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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Don Cartagena (ranked 4181 p4p, 437 weight class) and Lazuran Riku (ranked 3912 p4p, 415 weight class). Cartagena's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Crack Attack. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Cartagena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Lazuran Riku!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riku connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Riku has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cartagena throws a looping overhand right but Riku ducks down to avoid it.
Cartagena fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Riku on the side of the head.
Riku scoring well with a low kick there.
Riku looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cartagena misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from Riku misses
and Cartagena counters with a stiff right hand.
Riku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cartagena.
Riku steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cartagena.
Riku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the 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!
Cartagena on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riku lands with an overhand left.
Riku is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Good leg kick by Riku there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lazuran Riku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riku scores with a sloppy right hand. Cartagena should have avoided that one.
Cartagena is rocked!
Cartagena throws a poor cross that misses
and Riku counters with a crisp right that sends Cartagena to the canvas! Riku follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lazuran Riku!
In his post fight interview, Lazuran Riku started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Bestarsson (ranked 2592 p4p, 301 weight class) and Yodsanan Sityodtong (ranked 2922 p4p, 331 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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166 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Viktor Bestarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yodsanan Sityodtong!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sityodtong throws an off balance right hand
and Bestarsson counters with a straight right hand.
Sityodtong misses the jab.
Bestarsson throwing a counter right hand but Sityodtong manages to avoid it.
Bestarsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sityodtong.
Sityodtong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bestarsson throws a right and a left that Sityodtong avoids nicely.
A big right from Bestarsson misses.
Bestarsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sityodtong.
Bestarsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sityodtong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sityodtong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bestarsson.
We've been informed that Sityodtong has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sityodtong's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bestarsson under the eye.
A telegraphed right hand from Sityodtong misses the target.
Bestarsson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bestarsson's corner calls for a 1-2. Bestarsson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sityodtong walks into a jab.
Sityodtong is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Sityodtong.
Bestarsson lands a brutal head kick. Sityodtong looks out on his feet and Bestarsson throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Viktor Bestarsson!
Viktor Bestarsson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zahabi St. Georges (ranked 1897 p4p, 235 weight class) and Qasim Barakat (ranked 1818 p4p, 224 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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250 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zahabi St. Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Qasim Barakat!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barakat dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barakat blocks a jab.
Barakat misses with a hook. St. Georges ducked under it nicely.
St. Georges on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Barakat throws a body shot but no joy.
St. Georges swings for the body but Barakat moves out of range.
St. Georges is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barakat.
Barakat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St. Georges.
It looked like St. Georges wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
St. Georges just misses with a punch to the body.
St. Georges takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Barakat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St. Georges scores with a body shot.
Barakat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from St. Georges.
Barakat steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Barakat throws a quick head kick that skims the top of St. Georges's head.
St. Georges catches Barakat with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
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!
St. Georges avoids the body shot from Barakat.
St. Georges throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St. Georges looks to score with a jab to the body but Barakat is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Barakat on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
St. Georges misses the jab.
Barakat misses with a looping right.
Barakat throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
St. Georges looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barakat throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like St. Georges wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
St. Georges tests Barakat's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St. Georges's corner calls for a 1-2. St. Georges obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barakat tried to score with a low kick but St. Georges checks it.
Barakat misses the jab.
St. Georges connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
St. Georges throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Barakat on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barakat.
St. Georges blocks a leg kick.
Barakat throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from St. Georges misses.
St. Georges throws a lazy right hand but Barakat sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barakat delivers a nice body kick.
St. Georges moves out of range of the body kick.
St. Georges misses with a left hand
and Barakat counters with a stiff right hand.
St. Georges thows a left - swing and a miss!
St. Georges throws a shot from downtown. Barakat moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St. Georges throws a jab when Barakat was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barakat throws a lazy uppercut
and Barakat takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
St. Georges throws a jab but it's blocked by Barakat.
Barakat lands a nice shot to the body.
Barakat throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St. Georges takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St. Georges avoids the body shot from Barakat.
St. Georges swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Barakat is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down St. Georges rather than just go for the knockout.
Barakat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St. Georges.
A little feinted left hand from St. Georges on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barakat misses with an uppercut. St. Georges saw that one coming.
St. Georges throws a right hand that Barakat ducks under and follows up with a left that Barakat also avoids with ease.
Barakat fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Barakat pushes St. Georges away with a front kick.
St. Georges darts in trying to clinch
and Barakat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barakat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barakat clinches with his opponent.
Barakat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barakat landing knees to the head.
Barakat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St. Georges blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges lands a nice uppercut.
St. Georges on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St. Georges has Barakat pressed against the cage, preventing Barakat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St. Georges misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barakat scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from St. Georges fails to land.
St. Georges misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barakat.
St. Georges has a couple of punches blocked by Barakat.
St. Georges tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barakat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barakat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
St. Georges misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Georges.
Barakat unloads a knee to the mid-section. St. Georges lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St. Georges is breathing heavily.
Barakat scores a nice knee to the body.
Barakat lands a shot to the body.
Barakat manages to break the clinch.
St. Georges takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barakat connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A big right from St. Georges misses.
Barakat scores with a spinning back kick!
St. Georges blocks a jab.
Barakat lands a jab to the head.
Barakat lands a jab to the nose.
St. Georges gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barakat.
Barakat tries a head kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from St. Georges misses the target.
St. Georges on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barakat is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St. Georges had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
St. Georges blocks a low kick nicely.
Barakat lands a nice shot that snaps St. Georges's head back.
Jab by Barakat.
St. Georges is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Barakat has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from St. Georges finds it's way round the side to connect with Barakat's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Georges missing with a left hand there. Barakat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barakat replies with a solid counter kick to the body but St. Georges blocks it well.
St. Georges walks into a straight right hand from Barakat.
St. Georges's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barakat connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! St. Georges scrambles back to his feet.
Barakat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Qasim Barakat dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good work by St. Georges as he checks the leg kick.
Barakat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Barakat moves out of range.
Barakat cracks the inside of St. Georges's front leg.
Barakat lands with a kick to the temple. St. Georges shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
St. Georges lands a nice hook to Barakat's body. Barakat takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St. Georges fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barakat looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barakat throws a leg kick but St. Georges sees it coming and moves out of range.
St. Georges throwing a counter right hand but Barakat manages to avoid it.
Barakat turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barakat misses the shot to the body.
St. Georges tries to counter by clinching up but Barakat breaks away and moves out of range.
Barakat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt St. Georges.
Barakat thumps St. Georges with a low kick.
Qasim Barakat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barakat, as that shot connected.
Barakat throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barakat moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St. Georges jabs at Barakat's body.
St. Georges throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Barakat responds with a good body kick, but St. Georges manages to step out the way in time.
St. Georges throws a right hand that misses
and Barakat counters with a nice body kick.
Barakat throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Georges tries to clinch there but Barakat circles away.
St. Georges scores with a jab. Barakat acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barakat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barakat doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
St. Georges clinches up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Barakat.
Barakat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barakat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barakat scores a nice knee to the body.
St. Georges 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.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barakat creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barakat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St. Georges.
Barakat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Barakat as the two fighters clinch.
Barakat scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barakat gets through St. Georges's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
St. Georges throws a punch but it's blocked by Barakat.
Barakat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Qasim Barakat seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Barakat lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Zahabi St. Georges has been cut.
Barakat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barakat blocking some punches.
