming out on top.
Shamrock looks to score with a jab to the body but Letaivu is just out of range.
Letaivu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nick Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Letaivu.
Letaivu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Shamrock connects with a jab.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Letaivu slips under a jab from Shamrock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu swings widly with a right hand
and Shamrock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shamrock throws a leg kick but Letaivu moved away.
A big right from Letaivu misses.
Letaivu lands an overhand right.
Shamrock lands with a cross.
Shamrock is looking to slow Letaivu down with leg kicks.
Letaivu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Letaivu looks to throw the jab but Shamrock is out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Shamrock!
Letaivu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shamrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Letaivu throws a lazy right hand but Shamrock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Letaivu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
It looked like Shamrock was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Shamrock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shamrock moves into the clinch.
Letaivu misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Letaivu.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Letaivu controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock lands with a left to the head.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Letaivu's head.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Letaivu's head.
Shamrock lands a hook that snaps the head of Letaivu backwards.
Shamrock lands with a right to the head.
Letaivu looking to slow down the pace here.
Letaivu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shamrock needs to keep his hands up - Letaivu had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Letaivu swats away the attempt to clinch by Shamrock.
Shamrock is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Letaivu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shamrock.
Letaivu misses with a looping left.
Shamrock fires out a quick counter leg kick but Letaivu just manages to avoid it.
Shamrock looks to score with a jab to the body but Letaivu is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
Shamrock scoring well with a low kick there.
Letaivu lands with a nice combination. Shamrock backs away looking to recover.
Letaivu takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Letaivu takes one to the side of the head.
Letaivu throws a hook but Shamrock blocks it.
Letaivu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shamrock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Letaivu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Letaivu throws a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Letaivu throws out a counter right but Shamrock avoids it with no problem.
Shamrock instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Letaivu fails to land.
Letaivu misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Shamrock dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Letaivu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Shamrock.
Shamrock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Letaivu moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
Shamrock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shamrock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shamrock moves into range and clinches up with Letaivu.
Letaivu is trying to maintain a safe position but Shamrock gets an underhook and turns Letaivu into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shamrock.
Good body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Letaivu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Letaivu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Letaivu working aggressively here.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Letaivu 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.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Letaivu.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Letaivu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Letaivu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Letaivu blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Letaivu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short right from Shamrock.
Shamrock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Letaivu can do to turn this around?
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shamrock tries to work over Letaivu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letaivu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Letaivu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Letaivu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shamrock tries to work over Letaivu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letaivu manages to break the clinch.
Letaivu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a double jab.
A big right from Letaivu misses.
A left lands for Letaivu.
Letaivu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shamrock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Letaivu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shamrock throwing a counter right hand but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Shamrock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Letaivu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Letaivu throws a leg kick but Shamrock checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Letaivu misses the target.
Shamrock lands with a nice body punch.
Letaivu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
Nick Shamrock is winning the standup battle so far.
Letaivu misses with a wild body shot.
Letaivu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shamrock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Letaivu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Letaivu lands with a straight right. Shamrock didn't see that one coming.
Letaivu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shamrock misses with a leg kick
and Letaivu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shamrock thinking.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Shamrock avoids the punch easily.
Letaivu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shamrock lands with a straight right. Letaivu didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock misses with a jab to the body
and Letaivu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but Letaivu ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shamrock, right into the meat.
Shamrock moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Shamrock.
Letaivu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shamrock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Letaivu tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
Shamrock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nick Shamrock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shamrock lands a hook that snaps the head of Letaivu backwards.
Letaivu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Letaivu misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock throws the left hand but Letaivu avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock ducks right into an uppercut from Letaivu.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Letaivu checks a leg kick.
Shamrock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Letaivu doesn't seem bothered though.
Letaivu throws a series of punches but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Letaivu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Letaivu misses with a shot to the body
and Shamrock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Letaivu throws a hook but Shamrock avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Shamrock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Letaivu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shamrock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Letaivu doesn't seem bothered though.
