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OFC 403: Venom PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aksel Stenger (ranked 1990 p4p, 246 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 2713 p4p, 321 weight class). Stenger comes to the cage accompanied by Hit2face - Ain't it nice to get hit to the face?. Dincht comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Disturbed - Down With The Sickness kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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24 - 16 - 3 |
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184 cm
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187 lbs
12 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 - 3, 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 - 1, fighting out of London, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht throws a nice looking combination but Stenger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stenger tries to counter by clinching up but Dincht breaks away and moves out of range.
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 blocks a leg kick.
Dincht fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Stenger was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Stenger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stenger throws a push kick but Dincht slaps the foot to one side.
Dincht lands a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Stenger.
Stenger slips under a jab from Dincht.
Dincht misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stenger.
Stenger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dincht misses with an uppercut. Stenger saw that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stenger lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dincht has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dincht and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dincht comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dincht doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Stenger.
Stenger throws out a loose jab but Dincht uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dincht replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Stenger blocks it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dincht scores with a jab. Stenger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stenger closes the distance and pushes Dincht back into the cage.
Dincht pushes Stenger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Stenger.
Stenger misses with the head strike.
Dincht has a couple of punches blocked by Stenger.
Stenger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dincht makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stenger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stenger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stenger misses with the head strike.
Stenger has a couple of punches blocked by Dincht.
Stenger throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Dincht scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stenger tries to land a knee to the head but Dincht blocks with his arms.
Dincht lands with a short shot to the head.
Dincht can't find room to land a body shot as Stenger controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dincht creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dincht wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Stenger.
Dincht lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stenger backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht has a couple of punches blocked by Stenger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenger misses with a body punch.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht avoiding damage as Stenger throws knees to the body.
Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stenger tests Dincht's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stenger tries to work over Dincht's front leg with a kick but Dincht checks it.
Dincht is trying to counter with his kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stenger.
Dincht throws a body shot but no joy.
Dincht lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dincht throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stenger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dincht fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stenger manages to avoid it.
Stenger is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Stenger throws a body shot but no joy.
Stenger slips under a jab.
Dincht misses with a hook.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stenger.
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.
Stenger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Dincht misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenger tries a head kick but it misses.
Dincht lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stenger's sensitive parts.
Stenger closes the distance and clinches.
Stenger blocking some punches.
Dincht is trying to break the clinch but Stenger has him pressed against the cage.
Stenger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dincht avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Dincht.
Dincht makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stenger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dincht struggles to land a body shot inside as Stenger controls his hands.
Stenger misses with some punches.
Stenger tries to throw a body punch but Dincht avoids it by throwing Stenger back against the cage.
Stenger has a couple of punches blocked by Dincht.
Dincht breaks the clinch.
Stenger throws a hook but Dincht blocks it.
Zell Dincht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stenger will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dincht will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stenger thinks about countering with a head kick.
Dincht swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dincht.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht thuds his right hand into Stenger's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dincht looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dincht.
Dincht ducks under a wild hook from Stenger.
Dincht blocks a jab.
Dincht tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stenger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A counter left hand to the body from Stenger misses its target.
Dincht misses with a wild body shot.
Stenger throws a leg kick but Dincht sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dincht blocks a head kick by Stenger.
Dincht is looking to land body kicks.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Stenger slips the punch.
Stenger just misses with a punch to the body.
Stenger lands a jab to Dincht's midsection.
Stenger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dincht.
Stenger scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stenger misses with the body kick
and Stenger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dincht moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zell Dincht dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Stenger wants to land a leg kick but Dincht is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dincht darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dincht throws a wild body kick that Stenger sees coming a mile off.
Zell Dincht seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stenger throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stenger walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dincht.
Stenger throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht cracks Stenger with an open hand slap.
Stenger feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dinchts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stenger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dincht throws a low kick but Stenger avoids it.
Stenger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stenger throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stenger blocks a head kick by Dincht.
Stenger throws a big counter combination but Dincht scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Stenger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dincht.
Stenger walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dincht.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stenger slips under a jab from Dincht.
Dincht lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stenger at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht staying out of range there.
Dincht on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Dincht misses.
Stenger looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dincht swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stenger drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stenger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stenger misses with a head kick.
Dincht swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dincht is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stenger walks into a left hand.
Dincht scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stenger doesn't seem bothered though.
The fighters circling - Dincht throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stenger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stenger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donk. Stenger catches Dincht right on the button with a cross.
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!
Stenger misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dincht throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Dincht misses.
Dincht on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stenger. Stenger obviously looking to wear him down.
Stenger looks to land a right hand but Dincht moved out of range.
Dincht throws a jab but it's blocked by Stenger.
Stenger misses with a head kick.
Stenger throws a low kick, looking for Dincht's leg but Dincht calmly moves out of range.
Dincht throws a counter combo.
A big left from Stenger misses.
An inside leg kick from Stenger misses.
The fighters circling - Dincht throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dincht tries a head kick but it misses.
Dincht tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stenger was well out of range. Poor timing from Dincht.
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.
Dincht throws a jab when Stenger was well out of range.
Nice shot lands for Stenger.
Stenger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Stenger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dincht paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dincht misses with an uppercut. Stenger saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stenger fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dincht is out of range.
Dincht feints a counter leg kick.
Stenger digs a good body shot into Dincht's ribs.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stenger.
Dincht has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big right from Stenger misses.
Dincht feints a counter leg kick.
Stenger on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Stenger misses.
Dincht throws a big counter head kick but Stenger avoids it with no problem.
Stenger on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dincht throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stenger half committed to a counter leg kick.
Stenger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stenger staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Stenger.
Dincht tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dincht tries a low kick but Stenger avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Stenger.
Stenger lands a high kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dincht misses with a looping left.
Stenger walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dincht checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dincht dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stenger is looking to land body kicks.
Stenger's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dincht under the eye.
Stenger fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dincht checks it well.
Stenger connects with an inside leg kick.
Stenger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stenger.
Stenger takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dincht has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dincht there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dincht uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stenger.
Dincht wants to slow Stenger down by chopping away at his legs.
Stenger throws an off balance right hand
and Dincht counters with a stiff right hand.
Stenger lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Stenger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dincht tries to clinch but Stenger is having none of it.
Stenger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Some wild striking there from Dincht.
Stenger throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stenger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dincht can pounce on him.
Stenger lands a nice shot that snaps Dincht's head back.
Stenger throws a sloppy head kick and Dincht moves out of range easily.
Dincht throws a right hand that misses
and Stenger counters with a thumping low kick.
Dincht missing with a left hand there. Stenger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stenger takes a swing at Dincht's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stenger misses with a lunging right hand
and Dincht counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dincht feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stengers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stenger moves away from the strike by Dincht.
Stenger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dincht connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dincht.
Stenger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dincht throws a lazy uppercut
and Stenger counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stenger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dincht throws a head kick that misses.
Stenger throws a jab but it's blocked by Dincht.
Dincht throws a lazy right hand but Stenger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stenger checks a leg kick.
Dincht on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dincht waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stenger.
Stenger clinches with his opponent.
Stenger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aksel Stenger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stenger misses with a knee strike.
Stenger scores with a shoulder strike.
Stenger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dincht's efforts to push away.
Dincht doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dincht breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dincht misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stenger misses with a hook.
Stenger throws a body kick that misses.
Dincht looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stenger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dincht keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stenger misses with a body shot.
Stenger lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dincht at a distance.
Dincht misses with a looping left.
Dincht walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stenger moves out of range of the leg kick from Dincht.
Stenger looks to land a left hand but Dincht moved out of range nicely.
Dincht takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stenger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stenger ducks right into an uppercut from Dincht.
Stenger throws a lazy uppercut
and Dincht cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Dincht is predictable there
and Stenger counters with an outside leg kick.
Aksel Stenger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dincht scoring well with a low kick there.
