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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ra Tardferrus (ranked 21889 p4p, 190 weight class) and Hot Steel (ranked 3314 p4p, 126 weight class). Tardferrus comes to the cage accompanied by Headstrong "Trapt". Hot Steel will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ra Tardferrus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hot Steel!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel misses with a series of wild punches.
Tardferrus attempts a counter takedown but Steel avoids it well and moves away.
Nice jab there from Steel.
Tardferrus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Ra Tardferrus has been cut.
Tardferrus dives in and scores a takedown into Steel's guard.
Tardferrus thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tardferrus drops back, looking for a kneebar! Steel looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Steel looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Steel!
Tardferrus manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tardferrus is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tardferrus is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Steel doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tardferrus.
Tardferrus is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Steel wants to get back to his feet.
Tardferrus is trying for a kimura here. Steel looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Tardferrus wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ra Tardferrus!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Porabski (ranked 3918 p4p, 142 weight class) and Kallie Coetzee (ranked 3870 p4p, 86 weight class). Porabski comes to the cage accompanied by Feet- wodzionka. Coetzee has chosen Outa in die langpad as his entrance music. Kallie Coetzee is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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260 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Piotr Porabski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kallie Coetzee!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Coetzee misses.
Porabski feinted with a counter takedown.
Piotr Porabski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Porabski misses with an uppercut. Coetzee saw that one coming.
Coetzee swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Porabski looks to land a combination but Coetzee avoids it well.
Porabski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Porabski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Porabski misses with an uppercut. Coetzee saw that one coming.
Coetzee defending well as Porabski loads up on a big left hand.
Porabski drops his hands momentarily and Coetzee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
It looks like Piotr Porabski has been cut.
Porabski throws an off balance right hand
and Coetzee counters with a stiff right hand.
Porabski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Porabski wants it to stay on the feet.
Coetzee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Porabski is fending him off so far but Coetzee persists. Nope, Porabski circles away and we're back to standing.
Porabski misses with an uppercut
and Coetzee counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Porabski badly! He tries to strike back but Coetzee puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Porabski out cold! Oh man, Porabski will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kallie Coetzee!
After the fight, Kallie Coetzee 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.
Piotr Porabski spoke after the fight, saying 'Im sorry that i failed my fans, coaches and family tonight. Ill be back stronger !'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lance Advance (ranked 2892 p4p, 309 weight class) and Harumichi Bouya (ranked 3854 p4p, 385 weight class). Bouya is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Watashi Wa Nigga-San. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lance Advance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harumichi Bouya!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bouya displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Advance.
Bouya tries to keep at a distance but Advance has taken the fight into the clinch.
Advance decides to pull guard.
Bouya is posturing up here but Advance has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Bouya tries to roll out but it's too tight and Bouya has to tap! Slick submission there by Advance!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lance Advance!
Lance Advance spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hlasela Dlamini (ranked 4098 p4p, 415 weight class) and Mark O Madsen (ranked 2463 p4p, 268 weight class). Mark O Madsen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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160 lbs
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167 lbs
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Brawler
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hlasela Dlamini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark O Madsen!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madsen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dlamini clobbers Madsen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hlasela Dlamini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madsen. Dlamini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madsen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dlamini takes a swing at Madsen's ribcage but misses.
Dlamini works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dlamini connects with a body shot.
A jab from Dlamini misses.
Madsen moves into the clinch successfully.
Madsen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Madsen manages to end up in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madsen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Madsen looks up at the clock and then as Dlamini takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Madsen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dlamini is working to avoid the ground and pound but Madsen connects with a decent elbow.
Dlamini is trying to improve his position.
Madsen landing strikes.
Madsen cracks Dlamini with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlamini gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Madsen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dlamini wants to get back to full guard but Madsen has passed into side control.
Dlamini can't do much from the bottom here.
Madsen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Madsen controlling the position easily from mount.
Madsen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dlamini is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dlamini is working hard here to advance position.
Madsen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dlamini knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Madsen on the ground.
Madsen dominating with strikes here.
Madsen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dlamini hang on?
Madsen content just to control the position here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dlamini is trying desperately to improve position.
Madsen controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlamini tries to reverse the position but Madsen maintains control.
Madsen trying to control but Dlamini is having none of it.
Madsen with good strikes from the mount here!
Dlamini regains half guard.
Dlamini manages to get to full guard.
Madsen preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madsen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Madsen wants to control from the top but Dlamini keeps moving.
Madsen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dlamini haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Madsen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Madsen preventing the sweep.
