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HFC 35 - Motts vs Piano PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ade Absame (ranked 4561 p4p, 3129 weight class) and Ruddo Ryokale (ranked 207 p4p, 158 weight class). Ruddo Ryokale acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Solid boxing
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ade Absame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruddo Ryokale!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Absame misses with a body shot.
Absame fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Absame looks to land a combination but Ryokale avoids it well.
Ryokale tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Absame defends well and Ryokale ends up having to push Absame into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ryokale fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Absame avoids it really well and circles away.
Absame is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryokale is looking to clinch.
Absame feinted with a counter takedown.
Ryokale misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryokale slips a jab from Absame.
Ryokale wants to clinch.
Ryokale moves away from the strike by Absame.
Absame throws the left hand but Ryokale avoids the punch easily.
Ryokale tries to clinch up.
Absame was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ryokale shoots for a takedown but Absame saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ade Absame has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruddo Ryokale.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ryokale is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Absame.
 It looks like Ruddo Ryokale has been cut.
Absame throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Absame is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ryokale.
Ryokale has Absame up against the cage in a clinch.
Ryokale ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Ryokale no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ryokale working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Absame.
Ryokale throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Absame trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Absame content to stall in guard here.
Absame postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryokale looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Absame has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Absame passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Absame tries to move to mount but Ryokale blocks the move with his legs.
Ryokale tries to buck Absame off but Absame is having none of it.
Absame is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ryokale knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ryokale wants to control but Absame postures up.
I wouldn't like to be where Ryokale is right now.
Ryokale is letting Absame control him for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Absame thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ryokale is not content to let Absame control the position.
Ryokale pushes Absame away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Absame gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ryokale struggling a bit here.
Absame wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ryokale, who protects the arm well.
Ryokale is looking for a sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Absame thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Absame in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ade Absame dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruddo Ryokale'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.
Jab by Absame.
Ryokale looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Absame throwing a counter right hand but Ryokale manages to avoid it.
Ryokale takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Absame misses with an uppercut. Ryokale saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Absame tries to keep at a distance but Ryokale has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ryokale has Absame pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Absame manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Absame is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ryokale can do to turn this around?
Ryokale looking for a takedown.
Ade Absame has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruddo Ryokale.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryokale working aggressively here.
Absame blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Absame.
Absame lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ryokale is looking to control Absame's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ryokale avoid being mounted?
Ryokale keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Absame scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ryokale is staying active underneath Absame, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ryokale looking for submissions off his back.
Absame thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ryokale's head.
Absame wants to work for an arm triangle but Ryokale is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Absame sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ryokale defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Absame throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Absame is pressing down on Ryokale's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ryokale is holding on for now.
Ryokale wants to improve his position but Absame is controlling well.
Absame looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Absame is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ryokale is defending against the submission attempts here by Absame.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Absame lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ade Absame overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Absame is looking for a kimura but Ryokale is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Absame to get the leverage.
Ryokale is looking to control Absame's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ryokale avoid being mounted?
Absame is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Ryokale as he works his way to full guard.
Absame is in close to Ryokale's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ryokale wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Absame trying to control but Ryokale is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Absame stays in close to Ryokale's body and controls the position.
Ryokale not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Absame lands a couple of elbows.
Ryokale tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ryokale throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ryokale trying to control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ade Absame dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ruddo Ryokale's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Absame breaks the clinch.
Ryokale thuds his right hand into Absame's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ryokale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Absame swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ryokale misses with a combination
and Absame counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryokale throws a combination that misses
and Absame counters with a left to the body.
Ryokale gets the takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryokale working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ryokale tries to move into full mount but can't pass Absame's legs.
Absame is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ryokale's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ryokale lands a nice short elbow.
Absame looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ryokale is trying to control. Absame wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Absame misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Absame flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ryokale trying to control from Absame's half guard. Absame has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Absame is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ryokale must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryokale has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Absame to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ryokale is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Absame pulls down on the head and he's put Ryokale to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ade Absame!
Ade Absame managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sportivité, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Barnito Mustacho (ranked 2538 p4p, 4974 weight class) and Vladimir Kosmanov (ranked 366 p4p, 599 weight class). Mustacho's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Los Ninos de Sara - Vagabundo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Excellent boxer
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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barnito Mustacho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Kosmanov!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Kosmanov misses.
Kosmanov lands a glancing blow to the side of Mustacho's head.
Kosmanov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mustacho did well to prevent Kosmanov getting side control.
Kosmanov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mustacho blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kosmanov.
Kosmanov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kosmanov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kosmanov moves into full mount! Mustacho won't be happy about that!
Kosmanov thowing shots but they're missing.
Kosmanov prevents Mustacho from getting the reversal.
Mustacho tries to hold on but Kosmanov postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosmanov with shots to the head and body - Mustacho looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kosmanov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kosmanov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kosmanov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kosmanov landing punches.
Mustacho is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kosmanov landing strikes from the mount.
 Mustacho is rocked!
Mustacho is squirming around, avoiding Kosmanov's attempts to control the action.
Mustacho keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kosmanov with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Mustacho is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kosmanov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kosmanov sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mustacho seems to have got his legs back now.
Kosmanov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kosmanov avoids the attempt from Mustacho to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mustacho is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Kosmanov punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Kosmanov's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Kosmanov!
Vladimir Kosmanov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dale Holloway (ranked 6467 p4p, 3100 weight class) and Bryan Furry (ranked 493 p4p, 321 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dale Holloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryan Furry!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Furry circles away from the clinch attempt
and Furry counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Holloway!
Furry is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Holloway is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Furry lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Holloway down.
Furry lands an elbow.
Holloway on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Holloway takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Holloway struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Furry working the ground and pound.
Holloway is rocked!
