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GAMMA#736 Lord v Keenan PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taran Chula (ranked 976 p4p, 124 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 1715 p4p, 208 weight class). Nazaryan has chosen DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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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 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Taran Chula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chula.
Chula thinks about countering with a head kick.
Chula throws a head kick that half lands.
Chula scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chula connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taran Chula seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazaryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nazaryan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chula ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chula lands an overhand right.
Nazaryan misses with a left hand
and Chula makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nazaryan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chula has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chula and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chula misses with a looping right.
Nazaryan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Chula misses with a looping right.
A bone on bone clash there as Nazaryan blocks the leg kick.
Nazaryan ducks right into an uppercut from Chula.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazaryan dodges the punch combination from Chula.
Nazaryan looks to land a body kick but Chula moved away.
Chula gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nazaryan.
Nazaryan misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nazaryan lands a shot to the body.
Nazaryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nazaryan as Chula tries to tie him up.
Nazaryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nazaryan working aggressively here.
Nazaryan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nazaryan blocks a body shot from Chula.
Nazaryan misses with some punches.
Chula tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nazaryan's elbow.
Chula can't find room to land a body shot as Nazaryan controls the action.
Nice body punch from Chula.
Nazaryan lands a body shot.
Nazaryan misses with the head strike.
Nazaryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Chula throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazaryan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nazaryan.
Chula manages to break the clinch.
Nazaryan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chula back to the cage. Nazaryan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Taran Chula has been cut.
Nazaryan misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chula slips a jab and a cross from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan misses with an uppercut. Chula saw that one coming.
Nazaryan fails to land with a series of punches.
Chula pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nazaryan back to the cage. Chula follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Chula fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nazaryan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A punch lands to the side of Nazaryan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nazaryan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chula.
Nazaryan missing with a left hand there. Chula was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body kick there by Chula.
Nazaryan misses with a few strikes there.
Nazaryan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nazaryan misses with a wild combination.
Chula clinches with his opponent.
Nazaryan cracks Chula with a nice body shot.
Nazaryan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazaryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chula's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan tries to throw a body punch but Chula avoids it by throwing Nazaryan back against the cage.
Nazaryan misses with some punches.
Chula wants to stall.
Chula misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chula stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nazaryan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chula.
Chula tries to work over Nazaryan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chula pushes Nazaryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chula manages to break the clinch.
Nazaryan misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chula. Nazaryan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chula missing with a left hand there. Nazaryan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chula lands with a cross.
Nazaryan dips to his left and cracks Chula with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Chula as he connects with a hook.
Nazaryan is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Chula swings for the body but Nazaryan moves out of range.
Nazaryan looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Nazaryan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chula lands a jab to the nose.
Chula is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chula paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nazaryan misses with a lunging right hand
and Chula counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chula fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chula takes one to the side of the head.
A jab from Chula does it's job there.
A jab from Chula misses.
Chula throws the left hand but Nazaryan avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazaryan misses with a body kick.
Chula moves out of range of the strikes.
Chula is looking to clinch but Nazaryan is avoiding it.
Nazaryan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taran Chula dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taran Chula's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Chula tries to close the distance and clinch but Nazaryan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chula scores with a jab to the head.
Chula lunges at Nazaryan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nazaryan's hand.
Nazaryan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chula finds it's way round the side to connect with Nazaryan's head.
Chula connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nazaryan momentarily.
Chula staying out of range there.
Chula wants to clinch up but Nazaryan keeps it at a distance.
Nazaryan throws a push kick but Chula slaps the foot to one side.
Chula throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nazaryan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nazaryan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chula connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nazaryan scrambles back to his feet.
A lazy left from Nazaryan finds it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Nazaryan. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chula lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nazaryan at a distance.
Nazaryan takes a swing at Chula's ribcage but misses.
Chula is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazaryan can do to turn this around?
Chula connects with a single shot there.
Chula misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws out a counter right but Chula avoids it with no problem.
Nazaryan misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chula looks to land a right hand but Nazaryan moved out of range.
Nazaryan throws a head kick but Chula moves out of range.
Chula looks to land a combination. Nazaryan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Chula misses with a wild body shot.
Chula is looking to clinch.
Chula swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chula feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nazaryans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Chula lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chula moves out of range as Nazaryan strikes.
Nazaryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chula.
Nazaryan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nazaryan throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looks like Chula has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Chula feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nazaryans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazaryan misses with a body shot.
Nazaryan moves out of range as Chula strikes.
Taran Chula is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chula lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nazaryan delivers a nice body kick.
Chula throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nazaryan.
Chula connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nazaryan momentarily.
Chula ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazaryan moves away.
Chula fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nazaryan throws out a loose jab but Chula uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Chula.
Jab from Chula.
Chula lands a nice hook to Nazaryan's body. Nazaryan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chula looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vrej Nazaryan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chula connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nazaryan. Nazaryan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nazaryan misses with a looping left.
Nazaryan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chula lands a leg kick that knocks Nazaryan off balance momentarily.
Chula tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nazaryan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nazaryan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chula moves out of range as Nazaryan throws a body kick.
Nazaryan misses with a jab, cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Chula.
Chula tries to land a front kick but Nazaryan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
As Chula backs off Nazaryan throws a huge counter combo but Chula manages to avoid it all.
Nazaryan is looking to land body kicks.
Chula checks a low kick from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan checks a low kick from Chula.
Nazaryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chula has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Chula there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nazaryan misses with a looping left.
Chula lands a really nice looking cross but Nazaryan seems unphased.
Chula lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chula looks to score with a jab to the body but Nazaryan is just out of range.
Nazaryan misses with a straight left.
Chula connects with a solid leg kick.
Chula throws a leg kick which misses Nazaryan's front leg but catches the back leg as Nazaryan tries to avoid it.
Nazaryan misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chula.
Nazaryan throws a combination. Chula tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Chula lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nazaryan doesn't seem phased though.
A telegraphed right hand from Nazaryan misses the target.
Chula walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chula blocks a jab.
Chula takes one to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chula. Nazaryan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nazaryan slips under a jab from Chula.
Nazaryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chula is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chula throws the kick towards the body but Nazaryan avoids it.
Chula swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nazaryan.
Chula is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazaryan moves out of range of the strikes.
Chula looks to score with a jab to the body but Nazaryan is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nazaryan.
Nice defenses there by Nazaryan.
Despite the aggression on Nazaryan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taran Chula dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Taran Chula's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Chula throws a body punch but Nazaryan moves out of range.
Nazaryan is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Chula connects with a solid leg kick.
Chula lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nazaryan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chula thows a leg kick but Nazaryan checks it
and Nazaryan counters with a two punch combo.
Nazaryan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nazaryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Nazaryan.
Chula throws a body shot but no joy.
Nazaryan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chula cracks Nazaryan with an open hand slap.
Chula looks to land a right hand but Nazaryan moved out of range.
Chula lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nazaryan takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chula connects with a solid leg kick.
Chula fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Chula misses.
Sloppy strikes from Chula. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chula.
Chula was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chula feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nazaryans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nazaryan misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Chula misses.
