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PFC 84 Ortega vs Rock PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William King (ranked 1929 p4p, 232 weight class) and Kerisiano Lagomau (ranked 3232 p4p, 349 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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39
265 lbs
39 - 22 - 5 |
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273 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 22 - 5, fighting out of Montreal, William King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kerisiano Lagomau!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lagomau misses the body punch
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lagomau.
Lagomau's coach down at Samran Muay Thai was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lagomau's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lagomau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Lagomau.
Lagomau fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lagomau scores with a jab to the body.
King blocks a head kick by Lagomau.
As Lagomau looks to move away, King throws a big counter combo but Lagomau just gets out of the way.
Lagomau turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lagomau connects with a nice looking jab.
Lagomau looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
King throws a big counter combination but Lagomau scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
King definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kerisiano Lagomau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of King 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King defending well as Lagomau loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagomau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lagomau throws a leg kick that is checked
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
King slips a jab and a cross from Lagomau.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Lagomau.
King is looking for a counter combo.
Kerisiano Lagomau is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lagomau lands with a good body shot.
A big left from Lagomau misses.
Lagomau waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau scores with a one two! King had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like William King has been cut.
Lagomau throws a leg kick that is checked
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lagomau lands a really nice looking cross but King seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagomau misses with a hook. King ducked under it nicely.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lagomau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lagomau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lagomau, as that shot connected.
Lagomau lands a big head kick that sends King tumbling to the mat! Lagomau takes a step backwards and waves King back to his feet - he wants the finish!
King is rocked!
Lagomau misses with a right hand
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lagomau throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
Lagomau misses with a looping left.
King appears to be looking for a big counter.
Lagomau throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lagomau shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagomau misses with a body shot
and King counters with a series of strikes. Lagomau will be more careful next time no doubt.
King slips a jab and a cross from Lagomau.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.
King went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lagomau misses with a telegraphed body shot
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
Lagomau throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
King went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lagomau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lagomau throws a right hand that misses
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
Lagomau swings widly with a right hand
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lagomau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lagomau misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
Lagomau misses with a lunging right hand
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau throws a right hand that misses
and King counters with a series of strikes. Lagomau will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lagomau throws a head kick that misses
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau misses with a right hand
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lagomau throws a lazy uppercut
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
King went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lagomau throws a nice outside leg kick.
King takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kerisiano Lagomau will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William King's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
King takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lagomau throws a leg kick but King moved away.
King seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lagomau throws an off balance right hand
and King counters with a series of strikes. Lagomau will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lagomau throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lagomau misses with a double jab
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
Lagomau misses with a right hand
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
King is working the combinations to good effect here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lagomau misses with a hook
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
King on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lagomau misses the body punch
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagomau swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau misses with an uppercut
and King counters with a two punch combo.
A head kick by Lagomau misses
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau misses with a left hand
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau throws a leg kick
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
Lagomau throws a leg kick
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lagomau throws a left and a right that both miss
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
Lagomau misses with a left hand
and King counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagomau stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lagomau throws a leg kick
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lagomau throws a poor cross that misses
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
Lagomau throws a sloppy head kick
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau misses with a jab to the body
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau scores with a three punch combo!
Nice uppercut lands for Lagomau. That snapped King's head back.
William King is winning the standup battle so far.
King is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lagomau.
Lagomau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau throws a sloppy body shot
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagomau misses with a left hand
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
Lagomau misses with a body shot.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lagomau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lagomau shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Decent striking displayed by Lagomau there.
A jab from Lagomau finds it's way through King's defenses.
Lagomau misses with a head kick.
King seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lagomau looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Lagomau has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lagomau misses with a leg kick
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lagomau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lagomau misses with a left hand
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau connects with a leg kick. King looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lagomau might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, King has got the better of the exchanges.
King slips a straight right by Lagomau.
King seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lagomau.
Lagomau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Lagomau.
Lagomau throws a leg kick
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
Nice body punch from Lagomau.
Lagomau misses with a right hand
and King counters with a series of strikes. Lagomau will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Lagomau misses the target.
King throws a big counter combination but Lagomau scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
King moves away from the strike by Lagomau.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William King dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William King's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lagomau scores with a punch to the head.
Lagomau misses with a hook
and King counters with a left and a right that stings Lagomau.
Lagomau throws a poor cross that misses
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau misses with a leg kick
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
Lagomau misses with a lunging right hand
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lagomau can do to turn this around?
Lagomau shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. King eats them both and turns towards Lagomau to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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!
Lagomau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a series of strikes. Lagomau will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lagomau connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lagomau just misses with a punch to the body.
As Lagomau looks to move away, King throws a big counter combo but Lagomau just gets out of the way.
Lagomau connects with a solid leg kick.
Lagomau chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagomau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a series of strikes. Lagomau will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lagomau swings widly with a right hand
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
William King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lagomau throws a poor cross that misses
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau misses with a lunging right hand
and King counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lagomau swings widly with a right hand
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lagomau clobbers King with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lagomau throws a lazy head kick
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagomau throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lagomau swings widly with a right hand
and King counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A lazy left from Lagomau finds it's target.
Lagomau connects with a good right hand that stumbles King. King circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lagomau misses the shot to the body.
A low kick from Lagomau misses
and King counters with a series of strikes. Lagomau will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lagomau throws a predictable looking body shot
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau misses with a left hand
and King counters with a three punch combo that has Lagomau backing up. Lagomau nods at King to acknowledge the strikes.
Lagomau is rocked!
Lagomau throws a poor cross that misses
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Lagomau is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
Lagomau misses with a leg kick
and King counters with a one-two to the body.
Lagomau misses with a body punch
and King counters with a left right combination that sends Lagomau crashing to the mat - King wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Lagomau out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William King!
An out of breath and clearly excited William King thanked FORCEE for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mozes Amaury (ranked 2852 p4p, 381 weight class) and Devon Bailey (ranked 1589 p4p, 243 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Amaury might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Vultures Fly. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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224 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mozes Amaury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Devon Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey moves into the clinch.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaury controls his hands.
Amaury decides to pull guard.
Amaury looking to control.
Bailey wants to pass the guard but Amaury is keeping the position.
Amaury is looking for a triangle but Bailey pushes his legs off easily.
Amaury keeping full guard, as Bailey tries to pass.
Amaury working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bailey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bailey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amaury throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bailey stays in close to Amaury's body and controls the position.
Bailey passes Amaury's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bailey not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bailey is continuing to stall.
Amaury is trying to get back to full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Amaury wants to control but Bailey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Amaury takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amaury.
It looked like Amaury was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bailey.
Bailey throws an overhand right that lands on Amaury's shoulder, as Amaury tries to avoid the shot.
Amaury scores with a nice body kick.
Amaury lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Devon Bailey has been cut.
Bailey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Devon Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amaury 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.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Amaury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bailey drives through and clinches with Amaury against the cage.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amaury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Amaury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bailey misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey is leaning against Amaury and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Amaury.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Amaury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Amaury throws a punch but it's blocked by Bailey.
Bailey pushes Amaury back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Amaury tries to throw a body punch but Bailey avoids it by throwing Amaury back against the cage.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Bailey working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Amaury lands a hook to the side of the head.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bailey digs a right hand into Amaury's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Amaury's gas tank.
Amaury looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Amaury gets control of Bailey's arms and successfully pulls guard. Amaury will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Amaury isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bailey stacks Amaury on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bailey!