Letaivu ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Letaivu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Shamrock scores with a four punch combination!
Shamrock thuds a left hand into Letaivu's body.
Letaivu misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Shamrock dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the body
and Letaivu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
Shamrock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Letaivu's sensitive parts.
Letaivu misses with an uppercut. Shamrock saw that one coming.
Shamrock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Letaivu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shamrock is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A jab from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Letaivu.
Letaivu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shamrock jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shamrock clinches up against the cage.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Letaivu.
A body shot lands from Letaivu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock throws a punch but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Letaivu controls the action.
Shamrock tries a body shot but Letaivu blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Letaivu backwards.
Letaivu stalling in the clinch but Shamrock improves position.
Shamrock takes a shot to the head.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Letaivu blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Letaivu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Letaivu lands a left hand.
Letaivu misses with the head strike.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Letaivu's head.
Shamrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Shamrock - that landed with a thud.
Letaivu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Letaivu.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shamrock.
Letaivu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Letaivu. That did some damage!
Shamrock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Shamrock tenderised Letaivu's leg. Letaivu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Letaivu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Letaivu misses with a hook.
Shamrock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Letaivu misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
Letaivu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Letaivu throws a poor cross that misses
and Shamrock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Letaivu walks into a straight right hand from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shamrock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Letaivu misses the jab.
Shamrock doesn't manage to clinch there - Letaivu circles away.
Shamrock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Letaivu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Letaivu wants to counter with a clinch but Shamrock pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Letaivu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Letaivu misses with a body shot.
Letaivu throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shamrock slips under a jab from Letaivu.
Pascal Letaivu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Letaivu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shamrock throws a hook but Letaivu blocks it.
Letaivu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock looks to land a left hand but Letaivu moved out of range nicely.
Shamrock avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Shamrock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Letaivu.
Shamrock misses with a body shot
and Letaivu counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Letaivu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Shamrock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Letaivu has time to react.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shamrock, as that shot connected.
Shamrock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shamrock swings for the body but Letaivu moves out of range.
Shamrock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Shamrock cracks Letaivu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Shamrock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shamrock 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Shamrock!
Nick Shamrock spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AC Slater (ranked 382 p4p, 62 weight class) and Hannes Haades (ranked 315 p4p, 48 weight class). Slater comes into the arena with Stop What Ya Doin blaring out of the sound system. Haades is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Accept - Head Over Heels. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, AC Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 4, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannes Haades!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slater misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haades throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Slater works over Haades's head and body with a nice combination.
Slater just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Slater has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Haades buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Haades there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Slater misses with a takedown
and Haades counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haades throws a lazy uppercut
and Slater counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Haades!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haades parries the strikes from Slater easily there. Slater is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Haades to escape.
Slater creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Slater looks up at the clock and then as Haades takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Slater smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Slater just content to control the position.
Slater in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Slater 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater is looking to take a break and control but Haades is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Haades takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Haades is looking for a sweep.
Slater trying to control the position but Haades is working away.
Haades is looking to regain half guard here but Slater keeps moving and retains side control.
Haades manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Haades is looking to take a break and control but Slater is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haades is looking for a kimura but Slater is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Haades to get the leverage.
Haades is keen to just control but Slater is a slippery customer.
Slater makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Slater.
Haades engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Haades trying to move into half guard but instead Slater has managed to sweep!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Slater got a little sloppy there for a moment and Haades has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Slater has managed to get both his arms back between Haades's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haades can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Slater controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haades is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Slater is aware though and is defending well.
Slater working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Slater engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Slater preventing the sweep.
Slater with a nice head shot there.
Slater scoring with punches to the head and body.
Slater cracks Haades with a solid left hand.
Slater scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Slater looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haades looking to control.
Slater trying to control the position from guard on top but Haades is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haades trying to control the position.
Haades working a defensive guard but Slater manages to pass into side control anyway.
Slater works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Slater scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Haades to see if he's OK.