Chula lands a body shot.
Nazaryan misses with a few strikes there.
Chula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chula bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nazaryan's head backwards.
Nazaryan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nazaryan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chula misses with a straight right.
Chula uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nazaryan.
Chula seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nazaryan looks to land a left hand but Chula moved out of range nicely.
Chula swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazaryan misses with a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nazaryan.
Chula throws a lazy right hand but Nazaryan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chula connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nazaryan's hands.
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!
Chula steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nazaryan.
Chula loads up on a big right hand but Nazaryan slips the punch.
Chula lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab lands there for Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws the left hand but Chula avoids the punch easily.
Nazaryan looks to land a body kick but Chula moved away.
Nazaryan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chula moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chula misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nazaryan lands with a shot to the body.
Chula is looking to slow Nazaryan down with leg kicks.
Nazaryan misses with a low kick.
Nazaryan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nazaryan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chula connects with a jab.
Chula misses with an uppercut. Nazaryan saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chula was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazaryan.
Chula throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chula gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nazaryan swings for the body but Chula moves out of range.
It looked like Chula wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice defenses there by Chula.
Vrej Nazaryan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chula on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Taran Chula is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chula cracks a nice hook into Nazaryan's ribs.
Nice shot lands for Chula.
Chula looks to land a left hand but Nazaryan moved out of range nicely.
Nazaryan throws out a counter right but Chula avoids it with no problem.
Chula changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chula throws a jab when Nazaryan was well out of range.
Chula throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chula lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A left lands for Chula.
Chula fails to land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazaryan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Chula on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan connects with a single shot there.
Chula cracks Nazaryan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chula takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chula looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chula takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chula scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nazaryan doesn't seem bothered though.
Chula thows a left - swing and a miss!
Decent striking displayed by Chula there.
Chula tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nazaryan was well out of range. Poor timing from Chula.
Chula throws a right hand that misses
and Nazaryan counters with a stiff right hand.
Chula scores with a leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Nazaryan.
Chula swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chula lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nazaryan's sensitive parts.
Chula takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nazaryan avoids the body shot from Chula.
Chula lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Taran Chula showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chula, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taran Chula!
Vrej Nazaryan spoke after the fight, saying 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Barack Obama (ranked 1106 p4p, 115 weight class) and Grin Ribber (ranked 405 p4p, 50 weight class). Ribber has chosen Kynnet, kynnet as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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143 lbs
27 - 26 - 1 |
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147 lbs
34 - 17 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Granite chin |
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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
27 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barack Obama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grin Ribber!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribber fails with the takedown.
Obama thuds a left hand into Ribber's body.
Obama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obama misses the shot to the body.
Ribber throws a shot from downtown. Obama moves away and avoids it.
Obama seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Obama dodges the punch combination from Ribber.
Obama dives in for a single leg takedown but Ribber sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Obama decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ribber wants to get back to full guard.
Ribber is defending against the submission attempts here by Obama.
Ribber looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber is trying to get back to full guard.
Obama trying to mount his opponent but Ribber defends it.
Obama passes to side control.
Ribber is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ribber is trying to control but can't.
Ribber is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribber wants to control but Obama is keeping busy.
Ribber makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ribber.
Ribber looking for a triangle here. Obama is fighting it but it looks tight! Ribber pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Obama is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Grin Ribber!
Grin Ribber bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donsone De (ranked 522 p4p, 80 weight class) and Jack Shaw (ranked 528 p4p, 81 weight class). Shaw has chosen Family Force 5 - Chainsaw as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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214 lbs
33 - 22 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donsone De!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw throws a sloppy body shot
and De counters with a nice leg kick.
Shaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De.
Shaw thuds a left hand into De's body.
Shaw misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De counters with a thumping low kick.
Shaw 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.
Shaw throws an off balance right hand
and De counters with a slapping leg kick.
De throws a leg kick but Shaw sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shaw misses with a right hand
and Shaw takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shaw tries to bum rush De with a series of wild strikes but De uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De lands a slapping body shot.
Shaw rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shaw takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shaw throws a jab but it's blocked by De.
De connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shaw momentarily.
De lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De lands a right hook to the body.
Shaw is looking to clinch but De is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw throws a right and a left that De avoids nicely.
De tries to counter with a takedown but Shaw is quick to defend against it.
A swing and a miss from Shaw.
De fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Shaw sprawls well initially but De persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
De trying to mount his opponent but Shaw defends it.
De sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shaw defending well though.
Shaw actively working from the bottom here.
Shaw gets full guard.
De cracks Shaw with a solid left hand.
De throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Shaw tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
De content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
De lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shaw lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shaw has gone for a leg lock! De slips out almost immediately though and dives into Shaw's guard.
Shaw is looking for a triangle but De pushes his legs off easily.
Shaw keeping moving, preventing De from controlling successfully.
De cracks Shaw with a solid left hand.
De stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shaw swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw working a defensive guard here.
De is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
De lands a couple of elbows.
Shaw manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. De manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw trying to control the position from guard on top but De is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shaw stopping the sweep attempt from De.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw stands and steps away. De gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Nice defenses there by Shaw.
De's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shaw connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De scrambles back to his feet.
A big right from Shaw misses.
Shaw looks to land a right hand but De moved out of range.
De was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
De moves away from the strike by Shaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by De. That's going to slow Shaw down.
De looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De moves away.
Jack Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shaw drives through and clinches with De against the cage.
De can't find room to land a body shot as Shaw controls the action.
De works on Shaw's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Shaw fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaw jumps guard but De turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
De tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donsone De dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
De drops his hands momentarily and Shaw takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shaw misses with a hook.
Shaw stuns De with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De rushes Shaw and presses him up against the cage.
De works on Shaw's body with a couple of short punches.
Shaw misses with a hook from the clinch.
De can't find room to land a body shot as Shaw controls the action.
De blocks a body shot from Shaw.
Shaw has a couple of punches blocked by De.
Shaw jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as De walks away with a smile on his face. Shaw gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Shaw fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De throws a hook but Shaw avoids it easily.
De moves out of range of the strikes.
De throws the left hand but Shaw avoids the punch easily.
De pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De slips under a jab from Shaw.
Shaw with a hook.
De defending well as Shaw loads up on a big left hand.
De misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De throws a body shot but no joy.
Shaw tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De throws a sloppy body shot
letting Shaw counter with a right hand.
Shaw throws an overhand right that lands on De's shoulder, as De tries to avoid the shot.
De looks to land a right hand but Shaw moved out of range.
De connects with a body shot.
De drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
De tries to free his leg and advance position but Shaw is retaining full guard.
Shaw manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. De manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Shaw's guard.
Shaw looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
De lands a couple of decent looking shots.
De postures up.
De scoring with some ground and pound.
De postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
De working some strikes from top position.
De in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
De pushes down on Shaw's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Shaw works his way to full guard. Good work.
De is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shaw can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De trying to control but Shaw is working from the bottom.
De with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
De trying to control the position from guard on top but Shaw is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shaw pulls De in close to his closed guard and prevents De from doing any damage or advancing position.