Bailey content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devon Bailey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devon Bailey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bailey scores with a body shot.
Bailey misses the jab.
Amaury misses the shot to the body.
Amaury throws a big shot that misses.
Bailey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bailey avoids the body shot from Amaury.
Bailey wants to counter with a clinch but Amaury pushes him away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Amaury.
Bailey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Amaury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bailey moves into range and clinches up with Amaury.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body.
Devon Bailey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Bailey gets through Amaury's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amaury.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Amaury struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Amaury lands a shot to the body.
Bailey lands a body shot.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey tries a body shot but Amaury blocks it.
Amaury lands a nice shot to the body.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amaury lands an uppercut.
Amaury works on Bailey's body with a couple of short punches.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey lands a right hand.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Bailey.
Bailey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Amaury's elbow.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amaury is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bailey to keep the fight standing.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Amaury lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Amaury lands with a light punch inside.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amaury tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bailey tries to work over Amaury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bailey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Amaury lands a nice uppercut.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Amaury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Amaury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amaury lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey tries to work over Amaury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Amaury prevents a body shot from Bailey.
Amaury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Amaury throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.
Amaury misses with the head strike.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Bailey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Amaury.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Amaury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Amaury softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bailey is working Amaury over against the cage.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amaury is trying to pull guard but Bailey turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mozes Amaury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bailey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaury controls his hands.
Bailey scores with a shoulder strike.
It looks like Mozes Amaury has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Amaury doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Amaury throws a punch but it's blocked by Bailey.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Amaury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands a body shot.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amaury.
Bailey lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey tries to work over Amaury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devon Bailey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bailey connects with a crisp jab.
Bailey throws a big shot that misses.
Amaury looks to score with a jab to the body but Bailey is just out of range.
A cross from Amaury lands.
Bailey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bailey looks to score with a jab to the body but Amaury is just out of range.
Amaury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bailey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bailey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Amaury misses with a straight left.
Amaury misses with an attempted mid kick.
Amaury throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amaury lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amaury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Amaury.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Amaury lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Amaury has a couple of punches blocked by Bailey.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Amaury controls the action.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Amaury.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bailey.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Amaury controls the action.
Amaury working aggressively here.
Mozes Amaury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but Amaury avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Amaury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey misses with some punches.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Amaury takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Bailey as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Amaury tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
Bailey lands a body punch.
Bailey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Amaury throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Amaury.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Amaury jumps guard but Bailey stands there with Amaury around his waist. Amaury gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amaury working aggressively here.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but Amaury avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Amaury controls the action.
Amaury tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amaury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Bailey.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Bailey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bailey lands a body punch.
Amaury lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaury controls his hands.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amaury lands a nice uppercut.
Amaury throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Bailey.
Amaury tries to throw a body punch but Bailey avoids it by throwing Amaury back against the cage.
Amaury misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Amaury misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Devon Bailey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bailey winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devon Bailey!
Devon Bailey 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Imperio Romano (ranked 1790 p4p, 211 weight class) and Glenn Williamson (ranked 2103 p4p, 246 weight class). Imperio Romano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Imperio Romano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glenn Williamson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romano scores with a nice strike.
Williamson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Williamson looks to move away, Romano throws a big counter combo but Williamson just gets out of the way.
Romano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williamson.
Imperio Romano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williamson misses with a hook
letting Romano counter with a right hand.
Romano throws a low kick, looking for Williamson's leg but Williamson calmly moves out of range.
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williamson.
Romano lands a two punch combo.
Romano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Williamson rushes Romano and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Romano lands a left hand.
Williamson tries to pull guard but Romano holds him up against the cage and eventually Williamson drops back down to his feet.
Romano lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williamson tries to work over Romano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Williamson takes a shot to the head.
Romano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romano stops a takedown attempt from Williamson.
Williamson pushes Romano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Romano throws a low kick but Williamson moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williamson. That did some damage!
Some wild striking there from Romano.
Williamson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williamson scoring well with a low kick there.
Williamson looks to land a combination. Romano sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Williamson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romano circles away quickly and effectively.
Williamson scores with a sloppy right hand. Romano should have avoided that one.
Romano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williamson fails with a takedown attempt.
Imperio Romano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glenn Williamson.
Romano tries a low kick but Williamson avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Williamson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Romano lands a really nice looking cross but Williamson seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williamson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Romano looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Romano had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Williamson defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano controlling Williamson's posture.
Williamson passes Romano's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Williamson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Williamson wants to pass the guard but Romano is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williamson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Williamson trying to pass the guard but Romano defending well.
Williamson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Romano regains full guard. Nicely done.
Romano is trying to keep Williamson in close.
Romano looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Romano keeping full guard, as Williamson tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Williamson trying to control the position from guard on top but Romano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williamson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romano is keeping the position for now.
Romano controlling the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Romano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romano cracks Williamson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Romano moves away from the strike by Williamson.
Romano digs a good body shot into Williamson's ribs.
Romano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Williamson is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imperio Romano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Romano connects with a body shot that sends Williamson's belly button to the back.
Williamson slips a jab from Romano.
Romano wants to land a leg kick but Williamson is out of range.
Romano misses with a lunging right hand
and Williamson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williamson misses with a left hand
and Romano counters with a straight right hand.
Romano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williamson misses with a takedown attempt - Romano sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Romano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williamson.
Williamson moves out of range of the body kick.
Williamson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romano moves away from the strike by Williamson.
Romano throws a leg kick but Williamson moved away.
Romano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Williamson is out of range.
Williamson throws a hook but Romano avoids it easily.
Romano stuns Williamson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Romano scores with a jab. Williamson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Romano throws a counter high kick but Williamson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Williamson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Williamson throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Romano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Romano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Imperio Romano is winning the standup battle so far.
Romano is looking to slow Williamson down with leg kicks.
Williamson misses with a hook. Romano ducked under it nicely.
Williamson throws a poor cross that misses
and Romano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williamson thinking.
Williamson is looking to clinch.
Williamson swings for the body but Romano moves out of range.
Romano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Romano punishes Williamson's body with a nice straight punch.
That kick from Romano tenderised Williamson's leg. Williamson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Romano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Williamson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Romano.
Nice uppercut there from Romano.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williamson just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson has a takedown stuffed.
Imperio Romano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glenn Williamson.
Williamson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Imperio Romano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romano throws a jab when Williamson was well out of range.
Williamson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Romanos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Romano stuffs the takedown.
Romano moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Williamson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Romano throws a body punch but Williamson moves out of range.
Williamson lands with a hook. Romano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williamson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Williamson misses with a straight right.
Williamson misses with an uppercut.
Romano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Williamson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williamson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Romano is out of range and Williamson settles back down.
Romano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Williamson momentarily.
Romano throws out a loose jab but Williamson uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Williamson! But no joy.
Williamson throws out a loose jab but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williamson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Romano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Romano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Romano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romano with a jab.
Williamson swinging wildly here.
Romano leaves Williamson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Romano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut there from Romano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Romano lands the left hand.
Williamson is rocked!
Williamson slips a jab and a cross from Romano.
Williamson is still on wobbly legs! Can Romano finish him?
Romano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williamson can do to turn this around?
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williamson.
Romano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williamson with a hook.
Williamson seems to have recovered his senses.
Romano throws a hook but Williamson blocks it.
Nice straight punches there by Williamson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Williamson.
Williamson looks for a takedown but Romano sprawls well.
