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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seb Sha (ranked 4041 p4p, 414 weight class) and Thor Hammer (ranked 1585 p4p, 200 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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221 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seb Sha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer punishes Sha's body with a nice straight punch.
Hammer stuns Sha with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hammer lands a left and a right that send Sha crashing to the mat, dazed. Hammer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Sha is rocked!
Hammer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sha was well out of range. Poor timing from Hammer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sha.
Sha swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sha thuds his right hand into Hammer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hammer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hammer plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Sha to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Sha just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thor Hammer!
A very excited looking Thor Hammer 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.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bomb Bombs (ranked 2308 p4p, 270 weight class) and Bill Goldberg (ranked 2369 p4p, 277 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 37 - 0, fighting out of London, Bomb Bombs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Goldberg!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goldberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bombs throws out the jab.
Bombs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bombs fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Goldberg has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Goldberg lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A good leg kick by Goldberg.
Bombs throws an overhand right that lands on Goldberg's shoulder, as Goldberg tries to avoid the shot.
Bombs moves out of range as Goldberg strikes.
Bombs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Goldberg.
Bombs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bombs slips under a jab from Goldberg.
Bombs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Goldberg.
Bombs is looking to counter punch.
Bombs ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bombs throws a hook but Goldberg avoids it easily.
Goldberg misses with the combination.
Goldberg blocks a jab.
Bombs is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Goldberg's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldberg throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bombs misses with a low kick.
Goldberg throws a body punch but Bombs moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bombs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bombs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Goldberg avoids the head kick by Bombs.
A punch combination from Goldberg misses.
Goldberg lands with a nice combination. Bombs backs away looking to recover.
Bombs connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Goldberg throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bombs counters with a leg kick.
Bombs looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bombs tries to close the distance and clinch but Goldberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goldberg throws a series of punches but Bombs avoids them all with ease.
Bombs moves to clinch but Goldberg breaks away
and Goldberg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bombs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bombs scores with a head kick. Goldberg tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A good leg kick by Goldberg.
Goldberg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Goldberg lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bombs backs up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bombs throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Goldberg lands a jab.
Bombs lands with a cross.
Bombs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bombs throws a sloppy head kick and Goldberg moves out of range easily.
Bombs needs to keep his hands up - Goldberg had a free shot at his head there.
Goldberg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Goldberg counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Goldberg moves out of range of the strikes.
Goldberg cracks Bombs with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bombs avoids the body shot from Goldberg.
Bombs wants to clinch.
Goldberg has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bombs loads up on a big right hand but Goldberg slips the punch.
Despite the aggression on Goldberg's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Goldberg moves out of range as Bombs strikes.
Bombs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Goldberg throws a series of punches but Bombs avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Goldberg does no damage.
Bombs throws a shot to the body.
Goldberg throws a leg kick but Bombs moved away.
Goldberg misses with a leg kick.
Goldberg throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bombs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Goldberg.
Bombs gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Goldberg blocks a body shot from Bombs.
Bombs working Goldberg over with knees to the body.
Goldberg breaks the clinch.
Goldberg takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bombs cracks Goldberg with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bombs throws a series of strikes that have Goldberg backpedaling.
Bombs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goldberg moves away.
Goldberg closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bombs misses with a head kick.
Goldberg swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Goldberg misses with an attempted mid kick.
Goldberg catches Bombs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bombs is rocked!
Bombs throws a jab but it's blocked by Goldberg.
Bombs throws a push kick but Goldberg slaps the foot to one side.
Goldberg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bombs just misses with a punch to the body.
Bombs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bombs is looking to counter with head kicks.
Goldberg misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bombs tries to clinch but Goldberg is having none of it.
It seemed like Goldberg was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bombs scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Goldberg doesn't seem bothered though.
Bombs throws a head kick but Goldberg moves out of range.
Bombs misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bill Goldberg will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bombs throws a poor cross that misses
and Goldberg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Goldberg.
Goldberg thumps Bombs with a low kick.
Bombs misses with a looping right.
Bombs tries to close the distance and clinch but Goldberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bombs is looking to clinch but Goldberg is avoiding it.
Bombs swings for the body but Goldberg moves out of range.
Bombs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goldberg.
Bombs cracks a nice hook into Goldberg's ribs.
Goldberg with a hook.
Bombs misses with a left hand
and Goldberg counters with a series of strikes. Bombs will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bombs misses with a body shot.
Bombs takes a swing at Goldberg's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bombs throws an overhand right that lands on Goldberg's shoulder, as Goldberg tries to avoid the shot.
Bombs scores with a punch to the head.
Goldberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bombs throws out the jab.
Goldberg appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bombs throws a right hand that misses
and Goldberg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Goldberg 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bombs swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bombs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bombs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goldberg manages to avoid it.
Goldberg tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Bombs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Goldberg lands a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bombs. That's going to slow Goldberg down.
Goldberg takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oh Bombs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bombs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goldberg.
Bombs seems to have got his legs back now.
Bombs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Goldberg goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Goldberg lands with a big left! Bombs is wobbled badly! Goldberg comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Bombs to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bill Goldberg!
Bill Goldberg managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sin City Allstars, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zilch Filch (ranked 1973 p4p, 208 weight class) and Jalaluddin Aziz (ranked 2481 p4p, 235 weight class). Aziz has chosen Dalshar Project - Afghan Rastaman as his entrance music. Zilch Filch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jalaluddin Aziz's chin.
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154 lbs
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158 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Zilch Filch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jalaluddin Aziz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aziz looks for a takedown but Filch sprawls well.
Nice cross by Filch.
Aziz moves away from the strike by Filch.
Filch connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Aziz closes the distance and pushes Filch back into the cage.
Filch misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filch has a couple of punches blocked by Aziz.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Aziz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Filch's brow.
Aziz jumps into guard, dragging Filch to the mat.
Aziz seems keen to control Filch's posture.
Filch with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aziz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Filch works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Aziz is trying to get back to full guard.
Aziz is looking to control Filch's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Aziz avoid being mounted?
Filch throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Filch not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Filch sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aziz defending well though.
Filch misses with a head shot. Aziz uses the momentum to regain guard.
Filch missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Aziz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Filch missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Aziz keeping full guard, as Filch tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aziz has control of Filch's left arm, preventing Filch from doing any damage.
Filch throwing strikes but missing.
Aziz pulls Filch in close to prevent any damage.
Filch throws an elbow that misses. Aziz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Filch's guard. Nice move by Aziz!
Filch trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Aziz stays in close to Filch's body and controls the position.
Filch looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Filch thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Aziz won't allow Filch to sweep him here.
Aziz slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filch doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Aziz won't allow Filch to sweep him here.
Aziz trying to control but Filch is working from the bottom.
Aziz won't allow Filch to sweep him here.
Aziz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Filch looking for a sweep. Not yet Filch, not yet.
Aziz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Filch throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Aziz wants to pass the guard but Filch is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Filch keeping moving, preventing Aziz from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
No luck for Aziz with that takedown attempt.
Aziz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zilch Filch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jalaluddin Aziz.
Aziz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Filch.
Aziz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Filch throws out the jab.
Aziz tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Filch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aziz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aziz ducks under a wild hook from Filch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aziz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Filch sprawls well. Filch wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Aziz gets slowly back to his feet.
Filch appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zilch Filch dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Aziz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Jalaluddin Aziz has been cut.
Filch drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Filch chips away with some ground and pound.
Aziz is rocked!
Filch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aziz is still in real trouble! Can Filch finish him?
Filch postures up and lands a big shot to Aziz's brow.
Filch loads up on a big left hand. Aziz felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Filch looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Aziz can't hide his disappointment, as Filch celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zilch Filch!