A short left from St. Georges.
Barakat misses with a knee to the head.
St. Georges lands a left hand.
St. Georges misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St. Georges misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St. Georges creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
St. Georges makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St. Georges misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barakat looking to throw knees to the head but St. Georges is blocking nicely.
Barakat looking to throw knees to the head but St. Georges is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St. Georges creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barakat tries to work over St. Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St. Georges throws a head punch that misses.
Barakat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St. Georges blocks it with crossed arms.
Barakat tries to land a knee to the head but St. Georges blocks with his arms.
St. Georges avoiding damage as Barakat throws knees to the body.
St. Georges lands a left hand.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
St. Georges lands with a left to the head.
Barakat is breathing heavily.
Barakat tries to land a knee to the head but St. Georges blocks with his arms.
Barakat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barakat connects with a nasty looking knee right to St. Georges's face.
St. Georges lands an uppercut.
St. Georges swings wildly with an uppercut but Barakat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barakat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St. Georges avoiding damage as Barakat throws knees to the body.
Barakat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St. Georges blocks it with crossed arms.
St. Georges lands a body shot.
St. Georges softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barakat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St. Georges avoids it.
St. Georges tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barakat's elbow.
St. Georges scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St. Georges tries a body shot but Barakat blocks it.
St. Georges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St. Georges misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from St. Georges as the two fighters clinch.
St. Georges scores with a nice hook to the head.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for St. Georges.
St. Georges throws a punch but it's blocked by Barakat.
St. Georges lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with some punches.
St. Georges goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St. Georges misses with a punch to the body.
Barakat unloads a knee to the mid-section. St. Georges lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barakat looking to throw knees to the head but St. Georges is blocking nicely.
Barakat throws a head punch that misses.
St. Georges swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barakat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barakat looking to throw knees to the head but St. Georges is blocking nicely.
Barakat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St. Georges's elbow.
St. Georges gets through Barakat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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 Zahabi St. Georges will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zahabi St. Georges's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
St. Georges keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St. Georges throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barakat fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St. Georges manages to avoid it.
Barakat scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barakat takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barakat walks into a straight right hand from St. Georges.
Barakat is rocked!
St. Georges ducks under a wild hook from Barakat.
Barakat is still on wobbly legs! Can St. Georges finish him?
Barakat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barakat seems to have recovered his senses.
Barakat on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
St. Georges dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St. Georges scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. St. Georges engages and cracks Barakat with a massive lead left hook - Barakat tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! St. Georges is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zahabi St. Georges!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aksel Stenger (ranked 1857 p4p, 232 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 2512 p4p, 305 weight class). Stenger comes into the arena with Hit2face - Ain't it nice to get hit to the face? blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Dincht's choice of entrance music: Disturbed - Down With The Sickness. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Aksel Stenger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht misses with a low kick as Stenger jumps back.
Zell Dincht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stenger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dincht scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Stenger throws a looping overhand right but Dincht ducks down to avoid it.
Dincht looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stenger throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stenger checks a leg kick nicely.
Dincht ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stenger moves away.
Stenger lands a head shot.
Dincht takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stenger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stenger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stenger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dincht throws out the jab.
Nice uppercut there from Dincht.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dincht tries to move into range but Stenger moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stenger has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Stenger throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Dincht looks to land a combination but Stenger avoids it well.
Stenger throws a hook but Dincht blocks it.
A jab lands there for Stenger.
Dincht throws a body punch but Stenger moves out of range.
Stenger tried to counter with a leg kick but Dincht avoided it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheers as Stenger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dincht doesn't seem phased though.
Dincht avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Despite the aggression on Dincht's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dincht looks for the body kick but Stenger saw that one coming.
Stenger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dincht.
Stenger slips under a jab.
Stenger appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Stenger takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stenger lands a head shot.
Stenger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dincht.
Stenger moves out of range as Dincht strikes.
Dincht lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dincht misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stenger cracks Dincht with a good jab.
Dincht throws a jab when Stenger was well out of range.
Stenger appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Stenger lands with a kick to the temple. Dincht shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Stenger steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dincht. That one must have hurt.
Stenger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht throws the left hand but Stenger avoids the punch easily.
Stenger throws a front kick aimed at Dincht's knee but Dincht avoids it well.
Stenger throws a jab when Dincht was well out of range.
Stenger is looking to chop away at Dincht's legs.
Stenger lands a nice hook to Dincht's body. Dincht takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dincht thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dincht lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stenger throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Stenger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dincht staying out of range there.
Dincht throws a lazy uppercut
and Stenger counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stenger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Stenger throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dincht cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dincht scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dincht scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stenger in his tracks.
Stenger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stenger feints and then cracks Dincht's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dincht down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dincht was well out of range. Poor timing from Stenger.
Dincht lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dincht throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dincht connects with a body shot that sends Stenger's belly button to the back.
Dincht motions for Stenger to come forward. Dincht throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stenger connects with a leg kick. Dincht looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stenger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dincht throws out the jab.
Dincht throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stenger defending well as Dincht loads up on a big left hand.
Stenger avoids the body shot from Dincht.
Stenger moves out of range of the body kick.
Stenger throws a front kick that sends Dincht stumbling back into the cage.
Stenger scores with a kick to the body.
Stenger needs to keep his hands up - Dincht had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Dincht misses its intended target.
Stenger takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stenger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Dincht is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stenger had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenger gets a clinch.
Dincht lands an uppercut.
Dincht digs a right hand underneath Stenger's ribcage. Stenger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stenger is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dincht avoiding damage as Stenger throws knees to the body.
Stenger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stenger makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Stenger.
Stenger working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dincht.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stenger.
Dincht can't find room to land a body shot as Stenger controls the action.
A hook to the body from Stenger.
Dincht managing to block the knees to the body from Stenger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stenger lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Zell Dincht has been cut.
Dincht throws a head punch that misses.
Stenger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stenger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stenger takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aksel Stenger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zell Dincht's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Stenger throws a shot from downtown. Dincht moves away and avoids it.
Dincht throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stenger scores with a jab to the jaw.
Aksel Stenger is winning the standup battle so far.
A cross from Dincht lands.
Dincht misses with a head kick.
Dincht takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dincht misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Stenger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stenger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Dincht tenderised Stenger's leg. Stenger is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good leg kick by Stenger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dincht will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stenger takes a swing at Dincht's ribcage but misses.
Dincht doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dincht works Stenger's body with a nice hook.
Dincht tried to score with a low kick but Stenger checks it.
Stenger throws a lazy uppercut
and Dincht counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stenger lands a slapping body shot.
Dincht ducks under a wild hook from Stenger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stenger on the side of the head.
Dincht throws a hook but Stenger blocks it.
Dincht takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dincht connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dincht blocks the body kick.
Stenger misses with a body shot.
Stenger walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dincht checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Stenger scores with a decent looking hook.
A head kick by Stenger misses
and Dincht counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dincht tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stenger was well out of range. Poor timing from Dincht.
Stenger drops his hands momentarily and Dincht takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stenger looks to score with a jab to the body but Dincht is just out of range.
Stenger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stenger throws a jab but it's blocked by Dincht.
Dincht attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A telegraphed right hand from Stenger misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht lands a leg kick that knocks Stenger off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dincht darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stenger moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Dincht.
Stenger moves out of range of the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Stenger checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dincht misses the shot to the body.