Stenger lands a body shot.
Stenger looks to score with a jab to the body but Dincht is just out of range.
Dincht scoring well with a low kick there.
Stenger throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dincht fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stenger cracks Dincht with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big left from Stenger misses.
Stenger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dincht.
Stenger misses the shot to the body.
Dincht steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stenger.
Dincht connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stenger momentarily.
Stenger lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stenger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Dincht. Those never looked like landing.
Stenger drops his hands momentarily and Dincht takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dincht keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stenger.
Dincht fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stenger avoids a kick to the body.
Stenger is looking to counter the offense by Dincht and move into the clinch.
Dincht tries a head kick but it misses.
Dincht motions for Stenger to come forward. Dincht throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab lands there for Dincht.
Dincht missing with a left hand there. Stenger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dincht throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Dincht throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stenger throws a head kick but Dincht moves out of range.
Stenger connects with a solid leg 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.
A shot to the liver by Dincht. Beautiful body shot.
Zell Dincht is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stenger misses with an uppercut. Dincht saw that one coming.
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 Aksel Stenger.
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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Zell Dincht!
A very excited looking Zell Dincht made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Aksel Stenger stepped up to the mic, saying 'Another huge disappointment. '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Levan Revazshvili (ranked 1286 p4p, 197 weight class) and Antonio Jose De Sucre (ranked 1261 p4p, 189 weight class). Revazshvili comes to the cage accompanied by Georgia National Anthem. De Sucre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bolivianos el Hado Propicio kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Antonio Jose De Sucre has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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214 lbs
30 - 25 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 17 - 3, fighting out of New York, Levan Revazshvili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Jose De Sucre!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revazshvili shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Sucre pinned against the cage. De Sucre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Revazshvili works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Revazshvili lands with a right hand.
Revazshvili defends well against a solid takedown attempt from De Sucre.
De Sucre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Sucre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Sucre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Revazshvili.
De Sucre misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Revazshvili ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De Sucre is defended easily by Revazshvili.
Revazshvili attempts a counter takedown but De Sucre avoids it well and moves away.
Revazshvili goes for a double leg but De Sucre avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as De Sucre continues to drive forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Sucre throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Revazshvili stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
De Sucre misses with a double jab.
De Sucre digs a good hook to Revazshvili's body.
Revazshvili scores with a one two! De Sucre had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Revazshvili throws a body punch but De Sucre moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on De Sucre's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
De Sucre swinging wildly here.
Revazshvili moves out of range as De Sucre strikes.
De Sucre plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Revazshvili misses with a right hand
and De Sucre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Revazshvili misses with a lunging right hand
and De Sucre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Revazshvili avoids the body shot from De Sucre.
De Sucre throws a looping overhand right but Revazshvili ducks down to avoid it.
De Sucre scores with a leg kick.
De Sucre lands a head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Sucre.
De Sucre misses with a body kick.
Revazshvili takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Sucre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Levan Revazshvili has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Jose De Sucre.
Revazshvili blocks the body kick.
De Sucre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Revazshvili misses the shot to the body.
And De Sucre responds with a good body kick, but Revazshvili manages to step out the way in time.
A punch combination from Revazshvili misses.
Revazshvili goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Revazshvili drops his hands momentarily and De Sucre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Sucre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Sucre changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Revazshvili tries to avoid it but De Sucre manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Revazshvili to the ground. Revazshvili escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Revazshvili throwing a counter right hand but De Sucre manages to avoid it.
De Sucre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Sucre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Revazshvili pinned against the cage. Revazshvili gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre shoots in for a takedown but Revazshvili shows good takedown defense.
Revazshvili swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big left from Revazshvili misses.
De Sucre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Revazshvili as he jumps to the side.
Revazshvili moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Sucre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Revazshvili misses with a combination
and De Sucre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Revazshvili blocks the body kick.
De Sucre ducks under a wild hook from Revazshvili.
Revazshvili stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Sucre.
Revazshvili uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Sucre.
Revazshvili ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Revazshvili lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Sucre circles away quickly and effectively.
A countering left hand to the body from De Sucre misses.
Revazshvili moves out of range of the body kick.
De Sucre throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Sucre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Revazshvili changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Revazshvili swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Revazshvili throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Revazshvili pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Revazshvili keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Revazshvili throws a body shot but no joy.
De Sucre scores with a spinning back kick!
Revazshvili misses with an uppercut. De Sucre saw that one coming.
De Sucre throws a combination that misses
so Revazshvili counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Revazshvili's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Antonio Jose De Sucre will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Sucre lands with a slapping head kick.
De Sucre shoots in for a takedown but Revazshvili shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Revazshvili tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Sucre was well out of range. Poor timing from Revazshvili.
De Sucre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Sucre fails with the takedown
and Revazshvili counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Revazshvili.
Revazshvili chips away with some ground and pound.
Revazshvili postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Revazshvili throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Sucre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Revazshvili.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Sucre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Revazshvili trying to control but De Sucre is working from the bottom.
Revazshvili landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revazshvili with a flurry of punches that miss.
Revazshvili postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Revazshvili slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Revazshvili trying to control the position from guard on top but De Sucre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Sucre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
De Sucre pulls Revazshvili in close to prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from Revazshvili.
And De Sucre responds with a good body kick, but Revazshvili manages to step out the way in time.
De Sucre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Levan Revazshvili has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Jose De Sucre.
De Sucre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Sucre slips a straight right by Revazshvili.
Revazshvili tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Sucre sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Revazshvili somewhat.
De Sucre misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Sucre misses with an uppercut. Revazshvili saw that one coming.
Revazshvili shoots in for a takedown but De Sucre shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili throws a body shot but no joy.
Revazshvili throws out a loose jab but De Sucre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antonio Jose De Sucre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Sucre closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
De Sucre scores with a couple of short elbows.
Revazshvili manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Revazshvili blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Sucre.
De Sucre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
De Sucre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
De Sucre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Revazshvili gets full guard.
Revazshvili avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Sucre with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Sucre throwing strikes but missing.
Revazshvili looking for a sweep. Not yet Revazshvili, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre postures up in Revazshvili's guard and throws a big left but Revazshvili blocks it.
De Sucre won't allow Revazshvili to sweep him here.
De Sucre looking to pass the guard.
De Sucre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Sucre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De Sucre is looking to work some ground and pound but Revazshvili has wrist control.
Revazshvili is trying to control the position but De Sucre postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
De Sucre cracks a nice hook into Revazshvili's ribs.
De Sucre works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Revazshvili jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Revazshvili swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Sucre throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Revazshvili.
Revazshvili has a takedown stuffed.
Revazshvili takes a swing at De Sucre's ribcage but misses.
De Sucre looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
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 Levan Revazshvili will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Revazshvili ducks under a wild hook from De Sucre.
Revazshvili throws an overhand right that lands on De Sucre's shoulder, as De Sucre tries to avoid the shot.
Revazshvili misses with a two punch combination.
De Sucre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Sucre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Revazshvili's waist but Revazshvili gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing De Sucre off to one side.
Revazshvili bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Sucre tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Revazshvili defends well and De Sucre ends up having to push Revazshvili into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Revazshvili. De Sucre does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Sucre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Revazshvili swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Sucre is trying to counter with his kicks.
De Sucre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Revazshvili as he jumps to the side.
Levan Revazshvili has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Jose De Sucre.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Revazshvili staying out of range there.
Revazshvili drives through with a takedown into De Sucre's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Revazshvili is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revazshvili throws a strike but De Sucre rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
De Sucre advances position into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Revazshvili struggling a bit here.
Revazshvili sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Revazshvili is looking to control De Sucre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Revazshvili avoid being mounted?
De Sucre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
De Sucre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Revazshvili defending well though.
De Sucre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
De Sucre looks to land a strike but Revazshvili avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre preventing the sweep.
De Sucre throws a big right hand that misses.
