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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raul Salvatierra (ranked 2806 p4p, 306 weight class) and DJ Cadillac (ranked 4552 p4p, 428 weight class). Raul Salvatierra has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raul Salvatierra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Cadillac!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cadillac moves out of range of the strikes.
Cadillac throws a looping overhand right but Salvatierra ducks down to avoid it.
Salvatierra looks to land a left hand but Cadillac moved out of range nicely.
Cadillac with the counter takedown but Salvatierra avoids it easily.
Cadillac looks to score with a jab to the body but Salvatierra is just out of range.
Cadillac bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salvatierra's head backwards.
Cadillac throws a body punch but Salvatierra moves out of range.
Salvatierra dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salvatierra scores with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Cadillac 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A combination from Cadillac does no damage.
Salvatierra looks to land a left hand but Cadillac moved out of range nicely.
Cadillac throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salvatierra slips a straight right by Cadillac.
Salvatierra listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Salvatierra takes a swing at Cadillac's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cadillac throws a jab but it's blocked by Salvatierra.
Cadillac throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Salvatierra stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cadillac misses with a shot to the body
and Salvatierra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salvatierra waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cadillac.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadillac connects with a nice looking jab.
Salvatierra misses with a hook. Cadillac ducked under it nicely.
Cadillac moves away from the strike by Salvatierra.
Cadillac misses with an uppercut. Salvatierra saw that one coming.
Salvatierra definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cadillac takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Raul Salvatierra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Salvatierra misses.
Salvatierra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cadillac.
Salvatierra takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Salvatierra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cadillac was well out of range. Poor timing from Salvatierra.
A jab from Cadillac does it's job there.
Cadillac is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salvatierra.
Cadillac jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cadillac swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cadillac avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cadillac looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cadillac slips under a jab from Salvatierra.
Salvatierra jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Cadillac finds it's target.
Cadillac tries to score a power double leg takedown but Salvatierra sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cadillac somewhat.
Salvatierra is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvatierra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cadillac moves away.
Cadillac lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Salvatierra connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cadillac. Cadillac circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cadillac is rocked!
Salvatierra steps in with a hook that catches Cadillac right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Salvatierra follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Cadillac looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raul Salvatierra!
Raul Salvatierra decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vilkas Nuutti (ranked 3570 p4p, 396 weight class) and Jack Preacher (ranked 6390 p4p, 568 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vilkas Nuutti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Preacher!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nuutti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Nuutti.
Nuutti scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nuutti.
Preacher shoots in but no luck this time.
Preacher takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A head kick by Nuutti misses
and Preacher counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Preacher works over Nuutti with some ground and pound from guard.
Nuutti has momentary wrist control but Preacher slips an elbow through the middle.
Preacher drops back looking for a leg! Nuutti is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nuutti manages to kick Preacher off! Preacher jumps back into Nuutti's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Preacher throwing strikes but missing.
Preacher wants to control from the top but Nuutti keeps moving.
Nuutti keeping full guard, as Preacher tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuutti keeping moving, preventing Preacher from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Preacher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nuutti looking to control.
Preacher stands up and waves to Nuutti to follow him.
Nuutti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Preacher misses with a takedown attempt - Nuutti sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nuutti thinks about countering with a head kick.
Nuutti lands a big head kick that sends Preacher tumbling to the mat! Nuutti takes a step backwards and waves Preacher back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Preacher is rocked!
It looks like Jack Preacher has been cut.
Nuutti wobbles Preacher with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Nuutti dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Preacher to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vilkas Nuutti!
Vilkas Nuutti made sure to mention his sponsor, KAGED in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alvaro Ortaga (ranked 1097 p4p, 145 weight class) and Sam Assad (ranked 22589 p4p, 664 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alvaro Ortaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Assad!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortaga throws a looping overhand right but Assad ducks down to avoid it.
Assad cracks Ortaga with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A punch combination from Assad misses.
Assad bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Assad lands a jab.
Assad throws a body shot but no joy.
Assad misses the jab.
Sam Assad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assad lands a jab.
Assad looks to land a right hand but Ortaga moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Assad. Ortaga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ortaga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ortaga closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Assad did well to prevent Ortaga getting side control.
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!