De cracks Shaw with a solid left hand.
De passes into half guard.
De is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
De working over Shaw with some ground and pound. Shaw looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De is keen to just control but Shaw is a slippery customer.
De slips a nice elbow through Shaw's hands, connecting with Shaw's forehead.
De slips a nice elbow through Shaw's hands, connecting with Shaw's forehead.
De landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shaw tries to get to full guard but De has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from De there.
Shaw manages to get to full guard.
Shaw looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
De wants to control from the top but Shaw keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donsone De dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
De steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shaw.
Shaw walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
De slips under a jab from Shaw.
De fails to land the takedown.
De needs to keep his hands up - Shaw had a free shot at his head there.
De scores with a kick to the midsection.
De tries to bum rush Shaw with a series of wild strikes but Shaw uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De scores with a shot to the body.
Shaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shaw tries to clinch but fails miserably
and De counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Shaw tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De is sitting in close to Shaw's body. Shaw has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! De is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, De is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Shaw.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jack Shaw!
Jack Shaw bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Donsone De spoke after the fight, saying 'The only real victory are KOs, and you failed. Savor the Win, You'll know why I let you have the W, because somebody is going to get cucked by his girl with me soon. *smirks*'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darren Lamb (ranked 463 p4p, 61 weight class) and Ephram Urani (ranked 714 p4p, 85 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Lamb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ephram Urani!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urani takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lamb misses with an uppercut.
Lamb misses the jab.
Urani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Urani lands a jab.
It looks like Darren Lamb has been cut.
Lamb cracks Urani with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lamb lands a body shot.
Lamb misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Urani misses.
Ephram Urani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamb lands with a slapping head kick.
Urani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Urani looks to land a left hand but Lamb moved out of range nicely.
Urani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lamb's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lamb duly obliges.
Urani pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Urani walks into a jab.
Urani lands with a straight right. Lamb didn't see that one coming.
Lamb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Urani circles away quickly and effectively.
Urani misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamb just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Urani.
Urani connects with a right hand. Lamb shakes it off.
Lamb cracks Urani with an open hand slap.
Lamb scores with the left hand. Urani knows he should have avoided that one.
Lamb will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Urani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Urani does it's job there.
A swing and a miss from Lamb.
Lamb 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.
Lamb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Urani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Urani thinks about the counter body kick.
Lamb misses with a straight right.
Lamb scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Urani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Urani lands a front kick.
Urani throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Urani connects with a body shot that sends Lamb's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamb has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Urani.
Lamb is breathing heavily.
Urani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Urani.
Urani misses with an uppercut.
Urani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body kick from Urani.
Urani looks to score with a jab to the body but Lamb is just out of range.
Lamb takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Urani takes a swing at Lamb's ribcage but misses.
Ephram Urani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lamb takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lamb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Urani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lamb avoids the head kick by Urani.
Urani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lamb.
Lamb loads up on a big right hand but Urani slips the punch.
Lamb scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urani blocks a jab.
Urani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lamb checks a leg kick.
Lamb on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Urani. Urani obviously looking to wear him down.
Lamb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Urani.
Urani jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lamb tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lamb tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice takedown defense from Urani. No joy for Lamb on that attempt.
Urani throws a good cross that connects.
Urani takes a swing at Lamb's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Urani.
Lamb takes a swing at Urani's ribcage but misses.
A punch lands to the side of Lamb 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Urani lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urani wants to land a leg kick but Lamb is out of range.
Urani fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lamb.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamb scores with a jab to the head.
Lamb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urani delivers a nice body kick.
Lamb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Urani.
Urani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Urani wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Urani.
Lamb walks into a straight right hand from Urani.
Lamb is rocked!
Lamb throws a hook but Urani avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Urani! But no joy.
Lamb is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Urani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lamb tests Urani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Urani thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Lamb was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamb misses with a body kick.
Lamb fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Urani on the side of the head.
Lamb takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Lamb is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Urani darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Lamb's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Urani before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ephram Urani!
Ephram Urani 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.
The defeated Darren Lamb had this to say: 'Baaaaaa... Baaaaaa... Baaaaa... Shit, someone backstage put acid in my drink. I thought I was a lamb.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Musta Laine (ranked 333 p4p, 46 weight class) and Ryu Musashi (ranked 443 p4p, 52 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Laine might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Disturbed - Sound of Silence. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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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
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Musta Laine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryu Musashi!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Laine misses its intended target.
Musashi looks for a takedown but Laine sprawls well.
Laine has a takedown stuffed.
Good shot there by Musashi.
Musashi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.
Good work by Musashi as he checks the leg kick.
Laine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Musashi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musashi blocks a head kick by Laine.
Musashi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Laine tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laine misses with a straight right.
Laine looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Laine throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi scores with a push kick.
Musashi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Musashi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Musashi scores with a punch to the head.
Laine gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Musashi cracks the inside of Laine's front leg.
Musashi's corner calls for a 1-2. Musashi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Laine walks into a straight right hand from Musashi.
Good standup being displayed there by Musashi as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Musashi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Musashi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Laine had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Musashi swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Musashi moves away and avoids it.
And Musashi responds with a good body kick, but Laine manages to step out the way in time.
Musashi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Laine to the mat! Laine manages to get full guard.
Musashi is fighting to break Laine's control of his arms but Laine is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Laine can't keep his opponent in guard - Musashi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Musashi frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Musashi forces the positional change into back control.
Musashi trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Laine is in bad spot here.
Laine manages to reverse the position and now he's in Musashi's guard. Nice work there by Laine.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laine won't allow Musashi to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Laine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Laine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Musashi controls Laine momentarily but Laine frees himself.
Musashi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Laine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Laine scoring with some ground and pound.
Laine throwing strikes but missing.
Musashi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Musashi is on top in guard.
Musashi postures up.
Laine is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Laine looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Laine keeping full guard, as Musashi tries to pass.
Musashi preventing the sweep.
Musashi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Laine escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Musashi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryu Musashi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Laine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Musashi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Musashi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Laine counters with a good low kick that Musashi was not able to check.
Laine moves out of range of the body kick.
Laine was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Musashi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Laine checks it well.
Laine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Musashi.
Ryu Musashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laine lands a leg kick that knocks Musashi off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Musashi.
Laine moves forwards but Musashi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Laine misses with a wild combination.
Musashi flicks out a counter leg kick but Laine steps away.
Laine throws a body kick that misses
and Musashi counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi scores with a jab to the head.
Laine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Musashi.
Laine throws a right and a left that Musashi avoids nicely.
Musashi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Laine lands a lovely overhand right.
Musashi lands with a cross.
Laine takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Musashi. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Laine dives in and grabs Musashi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Musashi pushes down on Laine's head and hops out.
Musashi throws a solid leg kick but Laine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Musashi.
Musashi throws out a leg kick but Laine moves out of range and Musashi only half commits.
Musashi lands the left hand.
Musashi lands with an uppercut that bounces Laine off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Musashi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryu Musashi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Musashi manages to avoid it.