De Sucre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Sucre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Sucre throws a big right hand that misses.
Revazshvili is adopting a defensive guard.
Levan Revazshvili overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Revazshvili is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Revazshvili avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Sucre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
De Sucre connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Sucre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Revazshvili did well to prevent De Sucre getting side control.
De Sucre throwing shots but Revazshvili is blocking nicely.
De Sucre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
De Sucre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Revazshvili is trying to get back to full guard.
Revazshvili trying to control here.
De Sucre prevents Revazshvili from improving his position.
De Sucre is thwarting Revazshvili's attempts to control the position.
Revazshvili tries to get to full guard but De Sucre has control of the leg.
De Sucre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
De Sucre is looking for a kimura here.
De Sucre thows a huge punch but Revazshvili dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Revazshvili keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
De Sucre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Revazshvili manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
De Sucre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Revazshvili works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Revazshvili is on top in guard.
Revazshvili trying to control but De Sucre is working from the bottom.
Revazshvili 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.
Revazshvili lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Revazshvili wants to control from the top but De Sucre keeps moving.
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 Levan Revazshvili.
I think Revazshvili 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Levan Revazshvili!
After the fight, Levan Revazshvili 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Masada The Zealot (ranked 1430 p4p, 178 weight class) and Viktor Bestarsson (ranked 2024 p4p, 237 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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34
162 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
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35
166 lbs
22 - 14 - 0 |
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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
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Viktor Bestarsson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bestarsson connects with a leg kick. The Zealot looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Zealot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Zealot throws a lazy right hand but Bestarsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Zealot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bestarsson manages to avoid it.
Bestarsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Zealot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Zealot falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bestarsson counters by clinching up.
The Zealot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Zealot lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Zealot working aggressively here.
The Zealot really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bestarsson lands a hook that snaps the head of The Zealot backwards.
The Zealot misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bestarsson blocks an uppercut.
Bestarsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bestarsson unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Zealot lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bestarsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Bestarsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bestarsson lands a knee to the body.
Bestarsson gets through The Zealot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bestarsson lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bestarsson lands a nice knee to the body.
The Zealot is breathing heavily.
Bestarsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bestarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bestarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bestarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from The Zealot.
Bestarsson lands a good knee to the midsection. The Zealot won't want to take too many of those.
Bestarsson has a couple of punches blocked by The Zealot.
Bestarsson lands with a left to the head.
Bestarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Zealot takes a shot 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!
The Zealot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bestarsson misses with a knee strike.
Bestarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Zealot backwards.
Bestarsson can't find room to land a body shot as The Zealot controls the action.
The Zealot throws a head punch that misses.
The Zealot gets through Bestarsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bestarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Zealot lands a shoulder strike.
Bestarsson missing with knees to the body.
The Zealot managing to block the knees to the body from Bestarsson.
The Zealot is leaning against Bestarsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot can't find room to land a body shot as Bestarsson controls the action.
Bestarsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bestarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Zealot lands with a light punch inside.
The Zealot blocks a body shot from Bestarsson.
A nice left hand lands by Bestarsson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Zealot.
Bestarsson tries to work over The Zealot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bestarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Zealot.
The Zealot blocking some punches.
Bestarsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Zealot's face.
Bestarsson gets through The Zealot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bestarsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Bestarsson tries to land knees in the clinch but The Zealot avoids the damage to the body.
Bestarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bestarsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Zealot lands with a left to the head.
Bestarsson lands a nice uppercut.
Bestarsson stalling.
Bestarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Zealot backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot lands a hook that snaps the head of Bestarsson backwards.
The Zealot misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Zealot lands a hook that snaps the head of Bestarsson backwards.
The Zealot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bestarsson looking to throw knees to the head but The Zealot is blocking nicely.
Bestarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bestarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bestarsson lands with a right to the head.
Bestarsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bestarsson fails to land.
The Zealot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bestarsson blocking some punches.
The Zealot misses with a punch on the inside.
The Zealot lands a body shot.
Bestarsson misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from The Zealot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bestarsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Zealot.
Bestarsson blocking some punches.
The Zealot lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bestarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bestarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but The Zealot uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bestarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Bestarsson scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from The Zealot on the inside.
Bestarsson lands a nice shot to the body.
The Zealot scores with a hook to the body.
The Zealot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Zealot.
The Zealot lands with a short shot to the head.
Bestarsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bestarsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bestarsson trying to stall but The Zealot improves his position.
The Zealot lands a nice uppercut.
Bestarsson misses with a knee strike.
Bestarsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from The Zealot - that landed with a thud.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Zealot misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Zealot lands with a right to the head.
The Zealot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Zealot presses Bestarsson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bestarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Bestarsson dominated that round.
That's time! The Zealot's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A swing and a miss from Bestarsson.
The Zealot tests Bestarsson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Zealot scores with the left hand. Bestarsson knows he should have avoided that one.
Bestarsson dodges the punch combination from The Zealot.
The Zealot misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bestarsson misses with a leg kick.
The Zealot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Zealot lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by The Zealot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from The Zealot misses the target.
The Zealot swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bestarsson counters with a head kick that drops The Zealot to the mat! The Zealot scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The Zealot is rocked!
The Zealot throws a right hand that misses
and Bestarsson rattles The Zealot with a well-timed uppercut counter. - The Zealot tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Bestarsson dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving The Zealot stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Viktor Bestarsson!
Our winner, Viktor Bestarsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badou Baha (ranked 2954 p4p, 379 weight class) and Trent Punchy (ranked 2224 p4p, 312 weight class). Baha's entrance music is Vegedream. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
215 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
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209 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Badou Baha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Punchy!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Punchy.
Baha connects with the punch.
It looks like Trent Punchy has been cut.
Punchy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baha throws a jab but it's blocked by Punchy.
Baha scores with a head kick.
Punchy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badou Baha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Punchy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Punchy slips a jab from Baha.
Baha has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Baha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Punchy counter with a right hand.
Baha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baha moves away from the strike by Punchy.
Punchy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A swing and a miss from Baha.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Punchy ducks under a wild hook from Baha.
Baha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baha throws a jab when Punchy was well out of range.
Baha avoids the body shot from Punchy.
Baha is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Punchy checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Punchy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Punchy moves forwards but Baha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baha was well out of range. Poor timing from Punchy.
Punchy moves out of range as Baha strikes.
Punchy shoots in for a takedown but Baha shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Baha lands with a hook. Punchy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Punchy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baha misses with a hook. Punchy ducked under it nicely.
Punchy staying out of range there.
Baha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Punchy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice sprawl there from Baha as Punchy shoots in.
Baha throws a big shot that misses.
Baha defending well as Punchy loads up on a big left hand.
Punchy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baha circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Baha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Punchy moves away.
A big right from Baha misses.
A big right from Punchy misses.
A jab from Baha does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punchy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baha throws out the jab.
Baha takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Baha misses.
Punchy defending well as Baha loads up on a big left hand.
Punchy misses with an uppercut. Baha saw that one coming.
Punchy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baha finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It seemed like Punchy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Punchy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Baha loads up on a big right hand but Punchy slips the punch.
Punchy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Punchy slips a straight right by Baha.
Nice takedown defense from Baha. No joy for Punchy on that attempt.
Badou Baha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trent Punchy.
Baha throws a right hand that misses
and Punchy counters with a stiff right hand.
Baha fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Punchy lunges at Baha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Baha's hand.
Punchy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Baha is trying to defend but Punchy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Punchy thows a huge punch but Baha dodges it nicely.
Baha on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baha tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baha tries to kick Punchy off but Punchy keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Punchy controlling the action here.
Baha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Punchy throwing shots but Baha is blocking nicely.
Punchy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Baha tries to roll over but Punchy keeps him under control.
Punchy is looking to take a break and control but Baha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Punchy misses with a head shot. Baha uses the momentum to regain guard.
Punchy chips away with some ground and pound.
Punchy trying to control but Baha is working from the bottom.