Dincht lands with a good body shot.
Dincht scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That kick from Dincht tenderised Stenger's leg. Stenger is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stenger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dincht.
Dincht rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stenger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stenger is looking to chop away at Dincht's legs.
Dincht tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dincht tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stenger takes one to the chin there.
Stenger missing with a left hand there. Dincht was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dincht swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stenger 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dincht was well out of range. Poor timing from Stenger.
Stenger misses the shot to the body.
Stenger tries a low kick but Dincht avoids it.
Stenger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dincht throws out the jab.
Dincht avoids a kick to the body.
Stenger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dincht manages to avoid it.
Stenger throws the left hand but Dincht avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stenger. Dincht does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dincht connects with an inside leg kick.
Dincht throws a hook but Stenger blocks it.
Stenger slips a straight right by Dincht.
Stenger fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dincht has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dincht moves out of range as Stenger throws a body kick.
Stenger throws an overhand right that lands on Dincht's shoulder, as Dincht tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dincht. Stenger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stenger looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dincht.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dincht throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick misses from Stenger.
Dincht defending well as Stenger loads up on a big left hand.
Dincht moves forwards but Stenger connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dincht swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stenger throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stenger lands a nice looking body kick.
Dincht thuds a left hand into Stenger's body.
Dincht thows a body kick. Stenger tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Stenger wants to clinch up but Dincht keeps it at a distance.
Stenger on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stenger. That's going to slow Dincht down.
Dincht misses with a looping left.
Stenger throws a front kick aimed at Dincht's knee but Dincht avoids it well.
Stenger throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
A big right from Dincht misses.
Stenger swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Zell Dincht will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Zell Dincht's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Stenger misses the shot to the body.
Stenger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stenger scores with a nice strike.
Stenger defending well as Dincht loads up on a big left hand.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Stenger.
A bone on bone clash there as Dincht blocks the leg kick.
A combination from Dincht does no damage.
Stenger throws the kick towards the body but Dincht avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Dincht misses.
Stenger misses with a wild body shot.
Dincht takes a swing at Stenger's ribcage but misses.
Dincht tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stenger was well out of range. Poor timing from Dincht.
Dincht's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht is looking to land body kicks.
Stenger avoids the body shot from Dincht.
Stenger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stenger throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stenger gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dincht.
Dincht wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht digs a good hook to Stenger's body.
Stenger misses with a looping right.
Dincht looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dincht slips under a jab from Stenger.
Dincht scores with a nice head shot.
Dincht wants to slow Stenger down by chopping away at his legs.
Stenger tries a head kick but it misses.
Stenger misses with a low kick.
Good shot there by Dincht.
Jab from Stenger.
Dincht attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dincht lands with an overhand left.
Dincht checks a low kick from Stenger.
Stenger misses with a low kick.
Dincht bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stenger's head.
Stenger attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dincht takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Stenger misses.
Stenger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stenger. Dincht does a little dance to reset his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stenger.
Dincht connects with a right hand. Stenger shakes it off.
Stenger listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Stenger slips the punch.
Dincht lands a jab.
Dincht tries to work over Stenger's front leg with a kick but Stenger checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Stenger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dincht throws a body shot but no joy.
Dincht cracks the inside of Stenger's front leg.
Dincht goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dincht.
A clash of legs there as Dincht blocks the low kick.
Dincht comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stenger blocks a low kick nicely.
A quick step to the side and Stenger tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dincht misses with an uppercut.
Stenger throws a hook but Dincht blocks it.
Dincht swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stenger misses with a hook. Dincht ducked under it nicely.
Stenger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stenger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dincht. Dincht obviously looking to wear him down.
Stenger throws a jab but it's blocked by Dincht.
Stenger lands a nice looking body kick.
Stenger takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stenger checks a low kick from Dincht.
Dincht swings widly with a right hand
and Stenger counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stenger checks a leg kick.
Stenger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Stenger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dincht scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stenger doesn't seem bothered though.
Dincht missing with a left hand there. Stenger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stenger.
Dincht swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stenger just misses with a punch to the body.
Stenger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stenger looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stenger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dincht lands a lovely overhand right.
Stenger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dincht.
Stenger takes one to the chin there.
Dincht fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stenger scores with a hook to the body. Dincht takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dincht. Stenger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dincht throws a jab when Stenger was well out of range.
Stenger moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Stenger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stenger getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stenger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dincht manages to avoid it.
Stenger throws a leg kick but Dincht checks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zell Dincht.
I think Dincht 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between He Mu (ranked 1777 p4p, 255 weight class) and Neil Gilas (ranked 1413 p4p, 207 weight class). Gilas has chosen Remember The Name - Fort Minor as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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213 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, He Mu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Neil Gilas!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mu moves out of range as Gilas throws a body kick.
Gilas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mu's calf.
Gilas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gilas has time to react.
It looks like Neil Gilas has been cut.
Mu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gilas throws a front kick aimed at Mu's knee but Mu avoids it well.
Mu seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nice uppercut there from Gilas.
Gilas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A head kick misses from Mu.
Gilas 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gilas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mu checks it well.
Gilas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mu. That did some damage!
Gilas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mu.
Gilas is looking to clinch but Mu is avoiding it.
Mu looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
He Mu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mu checks the leg kick.
Mu looks to land a body kick but Gilas moved away.
Gilas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gilas is trying to control the action in half guard but Mu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gilas might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mu haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gilas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mu is looking to escape.
Gilas stands up out of the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gilas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gilas throws a low kick but Mu avoids it.
Gilas throws the kick towards the body but Mu avoids it.
A left lands for Mu.
Gilas tries for a takedown but Mu circles away easily
and Mu counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Mu as he checks the leg kick.
Mu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gilas.
Mu just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick from Gilas is predictable there
and Mu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gilas is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mu. Mu obviously looking to wear him down.
Gilas lands with a cross.
Gilas throws a leg kick but Mu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Neil Gilas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gilas.
Mu misses with a wild body shot.
Gilas drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mu defends it well.
Mu checks a leg kick.
Gilas throws a nice inside leg kick.
A left lands for Gilas.
Mu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gilas misses with a low kick.
Mu is looking to counter punch.
Gilas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gilas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mu slips a jab from Gilas.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gilas.
Gilas just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMu.
Mu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gilas was well out of range. Poor timing from Mu.
Gilas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mu checks a leg kick nicely.
Mu checks a leg kick.
Mu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Gilas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mu drops his hands momentarily and Gilas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gilas throws a good cross that connects.
Good work by Mu as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like Mu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mu throws a shot from downtown. Gilas moves away and avoids it.
Mu misses with a hook.
Gilas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Gilas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neil Gilas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A leg kick checked by Mu.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gilas, right into the meat.
Gilas thows a leg kick but Mu checks it
and Mu counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Gilas down! Mu is looking to finish but Gilas is intelligently defending himself.
Mu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gilas 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.
Gilas is pulling down on Mu's head. It's preventing any offense from Mu, at least for the moment.
Gilas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mu trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gilas's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mu wants to stand and escape but instead Gilas has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Gilas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mu managing to control the position.
Gilas's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mu trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gilas trying to control but Mu is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gilas throws a leg kick which misses Mu's front leg but catches the back leg as Mu tries to avoid it.
He Mu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like He Mu has been cut.
Mu blocks a low kick nicely.
Neil Gilas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gilas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gilas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mu was well out of range. Poor timing from Gilas.
