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Champion Series 155/185 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baruto Tonissaar (ranked 2629 p4p, 306 weight class) and Todd Wad (ranked 5968 p4p, 496 weight class). Baruto Tonissaar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Todd Wad's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Baruto Tonissaar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Todd Wad!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wad rushes Tonissaar and presses him up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Tonissaar.
Nice body punch from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar slows down the pace here.
Wad tries to pull guard but Tonissaar holds him up against the cage and eventually Wad drops back down to his feet.
Tonissaar taking a breather.
Tonissaar lands a body shot.
Wad changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tonissaar fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wad 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.
Tonissaar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Todd Wad has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wad gets tackled into the cage by Tonissaar. Tonissaar maintains the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Tonissaar.
Wad looks winded!
Nice body punch from Tonissaar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar pushes Wad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Tonissaar - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Tonissaar.
A hook to the body from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wad is rocked!
Tonissaar digs a right hand underneath Wad's ribcage. Wad let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wad is still on wobbly legs! Can Tonissaar finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar pushes Wad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tonissaar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tonissaar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tonissaar creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Wad's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Wad drops to his knees and Tonissaar pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baruto Tonissaar!
Baruto Tonissaar made sure to mention his sponsor, Condemned in his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Balink Tarlah (ranked 4074 p4p, 377 weight class) and Conor Butcher (ranked 3014 p4p, 311 weight class). Butcher is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Eaten by Bloodbath. Conor Butcher 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Balink Tarlah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butcher takes the fight into the clinch.
Butcher lands a nice uppercut.
Butcher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Butcher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Butcher works on Tarlah's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Butcher.
Butcher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Butcher lands a right hand.
Butcher lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Butcher.
Butcher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tarlah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Butcher gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Butcher scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tarlah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Butcher pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Butcher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Butcher prevents a takedown attempt there.
Butcher has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tarlah seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Butcher can turn it around.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Balink Tarlah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Butcher scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tarlah is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Butcher.
Oh Tarlah is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tarlah is looking for a takedown.
Butcher dips a shoulder and cracks Tarlah with a mighty uppercut! Tarlah falls back against the cage and Butcher unloads with a barrage of strikes! Tarlah is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Butcher screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conor Butcher!
During a confident post fight interview, Conor Butcher thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kelly William (ranked 2699 p4p, 312 weight class) and Rod Stickmann (ranked 3703 p4p, 390 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kelly William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rod Stickmann!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stickmann takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Stickmann stuffs the takedown attempt from William. William gets slowly back to his feet.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Stickmann 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.
Stickmann stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stickmann wants it to stay on the feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from William.
William throws a head kick but Stickmann moves out of range.
William is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stickmann.
William has been working on his balance at whitey's gym , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Stickmann.
A head kick misses from William.
Stickmann let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
William throws a head kick that misses.
Stickmann is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Stickmann scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
William throws a head kick but Stickmann moves out of range.
Stickmann throws out a counter right but William avoids it with no problem.
William moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stickmann lands a jab to the nose.
William is rocked!
Stickmann swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stickmann throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
William throws a body kick that misses
and Stickmann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh William is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
William throws a sloppy head kick and Stickmann moves out of range easily.
William steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stickmann.
William seems to have got his legs back now.
William takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stickmann.
William dodges the punch combination from Stickmann.
William lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Rod Stickmann has been cut.
Stickmann lands a nice looking body shot.
Stickmann works William's body with a nice hook.
William walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stickmann lands a jab to the nose.
William throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rod Stickmann is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stickmann cracks William with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
William tries to work over Stickmann's front leg with a kick but Stickmann checks it.
Stickmann drops William with a big left hand and mounts him. William is in big trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stickmann unloads with some shots from mount but William bucks and avoids them well.
William is breathing heavily.
William wants to hold on but Stickmann pushes him away.
William blocking the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stickmann is landing with some decent strikes but William is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stickmann thowing shots but they're missing.
Stickmann throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for William because Stickmann loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Stickmann there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Stickmann controlling his opponent.
Stickmann punching from mount but William doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Stickmann tries to control but William wriggling away.
Stickmann lands a big shot there that rocks William but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Stickmann not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stickmann misses with a head shot. William uses the momentum to regain guard.
William looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stickmann is one step ahead there.
Stickmann trying to control the position from guard on top but William is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stickmann postures up in William's guard and throws a big left but William blocks it.
Stickmann chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stickmann throws an elbow that misses. William uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Stickmann's guard. Nice move by William!
William sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Stickmann tries to land a sweep but no joy.
William trying to control the position from guard on top but Stickmann is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
William trying to stand up but can't free himself from Stickmann's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rod Stickmann dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rod Stickmann's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Stickmann blocks a head kick by William.
William throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stickmann scores with a nice head shot.
Stickmann moves out of range as William throws a body kick.
Stickmann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stickmann lands a nice shot that snaps William's head back.
William slips under a jab from Stickmann.
Stickmann changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
William tries a head kick but it misses.
Stickmann stuns William with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kelly William is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stickmann fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stickmann with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Stickmann.
William gets cracked there but stands up to it.
William takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stickmann lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
William tries a head kick but it misses.
Stickmann slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from William misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stickmann looks for the body kick but William saw that one coming.
William appears to be looking for a big counter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
William tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stickmann darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stickmann is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
William tries to land a body kick
and Stickmann counters with a beautiful punch that sends William to the canvas!
William is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stickmann postures up and lands a big shot to William's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stickmann accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stickmann is stalling in the full guard.
Stickmann throwing strikes from guard but William blocks nicely.
Stickmann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stickmann is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Stickmann wants to pass the guard but William is keeping the position.
Stickmann drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Stickmann as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! William screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Stickmann! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rod Stickmann!
Rod Stickmann 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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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Silva (ranked 1258 p4p, 148 weight class) and Leevan Taylor (ranked 5097 p4p, 421 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Leevan Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva darts in and clinches Taylor up against the cage.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taylors head.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taylor takes a shot to the head.
Taylor wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taylors head.
Taylor is rocked!
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
It looks like Leevan Taylor has been cut.
Taylor looks winded!
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Taylor with a big uppercut! Taylor tries to clinch up but Silva pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Taylor to the mat! Taylor covers up and Silva unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marco Silva!
Marco Silva was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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