Holloway is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Furry's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Holloway is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Furry pulls his head out easily.
Holloway is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Furry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Holloway tries to roll over but Furry keeps him under control.
Furry is nestled in close to Holloway, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Furry drops an elbow to the side of Holloway's head.
Furry slips a nice elbow through Holloway's hands, connecting with Holloway's forehead.
Holloway is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Furry pulls his head out easily.
Holloway looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Furry slips a nice elbow through Holloway's hands, connecting with Holloway's forehead.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Furry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloway on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Furry working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Furry working the head and body with strikes.
Holloway won't allow Furry to pass to mount.
Nice strikes from Furry there.
Oh Holloway is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Furry looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Holloway seems to have got his legs back now.
Holloway wants to improve his position but Furry is controlling well.
Holloway is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Furry pulls his head out easily.
Holloway trying to control here.
Holloway has hold of Furry's hands but Furry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Furry is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Furry is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Holloway is just riding it out for now. Furry eventually gives up the hold.
Holloway is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Furry pulls his head out easily.
Furry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Holloway moves into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holloway keeping moving, preventing Furry from controlling successfully.
Holloway working a defensive guard but Furry passes into half guard.
Holloway is not content to let Furry control the position.
Holloway on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Holloway is trying to control but can't.
Holloway is looking for a sweep. Furry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ground and pound from Furry.
Furry drops an elbow to the side of Holloway's head.
Furry moves nicely into side control.
Holloway is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Furry dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Holloway swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Furry counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Furry stopping the sweep attempt from Holloway.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Furry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Furry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Furry landing some decent shots from guard.
Furry cracks Holloway with a solid left hand.
Furry makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Furry postures up.
Holloway throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Furry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Furry trying to control the position from guard on top but Holloway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Furry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Furry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Holloway had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Furry defends it easily.
Bryan Furry has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holloway is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Furry defends well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Furry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Furry is in close to Holloway's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Furry advances to half guard.
Holloway is refusing to be controlled, as Furry sits in half guard.
Furry slips a nice elbow through Holloway's hands, connecting with Holloway's forehead.
Furry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Holloway is pressing down on Furry's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Furry lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloway is trying to control the position but Furry postures up.
Furry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Furry landing some decent shots from guard.
Furry connects with a couple of short punches.
Furry lands a couple of digs.
Holloway escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Furry gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Furry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Holloway looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Furry chips away with some ground and pound.
Furry with a nice head shot there.
Furry makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Furry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Furry is in close to Holloway's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furry working some strikes from top position.
Furry content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Furry trying to control the position from guard on top but Holloway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Furry is in close to Holloway's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Furry connects with a couple of short punches.
Furry keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holloway's head.
Furry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Furry working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Holloway's head.
Holloway trying to keep a closed guard but Furry is proving a slippery customer.
Furry scoring with some ground and pound.
Furry landing some decent shots from guard.
Furry passes Holloway's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Furry tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holloway knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Holloway wants to get back to full guard.
Holloway is looking to control Furry's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Holloway avoid being mounted?
Furry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Furry is trying to control. Holloway wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Holloway has hold of Furry's hands but Furry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Furry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Holloway looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Furry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Furry working Holloway over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Furry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Furry lands with a shot to the body.
Furry lands a slapping body shot.
Furry rushes Holloway and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Holloway is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Furry piles on the pressure and Holloway crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Furry!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafaelo Gracie (ranked 23735 p4p, 2032 weight class) and Leon Hooker (ranked 638 p4p, 257 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafaelo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Leon Hooker!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hooker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie throws a hook but Hooker blocks it.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hooker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps Hooker's head back.
Rafaelo Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie closes the distance but Hooker moves to the side
and Hooker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gracie throws a hook but Hooker avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hooker on his heels. He'll look to pass Hooker's guard now, I'm sure.
Hooker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hooker trying to control the position.
Hooker wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie postures up.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Hooker looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gracie puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hooker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie controlling the action here.
Gracie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooker wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hooker is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hooker avoid being mounted?
Hooker is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
Hooker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Hooker could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Gracie has cracked it and Hooker is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rafaelo Gracie!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aingot Nofud (ranked 3087 p4p, 1589 weight class) and Sean Dickinson (ranked 432 p4p, 241 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nofud might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Offspring - Kids Aren't Alright. Dickinson has chosen Resurrection - Chris Travis as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aingot Nofud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sean Dickinson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickinson looks to land a left hand but Nofud moved out of range nicely.
Nofud really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dickinson lands with a shot to the body.
Nofud swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dickinson.
Nofud explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dickinson clinches up with Nofud and pushes him back against the cage.
Nofud blocking some punches.
Dickinson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nofud.
Dickinson struggles to land a body shot inside as Nofud controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickinson throws a head punch that misses.
Dickinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dickinson misses with the head strike.
Dickinson tries to work over Nofud's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dickinson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dickinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nofud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nofud blocks a body shot from Dickinson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nofud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nofud definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head punch on the inside from Dickinson fails to land.
Nofud tries to stall but Dickinson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dickinson lands a body shot.
A body shot lands from Nofud.
A short right from Dickinson on the inside.
Dickinson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dickinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Nofud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nofud lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dickinson backwards.
Nofud throws a punch but it's blocked by Dickinson.
Nofud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nofud'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.
Nofud misses with a punch on the inside.
Nofud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dickinson has a couple of punches blocked by Nofud.
Nofud misses with some punches.
Dickinson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Nofud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Nofud.
A head punch on the inside from Dickinson fails to land.
Nofud throws a head punch that misses.
Nofud has a couple of punches blocked by Dickinson.
A short right from Nofud on the inside.
Nofud tries to throw a body punch but Dickinson avoids it by throwing Nofud back against the cage.
Dickinson has a couple of punches blocked by Nofud.