Assad trying to control but Ortaga postures up.
Nice strikes from Ortaga there.
Ortaga prevents Assad from improving his position.
Ortaga is trying to control. Assad wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assad trying to control here.
Assad looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ortaga controlling the action here.
Assad is refusing to be controlled, as Ortaga sits in half guard.
Assad is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ortaga prevents Assad from improving his position.
Well, if Ortaga is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ortaga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Ortaga misses.
A punch combination from Assad misses.
Assad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ortaga.
Assad moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ortaga throws an overhand right that lands on Assad's shoulder, as Assad tries to avoid the shot.
Nice shot by Assad.
A combination from Assad does no damage.
Ortaga keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Assad.
Assad misses with a straight left.
Assad misses with an uppercut. Ortaga saw that one coming.
A combination from Ortaga does no damage.
No joy there for Assad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Assad throws a series of punches but Ortaga avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot by Ortaga.
Ortaga throws a right and a left that Assad avoids nicely.
A jab from Ortaga misses.
Ortaga misses the shot to the body.
Assad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ortaga.
Ortaga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Assad.
Ortaga takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ortaga walks into a jab.
Assad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Ortaga misses.
Assad is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ortaga had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Assad lands with a hook. Ortaga tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ortaga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Assad.
Assad lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assad scores with a punch to the head.
Assad will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ortaga throws out a loose jab but Assad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assad throws out a counter right but Ortaga avoids it with no problem.
Assad moves out of range as Ortaga strikes.
A little jabbing left from Assad on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortaga throws a series of punches but Assad moves out of range.
Ortaga takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ortaga takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ortaga slips a jab from Assad.
Ortaga tries to move into range but Assad moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Assad bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ortaga's head backwards.
Assad uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ortaga.
Ortaga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Assad throws a body punch but Ortaga moves out of range.
Ortaga swings for the body but Assad moves out of range.
A jab from Assad finds it's way through Ortaga's defenses.
Ortaga dives in and scores a takedown into Assad's guard.
Ortaga throwing strikes but missing.
Assad pulls Ortaga in to control the position.
Assad trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Assad dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Assad looks to land a combination but Ortaga avoids it well.
Ortaga is looking to counter punch.
Assad might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab from Assad finds it's way through Ortaga's defenses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Assad lands a slapping body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ortaga. Assad does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Assad. Ortaga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvaro Ortaga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Assad scores with a hook.
Ortaga closes the distance and clinches up with Assad, looking for a takedown. Ortaga pushes Assad against the cage but Assad circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Assad stuns Ortaga with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Assad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Assad lands a jab to Ortaga's midsection.
Ortaga takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ortaga throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Assad to counter with a crisp jab.
Assad misses with a looping left.
Ortaga drops down looking for a counter takedown but Assad sprawls and moves away.
Ortaga misses with an uppercut.
Assad scores with a sloppy right hand. Ortaga should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ortaga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Assad.
Assad throws a jab but it's blocked by Ortaga.
Ortaga rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Assad moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ortaga is trying hard to land a takedown here. Assad sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Assad misses with a wild body shot.
Ortaga throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortaga looks to score with a jab to the body but Assad is just out of range.
Assad lands a jab.
A jab from Assad finds it's way through Ortaga's defenses.
Assad connects with a single shot there.
Assad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Assad scores with a shot to the body.
Ortaga looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Assad connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Assad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Assad connects with a crisp jab.
Assad slips a jab and a cross from Ortaga.
Ortaga lands a nice hook to Assad's body. Assad takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sam Assad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ortaga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assad throws a shot to the body.
Assad with a nice cross.
Assad throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ortaga counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ortaga on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ortaga ducks right into an uppercut from Assad.
Assad misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Assad misses.
Assad staying out of range there.
Assad defending well as Ortaga loads up on a big left hand.
Ortaga looks to land a left hand but Assad moved out of range nicely.
Ortaga shoots in for a double leg but Assad sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alvaro Ortaga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Assad digs a good hook to Ortaga's body.
Assad throws a lazy right hand but Ortaga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ortaga throws out a loose jab but Assad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ortaga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Assad! But no joy.
Ortaga misses the shot to the body.
Ortaga misses with a double jab.