Gilas misses with a low kick.
Mu is looking to counter punch.
An inside leg kick from Gilas misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas moves in looking to clinch but Mu pushes him off.
Gilas misses with a low kick.
Mu is looking to counter punch.
A big left from Gilas misses.
Mu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mu misses with a wild body shot.
A low kick from Gilas misses
and Mu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That kick from Gilas tenderised Mu's leg. Mu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gilas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mu counters with a straight right hand.
Mu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mu there as he acknowledges the shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gilas.
Gilas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mu drops his shoulder and cracks Gilas with a huge uppercut! Gilas goes down! Can Mu finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gilas is trying to control the position but Mu postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mu preventing the sweep.
Gilas looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Mu stopping the sweep attempt from Gilas.
Mu stands up and waves to Gilas to follow him.
Mu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gilas tries a low kick but Mu avoids it.
Mu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gilas circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Neil Gilas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Mu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gilas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gilas scores with a shot to the body.
Gilas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mu moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Gilas goes down! Can Mu finish him!?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gilas controls Mu momentarily but Mu frees himself.
Gilas looking for a sweep. Not yet Gilas, not yet.
Gilas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gilas is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gilas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gilas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mu needs to keep his hands up - Gilas had a free shot at his head there.
Good work by Mu as he checks the leg kick.
Mu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Gilas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gilas throws a front kick aimed at Mu's knee but Mu avoids it well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gilas.
Gilas slips a straight right by Mu.
Gilas punishes Mu's body with a nice straight punch.
Gilas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gilas misses with a leg kick
and Mu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gilas avoids the head kick by Mu.
Neil Gilas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gilas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mu throws a lazy head kick
and Gilas counters with a good low kick that Mu was not able to check.
Gilas is looking to chop away at Mu's legs.
Gilas ducks under a wild hook from Mu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gilas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gilas lands with a straight right. Mu didn't see that one coming.
Mu misses with a wild body shot.
Gilas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gilas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gilas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mu clobbers Gilas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gilas scores with a push kick.
Gilas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mu. Mu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A telegraphed right hand from Mu misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mu tries to bum rush Gilas with a series of wild strikes but Gilas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gilas digs a good hook to Mu's body.
The crowd cheers as Gilas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mu doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut there from Mu.
Gilas throws a poor cross that misses
and Mu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gilas throws a front kick aimed at Mu's knee but Mu avoids it well.
Mu throws a big counter combination but Gilas scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mu tries to land a body kick
and Gilas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mu's knee momentarily.
Gilas throws a body punch but Mu moves out of range.
Gilas throws a leg kick
and Mu counters with a left to the body.
Gilas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gilas blocks a jab.
Mu throws an overhand right that lands on Gilas's shoulder, as Gilas tries to avoid the shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to He Mu.
Well Gilas 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Gilas!
After winning the bout, Neil Gilas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, He Mu stepped up to the mic, saying ' '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Carlos Luciano (ranked 1016 p4p, 130 weight class) and Brando Reigns (ranked 788 p4p, 94 weight class). Reigns has chosen Tragedy as his entrance music. Jose Carlos Luciano has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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170 lbs
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154 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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Carlos Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brando Reigns!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reigns with a hook.
Luciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reigns.
Reigns throws a front kick that sends Luciano stumbling back into the cage.
Luciano displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reigns.
Reigns looks to land a right hand but Luciano moved out of range.
Luciano takes a swing at Reigns's ribcage but misses.
Luciano avoids a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Reigns. Beautiful body shot.
Reigns closes this distance looking for a takedown but Luciano circles away.
Luciano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reigns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luciano throws out a loose jab but Reigns uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano falls off balance throwing a combination
and Reigns counters with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reigns.
Reigns fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reigns scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano throws a leg kick
so Reigns counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Luciano keeping full guard, as Reigns tries to pass.
Reigns is looking to pass into half guard but Luciano pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Luciano is in guard.
Luciano controlling from the top position.
Reigns controlling Luciano's posture.
Reigns working a defensive guard here.
Luciano preventing the sweep.
Luciano will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reigns had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Luciano defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Reigns is trying to keep Luciano in close.
Reigns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Reigns looking for a sweep. Not yet Reigns, not yet.
Luciano is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Luciano got a little sloppy there for a moment and Reigns has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Luciano has managed to get both his arms back between Reigns's legs - danger averted.
Luciano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Reigns controlling the position.
Reigns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reigns is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Our spies down at at Temple of Cloud Warriors-youth inform us that Reigns has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Reigns looking for a sweep. Not yet Reigns, not yet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Reigns is trying to keep Luciano in close.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luciano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Luciano throws an off balance right hand
and Reigns counters with a straight right hand.
Reigns takes a swing at Luciano's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Luciano misses.
Luciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reigns.
Reigns tries to counter by closing the distance.
Reigns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reigns with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Luciano checks a leg kick nicely.
Luciano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano motions for Reigns to come forward. Luciano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Reigns flicks out a counter leg kick but Luciano steps away.
Brando Reigns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reigns lands with a nice body punch.
Reigns looks to land a right hand but Luciano moved out of range.
Reigns lands a nice looking body kick.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Reigns.
Luciano swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Reigns throws a hook to the side of Luciano's head but Luciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luciano stuffs the takedown attempt from Reigns. Reigns gets slowly back to his feet.
Jose Carlos Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brando Reigns.
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!
Reigns misses with a low kick.
Luciano throws out a leg kick but Reigns moves out of range and Luciano only half commits.
Reigns throws a front kick that sends Luciano stumbling back into the cage.
Reigns tries to land a front kick but Luciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reigns throws a right hand that misses
and Luciano counters with a nice body shot.
A big left from Reigns misses.
Luciano appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Reigns shoots for a double leg takedown but Luciano sprawls well. He's pushed Reigns's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brando Reigns dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Reigns jabs Luciano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Reigns thuds a left hand into Luciano's body.
Reigns takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Reigns misses with a wild body shot.
Luciano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reigns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reigns misses with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reigns, right into the meat.
Reigns has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reigns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luciano moves away.
Luciano throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano checks a low kick from Reigns.
Luciano misses with a looping right.
Reigns thinks about the counter body kick.
Reigns ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Reigns.
Luciano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Reigns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reigns jabs Luciano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Luciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice cross by Reigns.
Luciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reigns.
Reigns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano wants to land a leg kick but Reigns is out of range.
Luciano cracks Reigns with a right hand to the side of the head.
Luciano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brando Reigns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luciano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
Reigns uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luciano has time to react.
Luciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reigns staying out of range there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reigns.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reigns checks a leg kick.
Reigns tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luciano swivels and escapes.
Reigns misses with a looping right.
Luciano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Luciano is looking to slow Reigns down with leg kicks.
Luciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reigns throws a low kick but Luciano avoids it.
Reigns tries to clinch there but Luciano circles away.
Reigns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luciano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reigns lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reigns was well out of range. Poor timing from Luciano.
Reigns throws a push kick but Luciano slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reigns clinches with his opponent.
Luciano is trying to push Reigns away but Reigns has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reigns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
Luciano blocks a body shot from Reigns.
Reigns lands a body shot in the clinch.
Luciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reigns digs a good body shot into Luciano's ribs.
That kick from Reigns tenderised Luciano's leg. Luciano is trying to keep his angry face on.
Luciano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reigns.
Reigns lands with a nice body punch.