Zilch Filch thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dean Corll (ranked 1021 p4p, 135 weight class) and Anderson Scorpion (ranked 970 p4p, 130 weight class). Corll's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Candyman. 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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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Corll!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Scorpion!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corll attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Corll throws a sloppy body shot
and Scorpion counters with a left to the body.
Dean Corll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corll throws a hook but Scorpion blocks it.
Corll clinches.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scorpion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corll's elbow.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Corll can't find room to land a body shot as Scorpion controls the action.
Corll throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
Corll blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Corll misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corll misses with a punch on the inside.
Corll pushes Scorpion back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Corll makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corll throws a punch but it's blocked by Scorpion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scorpion.
Corll blocks an uppercut.
Scorpion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Corll backwards.
Corll lands with a light punch inside.
Corll blocks an uppercut.
Scorpion lands a hook that snaps the head of Corll backwards.
Corll fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Corll blocks a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Corll prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Corll backwards.
Corll lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Corll 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.
Corll has a couple of punches blocked by Scorpion.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Corll avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the cage.
Scorpion breaks from the clinch.
Scorpion swings for the body but Corll moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corll connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Corll throws a leg kick
and Scorpion cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Corll checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corll scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Corll there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Corll misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Scorpion.
Corll dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Scorpion throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Corll scoring well with a low kick there.
Corll throws a nice looking combination but Scorpion bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An inside leg kick from Corll misses.
Oooooh!!! Scorpion has knocked Corll down with a huge combo! Scorpion steps away and waves a wobbly Corll back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Dean Corll has been cut.
Scorpion connects with a body shot that sends Corll's belly button to the back.
Scorpion scores with a nice strike.
Corll is rocked!
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Corll lands a leg kick that knocks Scorpion off balance momentarily.
Scorpion moves away from the strike by Corll.
A slapping leg kick lands for Scorpion.
Scorpion stuns Corll with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Corll throws a leg kick that misses.
Corll throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Scorpion looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Corll moves out of range of the body kick.
Corll lands with a good body shot.
Scorpion takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Scorpion throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corll throws the kick towards the body but Scorpion avoids it.
Scorpion looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Scorpion uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corll.
Corll throws a leg kick that is checked
and Scorpion counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corll loads up on a big right hand but Scorpion slips the punch.
Scorpion connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scorpion throws a leg kick but Corll sees it coming and moves out of range.
Corll tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Scorpion is able to avoid easily.
Scorpion misses with a wild body shot.
Corll throws a leg kick but Scorpion moved away.
Scorpion throws a head kick but Corll moves out of range.
Scorpion misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corll.
Crunch! Scorpion slams his shin into Corll's torso.
A big right from Scorpion misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Corll slips a jab from Scorpion.
Corll misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Scorpion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Corll's cut.
That's time! Corll's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick. Corll looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Scorpion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Scorpion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Corll lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Scorpion throws a sloppy head kick and Corll moves out of range easily.
Corll throws a wild body kick that Scorpion sees coming a mile off.
Scorpion only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Corll loads up on a big right hand but Scorpion slips the punch.
Corll 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.
Corll misses the jab.
Scorpion gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Corll misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Corll backing away here, and Scorpion unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corll walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Scorpion checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Scorpion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Corll appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Scorpion misses with a hook.
Scorpion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Corll throwing a counter right hand but Scorpion manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corll throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Corll swings for the body but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A quick step to the side and Corll tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corll ducks right into an uppercut from Scorpion.
Corll ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scorpion moves away.
Scorpion thuds his right hand into Corll's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Scorpion takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Corll fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Scorpion looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Scorpion has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Corll scores with a jab to the body.
Corll pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Corll.
Corll avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
Corll avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion throws a hook but Corll blocks it.
Corll was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Corll takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scorpion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corll.
A slow jab from Scorpion misses its intended target.
Corll attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Scorpion throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scorpion. That's going to slow Corll down.
Corll shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Scorpion throws a body kick that misses
and Corll counters by moving into the clinch.
Corll throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion lands with a left to the head.
Corll digs a right hand into Scorpion's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Scorpion's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scorpion.
Corll working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corll has a couple of punches blocked by Scorpion.
A left hand lands to the body for Corll.
A head punch on the inside from Corll fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Corll.
A right hook to the body lands for Scorpion.
Corll misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corll manages to break the clinch.
Corll on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Scorpion moves forwards but Corll connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Corll bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Scorpion's head.
Scorpion throws a jab when Corll was well out of range.
Corll throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corll lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anderson Scorpion seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Corll moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Corll throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scorpion stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Corll misses with a hook
and Corll takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Scorpion tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Corll manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scorpion thumps Corll with a low kick.
Jab from Corll.
A low kick from Scorpion is predictable there
and Corll counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Corll moves away.
Scorpion lands a nice looking body kick.
Scorpion throws a combination. Corll tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Scorpion clinches up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Corll.
Corll gets through Scorpion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Scorpion is rocked!
Corll misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion is still on wobbly legs! Can Corll finish him?
Corll pushes Scorpion against the cage. Corll is working some dirty boxing. Corll pushes off with a quick right hook! Scorpion goes down! Scorpion tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Corll moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Corll!
Dean Corll 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Grimes (ranked 832 p4p, 117 weight class) and Charles Hawtry (ranked 807 p4p, 112 weight class). Hawtry has chosen The Rain as his entrance music. Charles Hawtry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Grimes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Hawtry!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawtry moves into the clinch successfully.
Grimes has had enough of the clinch but Hawtry keeps him there for the moment.
Grimes slowing the pace effectively.
Hawtry scores with a shoulder strike.
Hawtry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hawtry stalling the fight.
Hawtry being controlled against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Hawtry.
Grimes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hawtrys head.
Grimes struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawtry controls his hands.
I was talking to Grimes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawtry jumps guard.
Grimes has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hawtry is proving hard to escape from.
Hawtry 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawtry trying to control the position.
Hawtry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grimes gets to his feet - Hawtry follows without any prompting.
Grimes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hawtry cracks a nice hook into Grimes's ribs.
Hawtry ducks under a wild hook from Grimes.
A big right from Hawtry misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hawtry has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Hawtry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grimes throws a hook but Hawtry avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry's corner calls for a 1-2. Hawtry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Grimes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawtry.
Hawtry digs a good body shot into Grimes's ribs.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hawtry is defended easily by Grimes.
Hawtry's corner calls for a 1-2. Hawtry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Grimes throws out a loose jab but Hawtry uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawtry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hawtry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grimes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawtry is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grimes.
Grimes throws a shot from downtown. Hawtry moves away and avoids it.
Hawtry lands a slapping body shot.
Grimes connects with a single shot there.
Grimes slips a straight right by Hawtry.
Hawtry lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grimes at a distance.
A big left from Grimes misses.
A jab lands there for Grimes.
Grimes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hawtry misses with a body shot.
Grimes misses with a looping right.
Grimes throws a shot from downtown. Hawtry moves away and avoids it.
Grimes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hawtry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grimes throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grimes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hawtry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grimes moves away.
Brian Grimes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hawtry tries to clinch up but Grimes circles away and keeps his distance.
Hawtry misses with a hook. Grimes ducked under it nicely.
Grimes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hawtry.
A telegraphed right hand from Grimes misses the target.
Grimes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Grimes throws a head kick but Hawtry moves out of range.
Hawtry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grimes.
Grimes throws out a leg kick but Hawtry moves out of range and Grimes only half commits.
Hawtry ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hawtry misses with a wild body shot.
Hawtry has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Grimes finds it's way round the side to connect with Hawtry's head.
Grimes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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 Brian Grimes will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Grimes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawtry lands an overhand right.
Grimes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grimes connects with a body shot that sends Hawtry's belly button to the back.
Brian Grimes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawtry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hawtry swings for the body but Grimes moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hawtry.
Hawtry is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grimes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimes misses with a two punch combination.
Grimes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawtry manages to avoid it.