Dlamini trying to keep a closed guard but Madsen is proving a slippery customer.
Dlamini tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dlamini working for a triangle but Madsen defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark O Madsen 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.
Dlamini throws a right and a left that both miss.
Madsen gets a takedown into half guard.
Dlamini wants to control but Madsen is keeping busy.
Dlamini tries to roll over but Madsen keeps him under control.
Dlamini looking for subs from the bottom but Madsen mounts him!
Dlamini tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee warns Dlamini that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dlamini is trying to escape the mount.
Madsen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlamini wants to hold on but Madsen pushes him away.
Madsen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dlamini's face.
Madsen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dlamini is in all sorts of trouble here.
Madsen lands a couple of good shots and Dlamini has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Madsen scores with punches from the back.
Madsen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dlamini grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Madsen is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Dlamini is in bad spot here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madsen lands with a hammerfist to the side of Dlamini's head.
Good control from Madsen.
Dlamini tries to escape but Madsen has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Dlamini is taking damage to the body and head.
Dlamini takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Dlamini is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is taking a good look at Dlamini as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Madsen!
Oh Dlamini is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Madsen throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Dlamini!
Mark O Madsen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Madsen is loading up with his shots from the back and Dlamini is in big trouble! Dlamini taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark O Madsen!
A less than humble Mark O Madsen misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Hlasela Dlamini was interviewed post fight and said 'you can't keep a good man down'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Moore (ranked 2327 p4p, 267 weight class) and Kappa Knox (ranked 1405 p4p, 175 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Knox's choice of entrance music: 'Til I Collapse | Eminem. Kappa Knox will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angelo Moore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kappa Knox!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore scores with a nice strike.
Moore has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Blake Phoenix's Champion Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Moore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Moore rushes Knox and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Moore lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Moore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moore lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Moore.
A short uppercut from Moore.
Moore pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moore lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore breaks the clinch.
Moore cracks Knox with a right hand to the side of the head.
Moore drives through and clinches with Knox against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore lands with a light punch inside.
Knox avoiding damage.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Moore lands a body punch.
Knox's coach down at Relentless Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Knox's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Knox takes a shot to the head.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox is rocked!
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knox is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Moore gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Moore backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Knox seems to have recovered his senses.
Knox prevents a body shot from Moore.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moore lands a body punch.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moore misses with a body punch.
Moore struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Moore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Moore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moore misses with a punch to the body.
Moore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knox tries to land knees in the clinch but Moore avoids the damage to the body.
Moore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Moore working aggressively here.
Moore struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Moore has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Moore misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Moore.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knox looking to stall.
Moore tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Moore effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moore tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moore misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Moore - that landed with a thud.
Knox throws a punch but it's blocked by Moore.
Moore throws a head punch that misses.
Knox is trying to maintain a safe position but Moore gets an underhook and turns Knox into the cage.
Moore misses with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Knox.
Moore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelo Moore dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Knox gets tackled into the cage by Moore. Moore maintains the clinch.
Moore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?
Moore pushes Knox back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moore backwards.
Moore manages to break the clinch.
Moore throws a push kick but Knox slaps the foot to one side.
Knox lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Knox misses with a kick to the body.
Moore half committed to a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid body kick from Knox.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Angelo Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore moves out of range of the leg kick from Knox.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox misses with a kick to the body
and Moore counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Moore scores with a kick to the midsection.
Moore slips a straight right by Knox.
Knox does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Moore swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Moore slips under a jab.
Knox throws a front kick that sends Moore stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Moore lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Moore has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knox pushes Moore back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore has Knox pressed against the cage, preventing Knox from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moore lands with a left to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moore as Knox tries to tie him up.
Moore lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moore lands with a short shot to the head.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moore misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Knox is pushing Moore up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Moore lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Moore.
Moore gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knox scores with a shoulder strike.
Moore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Moore lands a right hand.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moore lands a left hand.
Moore lands a body shot.
Moore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Moore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knox's elbow.
Moore misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Angelo Moore has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox blocking some punches.
Moore misses with the head strike.
Moore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Moore misses with a punch to the body.
Moore has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short left from Moore.
Moore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Moore is leaning against Knox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Moore misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moore misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelo Moore dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Moore is looking to score with low kicks.
Knox steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Moore.
Moore motions for Knox to come forward. Moore throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Moore has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Moore.
Moore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Moore.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moore.
Moore throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moore makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore is working Knox over against the cage.