Dickinson lands a shoulder strike.
Nofud lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nofud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nofud scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nofud is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dickinson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nofud throws a lazy right hand but Dickinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dickinson gets tackled into the cage by Nofud. Nofud maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson misses with some punches.
Nofud struggles to land a body shot inside as Dickinson controls his hands.
Nofud looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dickinson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nofud.
Dickinson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nofud seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dickinson can turn it around.
Dickinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nofud misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Nofud.
Dickinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dickinson lands a right hand.
Dickinson lands with a right to the head.
Nofud fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nofud scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Nofud.
Nofud scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nofud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nofud goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nofud scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nofud misses with some punches.
Nofud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nofud makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nofud swings wildly with an uppercut but Dickinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nofud's elbow.
Nofud working aggressively here.
A short left from Nofud.
Nofud tries to throw a body punch but Dickinson avoids it by throwing Nofud back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Nofud.
Dickinson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dickinson.
Dickinson lands with a short shot to the head.
Dickinson is leaning against Nofud and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nofud manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nofud goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nofud.
Nofud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dickinson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Dickinson.
Nofud creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dickinson's defenses.
It looks like Sean Dickinson has been cut.
Dickinson throws a head punch that misses.
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 Aingot Nofud will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sean Dickinson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dickinson slips under a jab from Nofud.
Dickinson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nofud throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nofud throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dickinson counters with a three punch combo that has Nofud backing up. Nofud nods at Dickinson to acknowledge the strikes.
Nofud tries to score with a low kick but Dickinson moves his leg out of the way.
Nofud lands a glancing blow to the side of Dickinson's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickinson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A big left from Nofud misses.
Dickinson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nofud misses with a jab to the body
and Dickinson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dickinson tests Nofud's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dickinson cracks Nofud with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nofud swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sean Dickinson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dickinson moves out of range of the body kick.
It seemed like Dickinson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nofud throws the left hand but Dickinson avoids the punch easily.
Dickinson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nofud thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dickinson. Nofud does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nofud misses with a lunging right hand
letting Dickinson counter with a right hand.
Nofud tries to clinch there but Dickinson circles away.
Dickinson throws out a counter right but Nofud avoids it with no problem.
Dickinson slips a jab from Nofud.
Dickinson throws out a counter right but Nofud avoids it with no problem.
Dickinson slips a jab and a cross from Nofud.
Dickinson throws out a counter right but Nofud avoids it with no problem.
Aingot Nofud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dickinson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dickinson scores with a hook to the body. Nofud takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
An inside leg kick lands from Nofud.
Dickinson is looking to clinch.
Nofud wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nofud scores with a jab to the head.
Nofud looks to land a right hand but Dickinson moved out of range.
Dickinson throws out a counter right but Nofud avoids it with no problem.
Dickinson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dickinson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dickinson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dickinson dodges the punch combination from Nofud.
Dickinson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nofud fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dickinson, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nofud working aggressively here.
Dickinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dickinson.
Nofud tries to throw a body punch but Dickinson avoids it by throwing Nofud back against the cage.
Nofud misses with a body punch.
Aingot Nofud has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nofud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nofud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dickinson misses with the head strike.
Nofud blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dickinson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nofud backwards.
Nofud tries to work over Dickinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nofud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dickinson.
Nofud misses with a body punch.
Dickinson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Dickinson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Nofud.
Dickinson tries a body shot but Nofud blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sean Dickinson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sean Dickinson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Nofud scores with a nice head shot.
Nofud comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nofud throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A combination from Dickinson does no damage.
Nofud clinches up with Dickinson and pushes him back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Nofud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dickinson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nofud gets through Dickinson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dickinson working aggressively here.
Nofud scores with a hook to the body.
Dickinson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nofud misses with some punches.
Nofud gets through Dickinson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickinson misses with some punches.
Nofud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nofud prevents a body shot from Dickinson.
Nofud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dickinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nofud trying to control the position but instead, Dickinson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nofud into the cage.
Dickinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nofud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Nofud.
Dickinson working aggressively here.
Dickinson has a couple of punches blocked by Nofud.
Nofud looking to stall.
Dickinson pushes Nofud back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Dickinson.
Nofud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dickinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nofud takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Nofud.
Nofud scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nofud darts in and clinches Dickinson up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dickinson prevents a body shot from Nofud.
Dickinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Nofud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nofud blocking some punches.
Nofud lands a body shot.
Dickinson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nofud tries to stall but Dickinson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dickinson takes a shot to the head.
Nofud is pushing Dickinson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dickinson dodges an elbow strike from Nofud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nofud prevents Dickinson from breaking the clinch.
Dickinson prevents a body shot from Nofud.
Nofud is trying to maintain a safe position but Dickinson gets an underhook and turns Nofud into the cage.
Dickinson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dickinson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nofud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dickinson working aggressively here.
Dickinson misses with some punches.
Nofud pushes Dickinson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dickinson.
Nofud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dickinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nofud lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dickinson blocks an elbow strike.
Nofud throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nofud misses with a punch to the body.
Nofud lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nofud throws a punch but it's blocked by Dickinson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dickinson breaks the clinch.
Nofud walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dickinson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nofud lands a lovely overhand right.
Nofud lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nofud rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dickinson counters with a stiff right hand.
Nofud circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Nofud wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nofud takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nofud missing with a left hand there. Dickinson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aingot Nofud showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nofud 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aingot Nofud!
Aingot Nofud tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
Sean Dickinson spoke after the fight, saying 'Great win for my opponent, hes a beast! I look forward to training hard and getting that rematch soon!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 2562 p4p, 3241 weight class) and Primo Volto (ranked 370 p4p, 450 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Howlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Primo Volto!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Howlett.
Howlett clinches with his opponent.