Hawtry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hawtry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grimes moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grimes moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawtry connects with a looping right hand.
Hawtry shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Grimes manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Grimes has his feet on Hawtry's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Nice defenses there by Hawtry.
Hawtry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A shot to the body from Grimes misses
and Hawtry counters with a stiff right hand.
Hawtry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawtry misses with a looping right.
Brian Grimes is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawtry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grimes looks to throw the jab but Hawtry is out of range.
Hawtry changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hawtry lands a really nice looking cross but Grimes seems unphased.
Hawtry clinches up with Grimes and pushes him back against the cage.
Hawtry makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Grimes just stands there and leans against the cage.
Grimes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hawtry tries to throw a body punch but Grimes avoids it by throwing Hawtry back against the cage.
Hawtry gets through Grimes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grimes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawtry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Hawtry tries to counter it with a takedown but Grimes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hawtry walks into a stiff left hand from Grimes.
Grimes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hawtry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grimes. Hawtry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grimes looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawtry is just out of range.
Hawtry with a nice cross.
Hawtry ducks under a wild hook from Grimes.
Grimes throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Grimes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hawtry counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grimes thinking.
Grimes throws a big shot that misses.
Hawtry missing with a left hand there. Grimes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grimes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hawtry misses with a body punch
and Grimes counters with a straight right hand.
Nice jab there from Grimes.
Hawtry 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.
Grimes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Grimes swings widly with a right hand
and Hawtry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hawtry lands with a shot to the body.
Grimes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawtry.
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!
Hawtry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hawtry throws a lazy uppercut
and Grimes counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Grimes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grimes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice uppercut lands for Grimes. That snapped Hawtry's head back.
Grimes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawtry moves away.
And Hawtry tries to counter it with a takedown but Grimes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hawtry lands with a shot to the body.
Grimes drops his hands momentarily and Hawtry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Grimes misses with a looping right.
Grimes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grimes is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hawtry.
Hawtry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grimes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Hawtry.
Hawtry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawtry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grimes.
Grimes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hawtry's head backwards.
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 Brian Grimes will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Grimes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hawtry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grimes looks to land a right hand but Hawtry moved out of range.
Grimes thuds his right hand into Hawtry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hawtry with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hawtry lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grimes at a distance.
Grimes looks to land a left hand but Hawtry moved out of range nicely.
Grimes staying out of range there.
Grimes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grimes avoids the body shot from Hawtry.
Hawtry misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawtry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grimes misses with a few strikes there.
Hawtry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hawtry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hawtry looks to land a right hand but Grimes moved out of range.
Grimes is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hawtry misses its intended target.
Hawtry moves out of range as Grimes strikes.
Grimes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grimes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Hawtry finds it's way through Grimes's defenses.
Grimes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice side step and Hawtry releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Grimes connects with a single shot there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hawtry.
Hawtry misses with a looping left.
Grimes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hawtry counters with a stiff right hand.
Hawtry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grimes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hawtry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hawtry instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimes avoids the elbow strike from Hawtry, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawtry leaning his opponent against the cage.
Grimes will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hawtry up against the cage.
Grimes wants to stall.
Hawtry has Grimes pushed against the cage.
Grimes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hawtry changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Grimes tries to avoid it but Hawtry manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Grimes to the ground. Grimes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hawtry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grimes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes looks to land a right hand but Hawtry moved out of range.
Grimes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hawtry looks to score with a jab to the body but Grimes is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Hawtry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grimes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hawtry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Charles Hawtry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawtry blocks a leg kick.
Grimes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawtry.
Hawtry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawtry connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grimes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grimes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hawtry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hawtry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grimes throws out the jab.
Grimes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hawtry.
Hawtry changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Brian Grimes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Grimes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawtry loads up on a big right hand but Grimes slips the punch.
Grimes throws a jab but it's blocked by Hawtry.
Hawtry walks into a stiff left hand from Grimes.
Grimes just misses with a punch to the body.
Grimes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hawtry has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hawtry just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hawtry.
Grimes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hawtry changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hawtry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grimes manages to avoid it.
Grimes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grimes cracks a nice hook into Hawtry's ribs.
Grimes misses with an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Charles Hawtry.
I think Grimes 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Charles Hawtry!
Charles Hawtry gave a mention to Pit Bull Development in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Osiris Egyptian (ranked 367 p4p, 48 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 359 p4p, 45 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Osiris Egyptian has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Osiris Egyptian seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Osiris Egyptian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Egyptian.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Draven.
Draven scores with a leg kick.
Egyptian cracks Draven with a good jab.
Egyptian throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Egyptian's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Draven connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Egyptian scrambles back to his feet.
Draven scores with a nice body kick.
Draven scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Egyptian doesn't seem bothered though.
Egyptian has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Secret Lab in the buildup to the fight.
Draven misses with a looping right.
Egyptian is looking to counter punch.
Draven chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Egyptian sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draven uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Egyptian.
Draven lands a jab to the nose.
Egyptian ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Draven.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven dips to his left and cracks Egyptian with an uppercut!
Egyptian on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice body kick from Egyptian.
Egyptian fakes the leg kick and cracks Draven in the body.
Draven lands a really nice looking cross but Egyptian seems unphased.
Egyptian scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven throws an overhand right that lands on Egyptian's shoulder, as Egyptian tries to avoid the shot.
Draven looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Egyptian.
Egyptian blocks the body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Egyptian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Draven punishes Egyptian's body with a nice straight punch.
Egyptian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab by Draven.
Draven bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Egyptian's head.
Draven connects with a looping right hand.
Egyptian ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
Egyptian seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Draven throws a good cross that connects.
Egyptian lands with an uppercut that bounces Draven off the cage and back into range.
Egyptian lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egyptian tries to close the distance and clinch but Draven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Egyptian is looking to clinch.
Draven connects with a good right hand that stumbles Egyptian. Egyptian circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Egyptian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draven.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Egyptian.
Draven throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Egyptian sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Egyptian tries a head kick but it misses.
Draven tries to work over Egyptian's front leg with a kick but Egyptian checks it.
Egyptian moves out of range of the body kick.
Draven with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Egyptian has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Draven.
Draven looks to throw a body kick
and Egyptian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Draven checks the leg kick.
Draven flicks out a counter leg kick but Egyptian steps away.
Draven scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
An inside leg kick lands from Draven.
Draven checks the leg kick nicely there.
Draven looks to land a right hand but Egyptian moved out of range.
Draven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Egyptian wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Egyptian drives through and clinches with Draven against the cage.
Egyptian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draven drags the fight down to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian postures up.
Egyptian slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Draven bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Egyptian's guard.
Egyptian keeping moving, preventing Draven from controlling successfully.
Egyptian keeping full guard, as Draven tries to pass.
Egyptian is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Draven stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Egyptian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian is controlling Draven's posture.
Draven wants to pass the guard but Egyptian is keeping the position.
Draven stays in close to Egyptian's body and controls the position.
Draven tries to free his leg and advance position but Egyptian is retaining full guard.
Draven trying to control but Egyptian is working from the bottom.
Draven works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven wants to lay and pray for a moment but Egyptian keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Draven misses with an uppercut. Egyptian saw that one coming.
A jab from Draven misses.
Draven scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Egyptian just misses with a punch to the body.
Draven getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Draven takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Egyptian staying out of range there.
And Egyptian counters with a quick kick to the body but Draven blocks it.
Egyptian scores with a nice body kick.
Draven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Draven.
Egyptian throws a hook but Draven avoids it easily.
Egyptian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draven.
Egyptian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draven.
Egyptian throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian avoids the head kick by Draven.
Draven throws a lazy head kick
and Egyptian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Egyptian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Egyptian.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Egyptian throws out the jab.
Egyptian misses with a straight left.
Draven with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Egyptian checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Draven is looking to chop away at Egyptian's legs.
