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GAMMA#907 Daughtrey v Weight PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tree Fortay (ranked 1214 p4p, 1431 weight class) and Muuka Laine (ranked 132 p4p, 152 weight class). Fortay comes into the arena with The Choice Is Yours blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tree Fortay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Muuka Laine!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortay with a nice calf kick.
Fortay tries to score with a low kick but Laine moves his leg out of the way.
Fortay lands a nice shot that snaps Laine's head back.
Fortay has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fortay there as he acknowledges the shot.
Laine defending well as Fortay loads up on a big left hand.
Fortay throws the left hand but Laine avoids the punch easily.
Laine throws out a counter right but Fortay avoids it with no problem.
Fortay wants to land a leg kick but Laine is out of range.
Fortay clinches with his opponent.
Fortay misses with a knee strike.
Fortay throws a head punch that misses.
Fortay lands a right hand.
A short right from Fortay.
Laine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Laine throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortay tries to land a knee to the head but Laine blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Fortay.
Fortay tries a knee to the head but Laine blocks it.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fortay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fortay's elbow.
Laine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fortay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fortay lands a nice uppercut.
Fortay lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laine misses with a wild body shot.
Fortay lands with a right hand.
Fortay misses with a body shot.
Fortay misses with a straight right.
Laine counters with a body kick.
Fortay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fortay scores with a decent looking hook.
Fortay scores with a punch to the head.
Fortay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Laine tries to land a front kick but Fortay steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fortay's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Laine connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fortay scrambles back to his feet.
Laine just misses with a punch to the body.
Laine throws a head kick that misses.
Fortay swings widly with a right hand
and Laine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fortay on the side of the head.
Fortay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laine.
Laine throws out a counter right but Fortay avoids it with no problem.
Nice shot by Fortay.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fortay 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 Laine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Laine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay throws a series of strikes that have Laine backpedaling.
Fortay fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laine with the inside leg kick.
Laine slips under a jab from Fortay.
Fortay slips under a jab.
Laine throws the left hand but Fortay avoids the punch easily.
Fortay gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fortay avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice shot lands for Fortay.
Fortay ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fortay throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fortay moves forwards but Laine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Laine throws a series of punches but Fortay avoids them all with ease.
Fortay tries to score with a low kick but Laine moves his leg out of the way.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Fortay.
Fortay throws a right hand that misses
and Laine counters with a right hand to the body.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Fortay.
Fortay digs a good hook to Laine's body.
Fortay missing with a left hand there. Laine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fortay checks a leg kick.
Laine ducks right into an uppercut from Fortay.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
Fortay half committed to a counter leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Laine blocks the leg kick.
Fortay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And Laine responds with a good body kick, but Fortay manages to step out the way in time.
A head kick misses from Fortay.
A head kick misses from Laine.
Fortay looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
That kick from Fortay tenderised Laine's leg. Laine is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fortay thumps Laine with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Fortay. Beautiful body shot.
Good work by Fortay as he checks the leg kick.
Fortay swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fortay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Fortay throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fortay thumps Laine with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laine.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortay lands with a straight right. Laine didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine moves out of range as Fortay strikes.
Fortay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fortay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.
Fortay moves into the clinch.
Laine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fortay has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fortay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laine misses with the head strike.
Laine tries to land knees in the clinch but Fortay avoids the damage to the body.
Fortay misses with the head strike.
Laine tries a body shot but Fortay blocks it.
Fortay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fortay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fortay lands with a short shot to the head.
Laine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laine blocks it with crossed arms.
Laine misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Laine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tree Fortay dominated that round.
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.
Fortay tries to work over Laine's front leg with a kick but Laine checks it.
Laine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fortay moves away from the strike by Laine.
Tree Fortay is winning the standup battle so far.
Fortay wants to clinch up but Laine keeps it at a distance.
Laine is looking to chop away at Fortay's legs.
Fortay seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fortay lands an overhand right.
Laine misses with an uppercut. Fortay saw that one coming.
Fortay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortay.
Laine slips under a jab from Fortay.
Fortay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fortay with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laine moves away from the strike by Fortay.
Fortay moves into the clinch.
Fortay swings wildly with an uppercut but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fortay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laine can do to turn this around?
Fortay misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine presses Fortay against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Laine.
Fortay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laine blocks a low kick nicely.
Laine checks a low kick from Fortay.
Laine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fortay checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fortay connects with a good right hand that stumbles Laine. Laine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fortay moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laine throws a hook but Fortay avoids it easily.
Fortay has managed to clinch.
Fortay tries to land knees in the clinch but Laine avoids the damage to the body.
Fortay working aggressively here.
Laine blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Fortay.
Laine misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fortay looking to throw knees to the head but Laine is blocking nicely.
Laine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with some punches.
Fortay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortay working aggressively here.
Fortay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fortay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fortay's elbow.
Fortay misses with the head strike.
Laine working aggressively here.
Laine lands a shoulder strike.
Laine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Laine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fortay avoids it.
Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fortay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laine slips a straight right by Fortay.
Laine follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Fortay bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Laine's head backwards.
Laine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fortay throws a right hand that misses
and Fortay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fortay throws a leg kick that misses.