Romano scores with the left hand. Williamson knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romano's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williamson under the eye.
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williamson.
Williamson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Romano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imperio Romano dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Williamson throws out a loose jab but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romano misses with a series of wild punches.
Romano moves out of range of the strikes.
Romano ducks under a wild hook from Williamson.
Romano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Romano darts in and clinches Williamson up against the cage.
Williamson tries to work over Romano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romano misses with the head strike.
Williamson has Romano pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Romano manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Williamson jumps guard but Romano turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Romano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williamson backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williamson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romano prevents a body shot from Williamson.
Williamson is trying to break the clinch but Romano is controlling him.
Williamson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Romano is defending well.
Imperio Romano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glenn Williamson.
A short right from Romano on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamsons head.
Romano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williamson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romano gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Williamson.
Romano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williamson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Williamson tries to close the distance and clinch but Romano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williamson misses with a hook
and Romano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Romano! Williamson is out on his feet! Romano rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Williamson is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Williamson is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Imperio Romano!
Imperio Romano 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.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mana Festation (ranked 989 p4p, 48 weight class) and Koko Pinea (ranked 904 p4p, 45 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mana Festation!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Koko Pinea!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Festation throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pinea moves into the clinch.
Festation blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pinea creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pinea tries to work over Festation's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinea.
Pinea throws a punch but it's blocked by Festation.
A short left from Pinea.
Festation swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Festation tries to throw a body punch but Pinea avoids it by throwing Festation back against the cage.
Pinea lands with a light punch inside.
Festation looking to stall.
I was talking to Festation's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A body shot lands from Festation.
Pinea lands an uppercut.
Festation blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Festation.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Festation scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Koko Pinea has been cut.
Pinea tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Festation.
Pinea looking for a takedown.
Pinea looking for a takedown.
Festation tries to work over Pinea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pinea tries for a takedown but Festation manages to get underhooks.
Mana Festation has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Koko Pinea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinea tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinea throws a head punch that misses.
Pinea lands a left hand that snaps the head of Festation backwards.
Pinea stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pinea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinea lands a hook to the side of the head.
Festation crunches a lovely knee into Pinea's ribcage.
Pinea swings wildly with an uppercut but Festation uses good head movement to avoid it.
Festation is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Festation lands a nice uppercut.
Pinea tries to work over Festation's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Festation will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pinea up against the cage.
Festation lands a nice uppercut.
Pinea avoiding damage as Festation throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Festation.
Festation escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Festation steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pinea.
It looked like Festation was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Festation avoids the head kick by Pinea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Pinea throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinea throws a body kick that misses
and Festation makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pinea darts in and clinches Festation up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Festation.
Pinea tries to work over Festation's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pinea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Festation wants to break free but Pinea has control.
Festation blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Festation blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Festation breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pinea explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pinea wants to clinch up but Festation keeps it at a distance.
Festation tries to work over Pinea's front leg with a kick but Pinea checks it.
Pinea looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Pinea misses.
Pinea tries for a takedown but Festation sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Festation throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A left and a right from Festation both land. Nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinea throws a lazy right hand but Festation sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Festation was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pinea.
Pinea checks a low kick from Festation.
Pinea has Festation up against the cage in a clinch.
Festation working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Festation pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pinea connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Festation's hands.
Pinea misses with a right hand
and Festation counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pinea thinking.
Pinea throws a shot from downtown. Festation moves away and avoids it.
Festation quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pinea fails with the takedown.
Festation quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pinea is looking to clinch.
Festation misses with a low kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pinea goes for a takedown attempt but Festation pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Festation lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinea connects with a good right hand that stumbles Festation. Festation circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mana Festation is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinea checks a low kick from Festation.
Festation goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Festation lands a nice looking body kick.
Pinea fails with a takedown attempt.
Pinea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Festation paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pinea throws a jab when Festation was well out of range.
Festation seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pinea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Festation moves away.
Festation was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pinea moves into range and clinches up with Festation.
Pinea softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Festation presses Pinea against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pinea lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Festation connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pinea's face.
Pinea prevents a body shot from Festation.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Koko Pinea will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Koko Pinea's cut.
That's time! Festation's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pinea slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pinea slips a straight right by Festation.
Pinea changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Festation scores with a nice body kick.
Pinea darts in and clinches Festation up against the cage.
Festation blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Festation lands a knee to the body.
Festation lands a knee to the head.
Festation throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pinea lands a good knee to the midsection. Festation won't want to take too many of those.
Festation lands with a light punch inside.
Festation is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Festation scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Festation lands a hook that snaps the head of Pinea backwards.
Festation softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pinea lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinea.
Festation's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Festation wants to clinch up but Pinea keeps it at a distance.
Festation fakes the leg kick and cracks Pinea in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Festation feints a jab promting Pinea to slip. Festation then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pinea slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Koko Pinea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinea rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Festation counters with a one-two to the body.
Festation bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Festation connects with a high kick.
Pinea throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pinea misses with a shot to the body
and Festation counters with a good low kick that Pinea was not able to check.
Festation throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pinea throws out a counter right but Festation avoids it with no problem.
Pinea loads up on a big right hand but Festation slips the punch.
Festation misses with a kick to the body.
Pinea throws an off balance right hand
and Festation counters with a good low kick that Pinea was not able to check.
Pinea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pinea is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Festation fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Festation walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pinea checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pinea gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Festation counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinea clinches.
Pinea gets through Festation's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pinea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Festation's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Festation.
Pinea has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Festation is trying to keep an underhook but Pinea manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pinea connects with a nice short shot to Festation's temple.
Festation wants to get back to full guard.
Festation has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pinea is working away from the top position though.
Pinea is looking to take a break and control but Festation is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pinea is thwarting Festation's attempts to control the position.
Festation holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Pinea is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Festation is just riding it out for now. Pinea eventually gives up the hold.
Festation wants to improve his position but Pinea is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinea working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
My spies in Big Bear Fight Factory inform me that Pinea has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Festation keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Festation works his way to full guard. Good work.
Festation pulls Pinea in close to prevent any damage.
Pinea trying to control the position from guard on top but Festation is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pinea stopping the sweep attempt from Festation.
Pinea has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pinea trying to control the position from guard on top but Festation is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pinea wants to pass the guard but Festation is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pinea being controlled here momentarily.
Festation trying to control the position.
Festation wants to sweep but no luck.
Pinea advances to half guard.
Festation controlling the position for now.
Festation is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Festation is working hard here to advance position.
Pinea working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mana Festation dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Koko Pinea's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jab by Pinea.
Pinea lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pinea tries to clinch but Festation moves out of range.
Festation will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Festation sets himself, and Pinea steps forward looking for the clinch! Festation avoids it this time.
Festation is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Festation.
Pinea throws a hook but Festation blocks it.
Pinea throws a lazy right hand but Festation sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mana Festation is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pinea closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Festation throws Pinea to one side and escapes!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinea tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Festation manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pinea shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Festation napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Festation is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Pinea's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Festation tries to roll over but Pinea keeps him under control.
Pinea is thwarting Festation's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Festation is trying to stand.
Festation wants to control but Pinea is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pinea working the head and body with strikes.
Festation is trying to get back to full guard.
Festation slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Festation preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Festation is on top in guard.
Festation content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinea is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pinea wants to take a breather but Festation is having none of it.
Pinea is pressing down on Festation's thigh, looking to free his foot. Festation is holding on for now.