Egyptian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Draven gets tackled into the cage by Egyptian. Egyptian maintains the clinch.
Egyptian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Egyptian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Draven's face.
Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Egyptian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Draven throws a jab when Egyptian was well out of range.
Draven connects with an inside leg kick.
Egyptian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slapping body kick lands there for Egyptian.
Egyptian avoids the head kick by Draven.
Egyptian moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egyptian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Egyptian looks for the body kick but Draven saw that one coming.
Egyptian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Draven misses with an uppercut. Egyptian saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian lands a jab.
Draven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Egyptian.
Draven unleashes a big counter combination but Egyptian bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Egyptian cracks Draven with an open hand slap.
Draven throws an off balance right hand
and Egyptian counters with a one-two to the body.
Egyptian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Egyptian goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Egyptian avoids the head kick by Draven.
Egyptian throws a quick counter kick to the body but Draven avoids it.
Draven throws a jab but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Draven misses with a jab, cross combination.
Egyptian throws the kick towards the body but Draven avoids it.
Draven tries a quick counter leg kick but Egyptian is wise to it.
Draven checks the leg kick.
Egyptian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Egyptian throws a push kick but Draven slaps the foot to one side.
Egyptian chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draven can pounce on him.
Egyptian avoids the body shot from Draven.
Draven missing with a left hand there. Egyptian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Egyptian shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Egyptian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven avoids the head kick by Egyptian.
That kick from Draven tenderised Egyptian's leg. Egyptian is trying to keep his angry face on.
Egyptian lands a right hook to the body.
Eric Draven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Draven tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Draven displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Draven throws a hook but Egyptian blocks it.
Egyptian misses with a two punch combination.
Egyptian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A swing and a miss from Egyptian.
Egyptian is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Draven bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Egyptian looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Egyptian avoids the body shot from Draven.
Draven throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Egyptian misses the target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Egyptian tries to clinch up.
Draven misses with a low kick.
Egyptian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Egyptian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Egyptian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draven lets loose with a powerful body kick. Egyptian will feel that in the morning.
Egyptian throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Draven misses with a head kick.
Draven misses with a lunging right hand
and Egyptian counters with a nice uppercut.
Draven throws a series of punches but Egyptian moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Egyptian.
Egyptian keeps Draven at a distance using the push kick.
Egyptian looks for the body kick but Draven saw that one coming.
Egyptian takes one to the side of the head.
Draven missing with a left hand there. Egyptian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Egyptian throws a front kick that sends Draven stumbling back into the cage.
Draven tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Egyptian was well out of range. Poor timing from Draven.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egyptian lands with a kick to the ribs.
Draven is breathing heavily.
Egyptian thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Draven if he has to take too many more of those.
Egyptian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Egyptian.
Egyptian lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osiris Egyptian dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Draven swings widly with a right hand
and Egyptian counters with a solid body kick.
Egyptian displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Egyptian misses with a kick to the body.
Draven thumps Egyptian with a low kick.
Egyptian misses with an attempted mid kick.
Draven takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Draven misses.
Egyptian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Draven lands a jab.
Egyptian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Egyptian slips under a jab from Draven.
Egyptian pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Draven pivots, looking for a leg kick but Egyptian is out of range and Draven settles back down.
Egyptian throws a push kick but Draven slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Draven releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Egyptian moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a front kick that sends Draven stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters circling a little - Egyptian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Draven has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Egyptian.
Jab, jab by Egyptian - just one landing.
Egyptian looks to land a left hand but Draven moved out of range nicely.
Draven looks to land a body kick but Egyptian moved away.
Egyptian plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Draven swings widly with a right hand
and Egyptian counters with an outside leg kick.
Draven lands a front kick.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Draven misses with a straight left.
Draven on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Draven takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Draven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egyptian.
Draven jabs Egyptian to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egyptian connects with a single shot there.
Egyptian staying out of range there.
Egyptian misses with a body kick.
Egyptian is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Draven ducks right into an uppercut from Egyptian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Draven with a hook.
Egyptian tries to land a front kick but Draven steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Egyptian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Draven takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Egyptian darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Egyptian tries to clinch up.
Egyptian throws the kick towards the body but Draven avoids it.
Egyptian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Draven throws a low kick but Egyptian avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Draven.
The crowd cheers as Draven lands an impressive looking overhand right. Egyptian doesn't seem phased though.
Egyptian looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Egyptian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Draven in his tracks.
Egyptian lands with a nice body kick.
Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draven.
Draven jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Egyptian misses with a straight right.
Egyptian moves in looking to clinch but Draven pushes him off.
Draven only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Draven lands a leg kick that knocks Egyptian off balance momentarily.
Draven lunges at Egyptian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Egyptian's hand.
Egyptian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Draven throws a half hearted mid kick.
Egyptian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A punch lands to the side of Egyptian 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Draven crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Egyptian - the referee stops the clock and Draven gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Egyptian. Draven manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Egyptian scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Egyptian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Draven's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draven throws a jab but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Draven thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Egyptian misses the target.
Draven thumps Egyptian with a low kick.
Egyptian throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Draven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Egyptian moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slow jab from Egyptian misses its intended target.
Draven lands a nice shot that snaps Egyptian's head back.
Draven walks forward, straight into a front kick from Egyptian.
Draven looks to throw the jab but Egyptian is out of range.
Egyptian looks for the body kick but Draven saw that one coming.
A low kick from Draven misses
and Egyptian counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Egyptian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Draven misses with some punches.
Draven is trying to break the clinch but Egyptian has him pressed against the cage.
Egyptian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dravens head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egyptian digs a right hand into Draven's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Draven's gas tank.
Egyptian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Egyptian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Egyptian manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Osiris Egyptian showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Egyptian 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Osiris Egyptian!
Osiris Egyptian 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Fiyero Lermontov (ranked 648 p4p, 84 weight class) and Dieter Schmidt (ranked 415 p4p, 52 weight class). Dieter Schmidt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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166 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
18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Fiyero Lermontov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dieter Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmidt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lermontov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Schmidt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lermontov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Schmidt throws a leg kick that misses.
Schmidt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lermontov.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lermontov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a wild body kick that Lermontov sees coming a mile off.
Lermontov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Schmidt moves out of range of the strikes.
Schmidt looks to land a left hand but Lermontov moved out of range nicely.
Lermontov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Big Bear Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Schmidt scores with a kick to the midsection.
Schmidt throws a front kick aimed at Lermontov's knee but Lermontov avoids it well.
Schmidt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schmidt slips under a jab from Lermontov.
Schmidt lands a nice shot to the body.
Schmidt throws the kick towards the body but Lermontov avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lermontov throws a hook to the side of Schmidt's head but Schmidt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lermontov misses with a hook.
Lermontov avoids a kick to the body.
Lermontov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schmidt.
Lermontov checks the leg kick.
Lermontov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt lands a lovely overhand right.
Lermontov looks to throw the jab but Schmidt is out of range.
Lermontov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schmidt can pounce on him.
Lermontov throws the kick towards the body but Schmidt avoids it.
Lermontov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lermontov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lermontov moves out of range of the body kick from Schmidt.
Schmidt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Schmidt misses the jab.
Lermontov throws a hook but Schmidt blocks it.
Schmidt is looking to slow Lermontov down with leg kicks.
Lermontov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schmidt scoring well with a low kick there.
Lermontov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lermontov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses.
Schmidt moves out of range as Lermontov strikes.
Schmidt throws a low kick but Lermontov moves out of range easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Lermontov misses its target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Lermontov blocks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Schmidt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov throws a body punch but Schmidt moves out of range.
Lermontov misses with the combination.
Schmidt misses with a looping left.
Lermontov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Schmidt misses with a kick to the body.
Lermontov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Schmidt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Schmidt slips under a jab.
Lermontov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Schmidt staying out of range there.