Slater trying to control the position but Haades is working away.
Haades tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AC Slater dominated that round.
That's time! Slater's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Haades misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Haades. That snapped Slater's head back.
Slater avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haades lands a really nice looking cross but Slater seems unphased.
Slater closes this distance looking for a takedown but Haades circles away.
Haades misses with a leg kick
letting Slater counter with a right hand.
Haades lands a glancing blow to the side of Slater's head.
Slater looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Slater or perhaps it was just good defense by Haades, which made it look bad.
Slater throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slater moves out of range as Haades strikes.
It looked like Slater was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Haades.
Haades misses with a shot to the body
and Slater counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Slater scores with a couple of nice shots.
Haades has hold of Slater's hands but Slater slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Haades looks like he's trying to stand up.
Haades is looking to get back to full guard here but Slater has managed to pass to side control instead.
Haades is trying to improve his position.
Slater takes a little break here. Haades wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Haades is not content to let Slater control the position.
Haades is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Haades tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Slater wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Slater is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haades can do to turn this around?
Slater working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Haades taking a bit of punishment here - Slater scoring with strikes.
Haades taking a bit of punishment here - Slater scoring with strikes.
Slater trying to control the position but Haades is working away.
Slater lands a decent elbow from side control.
Haades wants to get back to his feet but Slater is dominant here and he's now got Haades's back!
Slater is working the ground and pound. Can Haades escape?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slater lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Haades.
Slater scores with punches and elbows.
AC Slater overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slater lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Slater is punishing Haades with some ground and pound.
Slater punches Haades on the ear.
Haades is really stuck here.
Slater scores with punches from the back.
Haades is rocked!
Haades just trying to survive but Slater is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Haades is still in real trouble! Can Slater finish him?
Slater is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Haades. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Haades prevents Slater from getting a body triangle.
Slater has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Haades's body.
Slater lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Slater.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slater keeps control of the position as Haades tries to break free.
Haades seems to have recovered his senses.
Slater lands a shot to the body.
Slater has Haades flattened out and is raining down punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haades is trying to get back to his feet but Slater has full control of the position and if anything, Haades has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Slater wants to control the position but Haades frees himself and scrambles - Slater manages to regain control in side control.
Haades is trying to get back to half guard.
Slater scores with punches from side control.
Slater wants to control but Haades is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AC Slater dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Slater takes a swing at Haades's ribcage but misses.
Haades walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Slater checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Haades connects with a leg kick. Slater looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Haades dips to his left and cracks Slater with an uppercut!
Slater looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Haades misses with a wild body shot.
Haades has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Haades throws a low kick, looking for Slater's leg but Slater calmly moves out of range.
Haades misses with a hook
and Slater counters with a nice double leg into side control. Haades won't be happy with that.
Slater trying to control the position but Haades is working away.
Haades struggling a bit here.
Slater scores with a couple of short elbows.
Haades sneaks back into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Slater thows a huge punch but Haades dodges it nicely.
Slater working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Slater lands a nice short elbow.
Slater stops Haades from getting back to his feet.
Slater working over Haades with some ground and pound. Haades looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Haades wants to get back to his feet.
Slater prevents Haades from improving his position.
Slater working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Haades makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Haades.
Slater loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hannes Haades has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Haades's head.
Slater wants to control from the top but Haades keeps moving.
Haades looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Slater's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Slater stopping the sweep attempt from Haades.
Haades has momentary wrist control but Slater slips an elbow through the middle.
Haades striking from the bottom here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Slater's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Slater loads up on a big left hand. Haades felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Slater looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Haades can't hide his disappointment, as Slater celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AC Slater!
After the fight, AC Slater was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stasius Venom (ranked 582 p4p, 82 weight class) and Chiku Maneno (ranked 464 p4p, 67 weight class). Venom comes into the arena with For Heavy Metal we will die! blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stasius Venom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiku Maneno!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maneno counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Venom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maneno moves away.
Maneno uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Venom.