Knox takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Moore lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Moore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Moore.
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knox is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Moore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moore lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Moore.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moore.
Moore misses with a punch on the inside.
Moore swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Moore listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Moore misses with a low kick.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moore.
Knox misses with a leg kick.
Moore throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Knox is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Moore throws a body kick that misses
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox throws a hook but Moore avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Moore throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Moore scores with a leg kick.
Moore rushes Knox and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with the head strike.
Moore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knox lands with a short shot to the head.
Moore misses with the head strike.
Moore lands a left hand.
Moore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moore pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moore makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
A short right from Moore on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moore has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Moore throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore lands a left hand.
Moore misses with the head strike.
Knox tries to break free but Moore pushes him back against the cage.
Knox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Moore.
Moore tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moore working aggressively here.
Moore works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
Moore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moore pushes Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
Moore works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelo Moore clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Knox misses with a hook to the body
and Moore counters with a good, hard body kick but Knox shrugs it off.
Moore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knox staying out of range there.
Moore throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Knox counters with a nice body shot.
Moore fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knox, pushing him back against the cage.
Moore has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Knox - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Moore back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Moore - that landed with a thud.
Moore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Moore tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Moore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moore lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knox's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moore.
Moore working aggressively here.
Moore works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Moore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knox tries to circle away but Moore has him pinned against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moore as Knox tries to tie him up.
Moore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Moore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox tries to stall but Moore uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knox lands an 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!
Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moore lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with a punch on the inside.
Moore lands a nice shot to the body.
Moore throws a head punch that misses.
Moore lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moore lands a right hand.
Moore lands a big right hand that drops Knox! The killer instinct kicks in and Moore finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Moore!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelo Moore!
Angelo Moore retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Angelo Moore thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Claude Dacre (ranked 1206 p4p, 137 weight class) and Lucas Torreira (ranked 1702 p4p, 183 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Claude Dacre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucas Torreira!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torreira fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dacre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torreira lands with a slapping head kick.
Dacre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Torreira did well to prevent Dacre getting side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dacre looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dacre escapes and gets back to his feet.
Torreira loads up on a big right hand but Dacre slips the punch.
Torreira lands with a nice body punch.
Dacre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Torreira manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dacre gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dacre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Torreira.
Dacre manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Torreira on his heels. He'll look to pass Torreira's guard now, I'm sure.
Dacre wants to stand but Torreira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dacre won't allow Torreira to sweep him here.
Dacre stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dacre shoots and misses
and Torreira counters with a stiff right hand.
Dacre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Torreira.
Torreira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lucas Torreira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dacre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dacre is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Torreira defends it well.
Dacre is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Torreira defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dacre is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Torreira defends it well.
Torreira manages to get to full guard.
Dacre decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Torreira, up you get!
Torreira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dacre appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dacre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torreira lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dacre bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dacre working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torreira is trying to control Dacre's posture but Dacre avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dacre decides to stand up, so the ref orders Torreira to his feet.
Torreira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torreira has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dacre is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dacre blocks a jab.
Torreira finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dacre half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Torreira's corner calls for a 1-2. Torreira obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dacre defending well as Torreira loads up on a big left hand.
Torreira throws a hook to the side of Dacre's head but Dacre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dacre shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Torreira is trying to defend but Dacre finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dacre gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Dacre misses with a takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claude Dacre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torreira misses with an uppercut
and Dacre counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Torreira looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dacre looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dacre is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Torreira has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dacre prevents Torreira from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Claude Dacre will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice takedown defense from Torreira. No joy for Dacre on that attempt.
Dacre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dacre has gone for a leg lock! Torreira slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dacre's guard.
Dacre uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Torreira throws a hook but Dacre blocks it.
Torreira fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dacre.
Torreira loads up on a big right hand but Dacre slips the punch.
A low kick from Torreira misses
and Dacre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dacre is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Torreira has managed to free his arm - good work.
Torreira is defending against the submission attempts here by Dacre.
Dacre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dacre seems to be looking for submissions.
Dacre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torreira can do to turn this around?
Dacre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Torreira trying to hold on to Dacre's head to control him but Dacre postures up.
Torreira is trying to get back to full guard.
Dacre seems to be working for a kimura but Torreira defends the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dacre looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dacre looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dacre is working for a kimura but Torreira is defending it quite comfortably.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dacre decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Torreira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dacre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Torreira circles away.
Dacre dives in and scores a takedown into Torreira's guard.
Torreira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dacre defends well.