Festation is holding on to half guard well.
Festation works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinea pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Festation is keeping the position for now.
Pinea postures up in Festation's guard and throws a big left but Festation blocks it.
Festation working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pinea.
Festation is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Festation has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Pinea has passed into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Festation is not content to let Pinea control the position.
Festation is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Pinea working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Festation manages to get back to half guard.
Pinea prevents Festation from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pinea lands a nice short elbow.
Pinea takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pinea is thwarting Festation's attempts to control the position.
Pinea working Festation over with strikes.
Festation trying to control here.
Festation is controlling Pinea's trapped leg to prevent Pinea from advancing to side control.
Festation taking some punishment here, with Pinea in his half guard.
Festation gets full guard.
Festation keeping full guard, as Pinea tries to pass.
Festation working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pinea.
Pinea is fighting to break Festation's control of his arms but Festation is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koko Pinea comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pinea has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Koko Pinea!
A victorious Koko Pinea thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manuel La Bor (ranked 1744 p4p, 162 weight class) and John Lennon (ranked 1509 p4p, 152 weight class). La Bor's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Centuries. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
26 - 17 - 2, fighting out of London, Manuel La Bor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Lennon!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lennon moves in looking to clinch but La Bor pushes him off.
Lennon's jab looks to have found its range, popping La Bor under the eye.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lennon 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 La Bor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from La Bor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It looked like La Bor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lennon misses with a low kick as La Bor jumps back.
Lennon shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. La Bor eats them both and turns towards Lennon to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lennon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lennon misses with a straight right.
A head kick from Lennon lands but La Bor takes it in his stride.
Lennon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La Bor's head backwards.
Lennon blocks a leg kick.
Lennon misses with a leg kick.
La Bor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
La Bor stuns Lennon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
La Bor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Bor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lennon.
Lennon ducks under a wild hook from La Bor.
Nice defenses there by La Bor.
Lennon throws a lazy right hand but La Bor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lennon throws a lazy head kick
and La Bor counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lennon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
La Bor moves into range and connects with a jab.
La Bor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
La Bor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lennon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La Bor.
Lennon tries to clinch but La Bor moves out of range.
La Bor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lennon looks to land a right hand but La Bor moved out of range.
Lennon tries to clinch but La Bor moves out of range.
Lennon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lennon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La Bor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - La Bor scores with a four punch combination!
Lennon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and La Bor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lennon scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lennon misses with a hook. La Bor ducked under it nicely.
Lennon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
La Bor tries to bum rush Lennon with a series of wild strikes but Lennon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La Bor attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lennon! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lennon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La Bor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Bor jabs at Lennon's body.
La Bor misses with a left hand
and Lennon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
La Bor defending well as Lennon loads up on a big left hand.
Lennon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from La Bor tenderised Lennon's leg. Lennon is trying to keep his angry face on.
La Bor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lennon throws a leg kick but La Bor moved away.
Lennon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lennon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Bor.
La Bor works Lennon's body with a nice hook.
La Bor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La Bor lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lennon takes a step back to recover.
Lennon tries to clinch
and La Bor counters with a nice uppercut.
La Bor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lennon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Bor throws out the jab.
Lennon tries to counter with a clinch but La Bor shakes him off and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor scores with a jab. Lennon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
La Bor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A shot to the liver by La Bor. Beautiful body shot.
La Bor is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lennon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La Bor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La Bor avoids the body shot from Lennon.
La Bor looks to land a left hand but Lennon moved out of range nicely.
La Bor is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lennon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La Bor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lennon.
La Bor is looking to counter the offense by Lennon and move into the clinch.
Jab by La Bor.
A nice inside leg kick there by La Bor. That's going to slow Lennon down.
A jab lands there for Lennon.
Lennon looks to land a combination but La Bor avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lennon lands with an uppercut that bounces La Bor off the cage and back into range.
Lennon lands with a straight right. La Bor didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lennon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
La Bor lands a really nice looking cross but Lennon seems unphased.
Lennon is rocked!
Lennon get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Lennon stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but La Bor runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Manuel La Bor!
A relieved looking Manuel La Bor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yef Yew (ranked 844 p4p, 103 weight class) and Kemal Ubunthur (ranked 761 p4p, 94 weight class). Ubunthur has chosen Kodak Black - No Flockin as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Yef Yew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kemal Ubunthur!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ubunthur avoids the body shot from Yew.
Yew misses with a leg kick.
Ubunthur scores with a nice head shot.
Yew misses the shot to the body.
Ubunthur misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Ubunthur.
Ubunthur misses with a two punch combination.
Ubunthur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yew takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yew blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yew uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ubunthur has time to react.
Ubunthur connects with a leg kick. Yew looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ubunthur is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ubunthur misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yew uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ubunthur.
Yew connects with a jab.
Ubunthur finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ubunthur stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ubunthur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ubunthur misses with a left hand
and Yew counters with a nice body kick.
Ubunthur moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yew throws a hook to the side of Ubunthur's head but Ubunthur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yew misses with a leg kick
enabling Ubunthur to counter with a crisp jab.
Yew blocks a head kick by Ubunthur.
Yew moves out of range of the strikes.
Ubunthur ducks right into an uppercut from Yew.
Yew uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ubunthur.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ubunthur throws the left hand but Yew avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Ubunthur misses the target.
Ubunthur swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yew.
Ubunthur scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ubunthur misses with a few strikes there.
Yew looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ubunthur misses with a hook. Yew ducked under it nicely.
Ubunthur lands a two punch combo.
Yew fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ubunthur has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yew scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ubunthur.
A jab from Yew misses.
Ubunthur is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubunthur avoids a kick to the body.
Ubunthur looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yew fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ubunthur.
Yew throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ubunthur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ubunthur misses with an uppercut.
Yew throws a body shot but no joy.
Yew throws a leg kick but Ubunthur checks it.
Yew throws a solid leg kick but Ubunthur takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yew.
Ubunthur tries to clinch but Yew is having none of it.
Ubunthur is looking to chop away at Yew's legs.
Yew walks into a stiff left hand from Ubunthur.
Nice uppercut there from Ubunthur.
Ubunthur misses with a looping left.
Ubunthur throws a lazy right hand but Yew sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yew throws the left hand but Ubunthur avoids the punch easily.
Ubunthur throws the kick towards the body but Yew avoids it.
Ubunthur throws a looping overhand right but Yew ducks down to avoid it.
Ubunthur throws a sloppy head kick and Yew moves out of range easily.
Ubunthur stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ubunthur throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yew will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ubunthur drives through and clinches with Yew against the cage.
A hook to the body from Ubunthur.
A head punch on the inside from Ubunthur fails to land.
Yew dodges an elbow strike from Ubunthur.
Ubunthur pushes Yew back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ubunthur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kemal Ubunthur dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Yew throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yew takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yew moves out of range of the leg kick from Ubunthur.
Yew throwing a counter right hand but Ubunthur manages to avoid it.
Kemal Ubunthur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ubunthur misses with an uppercut
letting Yew counter with a right hand.
Ubunthur misses with a lunging right hand
and Yew counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ubunthur throws a series of punches but Yew moves out of range.
Yew misses with a body shot.
Ubunthur scores with a punch to the head.
Ubunthur misses with a hook. Yew ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ubunthur misses with an uppercut. Yew saw that one coming.
Ubunthur throws a big shot that misses.
Ubunthur throws a series of strikes that have Yew backpedaling.