Schmidt missing with a left hand there. Lermontov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lermontov misses with a double jab.
Lermontov's corner calls for a 1-2. Lermontov obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lermontov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Schmidt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good leg kick by Lermontov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lermontov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schmidt can pounce on him.
Lermontov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lermontov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Schmidt checks it well.
Schmidt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lermontov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt tries to land a front kick but Lermontov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An inside leg kick lands from Lermontov.
Schmidt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slow jab from Lermontov misses its intended target.
Schmidt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lermontov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schmidt slips under a jab.
A jab lands there for Lermontov.
Lermontov misses with a looping right.
Schmidt swings widly with a right hand
and Lermontov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lermontov lands with a cross.
Lermontov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schmidt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lermontov throws out the jab.
Lermontov lands a right hook to the body.
Schmidt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lermontov to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lermontov misses the jab.
Schmidt avoids a kick to the body.
Lermontov misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Schmidt. Those never looked like landing.
Schmidt misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schmidt scores with a decent looking hook.
Lermontov looks to score with a jab to the body but Schmidt is just out of range.
Lermontov lands a nice shot that snaps Schmidt's head back.
Lermontov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lermontov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Schmidt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lermontov will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Schmidt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lermontov throws out a powerful jab.
Schmidt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Schmidt punishes Lermontov's body with a nice straight punch.
Schmidt moves away from the strike by Lermontov.
Lermontov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schmidt blocks a jab.
Jab from Lermontov.
Lermontov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lermontov misses with an uppercut. Schmidt saw that one coming.
Schmidt flicks out a counter leg kick but Lermontov steps away.
Lermontov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Schmidt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Schmidt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
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 Fiyero Lermontov will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Schmidt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lermontov.
Schmidt takes one to the side of the head.
Lermontov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lermontov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schmidt.
Lermontov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Schmidt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lermontov scores with a hook to the body. Schmidt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Schmidt connects with a solid leg kick.
Schmidt slips under a jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Schmidt might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lermontov has got the better of the exchanges.
Lermontov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schmidt can pounce on him.
Schmidt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lermontov checks it well.
Lermontov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body kick there by Lermontov.
Schmidt misses with an uppercut. Lermontov saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schmidt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Schmidt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Schmidt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Schmidt gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Lermontov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lermontov checks a leg kick nicely.
Lermontov motions for Schmidt to come forward. Lermontov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lermontov.
Schmidt lands a slapping body shot.
Fiyero Lermontov is winning the standup battle so far.
Schmidt throws a push kick but Lermontov slaps the foot to one side.
Schmidt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Schmidt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Schmidt tries to land a leg kick but Lermontov saw it coming and moves away.
Schmidt moves out of range as Lermontov strikes.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Lermontov checks it.
Lermontov missing with a left hand there. Schmidt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lermontov throws a hook to the side of Schmidt's head but Schmidt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lermontov throws a sloppy body shot
and Schmidt counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lermontov's knee momentarily.
Schmidt misses the jab.
Lermontov moves out of range as Schmidt throws a body kick.
Schmidt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lermontov.
Fiyero Lermontov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schmidt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lermontov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Lermontov misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lermontov misses with a hook. Schmidt ducked under it nicely.
Schmidt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schmidt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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!
Schmidt misses with an uppercut. Lermontov saw that one coming.
Schmidt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lermontov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Schmidt scrambles back to his feet.
Lermontov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Schmidt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lermontov scores with a nice head shot.
Schmidt slips a straight right by Lermontov.
Schmidt thinks about the counter body kick.
Schmidt motions for Lermontov to come forward. Schmidt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lermontov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Schmidt looks to throw the jab but Lermontov is out of range.
Schmidt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lermontov misses with a straight right.
Lermontov avoids a kick to the body.
Lermontov checks the leg kick.
Crunch! Schmidt slams his shin into Lermontov's torso.
Schmidt misses with a kick to the body.
Lermontov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schmidt throws out the jab.
Schmidt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Schmidt misses with a low kick.
Lermontov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lermontov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Schmidt's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schmidt throws out a counter right but Lermontov avoids it with no problem.
Lermontov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schmidt now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lermontov throws a shot from downtown. Schmidt moves away and avoids it.
Lermontov throws a jab when Schmidt was well out of range.
Lermontov misses with a looping left.
Schmidt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lermontov is out of range.
Nice body kick from Schmidt.
Schmidt scores with a nice body kick.
Lermontov scores with a jab to the head.
Lermontov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schmidt throws out the jab.
Good work by Lermontov as he checks the leg kick.
Lermontov will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Schmidt scores with a kick to the midsection.
A jab from Lermontov misses.
Lermontov swings widly with a right hand
and Schmidt counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Lermontov throws a lazy right hand but Schmidt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Schmidt!
Lermontov lands a nice shot that snaps Schmidt's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lermontov loads up on a big right hand but Schmidt slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt avoids the body shot from Lermontov.
Schmidt throws the kick towards the body but Lermontov avoids it.
Lermontov throws a leg kick which misses Schmidt's front leg but catches the back leg as Schmidt tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Lermontov. That snapped Schmidt's head back.
Lermontov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schmidt. Schmidt obviously looking to wear him down.
Schmidt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schmidt misses with a kick to the body.
A clash of legs there as Lermontov blocks the low kick.
Jab, jab by Lermontov - just one landing.
Decent striking displayed by Lermontov there.
A slow jab from Lermontov misses its intended target.
Schmidt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lermontov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lermontov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schmidt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Schmidt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lermontov.
Nice defenses there by Schmidt.
Schmidt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lermontov.
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 Fiyero Lermontov will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Schmidt throws a front kick that sends Lermontov stumbling back into the cage.
Lermontov throws a hook to the side of Schmidt's head but Schmidt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lermontov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Schmidt's head backwards.
A lazy body kick from Schmidt
and Lermontov counters with an outside leg kick.
Schmidt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Schmidt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Lermontov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Schmidt misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big left from Lermontov misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schmidt.
Schmidt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Schmidt has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lermontov is proving hard to escape from.
Lermontov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Schmidt defends well.
Lermontov controls Schmidt momentarily but Schmidt frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lermontov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Lermontov is looking for a triangle but Schmidt pushes his legs off easily.
Schmidt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lermontov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Schmidt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lermontov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Schmidt defends well.
Schmidt trying to control the position from guard on top but Lermontov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Schmidt decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lermontov, up you get!
Schmidt ducks under a wild hook from Lermontov.
Lermontov moves out of range as Schmidt throws a body kick.
Lermontov connects with a leg kick. Schmidt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Schmidt cracks Lermontov with a good jab.
Schmidt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schmidt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lermontov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schmidt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lermontov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Schmidt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
No joy there for Schmidt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Lermontov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Schmidt is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lermontov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A lazy left from Schmidt finds it's target.
Schmidt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lermontov.
Schmidt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov jabs Schmidt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Lermontov checks it.
A punch lands to the side of Schmidt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lermontov connects with a single shot there.
Lermontov checks a low kick from Schmidt.
Lermontov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Schmidt swings for the body but Lermontov moves out of range.
Schmidt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Schmidt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Schmidt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Schmidt wants to slow Lermontov down by chopping away at his legs.
Schmidt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lermontov blocks a low kick nicely.
Lermontov throws a counter high kick but Schmidt was just alert enough to avoid it.
Schmidt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schmidt moves away from the strike by Lermontov.
Lermontov misses with an uppercut.
Schmidt counters with a body kick.
Schmidt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fiyero Lermontov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lermontov throws a right and a left that Schmidt avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov lands a jab to the nose.
Schmidt ducks under a wild hook from Lermontov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lermontov scores with a jab to the head.
Schmidt looks to score with a jab to the body but Lermontov is just out of range.
Schmidt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lermontov checks a leg kick.
Dieter Schmidt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lermontov lands with an uppercut that bounces Schmidt off the cage and back into range.