Assad connects with a crisp jab.
Assad lands with a good body shot.
Ortaga moves out of range of the strikes.
Ortaga cracks Assad with an open hand slap.
Assad lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assad looks to score with a jab to the body but Ortaga is just out of range.
Sam Assad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ortaga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ortaga looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Assad throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ortaga on the side of the head.
Assad throws a body punch but Ortaga moves out of range.
Assad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ortaga.
Ortaga slips under a jab.
Assad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ortaga was well out of range. Poor timing from Assad.
Assad throws a body punch but Ortaga moves out of range.
Assad scores with the left hand. Ortaga knows he should have avoided that one.
Assad uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ortaga has time to react.
Assad lands a lovely overhand right.
Ortaga digs a good body shot into Assad's ribs.
Assad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ortaga.
Ortaga takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Assad cracks Ortaga with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assad closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Assad connects with the punch.
Assad ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ortaga shoots in looking for a takedown. Assad tries to sprawl out of it but Ortaga keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Assad manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ortaga.
Assad stuns Ortaga with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Assad throws an overhand right that lands on Ortaga's shoulder, as Ortaga tries to avoid the shot.
Ortaga lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Assad throws a hook but Ortaga blocks it.
Ortaga throws a nice looking combination but Assad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Assad lands an overhand right.
Ortaga misses with a two punch combination.
Assad scores with a jab to the body.
Ortaga lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ortaga.
Ortaga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Assad enables Ortaga to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Assad manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortaga is working Assad over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Assad is looking to cinch up a triangle. Ortaga throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Assad's body to avoid the submission. Assad has instead reached around Ortaga's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Assad arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sam Assad!
Sam Assad made sure to mention his sponsor, KAISER Nutrition - Q160 in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mallador Locke (ranked 2794 p4p, 305 weight class) and Jack Merel (ranked 3112 p4p, 331 weight class). Merel has chosen Laura Tesoro - Higher as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mallador Locke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Merel!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Locke works over Merel's head and body with a nice combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Merel slips a jab and a cross from Locke.
Locke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Merel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Merel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Merel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lockes head.
Merel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Merel.
Locke leaning against his opponent.
Locke decides to pull guard.
Merel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Locke has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Merel has managed to get both his arms back between Locke's legs - danger averted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Merel tries to stand but Locke is controlling from the bottom.
Locke is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Locke has his hands on Merel's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Locke wants to sweep but no luck.
Locke lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Merel uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Merel is looking to clinch.
Merel is looking to clinch but Locke is avoiding it.
Locke misses with a wild combination.
Locke throws a hook to the side of Merel's head but Merel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Locke misses the jab.
Merel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Locke to score with a decent uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke scores with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Merel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Locke throws a big shot that misses.
Merel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Locke jabs Merel right on the nose. Merel blinks but takes it well.
Locke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Locke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Merel slips under a jab from Locke.
Locke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Merel staying out of range there.
Merel tries to clinch but Locke is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Locke misses the target.
Merel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Locke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Merel scrambles back to his feet.
Merel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Locke.
Locke shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Merel is trying to defend but Locke finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Locke is stalling here. Merel is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Locke seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Merel has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Locke is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merel working away.
Merel decides to stand back up.
Locke moves into range and clinches up with Merel.
Merel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Merel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Locke tries for a takedown but Merel manages to get underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Locke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Merel throws a head punch that misses.
Merel throws a punch but it's blocked by Locke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Locke.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Merel.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Merel misses with some punches.
Merel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Locke leaning against his opponent.
Locke blocking some punches.
Merel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Merel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Locke tries a body shot but Merel blocks it.
Locke manages to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Merel won't allow Locke to sweep him here.
Locke is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Locke seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mallador Locke dominated that 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.
Locke throws a big shot that misses.
Locke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Merel clinches up against the cage.
Merel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Merel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jack Merel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Merel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Merel lands a shoulder strike.
Merel swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Locke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Merel.
Locke blocking some punches.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Merel throws a punch but it's blocked by Locke.
Merel swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Merel throws a punch but it's blocked by Locke.
Locke pressing his opponent against the cage.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Merel has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Locke seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Merel can turn it around.
Locke is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Merel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Locke.