I was talking to Howlett's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Howlett is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howlett pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Volto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Volto working hard to break the clinch.
Howlett keeps control of Volto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Howlett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Volto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Volto letting Howlett take a breather here.
Volto has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Howlett avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Volto being controlled against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Volto 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.
Volto being controlled against the cage.
Howlett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Volto is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howlett's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Volto breaks from the clinch.
Howlett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Volto feints the counter takedown.
Volto scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volto throws a lazy right hand but Howlett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Volto misses with the combination.
Howlett fakes the leg kick and cracks Volto in the body.
Volto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Volto there.
Howlett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Volto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Howlett in his tracks.
Howlett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Volto is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nice body kick from Howlett.
Howlett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Volto circles away quickly and effectively.
Howlett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howlett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Volto is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Volto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Howlett drives through and clinches with Volto against the cage.
Volto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Volto tries to pull guard but Howlett won't allow it.
Volto is trying to break free.
Volto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Howlett scores a nice knee to the body.
Howlett connects with a knee to the head.
Volto drops down looking for an ankle pick but Howlett pulls his leg out and moves away.
James Howlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Primo Volto.
Howlett closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Howlett misses with a leg kick
and Volto counters with a shoot takedown. Howlett fights it but they end up in guard.
Volto has gone for a leg lock! Howlett slips out almost immediately though and dives into Volto's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Howlett's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Volto is looking to cinch up a triangle. Howlett throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Volto's body to avoid the submission. Volto has instead reached around Howlett's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Volto arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Primo Volto!
A very excited looking Primo Volto 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Baruto Tonissaar (ranked 1720 p4p, 1040 weight class) and Shamus Murphy (ranked 218 p4p, 139 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Baruto Tonissaar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shamus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonissaar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy misses with a hook to the body
and Tonissaar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tonissaar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tonissaar with a nice cross.
Tonissaar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tonissaar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tonissaar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tonissaar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murphy checks a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Murphy.
Tonissaar throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy throws the left hand but Tonissaar avoids the punch easily.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot.
Shamus Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tonissaar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tonissaar rather than just go for the knockout.
Tonissaar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murphy if he has to take too many more of those.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Tonissaar moves out of range.
Tonissaar seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but Murphy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tonissaar throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Tonissaar's head but Tonissaar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonissaar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tonissaar misses with a wild body shot.
Tonissaar takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy checks a low kick from Tonissaar.
Murphy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tonissaar throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy tries a quick counter leg kick but Tonissaar is wise to it.
Murphy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tonissaar eats them both and turns towards Murphy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Tonissaar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tonissaar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tonissaar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murphy finds it's way round the side to connect with Tonissaar's head.
Tonissaar lands with a hook. Murphy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tonissaar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tonissaar ducks right into an uppercut from Murphy.
Tonissaar looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy misses with a left hand
and Tonissaar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murphy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tonissaar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tonissaar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tonissaar.
Tonissaar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tonissaar.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tonissaar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murphy takes a swing at Tonissaar's ribcage but misses.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Tonissaar moves away and avoids it.
Murphy throws a leg kick which misses Tonissaar's front leg but catches the back leg as Tonissaar tries to avoid it.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tonissaar. Tonissaar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tonissaar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
and Tonissaar counters with a leg kick.
Murphy lands a jab.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tonissaar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Tonissaar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a good low kick that Murphy was not able to check.
Tonissaar drops his hands momentarily and Murphy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tonissaar avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Murphy misses with a combination
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tonissaar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Tonissaar.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Tonissaar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.
Tonissaar moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Tonissaar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murphy just manages to avoid it.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Tonissaar misses its target.
Good work by Tonissaar as he checks the leg kick.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Tonissaar is out of range.
Tonissaar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tonissaar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murphy throws a body punch but Tonissaar moves out of range.
Tonissaar ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Tonissaar is just out of range.
Murphy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tonissaar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murphy wants to land a leg kick but Tonissaar is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shamus Murphy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Tonissaar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murphy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A cross from Tonissaar lands.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy throws the kick towards the body but Tonissaar avoids it.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murphy works Tonissaar's body with a nice hook.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tonissaar missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar digs a good hook to Murphy's body.
Murphy motions for Tonissaar to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tonissaar explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy misses with a left hand
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
A lazy body kick from Murphy
and Tonissaar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tonissaar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tonissaar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Good shot there by Murphy.
Tonissaar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy swings for the body but Tonissaar moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Tonissaar moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Tonissaar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murphy.
Tonissaar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Murphy cracks Tonissaar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tonissaar dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses the jab.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Tonissaar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tonissaar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tonissaar thumps Murphy with a low kick.
Murphy misses with a right hand
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tonissaar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
Murphy throws a looping overhand right but Tonissaar ducks down to avoid it.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Tonissaar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tonissaar was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
Tonissaar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tonissaar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy defending well as Tonissaar loads up on a big left hand.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Tonissaar is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Tonissaar's body.
Nice straight punches there by Murphy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murphy.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonissaar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tonissaar thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Tonissaar tries to move into range but Murphy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tonissaar misses with a hook to the body
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Tonissaar checks it
and Tonissaar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tonissaar.
Murphy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tonissaar keeps Murphy at a distance using the push kick.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Tonissaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Tonissaar misses its intended target.
Nice cross by Murphy.
Murphy tries to bum rush Tonissaar with a series of wild strikes but Tonissaar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Murphy is able to avoid easily.
Murphy scores with a one two! Tonissaar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Murphy jabs Tonissaar right on the nose. Tonissaar blinks but takes it well.
Tonissaar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murphy. Murphy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Tonissaar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Tonissaar misses.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Tonissaar's body. Tonissaar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murphy, as that shot connected.
Tonissaar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tonissaar's head.