Venom slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Venom definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Venom feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Manenos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Venom cracks the inside of Maneno's front leg.
Venom misses with a hook.
Maneno doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Venom throws a sloppy head kick
letting Maneno counter with a right hand.
Maneno moves out of range as Venom throws a body kick.
Maneno scores with a hook to the body. Venom takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Venom ducks under a wild hook from Maneno.
A low kick from Venom is predictable there
and Maneno counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maneno tries to keep at a distance but Venom has taken the fight into the clinch.
Maneno breaks the clinch.
Maneno lands a nice shot that snaps Venom's head back.
Stasius Venom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maneno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Maneno on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maneno was well out of range. Poor timing from Venom.
Venom lands a leg kick that knocks Maneno off balance momentarily.
Maneno lands a nice shot that snaps Venom's head back.
Venom connects with a leg kick. Maneno looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maneno cracks Venom with a right hand to the side of the head.
Venom lands a really nice looking cross but Maneno seems unphased.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Venom.
Maneno lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Venom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maneno looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Venom manages to avoid it.
Maneno uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maneno wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Venom missing with a left hand there. Maneno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Venom has managed to clinch.
Venom throws a head punch that misses.
Maneno blocks an uppercut.
Venom working aggressively here.
Maneno is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venom misses with some punches.
Maneno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Venom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Maneno jabs at Venom's body.
A slow jab from Maneno misses its intended target.
Venom lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Venom throws the kick towards the body but Maneno avoids it.
Maneno takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Maneno moves out of range of the body kick from Venom.
Venom with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maneno to score with a decent uppercut.
Maneno displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Venom throws out the jab.
Maneno swings for the body but Venom moves out of range.
Venom misses with a double jab.
Maneno lands with a hook. Venom tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Venom wants to clinch up but Maneno keeps it at a distance.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venom moves away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Venom.
Venom with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno scores with a decent looking hook.
Venom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Maneno is out of range.
Maneno has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venom moves away.
Maneno throws out a powerful jab.
Venom scores with a jab to the jaw.
Venom takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A lazy left from Venom finds it's target.
Maneno swings for the body but Venom moves out of range.
Venom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maneno's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Venom.
Maneno is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Venom had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venom moves away.
Maneno walks into a straight right hand from Venom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Venom misses with a hook. Maneno ducked under it nicely.
Maneno swings widly with a right hand
and Venom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maneno throws out a loose jab but Venom uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Maneno looks to move away, Venom throws a big counter combo but Maneno just gets out of the way.
A punch lands to the side of Maneno 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Venom goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Venom lands with a nice body kick.
Venom clinches up against the cage.
Maneno is looking to break free of the clinch but Venom has double underhooks.
Maneno breaks from the clinch.
Maneno misses with a looping left.
Maneno circles away from the clinch attempt.
Venom lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Maneno slips under a jab.
Venom looks to throw a body kick
and Maneno counters with a stiff right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Venom there.
Venom throws a sloppy head kick and Maneno moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Venom takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Venom changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Venom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maneno.
Venom misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Stasius Venom will probably get the nod.
That's time! Venom's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Venom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maneno.
Maneno scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chiku Maneno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Venom sizes up Maneno with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Venom connects with an inside leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Venom - that will leave a mark!
Maneno misses with a left hand
and Venom counters with a good, hard body kick but Maneno shrugs it off.
Venom throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Venom lands a right hook to the body.
Maneno cracks Venom with an open hand slap.
Venom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maneno.
Venom getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Venom has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Venom on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Maneno throws a jab but it's blocked by Venom.
Maneno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venom.
Maneno stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maneno takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A slow jab from Maneno misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Venom.
Venom buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Venom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Maneno lands with an uppercut that bounces Venom off the cage and back into range.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maneno comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Venom misses the shot to the body.
Maneno misses with an uppercut. Venom saw that one coming.
Venom is looking to land body kicks.
Venom is looking to score with low kicks.