Luciano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reigns.
Luciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reigns.
As Reigns backs away, Luciano returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Luciano tries to score with a low kick but Reigns moves his leg out of the way.
Luciano lands a glancing blow to the side of Reigns's head.
Reigns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano.
Reigns clobbers Luciano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Reigns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luciano throws a looping overhand right but Reigns ducks down to avoid it.
Luciano throws a body shot but no joy.
Luciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luciano connects with a leg kick. Reigns looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reigns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Luciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reigns connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reigns defending well as Luciano loads up on a big left hand.
Luciano blocks a jab.
Reigns doesn't manage to clinch there - Luciano circles away.
Nice body punch from Reigns.
Reigns scores with a hook.
Reigns thuds a left hand into Luciano's body.
Luciano looks to land a combination but Reigns avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brando Reigns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Luciano throws a low kick but it's checked well by Reigns.
Reigns shoots in and drives through. Luciano sprawls well.
Reigns throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Luciano throws out a leg kick but Reigns moves out of range and Luciano only half commits.
Reigns throws a series of punches but Luciano moves out of range.
Reigns lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reigns throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Luciano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luciano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reigns lands a leg kick that knocks Luciano off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reigns throws out a powerful jab.
Reigns lands a right hook to the body.
Reigns connects with a leg kick. Luciano looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reigns's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
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!
Reigns takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Reigns throws out a loose jab but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reigns lands a nice looking body shot.
Luciano tries to work over Reigns's front leg with a kick but Reigns checks it.
Luciano misses with a body shot
letting Reigns counter with a right hand.
Reigns with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Luciano to score with a decent uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reigns.
Reigns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luciano throws out the jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Reigns - that will leave a mark!
Reigns with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Reigns throws a hook but Luciano blocks it.
Luciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reigns cracks the inside of Luciano's front leg.
Luciano throws a body punch but Reigns moves out of range.
Luciano tries to land a leg kick but Reigns saw it coming and moves away.
Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
Jose Carlos Luciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reigns takes a swing at Luciano's ribcage but misses.
Luciano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Reigns checks it well.
Reigns throws out a counter right but Luciano avoids it with no problem.
Luciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some bone on bone action there as Reigns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Reigns feints a counter leg kick.
Reigns throws a nice outside leg kick.
A cross from Reigns lands.
Luciano tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reigns is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reigns.
Reigns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luciano misses with a hook.
Reigns connects with a leg kick. Luciano looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reigns throws out a leg kick but Luciano moves out of range and Reigns only half commits.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reigns.
Reigns staying out of range there.
Reigns changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reigns works the jab nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Luciano.
Luciano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Reigns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luciano throws out the jab.
Reigns scores with a leg kick.
Luciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Reigns is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Luciano with a body shot.
Luciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reigns.
Reigns connects with a single shot there.
Reigns sizes up Luciano with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Luciano misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Reigns tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reigns looks for the body kick but Luciano saw that one coming.
Luciano was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Reigns cracks Luciano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice shot lands for Reigns.
Reigns catches Luciano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jose Carlos Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reigns.
Reigns scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Luciano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A left lands for Reigns.
Luciano swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reigns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big right from Luciano misses.
Reigns connects with a right hand. Luciano shakes it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brando Reigns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reigns 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brando Reigns!
An out of breath Brando Reigns thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Campbell (ranked 537 p4p, 66 weight class) and Zoran Paunovic (ranked 921 p4p, 117 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zoran Paunovic!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paunovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zoran Paunovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campbell misses the shot to the body.
A lazy left from Campbell finds it's target.
Paunovic swings for the body but Campbell moves out of range.
Campbell lands an overhand right.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Campbell checks a leg kick.
Paunovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Campbell scores with a punch to the head.
Paunovic cracks the inside of Campbell's front leg.
Paunovic tries to score with a low kick but Campbell moves his leg out of the way.
Paunovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Paunovic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Campbell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paunovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Campbell throws a body punch but Paunovic moves out of range.
Paunovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paunovic misses with a low kick.
Paunovic works Campbell's body with a nice hook.
Paunovic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell avoids the body shot from Paunovic.
Campbell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Paunovic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Campbell rather than just go for the knockout.
Campbell scores with a jab to the head.
Paunovic misses with a wild body shot.
Campbell lands a right hook to the body.
Campbell blocks a leg kick.
Campbell thinks about countering with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Paunovic blocks the leg kick.
Campbell gets the takedown into side control.
Paunovic is looking for a sweep.
Campbell wants to control but Paunovic is keeping him busy.
Paunovic struggling a bit here.
Paunovic gets back to half guard.
Paunovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic is trying to get back to full guard.
Campbell takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Campbell wants to take a breather but Paunovic is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paunovic is looking for a sweep. Campbell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Campbell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Campbell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Paunovic tries to get to full guard but Campbell has control of the leg.
Campbell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Campbell drops an elbow to the side of Paunovic's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell controlling the pace.
Paunovic has his hands clasped together around Campbell's back. He's all about the action.
Paunovic wants to get back to his feet.
Paunovic flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Campbell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Paunovic keeps working.
Campbell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Paunovic has hold of Campbell's hands but Campbell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Campbell takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paunovic tries to get to full guard but Campbell has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Paunovic is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campbell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Paunovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Campbell is looking to pass Paunovic's guard but actually Paunovic recovers to full guard.
Paunovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Stephen Campbell will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Paunovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paunovic takes a swing at Campbell's ribcage but misses.
Paunovic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Campbell staying out of range there.
Paunovic walks into a stiff left hand from Campbell.
Paunovic swings for the body but Campbell moves out of range.
Campbell jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Campbell connects with a crisp jab.
Paunovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Campbell.
An attempted straight right counter from Campbell misses the target.
Paunovic takes a swing at Campbell's ribcage but misses.
Campbell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Paunovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Campbell was well out of range. Poor timing from Paunovic.
Campbell throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Paunovic was covering up waiting for the punch and Campbell finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell lands a couple of elbows.
Campbell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Campbell's guard.
Paunovic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Campbell wants to sweep here but Paunovic controlling him for the moment.
Campbell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Campbell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Campbell looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campbell prevents Paunovic from improving his position.
Paunovic pushes Campbell off looking to stand but Campbell dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Paunovic is looking to improve his position.
Campbell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paunovic wants to improve his position but Campbell is controlling well.
Paunovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Paunovic tries to roll over but Campbell keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell working Paunovic over with strikes.
Campbell trying to control the action but Paunovic is working from the bottom.
Paunovic is looking for a sweep. Campbell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Campbell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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. Campbell connects with a nice short shot to Paunovic's temple.
Campbell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paunovic can do to turn this around?
Campbell passes to side control.
Campbell is working Paunovic over with some ground and pound from side control.
Paunovic is rocked!
A big shot lands for Campbell! That's hurt Paunovic! Will he recover? Campbell fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Campbell!
A less than humble Stephen Campbell misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between DeShawn Jackson (ranked 399 p4p, 54 weight class) and Charles Ng (ranked 484 p4p, 58 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Green Card. Ng has chosen Wedlock - I'm The Fuck You Man as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Charles Ng is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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145 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, DeShawn Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Ng!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Ng sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ng appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ng with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ng can pounce on him.
Ng takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jackson jabs at Ng's body.
Ng displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson digs a good hook to Ng's body.
Ng misses with a hook.
Ng slips a jab from Jackson.