Punchy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Punchy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Punchy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Baha's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Punchy chips away with some ground and pound.
Punchy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badou Baha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trent Punchy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Baha walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Punchy moves out of range as Baha strikes.
Nice cross by Punchy.
Punchy slips a straight right by Baha.
Punchy fails with the takedown
and Baha counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baha misses with an uppercut.
Punchy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baha.
Punchy throws out a counter right but Baha avoids it with no problem.
Punchy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Punchy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A swing and a miss from Baha.
Punchy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baha scores with a punch to the head.
Baha lands a big head kick that sends Punchy tumbling to the mat! Baha takes a step backwards and waves Punchy back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Punchy is rocked!
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!
Baha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Punchy is still on wobbly legs! Can Baha finish him?
Punchy throws a wild body kick that Baha sees coming a mile off.
Baha throws a big shot that misses.
Punchy seems to have recovered his senses.
Baha scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchy shoots in for a takedown but Baha shows good takedown defense.
Baha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Badou Baha is winning the standup battle so far.
Punchy misses with the combination.
It looked like Baha wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Punchy connects with a single shot there.
Some wild striking there from Punchy.
Baha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Punchy is looking to land body kicks.
Punchy slips under a jab.
Baha misses with a straight left.
Baha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baha on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Baha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Punchy.
Baha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baha falls off balance throwing a combination
and Punchy counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baha lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baha scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Punchy slips under a jab from Baha.
Punchy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baha.
A big left from Baha misses.
Punchy throws a right and a left that Baha avoids nicely.
Baha connects with a right hand. Punchy shakes it off.
Punchy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baha.
Punchy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Badou Baha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Punchy.
Punchy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Punchy in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Baha is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Trent Punchy!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Trent Punchy made sure he mentioned FORCEE, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
The defeated Badou Baha had this to say: 'Be back soon my fans.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AC Slater (ranked 1408 p4p, 213 weight class) and Randy Miller (ranked 1055 p4p, 160 weight class). Slater's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stop What Ya Doin. Miller has chosen Who Was In My Room Last Night by Butthole Surfers as his entrance music. AC Slater could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Randy Miller's chin.
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202 lbs
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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
28 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, AC Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Miller!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller tries to score with a low kick but Slater moves his leg out of the way.
Miller 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.
Slater takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Slater takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Slater is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Miller's half guard.
Slater drops an elbow to the side of Miller's head.
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. Slater connects with a nice short shot to Miller's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slater working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Slater lands a nice short elbow.
Miller is pressing down on Slater's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Slater landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slater is looking to work some ground and pound but Miller has wrist control.
Miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Slater.
Miller wants to stand up but Slater is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.
Slater lands a couple of elbows.
Slater working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Miller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Slater cracks Miller with a solid left hand.
Slater has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Miller is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Slater is controlling him.
Miller is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Slater is aware though and is defending well.
Slater won't allow Miller to sweep him here.
Slater landing some decent shots from guard.
Slater landing some decent shots from guard.
Miller is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller looks to land a strike but Slater avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Miller wants to get up but he can't break Slater's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Slater looking to hit a scissor sweep but Miller is one step ahead there.
Miller throws a strike but Slater rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Slater is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Slater landing some decent shots from guard.
Slater trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.
Miller is looking to sweep but instead, Slater has passed into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller wants to get back to full guard.
Slater lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slater looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Slater lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Miller is looking to improve his position.
Slater working Miller over with strikes.
Miller is pressing down on Slater's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Miller working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Slater doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Slater manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slater working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Miller's head.
Slater wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.
Slater scoring with some ground and pound.
Slater landing some decent shots from guard.
Miller 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.
Slater is working Miller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Slater working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Miller has momentary wrist control but Slater slips an elbow through the middle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Miller is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AC Slater dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Slater looks to land a combination but Miller avoids it well.
Slater ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Miller lands a glancing blow to the side of Slater's head.
Slater fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
It seemed like Miller was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Randy Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Slater.
The fighters circling - Miller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Slater looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Miller swings widly with a right hand
and Slater counters with a nice uppercut.
Slater steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Miller.
Miller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Miller throws out a counter right but Slater avoids it with no problem.
Slater misses with a takedown attempt - Miller sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slater looks for a takedown but Miller sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for AC Slater. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Miller as Slater shoots in.
Miller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Miller lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Slater looks for a takedown but Miller sprawls well.
Miller throws out a counter right but Slater avoids it with no problem.
Slater closes the distance and clinches up with Miller, looking for a takedown. Slater pushes Miller against the cage but Miller circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Slater.
Miller throws a jab when Slater was well out of range.
Slater gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Miller.
Miller's jab looks to have found its range, popping Slater under the eye.
Miller slaps away a takedown attempt from Slater, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater misses with the combination.
A jab from Miller misses.
Slater is looking to counter punch.
Slater gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Miller counters with a nice uppercut.
Miller might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Miller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Slater's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller scores with a punch to the head.
Miller misses with a lunging right hand
and Slater makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Slater avoids the body shot from Miller.
Slater fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Miller throws a big shot that misses.
Miller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws a jab when Slater was well out of range.
Slater shoots for a takedown but Miller saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Slater or perhaps it was just good defense by Miller, which made it look bad.
Slater slips a jab from Miller.
AC Slater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slater takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Miller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Miller throws a shot to the body.
Miller throws an overhand right that lands on Slater's shoulder, as Slater tries to avoid the shot.
Miller slips under a jab.
Miller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Slater uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Miller.
Slater slips a jab from Miller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slater takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Miller smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Slater throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Slater slips a straight right by Miller.
Slater slips under a jab.
Slater appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Miller misses with a series of wild punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Slater misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miller scores with a crisp jab that stopped Slater in his tracks.
Miller throws a looping overhand right but Slater ducks down to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Slater.
Slater ducks under a wild hook from Miller.
Randy Miller seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Miller misses the target.
Slater changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Miller 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! And we move into the final round!
Miller fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Slater fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Miller avoids it really well and circles away.
Miller moves into range and connects with a jab.
A punch combination from Miller misses.
Slater cracks Miller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Slater steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Miller.
Slater changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Slater with a lazy takedown attempt
and Miller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Slater counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Miller misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller connects with the punch.
Slater walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Slater checks a leg kick nicely.
Slater throws a series of punches but Miller moves out of range.
Slater steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Miller. That one must have hurt.
A big right from Miller misses.
Slater takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Slater with a poor takedown
and Miller counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for AC Slater. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miller throws a jab but it's blocked by Slater.
Miller throws a big shot that misses.
Slater looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Slater scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Slater looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Miller is fending him off so far but Slater persists. Nope, Miller circles away and we're back to standing.
Miller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters circling - Miller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Slater ducks under a wild hook from Miller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater dives in for a single leg takedown but Miller sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller tries a head kick but it misses.
Slater feinted with a counter takedown.
Slater defending well as Miller loads up on a big left hand.
Miller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Miller lands a nice shot that snaps Slater's head back.
Miller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Slater.
Miller looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Miller throws an overhand right that lands on Slater's shoulder, as Slater tries to avoid the shot.
Slater changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Miller throws a jab but it's blocked by Slater.
Slater is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Slater is defended easily by Miller.
Miller moves in looking to clinch but Slater pushes him off.
Miller throws a leg kick but Slater sees it coming and moves out of range.
Slater is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller missing with a left hand there. Slater was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miller throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Slater shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Miller pinned against the cage. Miller gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Miller tries a head kick but it misses.
Miller looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Miller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Miller misses with a looping right.
Slater lands a nice hook to Miller's body. Miller takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Slater looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Miller is fending him off so far but Slater persists. Nope, Miller circles away and we're back to standing.
Miller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Slater counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slater moves out of range as Miller strikes.
Miller throws the left hand but Slater avoids the punch easily.
Slater shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Miller as he avoids it easily.