Ubunthur throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubunthur thows a leg kick but Yew checks it
and Yew counters with a good low kick that Ubunthur was not able to check.
Ubunthur has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ubunthur throws a push kick but Yew slaps the foot to one side.
Ubunthur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yew moves away.
Yew blocks a jab.
Yew throwing a counter right hand but Ubunthur manages to avoid it.
Yew looks to score with a jab to the body but Ubunthur is just out of range.
Ubunthur misses with a hook.
Ubunthur throws a lazy head kick
letting Yew counter with a right hand.
Yew throws the left hand but Ubunthur avoids the punch easily.
Ubunthur wants to counter the offense by Yew and move into the clinch position.
Ubunthur defending well as Yew loads up on a big left hand.
Yew ducks under a wild hook from Ubunthur.
Yew throws a body punch but Ubunthur moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Ubunthur lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yew doesn't seem phased though.
Ubunthur throws a leg kick but Yew moved away.
Yew feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ubunthur lands with an overhand left.
Good standup being displayed there by Yew as he connects with a hook.
Ubunthur 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.
Ubunthur misses with a low kick.
It looked like Yew wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A shot to the liver by Ubunthur. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yew blocks a low kick nicely.
Ubunthur checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yew moves out of range of the strikes.
Yew chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kemal Ubunthur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yew moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ubunthur shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An attempted straight right counter from Yew misses the target.
Yew bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ubunthur's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubunthur scores with a sloppy right hand. Yew should have avoided that one.
Yew looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yew misses the shot to the body.
Ubunthur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yew swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yew defending well as Ubunthur loads up on a big left hand.
Ubunthur lands a really nice looking cross but Yew seems unphased.
Good work by Yew as he checks the leg kick.
Yew misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ubunthur.
Yew throws a jab when Ubunthur was well out of range.
Yew jabs Ubunthur right on the nose. Ubunthur blinks but takes it well.
Ubunthur's corner calls for a 1-2. Ubunthur obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Yew 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yew looks to score with a jab to the body but Ubunthur is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yew avoids the head kick by Ubunthur.
Yew fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ubunthur throws a hook but Yew blocks it.
Yew is looking to counter punch.
Ubunthur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yew.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ubunthur motions for Yew to come forward. Ubunthur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Yew wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yew displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ubunthur throws out the jab.
Yew checks a low kick from Ubunthur.
Yew ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ubunthur takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ubunthur scores with a nice strike.
Decent striking displayed by Yew there.
Ubunthur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ubunthur looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kemal Ubunthur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ubunthur takes the fight into the clinch.
Ubunthur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yew avoids it.
Ubunthur misses with a punch on the inside.
Ubunthur pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yew blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ubunthur tries to work over Yew's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ubunthur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ubunthur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ubunthur throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ubunthur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yew.
Ubunthur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ubunthur fails to land.
Yew lands a nice uppercut.
Ubunthur has a couple of punches blocked by Yew.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yew blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yew blocking some punches.
Ubunthur tries to land knees in the clinch but Yew avoids the damage to the body.
Yew pushes Ubunthur back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ubunthur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yew avoiding damage as Ubunthur throws knees to the body.
Ubunthur tries to land a knee to the head but Yew blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yew.
Yew blocking some punches.
Yew lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ubunthur backwards.
Ubunthur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yew breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ubunthur throws a jab but it's blocked by Yew.
Yew avoids the head kick by Ubunthur.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yew throws a body punch but Ubunthur moves out of range.
Yew pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ubunthur is out of range and Yew settles back down.
Ubunthur throws the left hand but Yew avoids the punch easily.
Yew is looking to counter punch.
Yew lunges at Ubunthur with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ubunthur's hand.
Ubunthur jabs Yew right on the nose. Yew blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yew avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yew swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yew lands a nice looking body shot.
Ubunthur listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ubunthur pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yew just misses with a punch to the body.
Ubunthur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ubunthur pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ubunthur.
Ubunthur tries to land a body kick
and Yew counters with a straight right hand.
Yew throws a right hand that misses
and Ubunthur counters with a straight right hand.
Ubunthur sizes up Yew with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yew throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ubunthur stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ubunthur's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yew connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ubunthur scrambles back to his feet.
Yew misses with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Ubunthur blocks the low kick.
Yew looks to land a left hand but Ubunthur moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from Ubunthur misses
and Yew counters with a leg kick.
Ubunthur scores with a leg kick.
Yew uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ubunthur fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yew on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Ubunthur misses the target.
Yew paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yew lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ubunthur's sensitive parts.
Ubunthur lands a really nice looking cross but Yew seems unphased.
Yew 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.
Ubunthur throws an off balance right hand
and Yew counters with a nice uppercut.
Ubunthur bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ubunthur throws a push kick but Yew slaps the foot to one side.
Ubunthur jabs Yew to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ubunthur throws a right and a left that Yew avoids nicely.
Ubunthur throws a sloppy head kick and Yew moves out of range easily.
Yef Yew has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yew swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kemal Ubunthur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ubunthur has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kemal Ubunthur!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 412 p4p, 67 weight class) and Al Hallick (ranked 361 p4p, 55 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Hallick!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hallick slips a jab from Cotto.
Nice shot lands for Cotto.
Cotto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hallick throws out a powerful jab.
Cotto throws a sloppy head kick
and Hallick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hallick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cotto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hallick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cotto.
Cotto fails to land with a series of punches.
Cotto misses the body punch
and Hallick counters with a nice uppercut.
Cotto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hallick.
Cotto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cotto defending well as Hallick loads up on a big left hand.
Cotto throws a head kick but Hallick moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cotto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut.
Cotto thuds a left hand into Hallick's body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hallick. That's going to slow Cotto down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cotto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cotto misses with a two punch combination.
Hallick feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cottos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cotto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hallick counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cotto's knee momentarily.
Hallick slips under a jab from Cotto.
Cotto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cotto lands a jab to Hallick's midsection.
Cotto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hallick is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cotto tries to clinch but Hallick moves away
and Hallick counters with a huge left! Cotto is in big trouble! He's backing up but Hallick isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Cotto from any more damage. A dominating finish by Hallick!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Al Hallick!
Al Hallick decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jacky Jackal (ranked 787 p4p, 90 weight class) and Venum Tree Knee Dad (ranked 154 p4p, 19 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jackal might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to For Heavy Metal we will die!. Tree Knee Dad has chosen Not Falling by Mudvayne as his entrance music. Venum Tree Knee Dad has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacky Jackal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
53 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Venum Tree Knee Dad!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tree Knee Dad works Jackal's body with a nice hook.
Jackal looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackal throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tree Knee Dad blocks a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Tree Knee Dad misses
and Jackal counters with a low kick, right behind Tree Knee Dad 's knee.
Tree Knee Dad misses with a few strikes there.
Jackal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tree Knee Dad misses with a few strikes there.
Jackal throws a right hand that Tree Knee Dad ducks under and follows up with a left that Tree Knee Dad also avoids with ease.
Jackal 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.
Jackal throws a right and a left that Tree Knee Dad avoids nicely.
Jackal misses with a straight right.
Tree Knee Dad throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jackal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tree Knee Dad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tree Knee Dad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackal.
Nice body punch from Jackal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Tree Knee Dad tries to counter it with a takedown but Jackal pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Tree Knee Dad misses with a hook. Jackal ducked under it nicely.