Ng tries a quick counter leg kick but Jackson is wise to it.
Jackson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ng looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ng just misses with a punch to the body.
Ng lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ng slips under a jab from Jackson.
Jackson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ng throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson shoots for a double leg takedown but Ng sprawls well. He's pushed Jackson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ng lands with a nice body punch.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Ng.
Ng takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ng keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice jab there from Jackson.
Ng throws a body shot but no joy.
Jackson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Jackson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jackson throws a strike but Ng avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Ng keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson slips nicely into half guard.
Ng is trying is best to control the position here.
Jackson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ng defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ng is looking for a sweep. Jackson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jackson throwing shots but Ng is blocking nicely.
Ng blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jackson.
Jackson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ng is defending against the submission attempts here by Jackson.
Ng slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ng trying to keep a closed guard but Jackson is proving a slippery customer.
Jackson stands and throws Ng's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ng sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ng has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jackson is working away from the top position though.
Ng is refusing to be controlled, as Jackson sits in half guard.
Ng moves into full guard.
Jackson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ng's guard.
Jackson is looking for a kimura here.
Jackson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jackson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ng has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jackson prevents Ng from improving his position.
Jackson is trying to control the action in half guard but Ng is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeShawn Jackson 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.
Jackson connects with a right hand. Ng shakes it off.
Jackson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ng takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Ng is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jackson rather than just go for the knockout.
Ng throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson misses the jab.
Ng is trying to counter with his kicks.
Jackson ducks right into an uppercut from Ng.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ng can do to turn this around?
Jackson throws a leg kick but Ng sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jackson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ng.
Jackson avoids a kick to the body.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Ng throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
Ng throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ng throws a chopping leg kick but Jackson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ng takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Ng connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ng.
Ng only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jackson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ng. Ng obviously looking to wear him down.
Charles Ng seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ng misses with a body kick.
It looked like Jackson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ng.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ng missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice jab there from Ng.
Ng tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Ng.
Jackson thinks about countering with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Ng.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.
Ng slips a jab from Jackson.
Jackson shoots in and bounces Ng off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ng is trying to keep Jackson in close.
Jackson pushes down on Ng's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
DeShawn Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ng is controlling Jackson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jackson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
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!
Jackson seems to be working for a kimura but Ng defends the submission attempt.
Ng is looking to control Jackson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ng avoid being mounted?
Jackson seems to be working for a kimura but Ng defends the submission attempt.
Jackson is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng won't allow Jackson to pass to mount.
Ng is trying to get back to full guard.
Ng regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jackson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.
Jackson throws a big right hand that misses.
Jackson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jackson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jackson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jackson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jackson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jackson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jackson trying to control the position but Ng is working away.
Jackson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ng has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeShawn Jackson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jackson tries for a takedown but Ng sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ng manages to avoid it.
Ng lands a right hook to the body.
Ng moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ng is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Ng 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.
Ng bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A slow jab from Jackson misses its intended target.
Ng has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ng lands with a cross.
Ng throws a head kick that misses.
Jackson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ng lands an overhand right.
Ng throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.
Ng gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ng looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Ng keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Ng misses its intended target.
Jackson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ng lands a body shot.
Ng misses with a low kick.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ng keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Ng.
Ng connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jackson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ng at a distance.
Jackson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jackson misses with a jab to the body
enabling Ng to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Ng is just out of range.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Ng ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ng throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jackson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ng scores with a leg kick.
Ng throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson throws a body punch but Ng moves out of range.
Ng fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jackson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ng thumps Jackson with a low kick.
Ng throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ng.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ng.
Charles Ng has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
DeShawn Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
A slow jab from Ng misses its intended target.
Jackson shoots in and bounces Ng off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jackson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ng's guard.
Jackson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is looking for a kimura but Ng is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jackson to get the leverage.
Jackson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jackson is trying to control. Ng wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackson content to control rather than advance.
Jackson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jackson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
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.
Ng is looking for a sweep. Jackson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jackson is keen to just control but Ng is a slippery customer.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jackson in particular looking to stall.
Ng is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ng keeps trying to improve his position.
Ng preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Jackson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Charles Ng.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DeShawn Jackson!
After the fight, DeShawn Jackson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Skovgaard (ranked 429 p4p, 68 weight class) and Oswald Cobblepot (ranked 306 p4p, 45 weight class). Skovgaard comes to the cage accompanied by Second Reality. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Valentin Skovgaard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oswald Cobblepot!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skovgaard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cobblepot checks a leg kick.
Skovgaard scores with a jab. Cobblepot acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Skovgaard plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Skovgaard throws out a powerful jab.
Cobblepot misses with a body shot.
Cobblepot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skovgaard was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobblepot.
Cobblepot throws a low kick, looking for Skovgaard's leg but Skovgaard calmly moves out of range.
Cobblepot works Skovgaard's body with a nice hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crunch! Skovgaard slams his shin into Cobblepot's torso.
Skovgaard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Skovgaard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice side step and Cobblepot releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Skovgaard swings widly with a right hand
and Cobblepot connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skovgaard misses with a lunging right hand
and Cobblepot counters with a straight right hand.
Cobblepot avoids the body shot from Skovgaard.
Good exchange - Skovgaard coming out on top.
Cobblepot bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Skovgaard's head.
Skovgaard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cobblepot misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobblepot lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Skovgaard throws a lazy uppercut
letting Cobblepot counter with a right hand.
Skovgaard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobblepot moves away.
Cobblepot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skovgaard misses with a jab to the body
and Cobblepot makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cobblepot throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Skovgaard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cobblepot is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Skovgaard rather than just go for the knockout.
Cobblepot looks to land a combination. Skovgaard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A good leg kick by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard throws a body shot but no joy.
Cobblepot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skovgaard manages to avoid it.
Skovgaard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cobblepot.
Skovgaard fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cobblepot just manages to avoid it.
Skovgaard looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cobblepot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard walks into a stiff left hand from Cobblepot.
Skovgaard shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cobblepot misses the jab.
Skovgaard just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobblepot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cobblepot tries a low kick but Skovgaard avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skovgaard. Cobblepot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobblepot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Skovgaard throws a front kick that sends Cobblepot stumbling back into the cage.
Skovgaard throws the left hand but Cobblepot avoids the punch easily.
Cobblepot checks a low kick from Skovgaard.
Skovgaard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobblepot.
A jab from Skovgaard finds it's way through Cobblepot's defenses.
Cobblepot works Skovgaard's body with a nice hook.
Skovgaard throws a head kick but Cobblepot moves out of range.
Cobblepot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cobblepot works Skovgaard's body with a nice hook.
Cobblepot takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Skovgaard throws a big shot that misses.
Cobblepot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Skovgaard slips under a jab from Cobblepot.
Cobblepot scoring well with a low kick there.
Skovgaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skovgaard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Skovgaard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Skovgaard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Skovgaard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cobblepot misses with a body shot.
Cobblepot moves out of range of the strikes.
Skovgaard connects with a nice looking jab.
A slow jab from Cobblepot misses its intended target.
Cobblepot looks to land a right hand but Skovgaard moved out of range.
Skovgaard throws a sloppy body shot
and Cobblepot counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Cobblepot misses.
Skovgaard ducks under a wild hook from Cobblepot.
An attempted straight right counter from Skovgaard misses the target.
Skovgaard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cobblepot. That did some damage!