Merel misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Merel.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Merel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Merel scores with a shot to the side of Locke's head.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Merel misses with some punches.
Locke pressing his opponent against the cage.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Locke changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Merel fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Merel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Locke keeps the fight on the outside.
Merel tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Locke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merel moves in looking to clinch but Locke pushes him off.
Locke seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Merel drives through and clinches with Locke against the cage.
Merel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Locke trying to control the position but instead, Merel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Locke into the cage.
Locke has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Merel after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mallador Locke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Merel misses with some punches.
Locke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Merel lands an uppercut.
Locke taking a breather.
Merel working aggressively here.
Merel swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merel has a couple of punches blocked by Locke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Merel fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Merel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Locke tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Merel just stands there and leans against the cage.
Locke misses with some punches.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Merel throws a punch but it's blocked by Locke.
Merel misses with the head strike.
Locke is working for takedown but Merel is calmly controlling the position for now.
Locke lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Locke in particular looking to stall.
Merel has hold of Locke's hands but Locke slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Locke seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Merel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Merel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Merel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Locke.
Merel slips under a jab from Locke.
Merel closes the distance and clinches.
Merel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Merel swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merel misses with some punches.
Merel swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merel misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Merel.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Merel misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Locke is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Merel to keep the fight standing.
Locke tries to stall but Merel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Merel working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Merel.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Merel fails to land.
Merel throws a head punch that misses.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Locke pressing his opponent against the cage.
Merel throws a punch but it's blocked by Locke.
Merel throws a head punch that misses.
Merel has a couple of punches blocked by Locke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Merel fails to land.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Merel swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Merel.
Locke is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Merel swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Merel misses with a punch on the inside.
Merel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke blocks an uppercut.
Locke tries to pull guard but Merel forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Merel throws a head punch that misses.
Merel working aggressively here.
Locke jumps guard but Merel stands there with Locke around his waist. Locke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mallador Locke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Locke leaning against his opponent.
Merel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Merel fails to land.
Merel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Locke jumps guard and drags Merel to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Locke has Merel pulled in close to control his posture.
Merel would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Locke looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Merel is fighting to break Locke's control of his arms but Locke is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Locke looking to hit a scissor sweep but Merel is one step ahead there.
Merel wants to get up but he can't break Locke's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Locke is looking to sweep but instead, Merel has passed into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Locke holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Locke tries to get to full guard but Merel has control of the leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Merel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Merel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Merel!
A very excited looking Jack Merel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Mallador Locke was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back. Simple. I'll be back.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Splash Wetness (ranked 2046 p4p, 296 weight class) and Markus Drotske (ranked 3586 p4p, 473 weight class). Wetness comes to the cage accompanied by Pump Up The Jam- Technotronic. Splash Wetness has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Splash Wetness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Markus Drotske!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wetness avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wetness with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drotske to score with a decent uppercut.
Drotske throws a looping overhand right but Wetness ducks down to avoid it.
Wetness looks to score with a jab to the body but Drotske is just out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Wetness checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wetness tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Drotske manages to circle out of the way.
Wetness looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wetness misses with a looping left.
Drotske drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wetness defends it well.
Wetness misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Markus Drotske seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drotske tries to keep at a distance but Wetness has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wetness is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Drotske is keeping busy.
Wetness trying to stall but Drotske improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drotske tries to throw a body punch but Wetness avoids it by throwing Drotske back against the cage.
Drotske tries a body shot but Wetness blocks it.
Drotske lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wetness backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wetness.
Wetness is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wetness takes a shot to the head.
We've been informed that Drotske has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Still in the clinch, Drotske scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wetness doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drotske avoiding damage as Wetness throws knees to the body.
Drotske tightens his grip and picks Wetness up, before dumping him to the ground. Wetness manages to land in guard.
Wetness manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Drotske moves away from the strike by Wetness.
Wetness blocks a jab.
Drotske lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drotske misses with a straight left.
Wetness tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Drotske manages to circle out of the way.
Drotske looks to land a right hand but Wetness moved out of range.
Wetness tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Drotske manages to circle out of the way.
Drotske dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wetness. That did some damage!
Drotske throws out a loose jab but Wetness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wetness wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wetness lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Drotske scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Drotske or perhaps it was just good defense by Wetness, which made it look bad.