Maneno misses the body punch
and Venom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maneno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Venom lands a leg kick that knocks Maneno off balance momentarily.
Venom tries a low kick but Maneno avoids it.
Venom is looking to score with low kicks.
Maneno uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Venom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Venom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Venom manages to avoid it.
Venom moves forwards but Maneno connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Venom displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Maneno throws a body shot but no joy.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venom moves away.
Venom lands with a good body shot.
Venom scores with a punch to the head.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venom moves away.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Maneno scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Venom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Venom lands with an overhand left.
Maneno fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Venom scores with a jab. Maneno acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maneno catches Venom with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Venom throws a body shot but no joy.
Maneno has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Venom.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maneno checks a leg kick.
Maneno moves out of range of the body kick from Venom.
Venom looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maneno lands a lovely overhand right.
Venom misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Venom misses.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Maneno has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Venom.
Venom's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Venom duly obliges.
Venom misses with a straight left.
Maneno misses with an uppercut. Venom saw that one coming.
Venom throws a lazy right hand but Maneno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Venom keeps Maneno at a distance using the push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Venom buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Venom tries to clinch up but Maneno circles away and keeps his distance.
Venom connects with the punch.
Venom misses with a body punch
and Maneno counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Maneno crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Venom - the referee stops the clock and Maneno gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Venom. Maneno manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Maneno connects with a body shot.
Maneno moves away from the strike by Venom.
Maneno avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Venom just misses with a punch to the body.
Maneno is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Venom with a body shot.
Maneno feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Venoms jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Maneno bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Venom's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Venom throws a push kick but Maneno slaps the foot to one side.
Venom lands a nice looking body shot.
Venom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Maneno cracks Venom with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Stasius Venom will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Venom takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maneno blocks the body kick.
Maneno moves into range and connects with a jab.
Venom is rocked!
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maneno scores with a sloppy right hand. Venom should have avoided that one.
Oh Venom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Venom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Venom wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Venom works Maneno's body with a nice hook.
Venom misses with a looping right.
Venom on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Venom seems to have got his legs back now.
Venom gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Maneno gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chiku Maneno!
Chiku Maneno seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Pera (ranked 38 p4p, 4 weight class) and Cheik Imbula (ranked 254 p4p, 32 weight class). Imbula has chosen ~Apache~ as his entrance music. Pekka Pera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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177 lbs
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180 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Pera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cheik Imbula!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Imbula counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pera scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Imbula doesn't seem bothered though.
Pera lands a right hook to the body.
Imbula misses with a straight left.
Pera looks to score with a jab to the body but Imbula is just out of range.
Pera takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Imbula scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Imbula.
Imbula lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Imbula doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Imbula blocks an uppercut.
Pera scores with a shoulder strike.
Pera scores with a shot to the side of Imbula's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Imbula lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Imbula lands a nice uppercut.
Imbula blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imbula struggles to land a body shot inside as Pera controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pera.
Imbula lands a hook that snaps the head of Pera backwards.
Imbula lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Imbula.
Imbula breaks the clinch.
Imbula scores with a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Pera blocks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Pera misses the target.
Imbula throws out a loose jab but Pera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Imbula. That did some damage!
Pera cracks the inside of Imbula's front leg.
Imbula slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Pekka Pera has been cut.
Imbula has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice defenses there by Pera.
Pera looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pera drives through and clinches with Imbula against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pera throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Imbula.
A head punch on the inside from Imbula fails to land.
Pera is trying to maintain a safe position but Imbula gets an underhook and turns Pera into the cage.
Imbula lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Pera fails to land.
Pera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pera has a couple of punches blocked by Imbula.
Imbula scores with a shot to the side of Pera's head.
Imbula misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Imbula as the two fighters clinch.
Imbula throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Peras head.
Pera lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pera stalling in the clinch but Imbula improves position.
Imbula digs a right hand into Pera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pera's gas tank.
Pera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Imbula fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pera taking a breather.
Pera lands with a light punch inside.