Tree Knee Dad missing with a left hand there. Jackal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tree Knee Dad works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jackal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tree Knee Dad checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tree Knee Dad loads up on a big right hand but Jackal slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackal scores with a nice body kick.
Tree Knee Dad gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jackal.
Jackal gets caught flat footed, as Tree Knee Dad shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tree Knee Dad stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jackal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jackal working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tree Knee Dad doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tree Knee Dad manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jackal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tree Knee Dad looking to sit in guard and control but Jackal gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jackal postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jackal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tree Knee Dad is keeping the position for now.
Tree Knee Dad is trying to control the position but Jackal postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tree Knee Dad tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tree Knee Dad looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jackal puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jackal is thwarting Tree Knee Dad's attempts to control the position.
Jackal prevents Tree Knee Dad from improving his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tree Knee Dad gets full guard.
Tree Knee Dad is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tree Knee Dad is looking for a triangle here but Jackal uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Tree Knee Dad is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackal controlling the position from side mount.
Tree Knee Dad is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Jackal is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Jackal with shots to the head and body - Tree Knee Dad looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tree Knee Dad has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Tree Knee Dad tries to hold on but Jackal pushes him away.
Tree Knee Dad really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tree Knee Dad manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Tree Knee Dad is trying to get back to full guard.
Tree Knee Dad keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackal scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jackal working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tree Knee Dad trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Jackal manages to pass to mount!
Tree Knee Dad bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jackal looking for a sweep. Not yet Jackal, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tree Knee Dad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackal is keeping the position for now.
Jackal looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tree Knee Dad wants to control from the top but Jackal keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacky Jackal dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tree Knee Dad looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jackal is fending him off so far but Tree Knee Dad persists. Nope, Jackal circles away and we're back to standing.
Jackal gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tree Knee Dad to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jackal working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tree Knee Dad doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tree Knee Dad manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Tree Knee Dad slips nicely into half guard.
Jackal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jackal is not content to let Tree Knee Dad control the position.
Jackal tries to get to full guard but Tree Knee Dad has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tree Knee Dad is trying to control. Jackal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackal makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jackal.
Jackal is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tree Knee Dad avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tree Knee Dad trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jackal working for a triangle but Tree Knee Dad defends it easily.
Jackal is trying to keep Tree Knee Dad in close.
Tree Knee Dad trying to control but Jackal is working from the bottom.
Jackal lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Tree Knee Dad looking for a sweep. Not yet Tree Knee Dad, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tree Knee Dad is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jackal connects with a couple of short punches.
Jacky Jackal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tree Knee Dad looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Jackal is defending well. Tree Knee Dad quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Jackal has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Tree Knee Dad celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Venum Tree Knee Dad!
After winning the bout, Venum Tree Knee Dad thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cholo Van Gaal (ranked 254 p4p, 32 weight class) and Kai Yamaguchi (ranked 147 p4p, 18 weight class). Yamaguchi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Yama Yama. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kai Yamaguchi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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
29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cholo Van Gaal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Yamaguchi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamaguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamaguchi lands a nice shot to the body.
Yamaguchi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big right from Yamaguchi misses.
Yamaguchi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van Gaal momentarily.
Yamaguchi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Van Gaal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Gaal punishes Yamaguchi's body with a nice straight punch.
A low kick from Yamaguchi misses
and Van Gaal counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Gaal misses with a kick to the body
and Yamaguchi counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Gaal throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yamaguchi scores with a shot to the body.
Van Gaal throws a push kick but Yamaguchi slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Yamaguchi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yamaguchi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Gaal has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Van Gaal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Gaal can pounce on him.
Yamaguchi misses with a leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws an overhand right that lands on Van Gaal's shoulder, as Van Gaal tries to avoid the shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Van Gaal crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yamaguchi - the referee stops the clock and Van Gaal gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yamaguchi. Van Gaal manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yamaguchi digs a good body shot into Van Gaal's ribs.
Nice body kick from Yamaguchi.
Van Gaal misses with a right hand
and Yamaguchi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Gaal scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've been told by Van Gaal's head coaches at Shark Tank MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Yamaguchi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yamaguchi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Gaal takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Yamaguchi tenderised Van Gaal's leg. Van Gaal is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Van Gaal moves out of range.
A jab from Yamaguchi misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal thuds a left hand into Yamaguchi's body.
That kick from Yamaguchi tenderised Van Gaal's leg. Van Gaal is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamaguchi 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.
Van Gaal staying out of range there.
Yamaguchi connects with a leg kick. Van Gaal looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Van Gaal just misses with a punch to the body.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Gaal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yamaguchi finds it's way round the side to connect with Van Gaal's head.
Yamaguchi throws a wild body kick that Van Gaal sees coming a mile off.
Van Gaal lands the left hand.
Yamaguchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Gaal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Gaal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Van Gaal throws a sloppy head kick
and Yamaguchi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamaguchi. Van Gaal does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Van Gaal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yamaguchi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Van Gaals jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal stuns Yamaguchi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Gaal half committed to a counter leg kick.
Van Gaal throws a big shot that misses.
Yamaguchi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab from Yamaguchi misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Van Gaal misses its target.
Yamaguchi slips under a jab.
Van Gaal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yamaguchi lands with an overhand left.
Yamaguchi scores with a nice right hand.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the body
and Van Gaal counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the liver by Van Gaal. Beautiful body shot.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Gaal. Yamaguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yamaguchi - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gaal connects with a right hand. Yamaguchi shakes it off.
Van Gaal takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yamaguchi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Van Gaal had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Van Gaal misses the jab.
Van Gaal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Van Gaal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yamaguchi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Gaal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yamaguchi.
Nice uppercut lands for Yamaguchi. That snapped Van Gaal's head back.
Yamaguchi misses with a kick to the body
and Van Gaal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Gaal swings for the body but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Yamaguchi.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yamaguchi, as that shot connected.
Yamaguchi throws a push kick but Van Gaal slaps the foot to one side.
Yamaguchi moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Yamaguchi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Van Gaal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaguchi moves away.
A good leg kick by Yamaguchi.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamaguchi scores with a nice body kick.
Van Gaal throws a good cross that connects.
Van Gaal misses with a body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Van Gaal might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Van Gaal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaguchi moves away.
Yamaguchi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yamaguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Gaal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Gaal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Yamaguchi misses with a combination
and Van Gaal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamaguchi swings for the body but Van Gaal moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi cracks Van Gaal with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yamaguchi looks to land a right hand but Van Gaal moved out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Van Gaal looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamaguchi is just out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Van Gaal moves out of range.
A jab from Yamaguchi does it's job there.
Van Gaal throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Yamaguchi scores with a shot to the body.
Van Gaal swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamaguchi.
Van Gaal was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yamaguchi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Van Gaal is looking to counter punch.
Van Gaal throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A low kick from Yamaguchi is predictable there
and Van Gaal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yamaguchi thinking.
Van Gaal lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamaguchi scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yamaguchi, right into the meat.
Van Gaal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi lands with a straight right. Van Gaal didn't see that one coming.
Van Gaal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a right hook to the body.
Van Gaal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Van Gaal misses with a low kick.
Yamaguchi misses with the body kick
and Van Gaal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamaguchi feints and then cracks Van Gaal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Gaal down.
Good exchange - Yamaguchi coming out on top.
A good leg kick by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamaguchi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yamaguchi.