Wetness slips a jab from Drotske.
As Drotske tries to get set, Wetness tries to push him back and clinch up but Drotske manages to avoid the attempt.
Drotske throws a lazy right hand but Wetness sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Drotske feints and as Wetness raises his hands in defense, Drotske changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wetness is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Drotske is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drotske drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Drotske jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wetness is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drotske trying to control the position from guard on top but Wetness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wetness wants to stand and escape but Drotske is having none of it.
Drotske looking to pass the guard.
Drotske slips nicely into half guard.
Wetness is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wetness won't allow Drotske to pass to mount.
Drotske passes to side control.
Wetness wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A punch combination from Wetness misses.
Drotske tried to score with a low kick but Wetness checks it.
Wetness seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Drotske is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wetness.
As Drotske tries to get set, Wetness tries to push him back and clinch up but Drotske manages to avoid the attempt.
Wetness throws a hook to the side of Drotske's head but Drotske sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drotske slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Drotske scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Markus Drotske dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Drotske is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wetness.
Wetness tries to counter by clinching up but Drotske breaks away and moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Drotske.
Wetness uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drotske.
Drotske circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wetness misses with a hook. Drotske ducked under it nicely.
Drotske throws an overhand right that lands on Wetness's shoulder, as Wetness tries to avoid the shot.
Wetness tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Drotske manages to circle out of the way.
Drotske has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drotske drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wetness keeping moving, preventing Drotske from controlling successfully.
Wetness has his feet on Drotske's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Drotske misses the jab.
Wetness lands with an overhand left.
Drotske just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wetness avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Drotske misses with a two punch combination.
Wetness is looking to clinch but Drotske is avoiding it.
Drotske looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Drotske lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wetness looks to land a combination but Drotske avoids it well.
Drotske is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Drotske just misses with a punch to the body.
Wetness doesn't manage to clinch there - Drotske circles away.
Wetness fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Drotske has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Drotske.
Drotske misses with a looping left.
Wetness seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Drotske throws a looping overhand right but Wetness ducks down to avoid it.
Wetness tries to close the distance and clinch but Drotske swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drotske looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wetness is fending him off so far but Drotske persists. Nope, Wetness circles away and we're back to standing.
Drotske throws the left hand but Wetness avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drotske.
Drotske misses with a takedown attempt - Wetness sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wetness looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Drotske looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Drotske fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wetness looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Drotske finds it's way through Wetness's defenses.
Drotske lands an overhand right.
Drotske throws a lazy uppercut
and Wetness counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drotske creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wetness tries to stall but Drotske uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wetness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drotske's elbow.
Wetness prevents a body shot from Drotske.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wetness tries to land knees in the clinch but Drotske avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drotske lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Drotske fails to pull guard.
Splash Wetness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Markus Drotske.
Wetness dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Drotske misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wetness.
The referee calls for Wetness to work.
Drotske tries a body shot but Wetness blocks it.
Drotske lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wetness lands a knee to the head.
Wetness looking to stall.
Wetness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drotske.
Drotske tries a body shot but Wetness blocks it.
Wetness looking to slow down the pace here.
Wetness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drotske.
Markus Drotske seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wetness blocks an uppercut.
Wetness tries to work over Drotske's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Drotske throws a head punch that misses.
Drotske is leaning against Wetness and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wetness is trying to maintain a safe position but Drotske gets an underhook and turns Wetness into the cage.
Drotske lands a hook that snaps the head of Wetness backwards.
Drotske lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Drotske manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wetness wants to get up but he can't break Drotske's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Drotske throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wetness wants to get up but he can't break Drotske's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Markus Drotske showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Drotske lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wetness connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Drotske's hands.
Wetness misses with a lunging right hand
and Drotske cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wetness takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wetness lunges at Drotske with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drotske's hand.
Drotske misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wetness is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Drotske.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wetness. Drotske does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wetness lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drotske swinging wildly here.
Wetness with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drotske to score with a decent uppercut.
Drotske throws a big shot that misses.
Splash Wetness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drotske swats away the attempt to clinch by Wetness.
Wetness wants to clinch.
Splash Wetness is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed right hand from Drotske misses the target.