Laine feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Musashi's calf.
Musashi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Laine connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Musashi to the floor! Laine dives in looking for the finish!
Musashi is rocked!
It looks like Ryu Musashi has been cut.
Musashi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Laine pulls his head out easily.
Musashi is still in real trouble! Can Laine finish him?
Musashi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Laine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Musashi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Laine tries to pass to full mount but Musashi defends it.
Musashi moves into full guard.
Laine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Laine works over Musashi with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine passes Musashi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Laine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Laine lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Musashi quite badly. Musashi pulls Laine in close trying to recover. Laine postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Musashi on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Musashi doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Musta Laine!
After the fight, Musta Laine 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Big Guns (ranked 485 p4p, 67 weight class) and Archie Moore (ranked 292 p4p, 42 weight class). Archie Moore told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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192 lbs
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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
19 - 18 - 2, fighting out of London, Big Guns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore defending well as Guns loads up on a big left hand.
Moore lands a body shot.
Guns throws a body kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Moore on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Guns looks to score with a jab to the body but Moore is just out of range.
Guns on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Moore connects with an inside leg kick.
Guns throws a low kick but Moore moves out of range easily.
Moore misses with a body shot.
Moore tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Guns pivots, looking for a leg kick but Moore is out of range and Guns settles back down.
Moore throws the kick towards the body but Guns avoids it.
Archie Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore misses with a looping left.
Guns clinches up against the cage.
Moore missing with knees to the body.
Moore is looking to break free of the clinch but Guns has double underhooks.
Guns manages to break the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moore.
Guns slips a jab from Moore.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore jabs at Guns's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore ducks right into an uppercut from Guns.
Moore 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.
Moore lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Moore.
Guns looks to throw the jab but Moore is out of range.
Guns punishes Moore's body with a nice straight punch.
Moore waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Guns.
Moore fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Guns!
Moore scores with a nice right hand.
Moore connects with a solid leg kick.
Moore looks to land a body kick but Guns moved away.
Guns throws a front kick aimed at Moore's knee but Moore avoids it well.
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 thudding body kick lands there by Moore!
Moore buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Guns throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Guns throws a hook but Moore avoids it easily.
Guns is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Moore connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns ducks under a wild hook from Moore.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moore. Guns does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guns connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Moore misses the jab.
Moore misses with a hook
and Guns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moore scores with a hook.
Moore looks to score with a jab to the body but Guns is just out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Moore as he connects with a hook.
Guns connects with a nice looking jab.
Guns swings widly with a right hand
and Guns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guns swings widly with a right hand
and Moore counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab lands there for Moore.
Moore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guns manages to avoid it.
Guns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moore scores with a shot to the body.
Guns's jab looks to have found its range, popping Moore under the eye.
Moore is rocked!
Guns checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Guns to counter with a crisp jab.
Moore is still on wobbly legs! Can Guns finish him?
Guns fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moore, pushing him back against the cage.
Moore blocks the elbow strike.
Moore seems to have recovered his senses.
I was talking to Guns's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Moore is struggling to control the position.
Guns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Guns is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Moore is keeping busy.
Moore tries to work over Guns's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moore looking to throw knees to the head but Guns is blocking nicely.
Guns dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Guns.
Guns stalling against the cage.
Moore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moore being controlled against the cage.
Moore blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moore.
Moore lands with a right to the head.
Moore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guns throws a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Moore.
Guns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guns bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guns with a jab.
Guns tries to clinch there but Moore circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moore on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Guns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guns misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Archie Moore will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Moore connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Guns has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Moore.
Guns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moore.
Moore throws a counter combo.
A jab from Moore does it's job there.
Archie Moore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moore throws a looping overhand right but Guns ducks down to avoid it.
Moore throws a leg kick
and Guns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Moore.
Guns scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Guns looks to land a left hand but Moore moved out of range nicely.
Guns throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moore ducks right into an uppercut from Guns.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Guns is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Guns moves out of range of the strikes.
Guns avoids a kick to the body.
Guns lands a nice hook to Moore's body. Moore takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Guns doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns blocks the body kick.
A low kick from Moore misses
and Guns counters with a big uppercut that knocks Moore off his feet! Guns dives into side control looking to finish!
Guns looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Guns tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guns wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Moore, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Moore's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guns working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Guns has hold of Moore's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Moore tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Guns cranks the arm and Moore screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Moore, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Big Guns!
After winning the bout, Big Guns thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Archie Moore was interviewed post fight and said 'Ugh'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elvis Astrok (ranked 499 p4p, 17 weight class) and Gomu Gomu (ranked 797 p4p, 29 weight class). Astrok comes to the cage accompanied by Janna - Täyteen vaan. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Elvis Astrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gomu Gomu!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomu. Astrok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Astrok moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Gomu Gomu has been cut.
Astrok definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gomu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gomu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gomu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Astrok to score with a decent uppercut.
Gomu tries to clinch there but Astrok circles away.
Gomu throws a body kick that misses.
Gomu throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Astrok showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomu.
Astrok clinches up with Gomu and pushes him back against the cage.
Astrok throws an elbow but it misses.
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!
Gomu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gomu prevents a body shot from Astrok.
Astrok lands a body shot.
Astrok unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gomu looks winded!
Astrok fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Astrok lands with a light punch inside.
Gomu takes a shot to the head.
Astrok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gomu backwards.
Astrok misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Gomu scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomu.
A short right from Astrok on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astrok.
Gomu pushes Astrok back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Astrok blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Astrok lands a hook that snaps the head of Gomu backwards.
Gomu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Astrok breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Astrok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Astrok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gomu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gomu misses with a straight left.
Astrok throws a body kick that misses.
Astrok throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gomu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good leg kick by Astrok there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astrok is looking to clinch but Gomu is avoiding it.
Gomu punishes Astrok's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astrok feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomu's calf.
A punch combination from Astrok misses.
Gomu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Astrok tries to clinch there but Gomu circles away.
Astrok throws a sloppy head kick and Gomu moves out of range easily.
Gomu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Astrok lands a jab to the nose.
Gomu loads up on a big right hand but Astrok slips the punch.
Gomu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Astrok uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomu.
Astrok wants to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Gomu misses.
Astrok swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomu.
Gomu misses with a kick to the body.
Gomu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Astrok moves out of range as Gomu strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Astrok lands a big head kick that sends Gomu tumbling to the mat! Astrok takes a step backwards and waves Gomu back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That has opened up Gomu Gomu's cut even more.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astrok throws a head kick but Gomu moves out of range.
Astrok misses with a body kick.
Astrok throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomu.
The fighters circle, before Astrok throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Gomu's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Astrok lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Elvis Astrok!
Elvis Astrok tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lao Shin (ranked 82 p4p, 13 weight class) and Project Doom (ranked 31 p4p, 4 weight class). Shin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shaolin Chamber of Death. Doom is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Battle Beast - Touch in the Night. Project Doom will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
36 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Lao Shin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Project Doom!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shin counters with a good, hard body kick but Doom shrugs it off.