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Tonissaar moves away and avoids it.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Tonissaar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy throws a jab when Tonissaar was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Shamus Murphy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Tonissaar throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tonissaar moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tonissaar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick.
Tonissaar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tonissaar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy moves away from the strike by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Shamus Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murphy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Murphy swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murphy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Tonissaar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That kick from Tonissaar tenderised Murphy's leg. Murphy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murphy throws a jab when Tonissaar was well out of range.
Murphy throws a body kick that misses
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice leg kick from Tonissaar, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Tonissaar avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Tonissaar misses the target.
Tonissaar looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy jabs Tonissaar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tonissaar dips to his left and cracks Murphy with an uppercut!
Murphy misses with a leg kick
and Tonissaar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murphy's knee momentarily.
Tonissaar thows a body kick. Murphy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Murphy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tonissaar counters with a left to the body.
Murphy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tonissaar throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
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!
Tonissaar lands with a good body shot.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar misses with a head kick.
Tonissaar misses the shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tonissaar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Murphy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murphy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murphy connects with a leg kick.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Tonissaar misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
A good leg kick by Murphy.
Tonissaar misses with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murphy swings for the body but Tonissaar moves out of range.
Tonissaar went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tonissaar moves away.
Tonissaar misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick from Tonissaar, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baruto Tonissaar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonissaar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
A left lands for Murphy.
Murphy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tonissaar was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tonissaar. Tonissaar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tonissaar.
Murphy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tonissaar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shamus Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tonissaar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tonissaar was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tonissaar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tonissaar lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tonissaar is able to avoid easily.
Murphy scores with a hook.
Murphy misses with a body shot
and Tonissaar counters with a left and a right that stings Murphy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
Murphy lands a jab to Tonissaar's midsection.
Tonissaar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Nice shot lands for Murphy.
Tonissaar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tonissaar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Tonissaar lands a nice shot that snaps Murphy's head back.
Tonissaar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murphy slips a jab from Tonissaar.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
A quick step to the side and Tonissaar tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tonissaar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tonissaar steps in with a hook that catches Murphy right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Tonissaar follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Murphy looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baruto Tonissaar!
Baruto Tonissaar managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Altitude Clothing, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 392 p4p, 945 weight class) and Roberto Soldic (ranked 52 p4p, 116 weight class). Soldic has chosen Come With Me as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roberto Soldic!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Sosa.
Soldic 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.
Sosa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marcello Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soldic scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sosa works Soldic's body with a nice hook.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soldic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick from Soldic.
Sosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Soldic scores with a head kick. Sosa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa wants to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sosa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sosa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sosa slips a jab from Soldic.
Sosa lands a glancing blow to the side of Soldic's head.
Sosa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sosa thinking.
Sosa throws a hook but Soldic avoids it easily.
Soldic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sosa throws a series of punches but Soldic avoids them all with ease.
Sosa throws a hook but Soldic avoids it easily.
Soldic clobbers Sosa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soldic works the jab nicely.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soldic.
Sosa darts in and clinches Soldic up against the cage.
Soldic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sosa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Sosa on the inside.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Soldic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sosa lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Soldic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Soldic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sosa misses with a hook. Soldic ducked under it nicely.
Soldic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sosa misses with a looping left.
Sosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soldic.
Soldic throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Soldic throws a hook but Sosa avoids it easily.
Soldic is looking to land body kicks.
Soldic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sosa ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Soldic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soldic throws a body shot but no joy.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Soldic throws out a counter right but Sosa avoids it with no problem.
Sosa lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed right hand from Soldic misses the target.
Sosa connects with a right hand. Soldic shakes it off.
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Soldic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Soldic doesn't seem bothered though.
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sosa with a hook.
Sosa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Soldic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Soldic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sosa.
Sosa throws a jab when Soldic was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.
Soldic misses with a looping left.
Soldic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sosa moves in looking to clinch but Soldic pushes him off.
Soldic lands with a hook. Sosa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa moves away from the strike by Soldic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Sosa misses.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Soldic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soldic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sosa.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
A jab from Soldic misses.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soldic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab lands there for Sosa.
Soldic misses with a body shot.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Sosa scores with a nice strike.
Sosa instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soldic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sosa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sosa lands the left hand.
Soldic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcello Sosa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Soldic throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Soldic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Soldic lands a nice shot that snaps Sosa's head back.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Soldic, as that shot connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Soldic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marcello Sosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Sosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sosa throws a right hand that misses
letting Soldic counter with a right hand.
Sosa closes the distance and clinches.
Soldic wants to break free but Sosa has control.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
Soldic is trying to push Sosa away but Sosa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soldic lands a glancing blow to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa throws the left hand but Soldic avoids the punch easily.
Soldic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sosa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Soldic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Soldic misses with a hook
and Soldic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sosa tries to clinch up.
Soldic just misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sosa drives through and clinches with Soldic against the cage.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Soldic avoids the damage to the body.
Soldic breaks the clinch.
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Soldic misses with a leg kick.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Soldic misses.
Soldic connects with a single shot there.
Soldic just misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic misses with an uppercut.
Sosa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sosa throws a lazy uppercut
and Soldic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sosa misses with a body shot
and Sosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sosa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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!
Sosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soldic.
Soldic misses with a series of wild punches.
Sosa defending well as Soldic loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa scores with a shot to the body.
Soldic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sosa throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Soldic! But no joy.
Sosa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Soldic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sosa throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A left lands for Soldic.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sosa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Soldic lands a leg kick that knocks Sosa off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soldic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soldic moves away.
Sosa misses with a looping right.
Soldic walks into a jab.
Sosa misses with an uppercut. Soldic saw that one coming.
Sosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sosa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sosa checks the leg kick nicely there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
Sosa has Soldic pressed against the cage, preventing Soldic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa looks to land a right hand but Soldic moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic lands a body shot.
Sosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soldic.
Sosa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sosa misses with a hook. Soldic ducked under it nicely.
Sosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soldic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sosa cracks Soldic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Soldic misses.
Soldic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sosa finds it's way round the side to connect with Soldic's head.
Nice shot lands for Sosa.
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good shot there by Sosa.
Sosa avoids the head kick by Soldic.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sosa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Soldic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Roberto Soldic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sosa lands the left hand.
Soldic tries to score with a low kick but Sosa moves his leg out of the way.
Soldic throws a big shot that misses.
Sosa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Soldic.
Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Soldic in a clinch.
Sosa scores with a shoulder strike.
Soldic is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.
Soldic is looking to break free of the clinch but Sosa has double underhooks.
Soldic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sosa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soldic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Soldic pushes Sosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sosa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Soldic fails to land.
Sosa misses with a body punch.
Soldic wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Sosa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soldic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Soldic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic slips under a jab from Sosa.
Sosa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jab by Sosa.
Sosa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Soldic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Soldic finds it's way through Sosa's defenses.
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic counters with a good low kick that Sosa was not able to check.
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Soldic.
Soldic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Soldic misses with a right hand
and Soldic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Soldic in a clinch.
Sosa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Soldic avoids the damage to the body.
Soldic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sosa scores with a jab. Soldic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Soldic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soldic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sosa moves away.
Sosa misses the jab.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Soldic tries a quick counter leg kick but Sosa is wise to it.
Sosa clinches.
Marcello Sosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soldic's efforts to push away.
Sosa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sosa trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soldic.
Soldic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sosa has Soldic pressed against the cage, preventing Soldic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa works on Soldic's body with a couple of short punches.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sosa lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soldics head.
Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Soldic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Soldic misses with a wild body shot.
Sosa tries to clinch there but Soldic circles away.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa throws a lazy uppercut
and Soldic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sosa digs a good hook to Soldic's body.
Soldic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soldic tries to land a front kick but Sosa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soldic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
A little jabbing left from Soldic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soldic drops his hands momentarily and Sosa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic counters with a straight right hand.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soldic lands a lovely overhand right.
Sosa swings widly with a right hand
and Soldic counters with an outside leg kick.
Soldic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soldic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sosa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Soldic's head backwards.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Soldic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Soldic misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soldic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sosa.
Soldic slips a jab from Sosa.
Sosa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Soldic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcello Sosa clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Soldic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Soldic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sosa throws out the jab.
A big right from Sosa misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Soldic misses the target.
Soldic scores with a jab. Sosa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sosa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sosa instigates a clinch.
Soldic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa tries to clinch there but Soldic circles away.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa slips a jab from Soldic.
An attempted straight right counter from Sosa misses the target.
Sosa fails to land with a series of punches.
Soldic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSoldic.
Sosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Soldic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soldic throws out a counter right but Sosa avoids it with no problem.
Soldic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soldic scores with a jab to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Soldic. Those never looked like landing.
Sosa slips a straight right by Soldic.
Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Soldic in a clinch.
Sosa blocks an uppercut.
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Soldic controls the action.
Sosa scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Roberto Soldic has been cut.
Soldic avoiding damage as Sosa throws knees to the body.
Sosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sosa blocks a body shot from Soldic.
Soldic wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Sosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Soldic or not.
Sosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sosa lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa gets through Soldic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sosa missing with knees to the body.
Soldic throws a head punch that misses.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Soldic managing to block the knees to the body from Sosa.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sosa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sosa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Soldic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sosa throws a poor cross that misses
and Soldic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sosa wants to clinch up but Soldic keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic moves away from the strike by Sosa.
Sosa lands with a shot to the body.
Sosa jabs at Soldic's body.
Soldic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sosa.
Soldic connects with an inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Sosa misses its intended target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Soldic.
Soldic slips under a jab.
Soldic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Soldic is out of range.
Sosa throws a body punch but Soldic moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Soldic's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Soldic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Soldic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Soldic slips a straight right by Sosa.
Soldic just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa moves to clinch but Soldic breaks away
and Soldic counters with a stiff right hand.
Soldic cracks Sosa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soldic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sosa moves away.
Sosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Soldic misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Soldic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sosa moves into the clinch.
Sosa keeps control of Soldic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sosa prevents a body shot from Soldic.
Sosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Soldic has had enough of the clinch but Sosa keeps him there for the moment.
Sosa lands a body punch.
Sosa tries to work over Soldic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Sosa connects with a knee to the head.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Sosa lands a knee to the body.
Soldic is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Soldic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcello Sosa had his way with Roberto Soldic in that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Soldic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A bone on bone clash there as Sosa blocks the leg kick.
Soldic misses with an uppercut
enabling Sosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Sosa defending well as Soldic loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa throws a shot to the body.
Sosa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Soldic looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Sosa lands a nice looking body shot.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soldic moves away.
Sosa takes a swing at Soldic's ribcage but misses.
Jab from Soldic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
Sosa closes the distance and clinches.
Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soldic.
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Soldic does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sosa misses with a hook. Soldic ducked under it nicely.
Sosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Soldic on the side of the head.
Soldic walks into a straight right hand from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a decent looking hook.
Soldic misses the jab.
Sosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Soldic jabs Sosa right on the nose. Sosa blinks but takes it well.
Sosa misses with a hook
and Soldic counters with an outside leg kick.
Soldic misses with a straight right.
Sosa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Soldic's head backwards.
Soldic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
A punch lands to the side of Soldic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Soldic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sosa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Soldic has time to react.
Sosa moves away from the strike by Soldic.
Soldic throws a jab when Sosa was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa tries to clinch up but Soldic circles away and keeps his distance.
Soldic tries to bum rush Sosa with a series of wild strikes but Sosa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Soldic misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Soldic.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Soldic throws a lazy uppercut
and Sosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Soldic scores with a nice right hand.
Sosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sosa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soldic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Roberto Soldic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sosa moves out of range as Soldic strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Soldic is out of range.
Soldic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
Sosa throws the left hand but Soldic avoids the punch easily.
Sosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soldic can do to turn this around?
Sosa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Sosa cracks a nice hook into Soldic's ribs.
Sosa forces Soldic back against the cage and clinches.
Soldic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soldic looks to land a left hand but Sosa moved out of range nicely.
Sosa closes the distance and pushes Soldic back into the cage.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Sosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Soldic wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Soldic tries to break the clinch but Sosa is controlling the position.
Soldic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldic controls his hands.
Sosa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soldic is trying to break free.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Sosa has Soldic pressed against the cage, preventing Soldic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soldic managing to block the knees to the body from Sosa.
Sosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Sosa.
Sosa tries to work over Soldic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Sosa.
Sosa blocks an uppercut.
Soldic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sosa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soldic backwards.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Soldic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa misses with a body punch.
Soldic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcello Sosa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sosa 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 49:46
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcello Sosa!
Marcello Sosa retains his featherweight title!
Marcello Sosa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mankar Camoran (ranked 963 p4p, 370 weight class) and Demir Kocak (ranked 115 p4p, 46 weight class). Camoran's entrance music is Imposter. A fine choice. Demir Kocak 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mankar Camoran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Demir Kocak!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camoran misses the jab.
Kocak blocks a jab.
Kocak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Camoran cracks Kocak with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mankar Camoran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Camoran comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Camoran is looking to clinch.
Camoran looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocak is just out of range.
Kocak connects with a body shot that sends Camoran's belly button to the back.
Kocak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kocak misses with a straight right.
Camoran wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kocak. Camoran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Camoran misses with a body shot.
Camoran throws a body shot but no joy.
Camoran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kocak in his tracks.
Camoran throws a body punch but Kocak moves out of range.
Kocak looks to throw the jab but Camoran is out of range.
Camoran is looking to wear down Kocak with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kocak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camoran.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocak lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kocak throws a jab but it's blocked by Camoran.
Camoran looks to land a left hand but Kocak moved out of range nicely.
Kocak swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Camoran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kocak keeps the fight on the outside.
Kocak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kocak swats away the attempt to clinch by Camoran.
Kocak swings for the body but Camoran moves out of range.
Kocak takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kocak misses the shot to the body.
Camoran is looking to counter the offense by Kocak and move into the clinch.
Camoran misses with an uppercut. Kocak saw that one coming.
Camoran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kocak moves out of range as Camoran strikes.
Camoran with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kocak to score with a decent uppercut.
Kocak looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camoran.
Kocak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Camoran.
Camoran throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Camoran throws a body punch but Kocak moves out of range.
Camoran lands a head shot.
Kocak fails to land with a series of punches.
Camoran rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kocak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Camoran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kocak manages to avoid it.
Camoran looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Camoran scores with a shot to the body.
Camoran misses with a body shot.
Camoran wants to clinch.
Camoran misses with a body shot.
Camoran wants to clinch up but Kocak keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camoran is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kocak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Camoran.
Kocak lands with a thumping leg kick.
Camoran takes a swing at Kocak's ribcage but misses.
Camoran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kocak.
Camoran throws a lazy right hand but Kocak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Camoran takes a swing at Kocak's ribcage but misses.
Camoran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Camoran throws a body punch but Kocak moves out of range.
Camoran tries to clinch but Kocak moves out of range.
Kocak looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice defenses there by Kocak.
Camoran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Camoran throws a body shot but no joy.
Camoran swings for the body but Kocak moves out of range.
Kocak doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kocak on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camoran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Camoran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kocak throws out the jab.
Camoran swings widly with a right hand
enabling Kocak to counter with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Camoran. Those never looked like landing.
Kocak looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camoran has managed to clinch.
Kocak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kocak is trying to force a seperation but Camoran has the dominant position.
Kocak breaks the clinch.
Kocak throws a body punch but Camoran moves out of range.
Camoran misses with a body punch
and Kocak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Camoran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kocak.
Camoran works Kocak's body with a nice hook.
Kocak throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kocak throws a big shot that misses.
Camoran throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocak tests Camoran's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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 Mankar Camoran will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Camoran swings for the body but Kocak moves out of range.
Kocak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Camoran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kocak lands with a good body shot.
Camoran misses with a hook.
Kocak throws a jab when Camoran was well out of range.
Camoran tries to counter by clinching up but Kocak breaks away and moves out of range.
Kocak cracks a nice hook into Camoran's ribs.
Camoran lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Camoran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kocak misses with a looping right.
Kocak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Camoran moves away.
Camoran closes the distance and clinches.
Kocak throws a punch but it's blocked by Camoran.
Nice body punch from Camoran.
Kocak breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kocak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Camoran manages to avoid it.
Camoran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camoran misses with a wild combination.
Camoran misses with a straight right.
Kocak lands a nice looking body shot.
Kocak throws a hook to the side of Camoran's head but Camoran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kocak throws a sloppy head kick and Camoran moves out of range easily.
Camoran ducks under a wild hook from Kocak.
Nice shot by Camoran.
Camoran throws a looping overhand right but Kocak ducks down to avoid it.
Camoran throws a right hand that misses
and Kocak counters with a straight right hand.
Camoran moves away from the strike by Kocak.
Camoran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kocak lands a head shot.
Camoran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kocak.
Kocak throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As Kocak tries to get set, Camoran tries to push him back and clinch up but Kocak manages to avoid the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camoran punishes Kocak's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kocak takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Camoran looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocak is just out of range.
Kocak cracks Camoran with an open hand slap.
Camoran wants to clinch.
Kocak misses with a hook.