Wetness seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Wetness is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Drotske.
Wetness blocks a jab.
Drotske scores with a jab. Wetness acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Drotske tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab from Drotske.
Drotske throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Drotske misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wetness stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Drotske.
Wetness tries to bum rush Drotske with a series of wild strikes but Drotske uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wetness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drotske paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wetness ducks under a wild hook from Drotske.
Wetness is looking to counter the offense by Drotske and move into 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!
Drotske lands with a nice body punch.
Wetness is looking to clinch but Drotske is avoiding it.
Drotske blocks a head kick by Wetness.
Drotske takes a swing at Wetness's ribcage but misses.
Drotske walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wetness checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Markus Drotske seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wetness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice jab there from Drotske.
Drotske throws a jab when Wetness was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drotske throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wetness is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Drotske.
Wetness blocks a jab.
Wetness is looking to counter the offense by Drotske and move into the clinch.
Drotske finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wetness tries to close the distance and clinch but Drotske swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drotske lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wetness uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drotske.
Wetness tries to clinch up but Drotske circles away and keeps his distance.
Splash Wetness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wetness keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drotske.
Drotske connects with a body shot that sends Wetness's belly button to the back.
Wetness defending well as Drotske loads up on a big left hand.
Wetness is looking to counter the offense by Drotske and move into the clinch.
Wetness misses with a wild body shot.
Wetness tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wetness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drotske connects with a body shot.
Drotske avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drotske drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wetness defends it well.
Drotske waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wetness.
Wetness tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Drotske manages to circle out of the way.
A jab from Drotske finds it's way through Wetness's defenses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drotske.
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!
Wetness throws a leg kick which misses Drotske's front leg but catches the back leg as Drotske tries to avoid it.
Drotske is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wetness.
Drotske lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wetness misses with a wild body shot.
Drotske just misses with a punch to the body.
Wetness is looking to counter the offense by Drotske and move into the clinch.
Wetness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drotske tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Drotske jabs Wetness to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Drotske dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Markus Drotske comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Drotske has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Markus Drotske!
A very excited looking Markus Drotske made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ayn Rand (ranked 2394 p4p, 286 weight class) and Allan Kurma (ranked 1546 p4p, 193 weight class). 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ayn Rand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Allan Kurma!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurma lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rand throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kurma tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Rand is in Kurma's guard.
Rand stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kurma swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rand drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Kurma manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Rand has Kurma in his guard.
Rand is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kurma passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kurma throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rand gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Kurma sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rand is desperately trying to improve his position but Kurma has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rand tries to hold on but Kurma postures up.
Kurma thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kurma controlling from the full mount.
Kurma tries to control but Rand wriggling away.
Kurma might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rand haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Rand tries to reverse the position but Kurma maintains control.
Kurma wants to control the pace but Rand is squirming around nicely.
Kurma really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rand. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rand keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kurma controlling from mount.
Rand is trying to escape the mount.
Rand wants to control but Kurma is having none of it.
Kurma sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rand sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rand is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kurma pulls his head out easily.
Rand wants to control but Kurma is keeping busy.
Kurma keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Rand slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kurma avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kurma throwing strikes from guard but Rand blocks nicely.
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.
Kurma avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rand had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kurma defends it easily.
Kurma sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rand looking for subs off his back but Kurma has passed one foot through into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rand is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kurma pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Allan Kurma dominated that 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.
Kurma is looking to clinch but Rand is avoiding it.
Rand goes for a double leg but Kurma avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kurma continues to drive forward.
Kurma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rand. That did some damage!
Kurma takes the fight into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kurma prevents the takedown attempt.
The referee calls for Kurma to work.
Kurma breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rand tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kurma throws out a powerful jab.
A head kick by Kurma misses
and Rand counters with a single leg into guard. Kurma didn't expect that.
Rand drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Rand as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Kurma screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Rand! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ayn Rand!
Ayn Rand bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Birchack (ranked 7275 p4p, 464 weight class) and Chris Chandler (ranked 22222 p4p, 532 weight class). Chris Chandler has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Anthony Birchack's chin.