Shin throws a lazy right hand but Doom sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Shin.
Doom looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Doom throws a body kick that misses.
Doom misses with the combination.
Doom throws a leg kick but Shin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Shin misses with a shot to the body
and Doom counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Doom misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Shin misses its target.
Shin dodges the punch combination from Doom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shin moves away from the strike by Doom.
Doom throws a hook to the side of Shin's head but Shin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shin throwing a counter right hand but Doom manages to avoid it.
Doom is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Doom misses with a looping right.
Doom connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Doom. Doom obviously looking to wear him down.
Shin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doom.
Shin throws a body shot but no joy.
Doom misses with a looping left.
Shin throws a body kick that misses.
Doom appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Doom looks to land a right hand but Shin moved out of range.
Shin is looking to counter with a body kick.
Doom jabs Shin right on the nose. Shin blinks but takes it well.
Doom throws an off balance right hand
and Shin counters by moving into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Shin.
Shin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shin misses with a punch to the body.
Shin takes a shot to the head.
Doom throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shins head.
Doom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shin gets through Doom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Doom backwards.
Doom blocks an elbow strike from Shin.
We've been informed that Doom 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Shin.
Shin misses with a punch on the inside.
Shin scores with a shot to the side of Doom's head.
Doom manages to break the clinch.
Doom throws a leg kick but Shin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Doom on the side of the head.
Doom connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Doom throws a leg kick that is checked
and Shin counters with a leg kick.
Doom looks to land a body kick but Shin moved away.
Shin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little feinted left hand from Shin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Project Doom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doom takes one to the side of the head.
Doom slips a straight right by Shin.
Doom looks to land a right hand but Shin moved out of range.
Doom motions for Shin to come forward. Doom throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Doom dips to his left and cracks Shin with an uppercut!
Doom looks to land a left hand but Shin moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Shin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shin staying out of range there.
Doom misses with a hook.
Shin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Shin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Doom on the side of the head.
Doom tries a low kick but Shin avoids it.
Shin misses with an uppercut. Doom saw that one coming.
Shin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Doom is out of range and Shin settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Shin.
Doom throws a body punch but Shin moves out of range.
Shin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Doom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shin's sensitive parts.
Shin throws a body kick that misses.
Doom looks to land a right hand but Shin moved out of range.
Shin throws a wild body kick that Doom sees coming a mile off.
A countering left hand to the body from Doom misses.
Doom lands with a cross.
Doom throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom throws a shot from downtown. Shin moves away and avoids it.
Shin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Doom scores with a sloppy right hand. Shin should have avoided that one.
Doom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Doom misses with a left hand
and Shin counters with a low kick, right behind Doom 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shin throws a chopping leg kick but Doom manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Doom throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Doom throws a sloppy body shot
and Shin counters with a good low kick that Doom was not able to check.
Doom throws the left hand but Shin avoids the punch easily.
Doom bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shin's head backwards.
Shin wants to slow Doom down by chopping away at his legs.
Doom connects with an inside leg kick.
Shin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shin misses with an uppercut. Doom saw that one coming.
Doom looks to score with a jab to the body but Shin is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Project Doom dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Doom avoids a kick to the body.
Doom chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shin can pounce on him.
A clash of legs there as Shin blocks the low kick.
Doom feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shin's calf.
Doom has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Doom takes a swing at Shin's ribcage but misses.
Shin connects with a leg kick. Doom looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Shin lands with a good body shot.
Doom looks to land a body kick but Shin moved away.
Doom lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Shin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doom cracks Shin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good work by Shin as he checks the leg kick.
Shin throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doom with a nice cross.
Doom misses with an uppercut. Shin saw that one coming.
Shin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom wants to slow Shin down by chopping away at his legs.
Doom throws a leg kick but Shin moved away.
Doom is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Shin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shin moves out of range of the body kick from Doom.
It looked like Shin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shin misses with a low kick as Doom jumps back.
Shin throws a hook but Doom avoids it easily.
Doom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doom throws a head kick but Shin moves out of range.
Project Doom seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shin blocks a head kick by Doom.
Doom throws a shot to the body.
Doom's jab looks to have found its range, popping Shin under the eye.
Shin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shin throws a jab but it's blocked by Doom.
Doom slips a straight right by Shin.
Doom steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Doom.
Doom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Doom.
Doom scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doom throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shin misses with an elbow over the top.
Doom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shin trying to stall but Doom improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shin.
Doom prevents a body shot from Shin.
Shin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shin backwards.
Shin digs a right hand underneath Doom's ribcage. Doom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Doom as Shin tries to tie him up.
Shin blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Doom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shin lands a body punch.
Shin has a couple of punches blocked by Doom.
Doom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Doom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shin.
Doom moves out of range of the body kick.
Shin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Doom pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shin lands a jab to Doom's midsection.
Doom cracks Shin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Doom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Doom connects with a nice looking jab.
Doom throws a sloppy head kick and Shin moves out of range easily.
Doom throws a sloppy body shot
and Shin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doom throws the left hand but Shin avoids the punch easily.
Shin tried to counter with a leg kick but Doom avoided it.
Doom throws a hook to the side of Shin's head but Shin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shin missing with a left hand there. Doom was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Doom misses with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Doom, right into the meat.
Shin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Doom misses with a straight left.
Shin is looking to counter punch.
Doom throws a front kick aimed at Shin's knee but Shin avoids it well.
Doom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shin manages to avoid it.
Shin avoids the body shot from Doom.
Shin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Doom throws a lazy right hand but Shin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Doom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Project Doom showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Shin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Doom throws a leg kick but Shin checks it.
Shin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Doom takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Doom is rocked!
Doom misses with a hook. Shin ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Shin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Doom throws a push kick but Shin slaps the foot to one side.
Shin misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Doom! But no joy.
Doom misses with a left hand
and Shin counters with a leg kick.
Shin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Doom is still on wobbly legs! Can Shin finish him?
Doom tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Doom seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Shin misses.
Doom misses with a right hand
and Shin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Doom swings widly with a right hand
and Shin finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Doom feints and then cracks Shin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shin down.
Doom misses with a hook
and Shin counters with a straight right hand.
Doom scores with a body shot.
A slow jab from Shin misses its intended target.
Doom throws out a counter right but Shin avoids it with no problem.
Doom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shin throws a wild body kick that Doom sees coming a mile off.
Doom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shin manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Doom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doom works Shin's body with a nice hook.
Shin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Doom. Doom circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shin avoids the body shot from Doom.
Doom lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doom throws a right hand that Shin ducks under and follows up with a left that Shin also avoids with ease.
Doom on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shin clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Shin.
Shin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Shin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Shin.
Shin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doom working aggressively here.
Shin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Doom backwards.
Doom landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shin stalling in the clinch.
Shin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shin blocks an uppercut.
Shin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shin backwards.
Doom is looking to break free of the clinch but Shin has double underhooks.
Shin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shin swings wildly with an uppercut but Doom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shin backwards.
Doom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Doom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Doom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shin.
A body shot lands from Shin.