Miller defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Slater.
Miller swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from Miller.
Miller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Slater.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Slater uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Miller.
Slater shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Miller is trying to defend but Slater finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Miller manages to get to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Miller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Miller 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Miller!
After winning the bout, Randy Miller thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chiku Maneno (ranked 597 p4p, 80 weight class) and Andre Haack (ranked 1317 p4p, 157 weight class). Chiku Maneno could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Andre Haack's chin.
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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 - 25 - 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
30 - 18 - 3, fighting out of London, Andre Haack!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haack closes the distance and clinches.
Haack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maneno is trying to push Haack away but Haack has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maneno breaks the clinch.
Haack has closed the distance and engaged Maneno in a clinch.
Maneno blocks an uppercut.
Maneno has had enough of the clinch but Haack keeps him there for the moment.
Haack has a couple of punches blocked by Maneno.
Maneno prevents a body shot from Haack.
Haack keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maneno's efforts to push away.
Haack lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maneno or not.
Maneno tries to break the clinch but Haack is controlling the position.
Maneno manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Maneno.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haack is looking to clinch.
Maneno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haack.
Maneno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haack.
Maneno takes a swing at Haack's ribcage but misses.
Haack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maneno.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haack takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Haack will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haack misses with a wild body shot.
Maneno scores with a nice right hand.
Nice cross by Haack.
Haack swings for the body but Maneno moves out of range.
Maneno throws a shot from downtown. Haack moves away and avoids it.
Maneno sets himself, and Haack steps forward looking for the clinch! Maneno avoids it this time.
Haack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haack has managed to clinch.
Maneno is trying to break the clinch but Haack is controlling him.
Haack misses with the head strike.
Maneno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maneno was well out of range. Poor timing from Haack.
A counter left hand to the body from Maneno misses its target.
Haack wants to clinch.
Haack scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Maneno doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno missing with a left hand there. Haack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haack manages to avoid it.
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.
Maneno takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Haack defending well as Maneno loads up on a big left hand.
Maneno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haack sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maneno on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haack swings for the body but Maneno moves out of range.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Haack throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maneno on the side of the head.
Haack fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big left from Maneno misses.
Haack steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Maneno.
Haack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maneno swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haack swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno needs to keep his hands up - Haack had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Maneno misses.
Maneno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maneno swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haack rushes Maneno and presses him up against the cage.
Haack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maneno backwards.
Maneno manages to break the clinch.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haack manages to avoid it.
Haack moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Maneno swats away the attempt to clinch by Haack.
Haack gets a clinch.
Haack lands with a light punch inside.
Maneno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haack digs a good body shot into Maneno's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Haack is just out of range.
Haack tries to clinch but Maneno moves out of range.
Maneno throws a body punch but Haack moves out of range.
Maneno takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Haack moves into range and clinches up with Maneno.
Haack gets through Maneno's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Haack fails to land.
Maneno wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haack keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maneno's efforts to push away.
Haack pushes Maneno back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Maneno wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haack pushes Maneno back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haack tries to work over Maneno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maneno looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haack digs a right hand underneath Maneno's ribcage. Maneno let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, Haack scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Haack.
Haack scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Haack dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Maneno ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Haack 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.
Haack walks into a straight right hand from Maneno.
A telegraphed right hand from Maneno misses the target.
Good exchange - Maneno coming out on top.
Haack moves in looking to clinch but Maneno pushes him off.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Maneno takes a swing at Haack's ribcage but misses.
A nice combination there by Haack.
Maneno takes a swing at Haack's ribcage but misses.
Maneno scores with a nice strike.
Maneno ducks under a wild hook from Haack.
Haack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maneno.
Haack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maneno manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haack throws a hook to the side of Maneno's head but Maneno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haack avoids the body shot from Maneno.
Maneno throws a body punch but Haack moves out of range.
Haack keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maneno.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haack is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haack moves into range and clinches up with Maneno.
Maneno breaks from the clinch.
Maneno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haack is looking to clinch but Maneno is avoiding it.
Maneno throws a body shot but no joy.
Haack takes the fight into the clinch.
Maneno breaks from the clinch.
Haack is looking to clinch.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
Haack drops Maneno with a beautiful combination! Maneno stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Haack is looking for the KO!
It looks like Chiku Maneno has been cut.
Andre Haack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maneno scores with a hook to the body. Haack takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maneno keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Maneno throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Haack doesn't seem bothered though.
Haack works Maneno's body with a nice hook.
Maneno lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Haack at a distance.
Haack darts in trying to clinch
and Maneno counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maneno is looking to wear down Haack with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Maneno works Haack's body with a nice hook.
Andre Haack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maneno looks to land a right hand but Haack moved out of range.
Maneno misses with a looping left.
A big left from Haack misses.
Maneno scores with a jab to the body.
Haack thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maneno scores with a hook to the body. Haack takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Haack has Maneno up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno wants to get back to striking at distance but Haack won't allow it.
Haack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maneno has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maneno takes a swing at Haack's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by Maneno.
Haack bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maneno's head backwards.
Maneno misses with a straight right.
Haack lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maneno backs up against the cage.
Maneno throws a body punch but Haack moves out of range.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haack moves away.
Haack scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Haack misses with an uppercut. Maneno saw that one coming.
A big left from Maneno misses.
Maneno swings for the body but Haack moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haack moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maneno manages to break the clinch.
Haack takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Haack lands a two punch combo.
Haack tries to clinch but Maneno moves out of range.
A big right from Maneno misses.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haack manages to avoid it.
Maneno clobbers Haack with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haack takes a swing at Maneno's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maneno keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haack.
Maneno throws a body shot but no joy.
Maneno throws a body punch but Haack moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Maneno lands an impressive looking overhand right. Haack doesn't seem phased though.
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.
The cut man is working on Chiku Maneno's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Haack takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haack moves in looking to clinch but Maneno pushes him off.
Maneno thuds a left hand into Haack's body.
Haack scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maneno in his tracks.
Haack fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Maneno, pushing him back against the cage.
Haack misses with a body punch.
Maneno wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haack has a couple of punches blocked by Maneno.
A right hook to the body lands for Haack.
Maneno looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haack.
Maneno can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haack misses with the head strike.
Maneno is trying to push Haack away but Haack has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short body shot lands from Haack as the two fighters clinch.
Maneno looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Andre Haack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Haack misses with some punches.
Maneno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Haack doesn't seem bothered though.
Haack looks to score with a jab to the body but Maneno is just out of range.
Maneno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haack tries to clinch but Maneno moves out of range.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Haack is just out of range.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haack was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Haack steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Maneno.
Haack lands an overhand right.
Maneno throws a jab when Haack was well out of range.
Haack throws a looping overhand right but Maneno ducks down to avoid it.
Haack darts in trying to clinch
and Maneno cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haack throws a body shot but no joy.
Haack gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Haack doesn't manage to clinch there - Maneno circles away.
Maneno swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno tests Haack's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Haack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haack misses with a punch on the inside.
Maneno breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Haack does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maneno scores with a nice strike.
Haack is rocked!
Maneno takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Haack has managed to clinch.
Maneno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maneno is trying to break the clinch but Haack is controlling him.
Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haack.
Haack slips under a jab from Maneno.
Haack wants to counter the offense by Maneno and move into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haack tries to clinch but Maneno is having none of it.
Maneno is looking to counter punch.
Maneno swings for the body but Haack moves out of range.
Haack wants to clinch
and Maneno counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Haack works the jab nicely.
Haack throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maneno on the side of the head.
Haack closes the distance but Maneno moves to the side
and Maneno counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Haack thinking.
Haack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maneno counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Haack thinking.
Maneno looks to throw the jab but Haack is out of range.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Haack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
Maneno swings for the body but Haack moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maneno misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Haack does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maneno takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haack was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maneno just misses with a punch to the body.