Lermontov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Schmidt tries to land a front kick but Lermontov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lermontov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Schmidt tries to work over Lermontov's front leg with a kick but Lermontov checks it.
Lermontov takes a swing at Schmidt's ribcage but misses.
Schmidt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Lermontov to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Schmidt.
Schmidt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Schmidt scores with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lermontov missing with a left hand there. Schmidt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Schmidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Fiyero Lermontov.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lermontov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fiyero Lermontov!
Our winner, Fiyero Lermontov, 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Rubenstein (ranked 467 p4p, 71 weight class) and Art Brock (ranked 458 p4p, 69 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spencer Rubenstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Art Brock!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubenstein tries to clinch there but Brock circles away.
Brock walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rubenstein fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brock, pushing him back against the cage.
Rubenstein misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rubenstein lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brock backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rubenstein.
Rubenstein throws a punch but it's blocked by Brock.
Rubenstein scores with a shot to the side of Brock's head.
Brock breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rubenstein.
Rubenstein is looking to clinch.
Rubenstein lands a glancing blow to the side of Brock's head.
Rubenstein works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brock throws a low kick but Rubenstein avoids it.
Rubenstein tries to clinch but Brock is having none of it.
Rubenstein looks to throw the jab but Brock is out of range.
Brock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brock looks to land a body kick but Rubenstein moved away.
Brock checks a leg kick.
Rubenstein connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubenstein thuds his right hand into Brock's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rubenstein doesn't manage to clinch there - Brock circles away.
Rubenstein 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.
Rubenstein misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rubenstein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brock.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rubenstein moves into range and clinches up with Brock.
Brock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brock scores with a hook to the body.
Brock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rubenstein feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brock's calf.
Rubenstein's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brock under the eye.
Rubenstein scores with the left hand. Brock knows he should have avoided that one.
Rubenstein misses with a looping left.
Rubenstein fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brock, pushing him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brock breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brock. Rubenstein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rubenstein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rubenstein gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rubenstein swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brock lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein tries to work over Brock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rubenstein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rubenstein's brow.
Rubenstein has a couple of punches blocked by Brock.
Rubenstein has a couple of punches blocked by Brock.
Brock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brock throws a head punch that misses.
Rubenstein misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rubenstein throws a head punch that misses.
Brock prevents a body shot from Rubenstein.
Brock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brock lands a nice uppercut.
Rubenstein blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brock blocks a body shot from Rubenstein.
Brock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rubenstein misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rubenstein.
Rubenstein tries to work over Brock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock stalling in the clinch but Rubenstein improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Rubenstein fails to land.
Rubenstein throws a punch but it's blocked by Brock.
Rubenstein struggles to land a body shot inside as Brock controls his hands.
Brock landing knees to the body.
Rubenstein scores with a shot to the side of Brock's head.
Rubenstein misses with some punches.
Brock lands a right hand.
Rubenstein swings wildly with an uppercut but Brock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brock blocks a body shot from Rubenstein.
Rubenstein throws a punch but it's blocked by Brock.
Brock has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rubenstein seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Brock can turn it around.
Brock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rubenstein tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brock blocking some punches.
Brock's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rubenstein swings wildly with an uppercut but Brock uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rubenstein.
Rubenstein throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rubenstein prevents a body shot from Brock.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rubenstein creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rubenstein throws a head punch that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubenstein swings wildly with an uppercut but Brock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rubenstein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rubenstein.
Rubenstein lands an uppercut.
Brock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rubenstein misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spencer Rubenstein dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rubenstein gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brock.
Brock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brock tries to work over Rubenstein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rubenstein tries to throw a body punch but Brock avoids it by throwing Rubenstein back against the cage.
Rubenstein is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brock can do to turn this around?
Brock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spencer Rubenstein is winning the standup battle so far.
Brock lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rubenstein darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rubenstein scores with a decent looking hook.
Brock checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Rubenstein.
Brock throws a counter combo.
Rubenstein tries to clinch there but Brock circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Brock.
Brock looks to land a left hand but Rubenstein moved out of range nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Brock 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rubenstein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rubenstein throws a hook but Brock blocks it.
Rubenstein fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rubenstein throws the left hand but Brock avoids the punch easily.
Rubenstein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rubenstein misses with a hook. Brock ducked under it nicely.
Rubenstein wants to land a leg kick but Brock is out of range.
Rubenstein is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brock lands a nice shot to the body.
Brock scores with a sloppy right hand. Rubenstein should have avoided that one.
Brock looks to land a combination. Rubenstein sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Brock misses with a body shot.
Rubenstein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brock.
Brock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brock misses with the combination.
Brock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rubenstein, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein has a couple of punches blocked by Brock.
Rubenstein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Brock on the inside.
Brock blocking some punches.
Brock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rubenstein looks to land a left hand but Brock moved out of range nicely.
Brock misses with a double jab.
Brock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brock throws a leg kick that misses.
Brock throws a jab but it's blocked by Rubenstein.
Spencer Rubenstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rubenstein lands a jab.
Rubenstein lands a jab to the head.
A slow jab from Brock misses its intended target.
Rubenstein doesn't manage to clinch there - Brock circles away.
Brock appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rubenstein takes the fight into the clinch.
Rubenstein swings wildly with an uppercut but Brock uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rubenstein.
Brock misses with an elbow strike.
Brock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rubenstein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brock slips a straight right by Rubenstein.
Brock is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Brock misses with a hook. Rubenstein ducked under it nicely.
Rubenstein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rubenstein backing away here, and Brock unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A lazy left from Brock finds it's target.
Brock misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Rubenstein.
Brock throws a body punch but Rubenstein moves out of range.
Rubenstein misses with a straight right.
Rubenstein forces Brock back against the cage and clinches.
Brock is trying to push Rubenstein away but Rubenstein has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rubenstein misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rubenstein misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rubenstein lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rubenstein misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brock breaks the clinch.
Rubenstein throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brock slips under a jab from Rubenstein.
Rubenstein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brock defending well as Rubenstein loads up on a big left hand.
Brock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brock 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.
Rubenstein connects with a single shot there.
Rubenstein checks a low kick from Brock.
It looked like Rubenstein wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rubenstein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rubenstein closes the distance but Brock moves to the side
and Rubenstein takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brock scores with a leg kick.
Brock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Art Brock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Rubenstein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brock.
Brock tests Rubenstein's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rubenstein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rubenstein needs to keep his hands up - Brock had a free shot at his head there.
Brock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Rubenstein wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rubenstein scores with a nice right hand.
Rubenstein 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.
Brock with a jab.
Brock getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rubenstein takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubenstein stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brock.
Rubenstein dodges the punch combination from Brock.
It looked like Rubenstein wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rubenstein moves forwards but Brock connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rubenstein is looking to clinch but Brock is avoiding it.
Rubenstein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brock.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubenstein throws a hook but Brock avoids it easily.
Brock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rubenstein has managed to clinch.
Rubenstein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rubenstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubenstein throws a head punch that misses.
Rubenstein misses with some punches.
Brock is pushing Rubenstein up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brock lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Brock fails to land.
Brock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brock breaks the clinch.
Rubenstein scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brock doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice defenses there by Rubenstein.
Rubenstein throws a leg kick but Brock moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein slips a jab from Brock.
Rubenstein throws a big counter combination but Brock scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Brock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rubenstein.
Rubenstein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rubenstein connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brock lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Brock looks to score with a jab to the body but Rubenstein is just out of range.
Rubenstein ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rubenstein clinches with his opponent.
Brock digs a right hand into Rubenstein's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rubenstein's gas tank.
Brock lands a nice uppercut.
Rubenstein throws a head punch that misses.
Rubenstein lands a hook that snaps the head of Brock backwards.
A short right from Rubenstein.