Van Gaal scores with a head kick. Yamaguchi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A big left from Yamaguchi misses.
Yamaguchi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Gaal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick misses from Van Gaal.
Yamaguchi cracks Van Gaal with a good jab.
Van Gaal moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaguchi.
A quick step to the side and Van Gaal tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Van Gaal crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yamaguchi - the referee stops the clock and Van Gaal gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yamaguchi. Van Gaal manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yamaguchi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal throws a looping overhand right but Yamaguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Van Gaal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Van Gaal moves out of range.
Yamaguchi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi connects with a body shot.
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!
Van Gaal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yamaguchi connects with a right hand. Van Gaal shakes it off.
Van Gaal throws a head kick that Yamaguchi semi-blocks.
Van Gaal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yamaguchi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yamaguchi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Van Gaal throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Gaal. Yamaguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yamaguchi.
Van Gaal on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Van Gaal looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the body kick.
Yamaguchi replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Van Gaal blocks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kai Yamaguchi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Van Gaal moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yamaguchi, as that shot connected.
Van Gaal looks to throw the jab but Yamaguchi is out of range.
Yamaguchi cracks Van Gaal with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van Gaal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yamaguchi throws a front kick aimed at Van Gaal's knee but Van Gaal avoids it well.
Yamaguchi misses with a body kick.
Yamaguchi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yamaguchi. That's going to slow Van Gaal down.
Van Gaal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yamaguchi throws a shot from downtown. Van Gaal moves away and avoids it.
As Yamaguchi backs away, Van Gaal returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamaguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Van Gaal throws a low kick, looking for Yamaguchi's leg but Yamaguchi calmly moves out of range.
Van Gaal lands a right hook to the body.
Yamaguchi lands with an overhand left.
Yamaguchi lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
Van Gaal throws a sloppy body shot
and Yamaguchi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Van Gaal lands an overhand right.
A big left from Van Gaal misses.
Yamaguchi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Gaal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Gaal slips under a jab.
Yamaguchi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Van Gaal moves out of range.
Yamaguchi scores with a nice head shot.
Yamaguchi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Gaal steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yamaguchi. That one must have hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yamaguchi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi throws a body shot but no joy.
Yamaguchi checks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Yamaguchi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cholo Van Gaal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamaguchi tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Gaal throws a sloppy head kick and Yamaguchi moves out of range easily.
Van Gaal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Gaal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi obviously looking to wear him down.
Van Gaal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yamaguchi.
Van Gaal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Van Gaal moves out of range as Yamaguchi strikes.
Van Gaal takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Van Gaal swings for the body but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Yamaguchi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Van Gaal walks into a stiff left hand from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Gaal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi obviously looking to wear him down.
Yamaguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body kick there by Yamaguchi.
Van Gaal takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamaguchi lands a right hook to the body.
Yamaguchi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Gaal throws a body punch but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a good cross that connects.
Yamaguchi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yamaguchi misses with a low kick as Van Gaal jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Gaal on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamaguchi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick which misses Van Gaal's front leg but catches the back leg as Van Gaal tries to avoid it.
Van Gaal will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A jab from Van Gaal finds it's way through Yamaguchi's defenses.
Yamaguchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamaguchi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Gaal connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yamaguchi scrambles back to his feet.
Van Gaal is looking to score with low kicks.
Van Gaal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamaguchi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van Gaal momentarily.
Yamaguchi throws a quick inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Van Gaal blocks the low kick.
Kai Yamaguchi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yamaguchi tries to score with a low kick but Van Gaal moves his leg out of the way.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Yamaguchi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yamaguchi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Yamaguchi!
A relieved looking Kai Yamaguchi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Cholo Van Gaal stepped up to the mic, saying 'I ain't no terminator but... ILL BE BACK!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ortega (ranked 38 p4p, 6 weight class) and Will Rock (ranked 98 p4p, 13 weight class). Rock is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I Wanna Rock. Will Rock has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Carlos Ortega's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Ortega!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Will Rock!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rock misses with a straight left.
Ortega displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rock throws out the jab.
Ortega chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab from Rock.
Ortega has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rock.
Ortega loads up on a big right hand but Rock slips the punch.
Ortega swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rock is looking to chop away at Ortega's legs.
Ortega has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ortega there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ortega takes a swing at Rock's ribcage but misses.
Rock only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Rock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ortega, pushing him back against the cage.
Rock effectively controlling the action here.
Rock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ortega.
Rock scores with a shot to the side of Ortega's head.
I was talking to Ortega's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
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!
Ortega misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rock manages to pull guard.
Ortega might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ortega would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Rock is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega wants to stand and escape but instead Rock has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ortega trying to control the position.
Rock prevents Ortega from getting back to his feet.
Ortega is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ortega is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rock stops Ortega from standing up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ortega holds on and takes a little breather.
Rock wants to control from the top but Ortega keeps moving.
Rock seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rock lands with an uppercut that bounces Ortega off the cage and back into range.
Rock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ortega lands with a hook. Rock tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rock misses with a looping right.
It looked like Ortega was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rock.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ortega darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rock blocks a jab.
Ortega avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands a jab to Ortega's midsection.
Rock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rock misses with a wild body shot.
Rock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rock 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.
Rock throws a low kick but Ortega moves out of range easily.
Rock walks into a left hand.
Ortega swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
Rock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rock blocks a low kick nicely.
Rock scores with a hook to the body. Ortega takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ortega, pushing him back against the cage.
Ortega struggles to land a body shot inside as Rock controls his hands.
Ortega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ortega breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rock has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rock avoids the body shot from Ortega.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ortega 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 Rock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ortega gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock misses with a right hand
and Ortega counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ortega.
Rock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ortega misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rock.
Rock blocking some punches.
Ortega lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Ortega.
Ortega's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ortega slips a jab and a cross from Rock.
A big left from Rock misses.
Ortega takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ortega misses with a wild body shot.
Rock scores with a nice right hand.
Rock swats away the attempt to clinch by Ortega.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Rock dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ortega connects with a single shot there.
Ortega lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ortega stuns Rock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rock 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.
Ortega fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Will Rock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rock 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.
Ortega throws a shot from downtown. Rock moves away and avoids it.
Ortega staying out of range there.
Ortega half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ortega misses with a few strikes there.
Good shot there by Ortega.
Rock misses with a wild body shot.
Rock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rock cracks Ortega with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ortega lands with a good body shot.
Ortega uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rock.
Ortega misses with an uppercut
and Rock moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ortega.
Rock misses with a punch to the body.
Rock drags the fight down to the ground.
Rock managing to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega wants to stand but Rock has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rock escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ortega gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ortega is stalling in the full guard.
Rock has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ortega can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ortega gets to his feet - Rock follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ortega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rock manages to avoid it.
Rock misses with an uppercut
and Ortega counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rock throws a leg kick but Ortega moved away.
Decent striking displayed by Ortega there.
Rock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rock drives through and clinches with Ortega against the cage.
Ortega lands with a left to the head.
Ortega swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ortega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rock pulls guard successfully.
Ortega stands up and waves to Rock to follow him.
Ortega throws a jab but it's blocked by Rock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Rock blocks the leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ortega.
Ortega looks to score with a jab to the body but Rock is just out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Rock finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A cross from Rock lands.
Rock clinches up with Ortega and pushes him back against the cage.
Rock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Ortega.
Rock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ortega throws a punch but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock misses with the head strike.