Haack misses with a jab to the body
and Maneno counters with a nice body shot.
Haack just misses with a punch to the body.
Maneno throws a body punch but Haack moves out of range.
Haack tries to counter with a clinch but Maneno shakes him off and moves away.
Haack throws a nice looking combination but Maneno bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maneno throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Haack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Haack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maneno.
Haack uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maneno.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chiku Maneno showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Maneno 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Chiku Maneno!
Our winner, Chiku Maneno, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Wills Jr (ranked 432 p4p, 54 weight class) and Michail Podolski (ranked 788 p4p, 90 weight class). Podolski has chosen Last Ride as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wilson Wills Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michail Podolski!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wills Jr swings for the body but Podolski moves out of range.
Podolski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Podolski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wills Jr is out of range.
Wills Jr throws out a loose jab but Podolski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Podolski throws a leg kick but Wills Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wills Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Podolski.
Podolski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Podolski misses with a hook.
A cross from Wills Jr lands.
Podolski throws an overhand right that lands on Wills Jr's shoulder, as Wills Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Podolski blocks a head kick by Wills Jr.
Nice body punch from Podolski.
Wills Jr misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Podolski throws a front kick aimed at Wills Jr's knee but Wills Jr avoids it well.
Podolski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by Wills Jr.
Podolski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wills Jr on the side of the head.
Podolski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wills Jr's calf.
Wills Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Podolski.
Nice body punch from Wills Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Wills Jr does it's job there.
Podolski lands a nice hook to Wills Jr's body. Wills Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wills Jr.
A leg kick checked by Podolski.
Podolski takes a swing at Wills Jr's ribcage but misses.
Podolski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wills Jr throws a leg kick but Podolski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Podolski throws a wild body kick that Wills Jr sees coming a mile off.
Wills Jr checks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Podolski.
Wills Jr is looking to score with low kicks.
Wills Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Podolski raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Wills Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A low kick from Wills Jr is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Podolski.
Wills Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Podolski is trying to counter with his kicks.
Wills Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Podolski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Podolski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Podolski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Podolski throws a big shot that misses.
Podolski throws a head kick but Wills Jr moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Podolski.
Podolski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Podolski wants to slow Wills Jr down by chopping away at his legs.
Podolski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Podolski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Podolski scores with a shot to the body.
Podolski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wills Jr checks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Podolski. Wills Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wills Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Podolski looks to throw the jab but Wills Jr is out of range.
Wills Jr throws a front kick that sends Podolski stumbling back into the cage.
Podolski connects with a jab.
Wills Jr thumps Podolski with a low kick.
Wills Jr looks to land a left hand but Podolski moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Podolski throws a jab but it's blocked by Wills Jr.
Wills Jr throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wills Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Podolski off the cage and back into range.
Podolski misses with a looping left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Podolski.
Podolski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wills Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Podolski.
Wills Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Podolski cracks Wills Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Podolski slips a straight right by Wills Jr.
Podolski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wills Jr walks forward, straight into a front kick from Podolski.
Wills Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Podolski.
A little feinted left hand from Wills Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wills Jr throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Podolski.
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!
Podolski misses with a low kick.
Podolski lands a front kick.
Wills Jr attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wills Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Podolski seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wills Jr throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Podolski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Podolski cracks Wills Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Good work by Wills Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Wills Jr walks into a jab.
Podolski is looking to land body kicks.
Podolski lands with a shot to the body.
Wills Jr throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Podolski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wills Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Podolski misses with a few strikes there.
Podolski misses with a low kick.
Wills Jr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wills Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Podolski. That did some damage!
Podolski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Podolski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wills Jr connects with a single shot there.
A bone on bone clash there as Podolski blocks the leg kick.
Wills Jr throws a leg kick but Podolski moved away.
Wills Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Podolski connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michail Podolski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Podolski throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wills Jr is looking to clinch.
Wills Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Podolski.
Podolski throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It appears Wills Jr was looking to counter with a kick there.
Podolski staying out of range there.
Wills Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Podolski looks to land a left hand but Wills Jr moved out of range nicely.
Wills Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Podolski.
Podolski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wills Jr will feel that in the morning.
Wills Jr throws a front kick that sends Podolski stumbling back into the cage.
Wills Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Podolski counters with a nice uppercut.
Podolski digs a good hook to Wills Jr's body.
Podolski misses with a hook. Wills Jr ducked under it nicely.
Podolski throws a head kick that misses.
Wills Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Wills Jr misses its target.
Wills Jr checks a leg kick.
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!
Wills Jr lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills Jr avoids the body shot from Podolski.
Wills Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Wills Jr might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wills Jr throws a front kick aimed at Podolski's knee but Podolski avoids it well.
Podolski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A nice inside leg kick there by Podolski. That's going to slow Wills Jr down.
Podolski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Wills Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A lazy left from Podolski finds it's target.
Podolski blocks a head kick by Wills Jr.
A head kick misses from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A shot to the liver by Podolski. Beautiful body shot.
Wills Jr misses with a body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr throws a low kick, looking for Podolski's leg but Podolski calmly moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Podolski.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Podolski throws a front kick aimed at Wills Jr's knee but Wills Jr avoids it well.
Wills Jr avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Podolski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wills Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Podolski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Podolski scores with a jab to the body.
Podolski scores with a nice body kick.
Wills Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Podolski takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Podolski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wills Jr.
Podolski on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Podolski scores with a jab to the body.
Wills Jr connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
An inside leg kick from Podolski misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A solid body kick from Wills Jr.
Wills Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wills Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Podolski off balance momentarily.
A big right from Podolski misses.
Wills Jr cracks the inside of Podolski's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Podolski lands a body shot.
Wills Jr throws a hook but Podolski blocks it.
Podolski throws a fast counter high kick but Wills Jr manages to duck under it in time.
Wills Jr slips under a jab.
Podolski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Podolski just misses with a punch to the body.
Wills Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wills Jr scores with the left hand. Podolski knows he should have avoided that one.
Wills Jr walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Podolski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Podolski appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Podolski with a hook.
Podolski moves out of range of the body kick from Wills Jr.
Podolski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wills Jr checks it well.
Wills Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Podolski's shoulder, as Podolski tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Wills Jr misses the target.
A punch lands to the side of Wills Jr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wills Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Podolski.
Podolski shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A shot to the liver by Podolski. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Podolski throws a jab but it's blocked by Wills Jr.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wills Jr.
Wills Jr misses with a double jab.
Wills Jr pivots, looking for a leg kick but Podolski is out of range and Wills Jr settles back down.
Wills Jr's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Wills Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Podolski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wills Jr avoids the head kick by Podolski.
Wills Jr connects with a leg kick. Podolski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Podolski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wills Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wills Jr will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Podolski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wills Jr!
Podolski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michail Podolski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Podolski moves out of range of the body kick.
Podolski replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Wills Jr blocks it well.
Wills Jr staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wills Jr throws a solid leg kick but Podolski takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wills Jr.
Podolski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wills Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Podolski.
Wills Jr throws a big counter combination but Podolski scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Podolski shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michail Podolski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Podolski misses with a hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wills Jr crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Podolski - the referee stops the clock and Wills Jr gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Podolski. Wills Jr manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wills Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Podolski is just out of range.
Wills Jr throws a wild body kick that Podolski sees coming a mile off.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wills Jr crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Podolski - the referee stops the clock and Wills Jr gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Podolski. Wills Jr manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Podolski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wills Jr moves away.
Wills Jr misses with a body shot.
Wills Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
Podolski throws a leg kick but Wills Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Podolski misses with a body shot.
Podolski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wills Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Podolski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Podolski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Podolski misses with a wild body shot.
Wills Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Podolski.
Wills Jr scores with a leg kick.
Wills Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Podolski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wills Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Podolski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Podolski is looking to score with low kicks.
Podolski motions for Wills Jr to come forward. Podolski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wills Jr goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wills Jr throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Podolski looks to land a right hand but Wills Jr moved out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Podolski. That snapped Wills Jr's head back.