Dacre stands up and waves to Torreira to follow him.
Dacre changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Torreira looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dacre is working to tighten his grip on Torreira's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Torreira has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Dacre is really squeezing tight and eventually Torreira passes out! Dacre breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Claude Dacre!
A relieved looking Claude Dacre thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Takuma (ranked 1109 p4p, 52 weight class) and Dodong Santiago (ranked 3288 p4p, 123 weight class). Santiago has chosen i just want it all as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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287 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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300 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryo Takuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dodong Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takuma moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Dodong Santiago has been cut.
Santiago drops Takuma with a nice combination! Santiago dives into Takuma's guard, looking to finish!
It looks like Ryo Takuma has been cut.
Takuma has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Takuma has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Santiago throws a big right hand that misses.
Takuma bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Santiago's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago wants to stand and escape but Takuma is having none of it.
Takuma seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santiago has Takuma pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takuma's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Santiago 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.
Takuma advances position into side control!
Takuma tries to advance to mount but can't.
Santiago stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Santiago is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Takuma working away.
Takuma just content to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Santiago takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santiago looks winded!
Takuma lands a big right hook! Santiago looks hurt but is still standing! Takuma lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Santiago falls down and Takuma dives in with a huge hammer fist! Santiago's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Takuma runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ryo Takuma!
Ryo Takuma thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Dodong Santiago spoke after the fight, saying 'I learned about this fight and im going to used what i learned here in my future fights. Thank you all and goodnight.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Memphis Dentler (ranked 2305 p4p, 235 weight class) and Seamus MacNamara (ranked 203 p4p, 26 weight class). Dentler comes to the cage accompanied by Pennywise - As Long As We Can. MacNamara is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Ramones - I Wanna Live. Seamus MacNamara has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Memphis Dentler's chin.
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275 lbs
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111 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Memphis Dentler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seamus MacNamara!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dentler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract MacNamara.
MacNamara cracks Dentler with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dentler seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
MacNamara lands with a straight right. Dentler didn't see that one coming.
That kick from MacNamara tenderised Dentler's leg. Dentler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sloppy strikes from Dentler. Those never looked like landing.
MacNamara has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dentler is landing a low percentage of strikes.
MacNamara scores with a nice right hand.
Dentler throws a big shot that misses.
MacNamara throws out a counter right but Dentler avoids it with no problem.
MacNamara avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dentler misses with a wild combination.
A shot to the liver by Dentler. Beautiful body shot.
MacNamara misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dentler misses the shot to the body.
MacNamara buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dentler misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dentler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by MacNamara.
MacNamara connects with an inside leg kick.
MacNamara thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dentler if he has to take too many more of those.
Dentler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
MacNamara ducks under a wild hook from Dentler.
MacNamara lands a nice looking body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by MacNamara!
Dentler is breathing heavily.
MacNamara connects with a high kick.
MacNamara connects with a body shot.
MacNamara dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dentler closes the distance but MacNamara moves to the side
and MacNamara counters with a head kick.
MacNamara buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by MacNamara.
MacNamara scores with a decent looking hook.
MacNamara lands a jab to Dentler's midsection.
Dentler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dentler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
MacNamara lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dentler is rocked!
MacNamara throws an overhand right that drops Dentler like a sack of potatoes! MacNamara dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus MacNamara!
Seamus MacNamara decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Memphis Dentler had this to say: 'Cant win em all I suppose'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Petiot (ranked 1219 p4p, 138 weight class) and Miguel Harper (ranked 1049 p4p, 125 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcel Petiot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Miguel Harper!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petiot misses with a two punch combination.
Harper fails to land the takedown.
Petiot is looking to counter punch.
Harper doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Petiot counters with a nice uppercut.
Petiot really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harper shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Petiot's guard.
Harper throws a big elbow that misses.
Harper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harper with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harper stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Petiot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Petiot on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Petiot tries to get out of the position.
Petiot keeping moving, preventing Harper from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harper throws a big right hand that misses.
Petiot seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petiot being controlled here, momentarily.
Harper pushing down on Petiot's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Harper wants to control but Petiot is keeping him busy.
Harper is looking to advance position but Petiot won't allow it.
Harper thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Harper controlling the action here.
Harper landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Harper is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper is trying to control. Petiot wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Harper is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Harper thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Petiot's head.
Petiot knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harper on the ground.
Harper maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Petiot could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Harper has cracked it and Petiot is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Harper!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miguel Harper! Miguel Harper retains his featherweight title!
A relieved looking Miguel Harper thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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