Camoran just misses with a punch to the body.
Kocak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Camoran.
Demir Kocak seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kocak takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kocak misses with a head kick.
Camoran misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocak swings for the body but Camoran moves out of range.
As Kocak tries to get set, Camoran tries to push him back and clinch up but Kocak manages to avoid the attempt.
Camoran drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Camoran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kocak circles away quickly and effectively.
Kocak keeps the fight on the outside.
Kocak throws a jab when Camoran was well out of range.
Camoran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kocak.
Camoran misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kocak counters with a left to the body.
Kocak throws a solid leg kick but Camoran takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kocak.
Camoran on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Camoran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kocak moves away.
Kocak misses with a looping left.
Camoran wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Camoran looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocak is just out of range.
Camoran misses the body punch
and Camoran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Camoran - just one landing.
Camoran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kocak.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Camoran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Camoran just misses with a punch to the body.
Camoran throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kocak counters with a one-two to the body.
Kocak misses with a wild body shot.
Camoran just misses with a punch to the body.
Kocak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kocak feints a jab promting Camoran to slip. Kocak then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Camoran slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Camoran closes the distance and pushes Kocak back into the cage.
Camoran lands a body shot.
Kocak breaks from the clinch.
Camoran tries to clinch but Kocak is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demir Kocak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Camoran listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Camoran.
Camoran has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Camoran there as he acknowledges the shot.
Camoran misses with a body punch
and Kocak counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camoran tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kocak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kocak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Camoran throws a body punch but Kocak moves out of range.
Nice cross by Kocak.
Camoran gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kocak misses with a punch on the inside.
Kocak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Camoran checks a leg kick.
As Kocak tries to get set, Camoran tries to push him back and clinch up but Kocak manages to avoid the attempt.
A shot to the body from Camoran misses
and Kocak counters with a stiff right hand.
Camoran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kocak.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camoran lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camoran misses with a body shot.
Camoran scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Kocak finds it's way through Camoran's defenses.
Camoran throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Kocak on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Camoran looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocak is just out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Camoran as he connects with a hook.
Kocak misses with a straight left.
Camoran misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Kocak on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Good shot there by Camoran.
A jab from Camoran misses.
Camoran misses with a wild body shot.
Kocak moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice body punch from Kocak.
Camoran just misses with a punch to the body.
Kocak takes a swing at Camoran's ribcage but misses.
Camoran tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kocak manages to circle out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocak just misses with a punch to the body.
Camoran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kocak throws out the jab.
Camoran misses with a body shot
and Kocak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
 It looks like Mankar Camoran has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camoran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kocak.
Camoran misses with a jab, cross combination.
Camoran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kocak manages to avoid it.
Kocak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kocak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camoran.
Camoran throws a combination that misses
enabling Kocak to counter with a crisp jab.
Kocak throws a looping overhand right but Camoran ducks down to avoid it.
Camoran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Camoran takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab lands there for Kocak.
Camoran takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camoran misses with a shot to the body
and Kocak counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Camoran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kocak.
Kocak throws a hook but Camoran blocks it.
Camoran throws a body punch but Kocak moves out of range.
Camoran misses with a double jab
and Kocak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kocak drops his hands momentarily and Camoran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Camoran sizes up Kocak with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kocak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kocak scores with a hook.
Kocak avoids the body shot from Camoran.
Camoran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kocak.
Camoran tries to clinch but Kocak is having none of it.
Camoran doesn't manage to clinch there - Kocak circles away.
Kocak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camoran misses with a double jab.
Kocak appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Camoran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kocak counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kocak lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camoran. Kocak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kocak throws a jab but it's blocked by Camoran.
Kocak cracks a nice hook into Camoran's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Camoran misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camoran. Kocak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kocak misses with a wild body shot.
Camoran throws a right and a left that both miss.
Camoran swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kocak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Camoran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Camoran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Kocak tries to get set, Camoran tries to push him back and clinch up but Kocak manages to avoid the attempt.
Kocak slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Demir Kocak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kocak 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demir Kocak!
A victorious Demir Kocak thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Motts (ranked 550 p4p, 971 weight class) and Don Piano (ranked 75 p4p, 116 weight class). Piano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: AC/DC - Night Prowler. Gregory Motts 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gregory Motts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Piano!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Motts throws a hook but Piano avoids it easily.
Piano 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.
Sloppy strikes from Piano. Those never looked like landing.
Motts slips under a jab.
Don Piano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Motts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Piano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A quick step to the side and Motts tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piano tries to land a body kick
and Motts counters with a right hand to the body.
Motts misses with a straight left.
Piano gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Motts counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Piano thinking.
Motts lands a head shot.
Motts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Piano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Piano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Motts misses the jab.
Piano bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Motts.
Motts has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Piano.
Piano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Piano cracks Motts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Piano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Piano cracks Motts with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Motts.
Motts takes a swing at Piano's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Piano! But no joy.
Piano throws the left hand but Motts avoids the punch easily.
Piano looks to score with a jab to the body but Motts is just out of range.
As Piano tries to get set, Motts tries to push him back and clinch up but Piano manages to avoid the attempt.
Piano lets loose with a powerful body kick. Motts will feel that in the morning.
Motts takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Piano scores with a nice right hand.
Motts jabs at Piano's body.
Motts scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Piano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Piano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Motts counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Motts throws a body punch but Piano moves out of range.
Piano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Motts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Motts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Piano was well out of range. Poor timing from Motts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Motts sends Piano crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Motts is motioning to the referee to let Piano up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
 Piano is rocked!
Piano glances at the clock... BAM! Motts nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Piano crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Piano is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gregory Motts!
A victorious Gregory Motts thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Don Piano spoke after the fight, saying 'Oh long John
Why I eyes ya? '.
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