Podolski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wills Jr scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Podolski lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Wills Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Podolski blocks a low kick nicely.
Wills Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wills Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Podolski.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Podolski.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Podolski lands a nice hook to Wills Jr's body. Wills Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wilson Wills Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wills Jr connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Podolski misses with a low kick.
Podolski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wills Jr looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wills Jr throws a push kick but Podolski slaps the foot to one side.
Podolski works the jab nicely.
Wills Jr moves out of range as Podolski strikes.
Wills Jr half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wills Jr takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Podolski misses with a hook.
Podolski cracks Wills Jr with a good jab.
Podolski misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Podolski.
Wills Jr's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wills Jr duly obliges.
Podolski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A lazy left from Podolski finds it's target.
Podolski throws an overhand right that lands on Wills Jr's shoulder, as Wills Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Podolski moves out of range of the leg kick from Wills Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills Jr motions for Podolski to come forward. Wills Jr throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Podolski. That snapped Wills Jr's head back.
Podolski throws a head kick but Wills Jr moves out of range.
Wills Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wills Jr has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Podolski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wills Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Podolski.
Podolski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wills Jr's calf.
Michail Podolski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wills Jr misses with an uppercut. Podolski saw that one coming.
Podolski swings for the body but Wills Jr moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Wills Jr misses the target.
Wills Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Podolski throws a body shot but no joy.
Wills Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wills Jr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Podolski.
Wills Jr 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.
Wills Jr is looking to chop away at Podolski's legs.
Podolski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Podolski jabs Wills Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wills Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Podolski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wills Jr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wills Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Podolski can pounce on him.
Both fighters circling a little - Wills Jr finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Podolski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Podolski moves out of range of the strikes.
Podolski misses with a head kick.
Podolski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wills Jr looks to land a body kick but Podolski moved away.
Wills Jr throws a front kick aimed at Podolski's knee but Podolski avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wills Jr pivots, looking for a leg kick but Podolski is out of range and Wills Jr settles back down.
Podolski tries to land a front kick but Wills Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Podolski lands a jab to Wills Jr's midsection.
Wills Jr looks to land a right hand but Podolski moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michail Podolski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Podolski 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michail Podolski!
After winning the bout, Michail Podolski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bed Intruder (ranked 333 p4p, 39 weight class) and Brando Reigns (ranked 547 p4p, 64 weight class). Intruder comes into the arena with Bed Intruder blaring out of the sound system. Reigns comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tragedy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bed Intruder has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bed Intruder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brando Reigns!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Intruder ducks right into an uppercut from Reigns.
Reigns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Intruder lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reigns takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Intruder shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reigns misses with a low kick as Intruder jumps back.
Reigns looking to score a takedown here. Intruder is defending well but Reigns drives through and ends up in Intruder's guard.
Reigns wants to control from the top but Intruder keeps moving.
Reigns advances position into side control!
Intruder is looking for a sweep.
Reigns wants to control but Intruder is keeping him busy.
Reigns controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Intruder can't do much from the bottom here.
Intruder gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Intruder is refusing to be controlled, as Reigns sits in half guard.
Intruder is looking for a sweep. Reigns is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Reigns trying to mount his opponent but Intruder defends it.
Intruder is trying to control but can't.
Reigns takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Intruder is not content to let Reigns control the position.
Reigns performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Intruder is concentrating on defense, preventing Reigns from advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reigns is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Intruder!
Reigns sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Reigns's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Intruder wants to hold on but Reigns pushes him away.
Intruder is looking to improve his position but Reigns isn't that keen on the idea.
Reigns looking to secure an arm triangle but Intruder defends it well.
Intruder is squirming around, avoiding Reigns's attempts to control the action.
Intruder is desperately trying to improve his position but Reigns has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Intruder is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Reigns looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Intruder tries to hold on but Reigns pushes him away.
Intruder is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reigns moves to back control.
Intruder wants to control his opponent's hands but Reigns gets his hands free.
Intruder defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Reigns's arms.
Intruder is really stuck here.
Intruder rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Reigns wants to take a breather but Intruder is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reigns tries to pass to full mount but Intruder defends it.
Reigns missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Intruder tries to get to full guard but Reigns has control of the leg.
Intruder is refusing to be controlled, as Reigns sits in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reigns looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brando Reigns dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Intruder bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Reigns's head backwards.
Good work by Intruder as he checks the leg kick.
Intruder throws a looping overhand right but Reigns ducks down to avoid it.
Reigns follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Intruder takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Intruder takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Intruder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Intruder lands with an uppercut that bounces Reigns off the cage and back into range.
Intruder throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reigns stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reigns doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Intruder takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Reigns missing with a left hand there. Intruder was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Intruder ducks under a wild hook from Reigns.
Intruder scores with a sloppy right hand. Reigns should have avoided that one.
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!
Intruder misses with a two punch combination.
Reigns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Reigns - that will leave a mark!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reigns stuns Intruder with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reigns throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Intruder on the side of the head.
Reigns fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Intruder checks it well.
Intruder throwing a counter right hand but Reigns manages to avoid it.
Intruder jabs Reigns to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Reigns has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Intruder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reigns was well out of range. Poor timing from Intruder.
A telegraphed right hand from Reigns misses the target.
Reigns takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Intruder throws a jab when Reigns was well out of range.
Reigns ducks under a wild hook from Intruder.
Intruder gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Intruder will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Intruder wants to sweep here but Reigns controlling him for the moment.
Intruder is trying to keep Reigns in close.
Reigns controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reigns preventing the sweep.
Intruder not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Intruder looking for a sweep. Not yet Intruder, not yet.
Reigns wants to control from the top but Intruder keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reigns preventing the sweep.
Intruder is working hard here to advance position.
Reigns in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Reigns stopping the sweep attempt from Intruder.
Reigns slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Intruder is trying to get back to full guard.
Reigns trying to control from Intruder's half guard. Intruder has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Intruder trying to control the position.
Reigns is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Intruder avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reigns drops back, looking for a kneebar! Intruder looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Intruder looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Intruder!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Intruder scores with punches from side control.
Intruder wants to control but Reigns is keeping him busy.
Intruder in side control lands a decent elbow.
Reigns sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Brando Reigns has got the better of the ground game so far.
Intruder working Reigns over with strikes.
Reigns wants to control but Intruder is keeping busy.
Reigns gets back to full guard.
Intruder stopping the sweep attempt from Reigns.
Intruder postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Intruder stands up over Reigns, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to 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 Bed Intruder will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
Reigns lands with a good body shot.
Intruder looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Intruder lands a glancing blow to the side of Reigns's head.
Intruder lands with a nice body punch.
Intruder cracks Reigns with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reigns throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Intruder on the side of the head.
Intruder throws a body punch but Reigns moves out of range.
Reigns raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Intruder lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Reigns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reigns scores with a leg kick.
Intruder throws a left and a right that both miss
and Reigns counters with a straight right hand.
Reigns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Intruder.
Reigns appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Intruder slips a straight right by Reigns.
Intruder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reigns.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Intruder loads up on a big right hand but Reigns slips the punch.
Reigns throws a looping overhand right but Intruder ducks down to avoid it.
Intruder has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reigns.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reigns. That's going to slow Intruder down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reigns thuds his shin into the meat of Intruder's side.
Reigns blocks a jab.
Reigns takes a swing at Intruder's ribcage but misses.
Intruder slips under a jab from Reigns.
No joy there for Intruder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice cross by Intruder.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Intruder checks a leg kick.
Reigns moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Reigns throws out a leg kick but Intruder moves out of range and Reigns only half commits.
Intruder looks to score with a jab to the body but Reigns is just out of range.
Intruder walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Intruder looks to score with a jab to the body but Reigns is just out of range.
Reigns throws a shot from downtown. Intruder moves away and avoids it.
Intruder is looking for a counter combo.
Intruder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reigns was well out of range. Poor timing from Intruder.
Reigns scores with a leg kick.