Pera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imbula blocks an uppercut.
Imbula swings wildly with an uppercut but Pera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pera misses with the head strike.
Pera lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Imbula working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Imbula struggles to land a body shot inside as Pera controls his hands.
Pera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Imbula tries a body shot but Pera blocks it.
Pera misses with some punches.
Imbula working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Imbula tries a body shot but Pera blocks it.
Imbula blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pera blocks a body shot from Imbula.
Imbula struggles to land a body shot inside as Pera controls his hands.
Imbula goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Imbula.
Pera working aggressively here.
Imbula lands an uppercut.
Imbula blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pera presses Imbula against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Imbula misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Pera pushes Imbula back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Imbula is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pera gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Imbula misses with a punch to the body.
Pera throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Imbulas head.
Imbula tries a body shot but Pera blocks it.
Imbula lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pera backwards.
A hook to the body from Pera.
Imbula working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pera swings wildly with an uppercut but Imbula uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pera tries to throw a body punch but Imbula avoids it by throwing Pera back against the cage.
Good body shot from Pera.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Pera.
Pera swings wildly with an uppercut but Imbula uses good head movement to avoid it.
Imbula throws a head punch that misses.
Pera scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cheik Imbula will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pekka Pera's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pera takes a swing at Imbula's ribcage but misses.
Imbula looks to score with a jab to the body but Pera is just out of range.
Pera looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Pera misses with a body shot
and Pera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pekka Pera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pera scores with a jab to the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pera. That's going to slow Imbula down.
Pera throws out a powerful jab.
Imbula misses with a straight left.
Pera dives in and scores a takedown into Imbula's guard.
Pera landing some decent shots from guard.
Imbula is trying to control the position but Pera postures up.
Pera postures up in Imbula's guard and throws a big left but Imbula blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pera wants to control from the top but Imbula keeps moving.
Pera preventing the sweep.
Pera trying to control but Imbula is working from the bottom.
Imbula throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Imbula controls Pera momentarily but Pera frees himself.
Pera trying to control the position from guard on top but Imbula is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Imbula is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Imbula has his foot on Pera's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pera works his way back into a safe position though.
Pera looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Imbula can't keep his opponent in guard - Pera advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Imbula is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Imbula gets full guard.
Pera might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Imbula looking for a guillotine here but Pera defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imbula has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pera can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Imbula trying to keep a closed guard but Pera is proving a slippery customer.
Pera is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pera throwing strikes from guard but Imbula blocks nicely.
Imbula trying to control the position.
Pera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Imbula swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Imbula wants to sweep but no luck.
Imbula had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pera defends it easily.
Pera scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Imbula avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pera throws an elbow that misses. Imbula uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pera's guard. Nice move by Imbula!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Imbula postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Pera is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Imbula, into his guard.
Imbula looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Pera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pekka Pera's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Imbula checks a leg kick.
Imbula checks a low kick from Pera.
Pera is looking to wear down Imbula with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pera shoots in but Imbula avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Imbula connects with a right hand. Pera shakes it off.
Pera closes this distance looking for a takedown but Imbula circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Imbula.
Imbula takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pera throws a leg kick
and Imbula counters with a good low kick that Pera was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pera misses the shot to the body.
Imbula throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pera throws a head kick but Imbula moves out of range.
Imbula avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Imbula swings for the body but Pera moves out of range.
Pera throws a predictable looking body shot
and Imbula counters with a straight right hand.
Pera thows a leg kick but Imbula checks it
and Imbula counters with a stiff right hand.
Imbula is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Imbula tries a head kick but it misses.
As Imbula tries to get set, Pera tries to push him back and clinch up but Imbula manages to avoid the attempt.
Cheik Imbula is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Imbula.
Imbula moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pera lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Imbula counters with a body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pekka Pera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pera checks a leg kick.
Pera seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Pera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Imbula. That did some damage!
Imbula lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pera connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Imbula lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Imbula misses with a hook
and Pera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pera has his takedown stuffed
letting Imbula counter with a right hand.