Rubenstein lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rubenstein lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brock blocks an uppercut.
Spencer Rubenstein has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rubenstein works on Brock's body with a couple of short punches.
Brock takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rubenstein misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock struggles to land a body shot inside as Rubenstein controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rubenstein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brock's elbow.
Brock is looking to control Rubenstein's arms but Rubenstein gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brock has his back to the cage.
Rubenstein swings wildly with an uppercut but Brock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rubenstein misses with a punch on the inside.
Rubenstein throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Brock.
Rubenstein tries to throw a body punch but Brock avoids it by throwing Rubenstein back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brock.
A frustrated look appears on Brock's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rubenstein lands a right hand.
Rubenstein misses with a punch on the inside.
Brock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock keeps the fight on the outside.
Rubenstein fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brock misses with a hook. Rubenstein ducked under it nicely.
Rubenstein moves in looking to clinch but Brock pushes him off.
Rubenstein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rubenstein doesn't manage to clinch there - Brock circles away.
Brock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brock closes the distance and clinches.
Brock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubensteins head.
Rubenstein lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short body shot lands from Rubenstein as the two fighters clinch.
Rubenstein throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Rubenstein.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rubenstein.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rubenstein tries a body shot but Brock blocks it.
Rubenstein lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rubenstein has a couple of punches blocked by Brock.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Art Brock.
I think Brock 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Art Brock!
After winning the bout, Art Brock 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harald Gormsson (ranked 94 p4p, 11 weight class) and Melek Taus (ranked 51 p4p, 6 weight class). Gormsson comes to the cage accompanied by Saor - Children of the Mist. Taus has chosen A Cry For Vengeance as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harald Gormsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Melek Taus!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gormsson throws a jab when Taus was well out of range.
Taus walks into a straight right hand from Gormsson.
We've been informed that Taus has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Taus throws a sloppy head kick and Gormsson moves out of range easily.
Taus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gormsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Gormsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Taus's sensitive parts.
We've been told by Gormsson's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Taus feints and then cracks Gormsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gormsson down.
Gormsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Taus! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taus throws a push kick but Gormsson slaps the foot to one side.
As Taus looks to move away, Gormsson throws a big counter combo but Taus just gets out of the way.
Gormsson with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Gormsson tenderised Taus's leg. Taus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gormsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gormsson.
Good exchange - Gormsson coming out on top.
Nice shot by Gormsson.
Gormsson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gormsson throws a shot from downtown. Taus moves away and avoids it.
Gormsson throws a looping overhand right but Taus ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Taus misses the target.
Gormsson throws a lazy uppercut
and Gormsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gormsson misses with a kick to the body
and Taus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Harald Gormsson has been cut.
Gormsson misses with a jab to the body
letting Taus counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taus misses with a low kick.
It looked like Gormsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gormsson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gormsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gormsson backing away here, and Taus unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gormsson throws a poor cross that misses
and Taus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Taus bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gormsson throws a poor cross that misses
and Taus counters with a stiff right hand.
Harald Gormsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gormsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Taus feints a counter leg kick.
Gormsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taus was well out of range. Poor timing from Gormsson.
Gormsson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Taus's head.
Gormsson misses with a straight left.
Gormsson looks to throw a body kick
and Taus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Taus has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Taus connects with a solid leg kick.
Gormsson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Taus makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gormsson really felt that one!
Taus throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gormsson misses with a hook
and Taus counters with a straight right hand.
Gormsson throws a right hand that misses
and Taus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gormsson is breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Taus.
A decent looking cross lands there for Taus.
Gormsson takes a swing at Taus's ribcage but misses.
Taus connects with a leg kick. Gormsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gormsson moves out of range of the body kick.
Gormsson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Some wild striking there from Gormsson.
Taus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gormsson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gormsson misses with a right hand
and Taus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taus moves out of range of the leg kick from Gormsson.
Taus throws a low kick, looking for Gormsson's leg but Gormsson calmly moves out of range.
Gormsson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Taus misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheers as Gormsson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Taus doesn't seem phased though.
Gormsson delivers a nice body kick.
Gormsson thumps Taus with a low kick.
A big right from Gormsson misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gormsson misses the jab.
Taus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gormsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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 Harald Gormsson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Harald Gormsson's cut.
That's time! Gormsson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gormsson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gormsson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gormsson cracks a nice hook into Taus's ribs.
A big left from Taus misses.
Taus defending well as Gormsson loads up on a big left hand.
Harald Gormsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Gormsson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Taus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gormsson lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gormsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Gormsson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gormsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gormsson misses with a hook to the body
and Taus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gormsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Taus throws a front kick that sends Gormsson stumbling back into the cage.
Gormsson feints and then cracks Taus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taus down.
A big left from Taus misses.
Gormsson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Taus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Taus was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
No joy there for Gormsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Taus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A left and a right from Gormsson both land. Nice combination.
Gormsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taus. That did some damage!
Gormsson blocks a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gormsson.
Gormsson swings widly with a right hand
and Taus counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Gormsson misses the shot to the body.
Taus looks for the body kick but Gormsson saw that one coming.
Taus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gormsson misses with a hook. Taus ducked under it nicely.
Gormsson throws a lazy right hand but Taus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gormsson misses with a body shot.
Taus ducks under a wild hook from Gormsson.
Gormsson misses with a kick to the body.
Taus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gormsson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gormsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taus.
Gormsson moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Taus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gormsson jabs Taus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Taus throws a body punch but Gormsson moves out of range.
Gormsson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Taus just misses with a punch to the body.
Gormsson works Taus's body with a nice hook.
Taus misses with the body kick
and Gormsson counters with a nice body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gormsson.
Taus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gormsson.
A solid leg kick lands there for Taus.
Taus throws a lazy head kick
and Gormsson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Taus is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gormsson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gormsson.
Gormsson throws a body punch but Taus moves out of range.
Gormsson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gormsson misses with a right hand
and Taus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Taus lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gormsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gormsson.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Taus might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gormsson has got the better of the exchanges.
Gormsson tries to land a front kick but Taus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gormsson scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harald Gormsson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harald Gormsson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Gormsson throws a leg kick but Taus checks it.
Taus lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gormsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taus can do to turn this around?
Gormsson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Taus.
Gormsson takes one to the chin there.
Gormsson throws a lazy uppercut
and Taus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gormsson lands with a nice body punch.
Gormsson lands with a slapping head kick.
Taus throws a hook but Gormsson blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gormsson checks a low kick from Taus.
Gormsson throws a push kick but Taus slaps the foot to one side.
Taus looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Taus takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Taus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taus ducks under a wild hook from Gormsson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Gormsson.
Gormsson misses the body punch
and Taus counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A lazy body kick from Gormsson
and Taus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circle momentarily. Taus darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Taus is looking to clinch.
Taus avoids the head kick by Gormsson.
Gormsson looks to land a body kick but Taus moved away.
Taus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gormsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Taus counters with a nice uppercut.
Gormsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taus lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gormsson at a distance.
Melek Taus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gormsson checks a leg kick nicely.
Taus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gormsson throws an overhand right that lands on Taus's shoulder, as Taus tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Gormsson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taus fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gormsson checks it well.
Taus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gormsson.
Gormsson misses with a looping left.
Taus cracks Gormsson with an open hand slap.
Gormsson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Taus feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gormsson sprawling to the canvas! Gormsson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Taus finish him?!
Gormsson is rocked!
Gormsson slips a straight right by Taus.
Oh Gormsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gormsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taus moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gormsson.
Gormsson seems to have got his legs back now.
Taus is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gormsson misses with an uppercut. Taus saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Gormsson.
Gormsson cracks a nice hook into Taus's ribs.
Taus throws an off balance right hand
and Gormsson counters with a left to the body.
Gormsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Taus's sensitive parts.
Gormsson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taus on the side of the head.
Gormsson cracks Taus with an open hand slap.
Gormsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A chopping leg kick lands by Gormsson.
Taus takes a swing at Gormsson's ribcage but misses.
Harald Gormsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taus misses with a right hand
and Gormsson counters with a right hand to the body.
Gormsson avoids the body shot from Taus.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot lands for Gormsson.
Gormsson moves out of range as Taus throws a body kick.
Gormsson misses with a low kick as Taus jumps back.
A nice side step and Taus releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Taus tries to move into range but Gormsson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gormsson throws a combination that misses
and Taus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Taus takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gormsson misses the shot to the body.
Gormsson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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 Harald Gormsson.
Well Gormsson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harald Gormsson!
A very excited looking Harald Gormsson 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.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 18 p4p, 4 weight class) and Link Gaetz (ranked 38 p4p, 7 weight class). Gyukosho Fujimoto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Link Gaetz's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Link Gaetz!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaetz throws a looping overhand right but Fujimoto ducks down to avoid it.
Fujimoto was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fujimoto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gaetz thumps Fujimoto with a low kick.
Fujimoto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gaetz 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.
Fujimoto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaetz.
Gaetz throws an off balance right hand
and Fujimoto counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujimoto takes one on the button.
Gaetz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fujimoto.
Gaetz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fujimoto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fujimoto is looking to counter the offense by Gaetz and move into the clinch.
Fujimoto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fujimoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gaetz.
Gaetz works the jab nicely.
Fujimoto moves away from the strike by Gaetz.
Fujimoto tries to move into range but Gaetz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gaetz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fujimoto counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Gaetz down! Fujimoto is looking to finish but Gaetz is intelligently defending himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Fujimoto has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hook to the body lands for Fujimoto.
Fujimoto misses with the head strike.
Fujimoto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fujimoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fujimoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fujimoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gaetz is trying to force a seperation but Fujimoto has the dominant position.
Fujimoto lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gaetz.
Gaetz blocks an uppercut.
Gaetz tries to work over Fujimoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fujimoto tries a body shot but Gaetz blocks it.
Fujimoto tries a body shot but Gaetz blocks it.
Gaetz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fujimoto lands with a left to the head.
Fujimoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fujimoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gaetz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fujimoto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz swings widly with a right hand
letting Fujimoto counter with a right hand.
Gaetz throws a front kick aimed at Fujimoto's knee but Fujimoto avoids it well.
Gaetz throws a jab when Fujimoto was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Fujimoto misses the target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gaetz.
Gaetz cracks Fujimoto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gaetz misses with a straight right.
Fujimoto went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Gaetz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fujimoto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto misses the jab.
Gaetz just misses with a punch to the body.
Fujimoto slips a jab from Gaetz.
Fujimoto appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fujimoto checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gaetz looks to score with a jab to the body but Fujimoto is just out of range.
Fujimoto is looking to counter punch.
Fujimoto tries to clinch but Gaetz moves out of range.
Gaetz takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Link Gaetz 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.
Fujimoto avoids the body shot from Gaetz.
Fujimoto is looking to counter with head kicks.
Gaetz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Link Gaetz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fujimoto.
Fujimoto 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.
Gaetz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fujimoto.
Fujimoto tries to counter by clinching up but Gaetz breaks away and moves out of range.
Gaetz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fujimoto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gaetz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaetz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fujimoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaetz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujimoto moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Fujimoto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gaetz wants to slow Fujimoto down by chopping away at his legs.
Fujimoto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gaetz slips a jab from Fujimoto.
Gaetz misses with a body punch
and Fujimoto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gaetz scores with a spinning back kick!
Gaetz with a hook.
Gaetz swings for the body but Fujimoto moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz misses with a body shot.
Gaetz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fujimoto manages to avoid it.
Fujimoto thinks about countering with a head kick.
Gaetz scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Fujimoto has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Gaetz throws the left hand but Fujimoto avoids the punch easily.
Gaetz misses with a low kick.
Fujimoto is looking to counter punch.
Gaetz throws a sloppy body shot
and Fujimoto counters with a big uppercut that knocks Gaetz off his feet! Fujimoto dives into side control looking to finish!
It looks like Link Gaetz has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fujimoto decides to stand back up. Fujimoto steps back and let's Gaetz get back to his feet.
Gaetz misses the jab.
Fujimoto is looking to counter with head kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaetz defending well as Fujimoto loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gaetz! But no joy.
Fujimoto moves into the clinch.
Gaetz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gaetz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fujimoto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fujimoto prevents a body shot from Gaetz.
Fujimoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaetz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fujimoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gaetz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fujimoto.
Gaetz moves out of range as Fujimoto strikes.
A jab from Fujimoto misses.
Fujimoto throws a head kick that misses
and Gaetz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gaetz swings widly with a right hand
and Fujimoto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Link Gaetz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fujimoto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fujimoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimoto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaetz.
It seemed like Gaetz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gyukosho Fujimoto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Link Gaetz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gaetz - that will leave a mark!
Gaetz misses with a body shot.
Gaetz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fujimoto.
Fujimoto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fujimoto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gaetz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujimoto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fujimoto slips under a jab from Gaetz.
Fujimoto dodges the punch combination from Gaetz.
Fujimoto seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gaetz.
Fujimoto ducks under a wild hook from Gaetz.
Fujimoto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fujimoto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fujimoto is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fujimoto blocks a leg kick.
Fujimoto is looking to counter the offense by Gaetz and move into the clinch.
Gaetz punishes Fujimoto's body with a nice straight punch.
Gaetz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaetz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gaetz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fujimoto.
A jab from Gaetz misses.
Fujimoto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fujimoto throws out a loose jab but Gaetz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaetz cracks Fujimoto with an open hand slap.
Fujimoto misses the jab.
A slow jab from Gaetz misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimoto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gaetz lands a jab-cross combination.
Gaetz thuds his shin into the meat of Fujimoto's side.
Gaetz throws a body punch but Fujimoto moves out of range.
Fujimoto blocks a leg kick.
Fujimoto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gaetz.
Gaetz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz misses with a low kick.
Fujimoto throws a counter high kick but Gaetz was just alert enough to avoid it.
Gaetz looks to land a left hand but Fujimoto moved out of range nicely.
Fujimoto is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gaetz.
Fujimoto misses the body punch
and Fujimoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gaetz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fujimoto back to the cage. Gaetz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gaetz throws a body kick that misses.
Fujimoto tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Gaetz manages to circle out of the way.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaetz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gaetz swings widly with a right hand
and Fujimoto counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Link Gaetz really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Link Gaetz'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.
Fujimoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fujimoto appears to be looking for a big counter.
Fujimoto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice body kick there by Fujimoto.
Gaetz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gaetz connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Gaetz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fujimoto is looking to counter punch.
Fujimoto darts in and clinches Gaetz up against the cage.
Gaetz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaetz blocking some punches.
Fujimoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gaetz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gaetz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fujimoto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gaetz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gaetz lands with a short shot to the head.
Fujimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gaetz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fujimoto throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Gaetz.
Gaetz tries to throw a body punch but Fujimoto avoids it by throwing Gaetz back against the cage.
Fujimoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gaetz backwards.
Fujimoto throws a head punch that misses.
Fujimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Fujimoto.
Gaetz is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Fujimoto is working Gaetz over against the cage.
Fujimoto struggles to land a body shot inside as Gaetz controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gyukosho Fujimoto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fujimoto tries to work over Gaetz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fujimoto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fujimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fujimoto misses with the head strike.
Gaetz lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaetz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fujimoto tries to work over Gaetz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fujimoto lands a body punch.
Fujimoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fujimoto manages to break the clinch.
Gaetz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Fujimoto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gaetz throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Fujimoto counters with a flying knee that drops Gaetz! Fujimoto dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gyukosho Fujimoto!
Gyukosho Fujimoto retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Gyukosho Fujimoto, 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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