Cobblepot is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Skovgaard had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cobblepot throws the left hand but Skovgaard avoids the punch easily.
A solid body kick from Cobblepot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobblepot avoids the body shot from Skovgaard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skovgaard. Cobblepot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Cobblepot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobblepot throws a chopping leg kick but Skovgaard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Skovgaard lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice jab there from Skovgaard.
Skovgaard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Skovgaard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cobblepot moves in looking to clinch but Skovgaard pushes him off.
Cobblepot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Skovgaard moves out of range of the strikes.
Skovgaard throws a solid leg kick but Cobblepot takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Skovgaard.
Cobblepot takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Skovgaard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cobblepot is able to avoid easily.
Nice defenses there by Cobblepot.
Cobblepot lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobblepot cracks Skovgaard with an open hand slap.
Cobblepot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cobblepot takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Skovgaard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Oswald Cobblepot will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cobblepot tries to clinch up but Skovgaard circles away and keeps his distance.
Skovgaard swings for the body but Cobblepot moves out of range.
Oswald Cobblepot seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cobblepot takes one on the button.
Skovgaard misses the shot to the body.
Skovgaard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cobblepot.
Skovgaard checks a low kick from Cobblepot.
Skovgaard stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cobblepot throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Skovgaard.
Cobblepot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Skovgaard scores with a nice strike.
Skovgaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skovgaard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cobblepot throws out the jab.
Cobblepot takes a swing at Skovgaard's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Skovgaard.
Cobblepot takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Skovgaard 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skovgaard swings for the body but Cobblepot moves out of range.
Skovgaard throws a jab when Cobblepot was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skovgaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cobblepot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skovgaard quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Cobblepot tries to move into range but Skovgaard moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Skovgaard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cobblepot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skovgaard throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Cobblepot to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Skovgaard. That's going to slow Cobblepot down.
Skovgaard defending well as Cobblepot loads up on a big left hand.
Cobblepot lands with a straight right. Skovgaard didn't see that one coming.
Cobblepot lands a slapping body shot.
Cobblepot fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Skovgaard digs a good body shot into Cobblepot's ribs.
Skovgaard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cobblepot throws a poor cross that misses
and Skovgaard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters circling - Skovgaard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skovgaard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cobblepot misses with a looping left.
Skovgaard lands with an uppercut that bounces Cobblepot off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Skovgaard.
Cobblepot scores with a push kick.
Skovgaard scores with a leg kick.
Skovgaard cracks the inside of Cobblepot's front leg.
Skovgaard looks to throw the jab but Cobblepot is out of range.
Skovgaard misses with a straight right.
Cobblepot's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cobblepot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Skovgaard slips under a jab from Cobblepot.
Cobblepot loads up on a big right hand but Skovgaard slips the punch.
Skovgaard walks into a stiff left hand from Cobblepot.
Cobblepot lands an overhand right.
Cobblepot looks to land a left hand but Skovgaard moved out of range nicely.
Cobblepot missing with a left hand there. Skovgaard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Skovgaard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cobblepot takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cobblepot takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobblepot throws a low kick but Skovgaard moves out of range easily.
Skovgaard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Skovgaard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cobblepot under the eye.
Cobblepot takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cobblepot gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Skovgaard.
Cobblepot avoids the body shot from Skovgaard.
Cobblepot scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cobblepot ducks under a wild hook from Skovgaard.
Cobblepot misses with a wild body shot.
Cobblepot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Skovgaard is looking to counter punch.
Skovgaard swings for the body but Cobblepot moves out of range.
Skovgaard takes a jab right on the kisser.
Skovgaard connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard is looking to land body kicks.
Skovgaard misses the shot to the body.
Cobblepot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skovgaard.
Skovgaard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skovgaard moves out of range of the strikes.
Skovgaard throws a body shot but no joy.
Cobblepot digs a good body shot into Skovgaard's ribs.
Skovgaard swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobblepot.
Cobblepot blocks a leg kick.
Cobblepot swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Skovgaard ducks right into an uppercut from Cobblepot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cobblepot checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cobblepot. Skovgaard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Skovgaard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab, jab by Cobblepot - just one landing.
Skovgaard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skovgaard takes a jab right on the kisser.
A bone on bone clash there as Skovgaard blocks the leg kick.
Skovgaard takes one to the side of the head.
Skovgaard scores with a hook to the body. Cobblepot takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cobblepot checks a low kick from Skovgaard.
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 Valentin Skovgaard will probably get the nod.
That's time! Skovgaard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Skovgaard avoids the body shot from Cobblepot.
A big right from Cobblepot misses.
Cobblepot throws a jab when Skovgaard was well out of range.
Skovgaard blocks a jab.
Skovgaard thinks about countering with a body kick.
Skovgaard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cobblepot moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard is working Cobblepot over against the cage.
Skovgaard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skovgaard throws a sloppy head kick and Cobblepot moves out of range easily.
A nice side step and Cobblepot releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Skovgaard misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cobblepot counters with a one-two to the body.
Skovgaard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cobblepot moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skovgaard explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Skovgaard digs a good hook to Cobblepot's body.
Cobblepot looks to score with a jab to the body but Skovgaard is just out of range.
Cobblepot takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobblepot moves out of range of the body kick.
Cobblepot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skovgaard moves away.
Cobblepot throws a hook but Skovgaard avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skovgaard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobblepot manages to avoid it.
Skovgaard cracks Cobblepot with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Skovgaard takes a swing at Cobblepot's ribcage but misses.
Skovgaard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Skovgaard cracks the inside of Cobblepot's front leg.
Cobblepot misses with an uppercut. Skovgaard saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cobblepot. Skovgaard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Skovgaard throws a big shot that misses.
Skovgaard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cobblepot.
Skovgaard looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cobblepot throws a hook but Skovgaard blocks it.
Skovgaard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobblepot tried to score with a low kick but Skovgaard checks it.
Skovgaard throws a big shot that misses.
Skovgaard just misses with a punch to the body.
Skovgaard throws a body kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Skovgaard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skovgaard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A punch combination from Cobblepot misses.
A jab from Skovgaard misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skovgaard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Skovgaard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Skovgaard lands with a hook. Cobblepot tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Skovgaard swings widly with a right hand
and Cobblepot counters with an inside leg kick.
Skovgaard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cobblepot cracks a nice hook into Skovgaard's ribs.
Skovgaard checks a leg kick nicely.
Skovgaard staying out of range there.
Cobblepot scores with a leg kick.
Cobblepot throws a hook but Skovgaard avoids it easily.
Skovgaard misses with a wild body shot.
Cobblepot misses with a double jab.
Cobblepot throws a looping overhand right but Skovgaard ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Skovgaard.
Cobblepot scores with a jab. Skovgaard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Skovgaard throws a jab but it's blocked by Cobblepot.
Skovgaard lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Skovgaard throws a body shot but no joy.
Skovgaard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cobblepot dips to his left and cracks Skovgaard with an uppercut!
Skovgaard feints and then cracks Cobblepot's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cobblepot down.
Skovgaard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Despite the aggression on Cobblepot's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cobblepot connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cobblepot with a nice cross.
Cobblepot scores with a nice head shot.
Skovgaard is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobblepot takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cobblepot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skovgaard looks to throw the jab but Cobblepot is out of range.
Skovgaard cracks a nice hook into Cobblepot's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skovgaard moves out of range as Cobblepot strikes.
Cobblepot blocks a low kick nicely.