Pekka Pera's cut is getting worse.
Pera jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pera throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pera lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Imbula has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Imbula's calf.
A thudding body kick lands there by Imbula!
Imbula lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cheik Imbula seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Imbula lands a jab to the head.
Pera moves out of range as Imbula strikes.
Pera avoids the body shot from Imbula.
Imbula misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pera.
Pera misses with a wild body shot.
Imbula takes a swing at Pera's ribcage but misses.
Pera looks to land a left hand but Imbula moved out of range nicely.
Imbula steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pera keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Imbula darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Imbula throws a body shot but no joy.
Imbula walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pera throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Imbula looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Imbula moves out of range of the strikes.
Pera misses with a wild body shot.
Pera takes one on the button.
Pera throws an off balance right hand
and Imbula counters with a nice uppercut.
Pera fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cheik Imbula really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pekka Pera's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Imbula drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pera manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Imbula on his heels. He'll look to pass Imbula's guard now, I'm sure.
Imbula pulls Pera in close to prevent any damage.
Pera is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Pera keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Imbula's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pera distracts Imbula with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Imbula working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pera.
Imbula controls Pera momentarily but Pera frees himself.
Imbula has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pera can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Imbula is keeping the position for now.
Imbula looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pera puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pera working Imbula over with strikes.
Pera throwing shots but Imbula is blocking nicely.
Pera throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pera with the ground and pound but Imbula uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Imbula working a defensive guard here.
Pera lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imbula bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pera's guard.
Pera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pera controls Imbula momentarily but Imbula frees himself.
Imbula pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pera is keeping the position for now.
Imbula drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Pera dives on top into guard.
Imbula looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Pera passes into half guard.
Pera prevents Imbula from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pera is trying to control the action in half guard but Imbula is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Imbula is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pera's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pera's back!
Pera fending off the submission attempt from Imbula.
Pera is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Imbula gets his way!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pera trying to control the hands but Imbula breaks the grip.
Imbula is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Pera defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Well, with Imbula on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Pera is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Pera trying to control but not successfully.
Pera is in a bad position with Imbula working for a choke. Pera manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pera preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Pera had his way with Cheik Imbula in that round.
The cut man is working on Pekka Pera's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Pera lands with a straight right. Imbula didn't see that one coming.
Imbula takes a jab right on the kisser.
Imbula scores with a push kick.
Pera cracks the inside of Imbula's front leg.
Pera looks to score with a jab to the body but Imbula is just out of range.
Pera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Imbula keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Imbula appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Imbula's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A solid body kick from Imbula.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pera throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Imbula throws a body punch but Pera moves out of range.
Imbula connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pera. Pera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Imbula counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Imbula scores with a sloppy right hand. Pera should have avoided that one.
Pera lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pera swings for the body but Imbula moves out of range.
Imbula is trying to counter with his kicks.
Pera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Imbula has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Imbula swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Imbula.
Pera moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pera with a nice cross.
Imbula lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pera takes a step back to recover.
Pera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pera ducks under a wild hook from Imbula.
Good leg kick by Pera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Imbula gets caught flat footed, as Pera shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Imbula is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pera defends well.
Pera works over Imbula with some ground and pound from guard.
Pera trying to control but Imbula is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imbula looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pera is one step ahead there.
Imbula looking for subs off his back but Pera has passed one foot through into half guard.
Imbula has hold of Pera's hands but Pera slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Imbula trying to hold on to Pera's head to control him but Pera postures up.
Imbula might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pera haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pera thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Imbula's head.
Pera drops an elbow to the side of Imbula's head.
Pera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pera lands a nice short elbow.
Pera lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pera prevents Imbula from improving his position.
Pera looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Imbula is pressing down on Pera's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pera looking to sit in guard and control but Imbula gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pekka Pera showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pera has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 48:47
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pekka Pera!
Pekka Pera retains his welterweight title!
Pekka Pera thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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