Reigns misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reigns scores with a shot to the body.
Reigns scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reigns scores with a leg kick.
Brando Reigns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A cross from Reigns lands.
Jab, jab by Intruder - just one landing.
Reigns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Intruder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reigns thumps Intruder with a low kick.
Reigns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Intruder tests Reigns's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reigns uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Intruder has time to react.
Intruder scores with a crisp jab that stopped Reigns in his tracks.
Reigns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Intruder throws a jab when Reigns was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Intruder moves out of range of the body kick from Reigns.
Reigns connects with a single shot there.
Reigns tries to clinch but Intruder is having none of it.
Intruder was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Intruder misses with a straight right.
Reigns goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reigns misses with the body kick
and Intruder counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Intruder uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reigns.
Intruder swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Intruder throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reigns slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Reigns takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Intruder walks forward, straight into a front kick from Reigns.
A low kick from Reigns misses
and Intruder counters with a nice uppercut.
Intruder is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Intruder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Intruder throws a jab when Reigns was well out of range.
Intruder fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Reigns doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Intruder enables Reigns to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Intruder manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reigns wants to control from the top but Intruder keeps moving.
Intruder is pulling down on Reigns's head to control his posture.
Reigns is pushing down on Intruder's leg trying to pass to half guard. Intruder is fighting to maintain full guard but Reigns has managed to sneak the leg through.
Reigns is trying to control the action in half guard but Intruder is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Intruder is looking for a sweep. Reigns is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Intruder is trying to maintain the position but Reigns is very close to passing his half guard.
Intruder is defending against the submission attempts here by Reigns.
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 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brando Reigns!
Brando Reigns 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between DeShawn Jackson (ranked 272 p4p, 35 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 181 p4p, 21 weight class). Jackson's entrance music is Green Card. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 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
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letaivu shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jackson eats them both and turns towards Letaivu to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like DeShawn Jackson has been cut.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Letaivu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Letaivu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Jackson catches Letaivu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Letaivu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Letaivu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Letaivu.
A left lands for Letaivu.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Letaivu.
Letaivu 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.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Jackson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Letaivu sprawls and moves away.
Letaivu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Letaivu misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Letaivu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
DeShawn Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Letaivu takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Letaivu avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Letaivu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Letaivu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Letaivu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jackson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Letaivu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Letaivu has closed the distance and engaged Jackson in a clinch.
Jackson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Letaivu manages to escape and get back to his feet!
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 scores with a jab to the body.
Letaivu swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Letaivu moves away.
Jackson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pascal Letaivu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Letaivu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jackson.
Letaivu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jackson swings for the body but Letaivu moves out of range.
Jackson lands a glancing blow to the side of Letaivu's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu tests Jackson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Letaivu avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Letaivu moved out of range.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Letaivu.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Jackson sets himself, and Letaivu steps forward looking for the clinch! Jackson avoids it this time.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
Jackson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jackson takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Letaivu.
Letaivu slips a jab from Jackson.
Jackson throws a lazy uppercut
and Letaivu counters with a stiff right hand.
Letaivu lands a glancing blow to the side of Jackson's head.
A jab from Letaivu misses.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson misses with a hook.
Letaivu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jackson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson delivers a nice body kick.
Letaivu swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Letaivu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Letaivu.
Jackson lands with a hook. Letaivu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Letaivu throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Letaivu on the side of the head.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson slips a jab from Letaivu.
A big right from Jackson misses.
Letaivu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Letaivu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jackson counters with a left and a right that stings Letaivu.
A decent looking cross lands there for Letaivu.
Letaivu connects with a nice looking jab.
Jackson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jackson works the jab nicely.
Jackson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jackson tries for a kimura but Letaivu is defending well.
Letaivu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jackson.
Jackson working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Letaivu, who protects the arm well.
Jackson has an Americana. Letaivu didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Jackson is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Jackson hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). DeShawn Jackson!
In his post fight interview, DeShawn Jackson 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Denke (ranked 324 p4p, 48 weight class) and Piranha Chonan (ranked 378 p4p, 57 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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180 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
29 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Denke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piranha Chonan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chonan is looking to clinch.
Chonan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Denke was well out of range. Poor timing from Chonan.
Denke is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chonan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Denke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Chonan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Denke lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Chonan 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.
Denke scores with a jab to the body.
Chonan tries to clinch but Denke is having none of it.
Denke takes one on the button.
Chonan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Denke moves away.
Denke quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chonan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Karl Denke has been cut.
Piranha Chonan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chonan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Denke was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Chonan lands with an overhand left.
Chonan looks to land a left hand but Denke moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chonan looks to clinch
and Denke counters with a one-two to the body.
Chonan misses with a shot to the body
and Denke counters with a good low kick that Chonan was not able to check.
Denke 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.
Chonan drives through and clinches with Denke against the cage.
Denke pushes Chonan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chonan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Denkes head.
A short right from Denke.
Denke pushes off an throws an elbow but Chonan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Denke stalling in the clinch but Chonan improves position.
Denke scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Denke.
Chonan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chonan lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denke pushes Chonan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chonan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Denke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chonan's elbow.
Denke lands a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Denke.
It looks like Piranha Chonan has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chonan swings wildly with an uppercut but Denke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Denke throws a punch but it's blocked by Chonan.
Denke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Denke tries to throw a body punch but Chonan avoids it by throwing Denke back against the cage.
Denke is working Chonan over against the cage.
Denke throws a punch but it's blocked by Chonan.
Chonan has a couple of punches blocked by Denke.
Denke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Denke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Denke is leaning against Chonan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chonan looks winded!
Denke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Denke dodges an elbow strike from Chonan.
Denke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chonan blocks an elbow strike.
Denke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chonan's elbow.
Denke scores with a shoulder strike.
Denke dodges an elbow strike from Chonan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke dodges an elbow strike from Chonan.
Chonan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Chonan.
Denke leaning against his opponent.
Chonan struggles to land a body shot inside as Denke controls his hands.
Chonan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Denke.
Denke is trying to maintain a safe position but Chonan gets an underhook and turns Denke into the cage.
Denke taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Denke misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chonan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Denke's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chonan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Denke's brow.
Denke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chonan's defenses.
That has opened up Piranha Chonan's cut even more.
Denke tries to throw a body punch but Chonan avoids it by throwing Denke back against the cage.
Denke misses with a punch to the body.
Chonan lands a left hand.
Chonan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chonan as Denke tries to tie him up.
Chonan blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chonan prevents a body shot from Denke.
Chonan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chonan prevents a body shot from Denke.
Chonan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chonan blocking some punches.
Denke lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Denke.
Chonan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Denke stalling against the cage.
Chonan tries to throw a body punch but Denke avoids it by throwing Chonan back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Denke.
The cut above Piranha Chonan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Denke scores with a shot to the side of Chonan's head.
Denke lands with a right to the head.
Denke stalling the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chonan misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Denke dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Denke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chonan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chonan tries to clinch
and Chonan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chonan 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.
Chonan misses with a straight left.
Karl Denke is winning the standup battle so far.
Chonan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chonan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chonan throws a body shot but no joy.
Chonan connects with a looping right hand.
Chonan misses with an uppercut
and Denke counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chonan takes a shot to the head.
Denke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chonan's elbow.
Chonan stalling against the cage.
Karl Denke has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chonan lands an elbow 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!
Chonan working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chonan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Denke's brow.
Chonan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chonan being controlled against the cage.
Chonan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Denke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Denke just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chonan's brow.
Denke misses with a punch to the body.
Denke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Denke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chonan backwards.
Chonan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Denke tries to work over Chonan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Denke lands an elbow inside that Chonan shrugs off.
Denke tries a body shot but Chonan blocks it.
Chonan misses with a punch on the inside.
Chonan prevents a body shot from Denke.
Denke scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Piranha Chonan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denke lands an elbow inside.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Piranha Chonan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Karl Denke!
Karl Denke decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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