Ortega presses Rock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ortega creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ortega or not.
Ortega lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Ortega misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Rock.
Ortega escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rock walks into a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rock misses.
Rock avoids the body shot from Ortega.
Ortega on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ortega has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rock.
Ortega looks to land a left hand but Rock moved out of range nicely.
Rock misses with a low kick.
Rock throws a leg kick which misses Ortega's front leg but catches the back leg as Ortega tries to avoid it.
Rock misses with a hook.
Rock throws a jab when Ortega was well out of range.
Ortega moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ortega scores with a one two! Rock had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ortega lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ortega misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rock.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ortega checks a leg kick.
Ortega thumps Rock with a low kick.
Rock lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ortega connects with a crisp jab.
Ortega lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Carlos Ortega will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Crunch! Rock slams his shin into Ortega's torso.
Ortega cracks the inside of Rock's front leg.
Ortega looks for the body kick but Rock saw that one coming.
Ortega lands a jab to the nose.
Rock pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ortega is out of range and Rock settles back down.
Rock throws a hook but Ortega avoids it easily.
Rock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ortega pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rock catches Ortega with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab from Rock misses.
Ortega pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rock is out of range and Ortega settles back down.
Rock tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ortega lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Rock.
Rock looks to land a right hand but Ortega moved out of range.
Rock defending well as Ortega loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Rock. That snapped Ortega's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ortega misses with a punch on the inside.
Ortega lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock successfully pulls guard.
Ortega has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ortega tries to stand but Rock is controlling from the bottom.
Ortega stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rock swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ortega trying to control but Rock is working from the bottom.
Ortega gets to his feet - Rock follows without any prompting.
Rock lands a nice shot that snaps Ortega's head back.
A swing and a miss from Rock.
A counter left hand to the body from Ortega misses its target.
Ortega just misses with a punch to the body.
Ortega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rock staying out of range there.
Rock tries to counter with a clinch but Ortega shakes him off and moves away.
Rock slips a straight right by Ortega.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock avoids a kick to the body.
Ortega waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rock.
Rock cracks Ortega with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ortega looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A slow jab from Ortega misses its intended target.
Ortega chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rock can pounce on him.
Ortega wants to land a leg kick but Rock is out of range.
Ortega closes the distance and pushes Rock back into the cage.
Rock looking to stall.
Rock drags the fight down to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortega wants to control from the top but Rock keeps moving.
Ortega is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rock, up you get!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A jab from Rock misses.
Ortega feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Good leg kick by Rock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ortega.
Ortega lands a nice shot to the body.
Ortega cracks Rock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ortega misses the shot to the body.
Ortega swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
Rock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ortega's sensitive parts.
Ortega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rock manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ortega is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rock moves out of range of the strikes.
Crunch! Rock slams his shin into Ortega's torso.
Rock scores with a hook.
Ortega wants to land a leg kick but Rock is out of range.
Good leg kick by Ortega there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ortega takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortega scores with a leg kick.
Rock misses the shot to the body.
Rock misses with an uppercut
and Ortega makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ortega throws a body kick that misses.
Rock slips a jab from Ortega.
Ortega takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ortega throws a body shot but no joy.
Ortega misses with a low kick.
Rock jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ortega manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rock checks a leg kick.
Rock gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Will Rock 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.
Ortega misses with a hook.
Carlos Ortega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jab from Rock.
Ortega tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rock was well out of range. Poor timing from Ortega.
Ortega misses with a looping right.
Ortega swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
Ortega throws a head kick that misses.
Rock throws a counter combo.
Rock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good exchange - Rock coming out on top.
Rock misses with an uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Ortega 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rock is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rock darts in and clinches Ortega up against the cage.
Rock tries to throw a body punch but Ortega avoids it by throwing Rock back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ortega looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ortega wants to break free but Rock has control.
Will Rock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rock struggles to land a body shot inside as Ortega controls his hands.
Rock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rock pulls guard effortlessly.
Rock looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rock looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ortega stopping the sweep attempt from Rock.
Ortega wants to control from the top but Rock keeps moving.
Rock is looking for a triangle here but Ortega uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ortega controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ortega has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Rock slips a straight right by Ortega.
Ortega fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ortega ducks under a wild hook from Rock.
Rock throws a leg kick
and Ortega counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ortega throws out the jab.
Rock is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ortega ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rock moves away.
Ortega slips under a jab from Rock.
Ortega throws a big shot that misses.
Rock avoids the body shot from Ortega.
Ortega looks to score with a jab to the body but Rock is just out of range.
Rock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ortega sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ortega.
Rock throws the left hand but Ortega avoids the punch easily.
Ortega slips a jab and a cross from Rock.
Ortega throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rock throws a leg kick but Ortega checks it.
Rock works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ortega.
Rock misses with a low kick.
Rock connects with a leg kick. Ortega looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fighters circling - Ortega throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Ortega throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ortega scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ortega throws a right hand that Rock ducks under and follows up with a left that Rock also avoids with ease.
Rock tries to counter with a clinch but Ortega shakes him off and moves away.
Ortega throws a body shot but no joy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rock.
Ortega finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rock throws out a counter right but Ortega avoids it with no problem.
Rock lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rock takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Rock.
Rock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rock avoids the body shot from Ortega.
Ortega scores with a punch to the head.
Rock misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rock feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ortegas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rock is looking to score with low kicks.
A little feinted left hand from Ortega on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Ortega misses the target.
Ortega throws a leg kick but Rock checks it.
Good work by Rock as he checks the leg kick.
Ortega is looking to slow Rock down with leg kicks.
Rock ducks under a wild hook from Ortega.
Rock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ortega has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rock.
Rock misses with a low kick.
Rock slips a jab from Ortega.
Ortega takes one to the side of the head.
Rock ducks under a wild hook from Ortega.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rock checks a leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Ortega scores with a four punch combination!
Ortega bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rock swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ortega.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Will Rock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rock lands with a straight right. Ortega didn't see that one coming.
Ortega on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rock. Rock obviously looking to wear him down.
Ortega moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ortega blocks a low kick nicely.
Ortega has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rock.
A telegraphed right hand from Rock misses the target.
Rock throws a jab but it's blocked by Ortega.
Rock moves forwards but Ortega connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ortega swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab lands there for Rock.
Rock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ortega throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortega slips under a jab from Rock.
Rock throws a good cross that connects.
Ortega lands a leg kick that knocks Rock off balance momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortega scores with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Rock checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rock lands with a hook. Ortega tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega tries a low kick but Rock avoids it.
Ortega misses with a straight right.
Rock has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ortega finds it's way round the side to connect with Rock's head.
Ortega looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rock moves out of range as Ortega throws a body kick.
Ortega will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ortega takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ortega throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rock scores with a nice right hand.
Ortega throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rock steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ortega.
Rock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ortega on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ortega throws a lazy right hand but Rock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ortega.
Ortega tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rock was well out of range. Poor timing from Ortega.
Ortega takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Rock there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ortega throws a jab when Rock was well out of range.
Rock wants to counter the offense by Ortega and move into the clinch position.
Rock clinches up with Ortega and pushes him back against the cage.
Ortega blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock tries a body shot but Ortega blocks it.
Rock blocks an uppercut.
Rock manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Rock pushes a forearm under Ortega's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Ortega is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Will Rock!
Will Rock is the new lightweight champion!
Will Rock thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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