Doom presses Shin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Doom is trying to push Shin away but Shin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Shin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Doom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shin cracks the inside of Doom's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shin blocks the body kick.
Doom thows a body kick. Shin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Doom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Doom appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Shin.
It looked like Shin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Shin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Doom scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Doom thuds his right hand into Shin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Doom misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice cross by Shin.
Doom throws a sloppy head kick and Shin moves out of range easily.
Shin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Doom.
Doom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lao Shin clearly takes 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.
Shin takes one to the side of the head.
Doom takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shin throws a body shot but no joy.
Doom walks into a straight right hand from Shin.
Shin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Doom misses.
Shin throwing a counter right hand but Doom manages to avoid it.
Shin ducks under a wild hook from Doom.
Doom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Shin. Those never looked like landing.
Doom throws out a counter right but Shin avoids it with no problem.
Doom tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Doom misses with a left hand
enabling Shin to counter with a crisp jab.
Doom shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin walks into a left hand.
Shin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Doom has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Doom lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shin misses with a kick to the body.
Doom throws a lazy uppercut
and Shin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Doom's knee momentarily.
Doom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shin.
Shin misses the shot to the body.
Doom checks a leg kick nicely.
Doom lands with a thumping leg kick.
Doom throws a wild body kick that Shin sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from Shin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Doom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shin moves away.
A low kick from Doom is predictable there
and Shin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Doom's knee momentarily.
Doom throws a poor cross that misses
and Shin counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shin lands a glancing blow to the side of Doom's head.
Doom shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doom throws a low kick but Shin moves out of range easily.
Shin appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Shin moves away from the strike by Doom.
Doom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slow jab from Shin misses its intended target.
Doom is looking to land body kicks.
Shin throws a body shot but no joy.
Shin throws a hook but Doom avoids it easily.
Doom lands a nice looking body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Doom. That's going to slow Shin down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom misses with a leg kick
and Shin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doom.
Nice jab there from Doom.
Doom throws a leg kick
and Shin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Doom throws a lazy right hand but Shin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Doom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Shin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Doom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shin's sensitive parts.
Shin throws a sloppy head kick and Doom moves out of range easily.
Doom throws out a loose jab but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doom misses with a low kick.
Shin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Shin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shin throws an overhand right that lands on Doom's shoulder, as Doom tries to avoid the shot.
Doom swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Doom misses with a low kick.
Doom cracks Shin with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Shin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shin throws a jab but it's blocked by Doom.
Doom pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Doom fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shin throws a jab but it's blocked by Doom.
Shin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Doom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doom lands with an uppercut that bounces Shin off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Project Doom will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Doom throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Shin to counter with a crisp jab.
That kick from Shin tenderised Doom's leg. Doom is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sloppy strikes from Shin. Those never looked like landing.
Doom now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Doom digs a good body shot into Shin's ribs.
Doom takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Doom checks a leg kick nicely.
Doom looks to throw the jab but Shin is out of range.
Doom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shin.
Doom scores with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shin throws a leg kick that misses.
Doom swats away the attempt to clinch by Shin.
Doom throws out a counter right but Shin avoids it with no problem.
Good leg kick by Doom there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin avoids the head kick by Doom.
Shin takes one on the button.
Doom's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Doom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shin.
Doom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shin counters with a good low kick that Doom was not able to check.
Doom shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shin defending well as Doom loads up on a big left hand.
Doom misses with a few strikes there.
Shin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Shin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shin throws a good cross that connects.
Doom smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Doom - that will leave a mark!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doom throws a lazy uppercut
letting Shin counter with a right hand.
Lao Shin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doom misses with an uppercut.
Shin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Doom throws a big shot that misses.
Doom throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Doom explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Doom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Doom.
Doom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doom misses with a hook. Shin ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It appears Shin was looking to counter with a kick there.
Doom scores with a jab. Shin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A swing and a miss from Shin.
Shin throws a hook to the side of Doom's head but Doom sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Doom throws a low kick, looking for Shin's leg but Shin calmly moves out of range.
Doom keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Doom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shin.
Shin avoids the head kick by Doom.
Shin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Doom looks to land a left hand but Shin moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Doom does it's job there.
Doom misses the body punch
and Shin counters with a nice uppercut.
Shin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shin.
Doom connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shin momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Shin drops Doom with a beautiful combination! Doom stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Shin is looking for the KO!
Doom lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Doom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shin counters with a nice uppercut.
Doom throws a low kick, looking for Shin's leg but Shin calmly moves out of range.
Shin misses the shot to the body.
Shin misses the body punch
and Doom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doom throws a right and a left that Shin avoids nicely.
Doom takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Shin swings widly with a right hand
and Doom counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lao Shin.
I think Doom 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 46:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:49
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Project Doom!
Project Doom is the new welterweight champion!
Project Doom decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diarmuid Curry (ranked 309 p4p, 17 weight class) and Bubba Gumption (ranked 161 p4p, 7 weight class). Curry comes to the cage accompanied by Epic Celtic Music. Diarmuid Curry could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bubba Gumption's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diarmuid Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bubba Gumption!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gumption bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gumption tries to clinch there but Curry circles away.
Gumption 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.
Gumption looks to throw the jab but Curry is out of range.
Curry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gumption manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Gumption.
Curry connects with a leg kick. Gumption looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Curry looks to throw the jab but Gumption is out of range.
Gumption looks to land a left hand but Curry moved out of range nicely.
Curry throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gumption counters with a nice body shot.
Curry digs a good body shot into Gumption's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry throws a series of punches but Gumption avoids them all with ease.
Gumption throws a big counter head kick but Curry avoids it with no problem.
The fighters circle momentarily. Curry darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gumption moves out of range as Curry strikes.
Curry takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Curry is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gumption paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gumption digs a good hook to Curry's body.
Gumption fails to land with a series of punches.
Gumption cracks Curry with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gumption has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Curry to stand back up!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gumption throws a half hearted mid kick.
Curry motions for Gumption to come forward. Curry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Curry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gumption has time to react.
Gumption sends Curry crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gumption is motioning to the referee to let Curry up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Curry is rocked!
Curry walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Gumption swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bubba Gumption!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bubba Gumption thanked Aspire Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Selfie Lord (ranked 9 p4p, 2 weight class) and Gareth Keenan (ranked 26 p4p, 6 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Selfie Lord!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 5 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Keenan!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord throws a body punch but Keenan moves out of range.
Lord drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Keenan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Keenan misses with a wild body shot.
Lord was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Keenan lands a jab to Lord's midsection.
Keenan delivers a nice body kick.
Keenan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lord.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lord lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Keenan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Keenan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lord throws a head kick that misses.
Keenan throws a jab but it's blocked by Lord.
Keenan connects with a leg kick. Lord looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lord takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Keenan misses with a few strikes there.
Lord thinks about countering with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keenan is looking to land body kicks.
Keenan connects with an inside leg kick.
Keenan throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Lord misses the target.
Keenan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Keenan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lord's hands.
Keenan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been told by Lord's head coaches at Jed's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keenan.