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138 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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137 lbs
5 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Birchack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Chandler!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chandler darts in trying to clinch
and Birchack counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Chandler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Birchack seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Birchack takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Birchack 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.
Chandler is trying to control but can't.
Chandler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Birchack scores with a couple of nice shots.
Birchack drops an elbow to the side of Chandler's head.
Birchack landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Birchack lands strikes from half guard.
Chandler is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birchack 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.
Chandler is still in real trouble! Can Birchack finish him?
Chandler is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Birchack pulls his head out easily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Birchack connects with a nice short shot to Chandler's temple.
Chandler looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchack looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Birchack scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Birchack winds up and cracks Chandler with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Birchack lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Chandler! More strikes land and this one is all over! Birchack jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Birchack!
In defeat, Chris Chandler stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ok, no problem!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Foreman (ranked 1023 p4p, 111 weight class) and Jake Sekany (ranked 1924 p4p, 212 weight class). Sekany has chosen John Fogerty-Centerfield as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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235 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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287 lbs
8 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Foreman !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Sekany!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Sekany is predictable there
and Foreman counters with a nice right hand that sends Sekany toppling to the canvas! Sekany scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Foreman finish him?!
It looks like Jake Sekany has been cut.
Sekany fails to land the takedown.
Foreman is looking to counter punch.
Sekany misses with a head kick.
Sekany shoots in for a takedown but Foreman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sekany on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sekany thows a leg kick but Foreman checks it
and Foreman counters with a huge left! Sekany is in big trouble! He's backing up but Foreman isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Sekany from any more damage. A dominating finish by Foreman !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Foreman !
The defeated Jake Sekany had this to say: 'Complete bullshit I could throw a ball at every judge, complete idiots. My opponent got lucky and I will be back. I never quit, I am like herpes, I go away but I just comeback stronger...'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Vasilevskiy (ranked 717 p4p, 100 weight class) and Jarttu Jurmu (ranked 1750 p4p, 215 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23
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13 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrei Vasilevskiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarttu Jurmu!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jurmu lands with an uppercut that bounces Vasilevskiy off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Andrei Vasilevskiy has been cut.
Andrei Vasilevskiy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jurmu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jurmu throws out a loose jab but Vasilevskiy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasilevskiy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jurmu throws the left hand but Vasilevskiy avoids the punch easily.
Vasilevskiy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jurmu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vasilevskiy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vasilevskiy throws a right hand that misses
and Jurmu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vasilevskiy thinking.
Jurmu throws a body shot but no joy.
Jurmu blocks a jab.
Vasilevskiy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jurmu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jurmu throws a low kick but Vasilevskiy moves out of range easily.
Jurmu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jurmu misses with a body shot.
Jurmu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vasilevskiy swings widly with a right hand
and Jurmu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasilevskiy misses with a looping left.
Vasilevskiy throws the left hand but Jurmu avoids the punch easily.
Jurmu feints a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasilevskiy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jurmu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jurmu misses with a wild body shot.
Good work by Vasilevskiy as he checks the leg kick.
Jurmu misses with a shot to the body
and Jurmu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vasilevskiy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jurmu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jurmu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vasilevskiy throws out a powerful jab.
Jurmu slips a straight right by Vasilevskiy.
Jurmu ducks under a wild hook from Vasilevskiy.
Jurmu misses with a shot to the body
and Vasilevskiy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vasilevskiy moves out of range of the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Jurmu as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Vasilevskiy.
Vasilevskiy misses with a jab to the body
and Jurmu counters with a solid body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurmu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jurmu slips a jab from Vasilevskiy.
Jurmu connects with a right hand. Vasilevskiy shakes it off.
Jurmu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vasilevskiy.
Vasilevskiy misses with a straight left.
A low kick from Jurmu misses
and Vasilevskiy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jurmu digs a good body shot into Vasilevskiy's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jurmu.
Jurmu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vasilevskiy doesn't seem bothered though.
Vasilevskiy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jurmu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jurmu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vasilevskiy loads up on a big right hand but Jurmu slips the punch.
Jurmu throws out a counter right but Vasilevskiy avoids it with no problem.
Vasilevskiy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vasilevskiy is rocked!
Jurmu has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Vasilevskiy is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Jurmu doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Vasilevskiy crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Vasilevskiy's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jarttu Jurmu!
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