Skovgaard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skovgaard misses with a kick to the body.
Skovgaard works Cobblepot's body with a nice hook.
Cobblepot lands a jab to the head.
Skovgaard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cobblepot misses with an uppercut. Skovgaard saw that one coming.
Skovgaard looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Skovgaard walks into a jab.
Skovgaard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cobblepot in his tracks.
Cobblepot blocks a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Cobblepot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cobblepot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skovgaard swings for the body but Cobblepot moves out of range.
Skovgaard is looking to score with low kicks.
Skovgaard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Skovgaard throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cobblepot counters with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Valentin Skovgaard.
I think Skovgaard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Oswald Cobblepot!
Oswald Cobblepot bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chiku Maneno (ranked 329 p4p, 49 weight class) and Karl Denke (ranked 749 p4p, 91 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 24 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiku Maneno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Denke!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Despite the aggression on Denke's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Maneno moves away from the strike by Denke.
Maneno misses with a right hand
enabling Denke to counter with a crisp jab.
Maneno moves away from the strike by Denke.
Denke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Maneno finds it's way round the side to connect with Denke's head.
It looks like Karl Denke has been cut.
Chiku Maneno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
Maneno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maneno misses with a right hand
and Denke finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maneno throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Denke to counter with a crisp jab.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maneno swings for the body but Denke moves out of range.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Denke is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Maneno with a body shot.
Denke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maneno circles away quickly and effectively.
An attempted straight right counter from Maneno misses the target.
Denke gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maneno.
We've been informed that Denke has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Maneno scores with a shot to the body.
Denke tries to bum rush Maneno with a series of wild strikes but Maneno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maneno was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A lazy left from Maneno finds it's target.
Maneno digs a good hook to Denke's body.
We've been told by Maneno's head coaches at Xtreme Foraging Sidelines that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Denke does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Maneno backs off Denke throws a huge counter combo but Maneno manages to avoid it all.
Maneno throws an off balance right hand
and Denke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maneno is looking to wear down Denke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Maneno misses with a looping right.
Denke is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Maneno takes a swing at Denke's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maneno throws a body punch but Denke moves out of range.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Denke is just out of range.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Denke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
As Maneno backs off Denke throws a huge counter combo but Maneno manages to avoid it all.
Denke throws a nice looking combination but Maneno bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Denke moves into the clinch successfully.
Maneno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maneno throws a hook but Denke blocks it.
Maneno misses with a body shot
and Denke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maneno misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Denke counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno takes a swing at Denke's ribcage but misses.
Maneno backing away here, and Denke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Denke slips a jab from Maneno.
Denke steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Maneno cracks Denke with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maneno swings away with a body shot that misses
and Denke counters with an outside leg kick.
Denke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Denke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Maneno lands with a nice body punch.
Denke moves away from the strike by Maneno.
Denke throws a fast counter high kick but Maneno manages to duck under it in time.
Denke walks into a left hand.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Denke slips a jab from Maneno.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Denke is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke moves out of range of the strikes.
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denke.
Denke wants to counter with a clinch but Maneno pushes him away.
Maneno looks to throw the jab but Denke is out of range.
Maneno throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Denke on the side of the head.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Denke unleashes a big counter combination but Maneno bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Maneno misses with a hook
and Denke counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maneno just misses with a punch to the body.
Maneno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maneno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Denke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maneno looks to throw the jab but Denke is out of range.
Denke now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Denke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Denke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chiku Maneno dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Denke's cut.
That's time! Maneno's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maneno takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Chiku Maneno has been cut.
Denke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maneno looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Denke scores with a kick to the midsection.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Maneno lands.
Denke instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right from Denke on the inside.
Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maneno getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno scores with a nice right hand.
Maneno throws an off balance right hand
and Denke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A good leg kick by Denke.
Denke avoids the body shot from Maneno.
Maneno showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Denke.
Maneno lands the left hand.
Maneno walks into a left hand.
Chiku Maneno is winning the standup battle so far.
Denke has managed to clinch.
Denke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maneno backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke misses with some punches.
Maneno has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Denke 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!
Denke has Maneno pressed against the cage, preventing Maneno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maneno is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maneno tries to circle away but Denke has him pinned against the cage.
Maneno manages to break the clinch.
Maneno lands with an uppercut that bounces Denke off the cage and back into range.
Maneno blocks a head kick by Denke.
Maneno with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maneno throws a body punch but Denke moves out of range.
Denke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Maneno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Denke.
Some bone on bone action there as Maneno checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Maneno connects with a body shot that sends Denke's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke moves into the clinch.
Denke misses with a punch to the body.
Maneno is trying to break the clinch but Denke is controlling him.
Maneno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Denke takes one to the side of the head.
Denke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Denke moves out of range of the strikes.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Denke is just out of range.
Denke raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denke.
Maneno takes a swing at Denke's ribcage but misses.
Denke throws a sloppy head kick and Maneno moves out of range easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Maneno misses its target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Denke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maneno swings away with a body shot that misses
and Denke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maneno misses with a looping right.
Maneno connects with a right hand. Denke shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maneno changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Denke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Denke tries a quick counter leg kick but Maneno is wise to it.
Denke misses the jab.
Maneno throws a big shot that misses.
Maneno scores with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Maneno.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Denke now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
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 Chiku Maneno will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Maneno catches Denke with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Karl Denke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maneno tests Denke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maneno sizes up Denke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Denke is rocked!
Maneno digs a good hook to Denke's body.
Denke is still on wobbly legs! Can Maneno finish him?
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denke.
Denke seems to have recovered his senses.
Maneno moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Denke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Denke darts in and clinches Maneno up against the cage.
Maneno is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno prevents a body shot from Denke.
Denke wants to stall.
Maneno can't break the clinch.
Denke struggles to land a body shot inside as Maneno controls his hands.
Maneno is looking to break free of the clinch but Denke has double underhooks.
Denke has a couple of punches blocked by Maneno.
Denke tries to work over Maneno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maneno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maneno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maneno throws a body punch but Denke moves out of range.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Denke manages to avoid it.
Denke is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Maneno scores with a sloppy right hand. Denke should have avoided that one.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Denke in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Maneno avoids the head kick by Denke.
Maneno connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno swings for the body but Denke moves out of range.
Maneno swings widly with a right hand
and Denke counters with a nice uppercut.
Maneno lands a nice hook to Denke's body. Denke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maneno throws a body punch but Denke moves out of range.
Denke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Denke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Denke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maneno misses with a right hand
and Denke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Denke manages to avoid it.
Maneno misses with a hook
and Denke counters with a left to the body.
Maneno takes a swing at Denke's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke misses with a kick to the body.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Denke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maneno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Denke can do to turn this around?
Denke thumps Maneno with a low kick.
Maneno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Denke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maneno throws a body shot but no joy.
Maneno misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Denke counters with a head kick. That will keep Maneno thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Denke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Denke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maneno throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maneno connects with a jab.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Denke was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Maneno throws a hook but Denke avoids it easily.
Denke is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Maneno connects with a right hand. Denke shakes it off.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Denke manages to avoid it.
Denke appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maneno throws a predictable looking body shot
and Denke counters with a head kick that drops Maneno to the mat! Maneno scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Maneno is rocked!
Maneno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Denke scores with a counter punch that sends Maneno to the canvas! Denke smells blood - he's punishing Maneno with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Maneno has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Denke!
Karl Denke was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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pop
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