Nice defenses there by Keenan.
Keenan lands with a shot to the body.
Lord misses with a double jab.
Lord misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lord avoids the head kick by Keenan.
Lord moves out of range of the strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Keenan.
Keenan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lord waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keenan.
Keenan swings widly with a right hand
and Lord counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Keenan lands a head shot.
A good leg kick by Lord.
Lord takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lord misses with a hook. Keenan ducked under it nicely.
Keenan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lord. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keenan throws a hook but Lord blocks it.
An inside leg kick from Lord misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan walks into a stiff left hand from Lord.
Keenan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lord throws a quick counter kick to the body but Keenan avoids it.
Keenan just misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keenan swings for the body but Lord moves out of range.
Keenan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lord.
Keenan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lord is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Keenan's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lord has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Keenan finds it's way round the side to connect with Lord's head.
Lord throws a good cross that connects.
Keenan walks into a straight right hand from Lord.
Keenan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Keenan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Keenan's corner calls for a 1-2. Keenan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Keenan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lord misses with an uppercut.
Keenan moves away from the strike by Lord.
Keenan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Keenan lands a high kick!
Lord avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Keenan throws a lazy head kick
letting Lord counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan slips a straight right by Lord.
Keenan throws a right hand that misses
and Lord cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Keenan works Lord's body with a nice hook.
Keenan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lord.
Lord loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Lord throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keenan catches Lord with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Keenan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lord throws a series of punches but Keenan avoids them all with ease.
Keenan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Keenan dips to his left and cracks Lord with an uppercut!
Lord on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lord takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lord moves into range and clinches up with Keenan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Lord - that landed with a thud.
Keenan scores with a shot to the side of Lord's head.
Lord misses with some punches.
Lord tries to work over Keenan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keenan misses with a punch on the inside.
Lord presses Keenan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lord tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lord breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keenan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Keenan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lord swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Keenan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keenan thuds a left hand into Lord's body.
Lord slips under a jab.
Lord has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lord fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Keenan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keenan.
Lord takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It looked like Lord wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Keenan feints and then cracks Lord's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lord down.
Keenan throws out a powerful jab.
Lord connects with a solid leg kick.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lord misses with a wild body shot.
Gareth Keenan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lord swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lord stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keenan.
Keenan scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Keenan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Keenan throws a solid leg kick but Lord takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Keenan.
Keenan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gareth Keenan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lord with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lord tries to clinch but Keenan moves out of range.
Lord avoids a kick to the body.
Lord misses with a straight left.
Keenan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keenan. That's going to slow Lord down.
Lord looks to land a right hand but Keenan moved out of range.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lord has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Keenan.
Lord uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keenan.
Lord missing with a left hand there. Keenan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lord swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Keenan finds it's target.
Lord motions for Keenan to come forward. Lord throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lord stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Keenan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lord's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lord sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Keenan is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord tries to land a front kick but Keenan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lord 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.
A big right from Lord misses.
Lord misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keenan.
Keenan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lord takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Keenan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lord lands a nice shot that snaps Keenan's head back.
Keenan misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Lord. Those never looked like landing.
Keenan throws a body kick that misses.
Keenan connects with a body shot.
Lord throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Keenan misses with a wild combination.
Keenan tries to work over Lord's front leg with a kick but Lord checks it.
Keenan scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keenan misses with a lunging right hand
and Lord counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lord avoids a kick to the body.
Keenan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Keenan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lord.
Lord swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Keenan throws a push kick but Lord slaps the foot to one side.
Keenan ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Keenan throws out a counter right but Lord avoids it with no problem.
Keenan looks to score with a jab to the body but Lord is just out of range.
Keenan throws a jab when Lord was well out of range.
Keenan connects with a nice looking jab.
Keenan misses with a low kick as Lord jumps back.
Keenan misses with a leg kick.
Keenan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lord.
Keenan tries to land a front kick but Lord steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lord scores with a crisp jab that stopped Keenan in his tracks.
Keenan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Keenan, right into the meat.
Lord is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lord jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keenan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lord chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lord counters with a nice uppercut.
Keenan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lord counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lord on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Keenan with a hook.
Keenan blocks a leg kick.
Keenan misses with a body kick.
Lord looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
Lord lands a right hook to the body.
Keenan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keenan tries to work over Lord's front leg with a kick but Lord checks it.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Lord sees it coming and moves out of range.
Keenan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Keenan misses with a wild body shot.
Lord tries to move into range but Keenan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Keenan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lord misses with a body shot.
And Keenan responds with a good body kick, but Lord manages to step out the way in time.
Lord lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lord misses with a leg kick
and Keenan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lord.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a hook.
Lord throws a leg kick that misses.
Lord tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lord walks forward, straight into a front kick from Keenan.
Lord misses with an uppercut.
Lord ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keenan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lord back to the cage. Keenan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lord misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from Keenan is predictable there
and Lord counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lord stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keenan.
Lord throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Keenan connects with a crisp jab.
Lord throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lord misses with a wild body shot.
Lord ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lord avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lord slips a straight right by Keenan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Keenan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lord.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Keenan - that will leave a mark!
Lord throws a hook but Keenan avoids it easily.
Keenan misses with an uppercut
and Lord connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big right from Lord misses.
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lord.
Keenan tries to land a front kick but Lord steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Keenan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keenan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lord.
Keenan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lord lands with a good body shot.
Lord avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keenan throws a right hand that misses
enabling Lord to counter with a crisp jab.
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keenan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keenan missing with a left hand there. Lord was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keenan misses with a right hand
and Lord counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Keenan lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan throws a solid leg kick but Lord takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Keenan.
Keenan lands the left hand.
Lord chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keenan can pounce on him.
Keenan takes one to the chin there.
Lord throws a right hand that Keenan ducks under and follows up with a left that Keenan also avoids with ease.
Keenan follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Keenan throws a low kick, looking for Lord's leg but Lord calmly moves out of range.
Lord lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Keenan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lord on the side of the head.
Keenan tried to score with a low kick but Lord checks it.
Lord is looking to counter punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Keenan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lord has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lord and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Donk. Keenan catches Lord right on the button with a cross.
Lord fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Keenan, pushing him back against the cage.
Lord will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A short body shot lands from Lord as the two fighters clinch.
Keenan misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lord.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keenan working aggressively here.
Lord is trying to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling him.
Lord can't find room to land a body shot as Keenan controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord breaks the clinch.
Lord thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lord buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lord throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keenan slips a straight right by Lord.
Keenan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Keenan looks to land a left hand but Lord moved out of range nicely.
Keenan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Keenan throws a head kick but Lord moves out of range.
Keenan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Keenan.
A low kick from Keenan misses
enabling Lord to counter with a crisp jab.
Lord tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Lord misses its intended target.
Keenan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan throws a hook but Lord blocks it.
Keenan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lord under the eye.
Keenan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lords jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord sizes up Keenan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Keenan lands a nice shot to the body.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Lord sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Keenan throws a head kick but Lord moves out of range.
Keenan throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Keenan is predictable there
and Lord counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Keenan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Keenan throws a big shot that misses.
Lord goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Keenan counters with a body kick.
Keenan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lord misses with a body shot.
Lord throws a hook to the side of Keenan's head but Keenan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Keenan misses with a low kick as Lord jumps back.
Keenan misses the shot to the body.
Keenan keeps the fight on the outside.
Lord walks into a jab.
Keenan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Lord misses the target.
Keenan is looking to land body kicks.
It looked like Lord wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Keenan misses with a kick to the body.
Lord throws a leg kick but Keenan moved away.
Keenan looks to land a right hand but Lord moved out of range.
Lord went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lord swings for the body but Keenan moves out of range.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keenan moves away from the strike by Lord.
Keenan with a jab.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Lord sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Keenan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lord's head.
Lord tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan misses with a jab to the body
and Lord counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keenan blocks a head kick by Lord.
Keenan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lord throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keenan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Gareth Keenan just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Keenan tries to land a leg kick but Lord saw it coming and moves away.
Lord tries to work over Keenan's front leg with a kick but Keenan checks it.
Lord ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lord has Keenan up against the cage in a clinch.
Lord tries to work over Keenan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keenan lands a nice elbow.
Lord working aggressively here.
Lord swings wildly with an uppercut but Keenan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keenan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lord.
Lord looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lord escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keenan jabs Lord to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Keenan connects with a looping right hand.
Lord pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keenan misses with an uppercut
and Lord counters with a stiff right hand.
Lord staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Lord misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lord throws a leg kick but Keenan moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan throws a low kick but Lord moves out of range easily.
Keenan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lord was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lord lands a leg kick that knocks Keenan off balance momentarily.
Lord misses with an uppercut. Keenan saw that one coming.
Keenan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Keenan throws a body kick that misses.
Keenan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lord throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Keenan misses with a hook.
Keenan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lord was well out of range. Poor timing from Keenan.
Keenan looks to throw the jab but Lord is out of range.
Lord jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lord takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Keenan takes a swing at Lord's ribcage but misses.
Keenan is looking to slow Lord down with leg kicks.
Lord misses with a body kick.
A good leg kick by Keenan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a kick to the body.
Lord connects with a nice looking jab.
Keenan throws a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Lord was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Keenan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keenan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Keenan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Keenan cracks the inside of Lord's front leg.
Lord throws a low kick but Keenan moves out of range easily.
Lord tries to clinch but Keenan moves out of range.
Lord throws a head kick but Keenan moves out of range.
Lord shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice uppercut lands for Keenan. That snapped Lord's head back.
Keenan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Keenan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lord throws a hook but Keenan avoids it easily.
Keenan misses the shot to the body.
Lord takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Keenan throws a jab when Lord was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord slips a straight right by Keenan.
Keenan throws a leg kick
and Lord makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lord misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keenan.
Lord scores with a shot to the body.
Lord misses with a low kick as Keenan jumps back.
Keenan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Keenan cracks Lord with a good jab.
Lord throws a body punch but Keenan moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Keenan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lord moves into range and connects with a jab.
Keenan looks to land a left hand but Lord moved out of range nicely.
Keenan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Keenan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Keenan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keenan misses with a hook.
Nice body kick from Keenan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lord tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Keenan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Lord as he connects with a hook.
Keenan throws a low kick but Lord avoids it.
Lord slips a jab from Keenan.
Lord is looking to counter punch.
Lord misses the jab.
Keenan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Keenan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lord gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Keenan.
Keenan throws a chopping leg kick but Lord manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crunch! Keenan slams his shin into Lord's torso.
Keenan misses with a wild body shot.
Keenan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keenan wants to slow Lord down by chopping away at his legs.
Keenan is looking to chop away at Lord's legs.
Crunch! Keenan slams his shin into Lord's torso.
Lord throws a body punch but Keenan moves out of range.
Keenan throws the left hand but Lord avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Keenan dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Keenan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Keenan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lord is out of range and Keenan settles back down.
Lord defending well as Keenan loads up on a big left hand.
An inside leg kick from Keenan misses.
It looked like Lord wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Keenan lands a head kick. Lord smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Keenan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lord moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Keenan connects with a high kick.
Lord works the jab nicely.
Keenan moves away from the strike by Lord.
Keenan throws a chopping leg kick but Lord manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lord feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lord tries a low kick but Keenan avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keenan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lord misses with an uppercut.
Lord throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lord misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keenan.
Keenan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan clobbers Lord with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Keenan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lord was well out of range. Poor timing from Keenan.
Lord misses with a looping right.
Keenan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lord is able to avoid easily.
Keenan misses with an uppercut
and Lord counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A swing and a miss from Lord.
Keenan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy left from Lord finds it's target.
Lord avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keenan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lord appears to be looking for a big counter.
Keenan throws a jab when Lord was well out of range.
Lord uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keenan.
Lord throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fighters circling - Lord throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keenan tries a low kick but Lord avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Lord.
Lord looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan looks for the body kick but Lord saw that one coming.
Lord fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Keenan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keenan.
Lord swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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!
Keenan misses with a hook. Lord ducked under it nicely.
Keenan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Keenan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Keenan.
Lord lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Keenan works Lord's body with a nice hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Keenan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Keenan tries to work over Lord's front leg with a kick but Lord checks it.
Lord swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lord dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick from Keenan misses.
Lord throwing a counter right hand but Keenan manages to avoid it.
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lord.
Keenan connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan throws a leg kick which misses Lord's front leg but catches the back leg as Lord tries to avoid it.
Lord misses with an attempted mid kick.
Keenan feints and then cracks Lord's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lord down.
Keenan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lord at a distance.
Lord cracks Keenan with an open hand slap.
Keenan misses with a hook. Lord ducked under it nicely.
Keenan scores with a jab. Lord acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lord moves forwards but Keenan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lord closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lord.
Keenan lands a hook that snaps the head of Lord backwards.
Keenan takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keenan can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keenan.
Keenan lands with a short shot to the head.
Keenan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lord backwards.
Keenan is trying to break the clinch but Lord has him pressed against the cage.
Lord swings wildly with an uppercut but Keenan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Selfie Lord has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan tries to throw a body punch but Lord avoids it by throwing Keenan back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Keenan.
Keenan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Keenan is trying to break the clinch but Lord has him pressed against the cage.
Lord manages to break the clinch.
Keenan misses with a low kick as Lord jumps back.
Keenan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good work by Lord as he checks the leg kick.
Lord stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keenan.
The fighters circling - Keenan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lord was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lord throws a body punch but Keenan moves out of range.
Keenan scores with a leg kick.
Keenan thuds his right hand into Lord's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Keenan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lord is out of range.
Lord throws a looping overhand right but Keenan ducks down to avoid it.
Lord walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gareth Keenan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Keenan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 45:50
Judge William Gold scores the fight 46:49
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gareth Keenan!
Gareth Keenan is the new featherweight champion!
Post fight, Gareth Keenan took to the microphone: 'Can this be over now?'.
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