Laine lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortay throws a low kick but Laine avoids it.
Fortay slips a straight right by Laine.
Fortay thows a leg kick but Laine checks it
and Laine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Laine.
Fortay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laine circles away quickly and effectively.
Fortay throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
Laine throws the left hand but Fortay avoids the punch easily.
Fortay forces Laine back against the cage and clinches.
Tree Fortay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fortay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortay managing to block the knees to the body from Laine.
Fortay looking to throw knees to the head but Laine is blocking nicely.
Fortay has a couple of punches blocked by Laine.
Laine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fortay throws a punch but it's blocked by Laine.
Fortay doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laine tries to work over Fortay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laine lands an uppercut.
Laine is leaning against Fortay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fortay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fortay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laine lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Fortay fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Laine.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laine misses with a knee to the head.
Laine lands with a left to the head.
Fortay misses with the head strike.
Laine lands a nice shot to the body.
Fortay blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Laine.
Fortay takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fortay fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laine struggles to land a body shot inside as Fortay controls his hands.
Fortay misses with a knee to the head.
Laine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
 It looks like Tree Fortay has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortay tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fortay on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fortay misses with some punches.
Fortay misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tree Fortay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tree Fortay's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Fortay throws a lazy right hand but Laine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A leg kick checked by Laine.
Fortay tries to clinch up but Laine circles away and keeps his distance.
Fortay misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Laine throws a leg kick but Fortay moved away.
Fortay lunges at Laine with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Laine's hand.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fortay.
Laine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fortay darts in trying to clinch
and Laine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Laine lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine moves out of range as Fortay strikes.
Laine has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Laine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fortay throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Fortay wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fortay.
Fortay misses the shot to the body.
Fortay rushes Laine and presses him up against the cage.
Laine tries to work over Fortay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fortay managing to block the knees to the body from Laine.
Fortay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fortay has Laine pressed against the cage, preventing Laine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Laine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Fortay.
Laine scores with a shot to the side of Fortay's head.
Laine misses with some punches.
Fortay blocks the elbow strike.
Laine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Fortay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laine blocks it with crossed arms.
Fortay blocks a body shot from Laine.
Fortay blocks an elbow strike from Laine.
Laine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fortay.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muuka Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortay on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fortay avoids the elbow strike from Laine, against the cage.
Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Fortay with a jab.
Laine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laine misses with a straight left.
Fortay tries to counter by clinching up but Laine breaks away and moves out of range.
Fortay chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laine can pounce on him.
Fortay is looking to clinch but Laine is avoiding it.
Fortay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Laine scores with a kick to the body.
Fortay throws a leg kick but Laine moved away.
Fortay connects with a crisp jab.
Jab from Laine.
Laine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Laine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch but Laine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fortay lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fortay walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Laine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fortay checks a leg kick nicely.
Laine throws a hook but Fortay avoids it easily.
Fortay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laine.
Laine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch but Laine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laine throws a sloppy head kick and Fortay moves out of range easily.
Fortay tries to clinch there but Laine circles away.
Laine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Laine - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fortay blocks a body shot from Laine.
Fortay misses with a punch to the body.
Fortay has a couple of punches blocked by Laine.
Still in the clinch, Fortay scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Laine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fortay's brow.
Fortay's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fortay takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fortay gets through Laine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laine looking to throw knees to the head but Fortay is blocking nicely.
Fortay dodges an elbow strike from Laine.
Fortay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laine lands with a right to the head.
Fortay lands with a light punch inside.
Fortay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
Fortay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Muuka Laine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fortay 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tree Fortay!
After winning the bout, Tree Fortay thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Line (ranked 501 p4p, 547 weight class) and Uesugi Mochinori (ranked 72 p4p, 82 weight class). Line kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is For Heavy Metal we will die!. Mochinori is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Japanese Battle Music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustav Line!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uesugi Mochinori!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Line smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mochinori throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mochinori checks a low kick from Line.
Line ducks under a wild hook from Mochinori.
Mochinori throws a series of punches but Line avoids them all with ease.
Mochinori is looking to slow Line down with leg kicks.
Mochinori takes a swing at Line's ribcage but misses.
Line is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mochinori lands with a shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Line checks a leg kick nicely.
Mochinori throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mochinori throws a shot from downtown. Line moves away and avoids it.
Line throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mochinori throws a sloppy head kick and Line moves out of range easily.
Mochinori avoids the body shot from Line.
Mochinori gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Line.
Mochinori staying out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mochinori.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mochinori.
Mochinori throws a leg kick but Line checks it.
Line uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mochinori.
Line tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Mochinori manages to circle out of the way.
Mochinori stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Line.
Line cracks a nice hook into Mochinori's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Line fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mochinori fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Line checks it well.
Line on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Line lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Line takes a kick to the side of the head.
Line is looking to clinch.
Mochinori throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mochinori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Line throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice body kick from Mochinori.
Mochinori misses with an uppercut.
Mochinori thows a leg kick but Line checks it
and Line counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mochinori throws a body kick that misses.
Mochinori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mochinori connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Line misses with a hook. Mochinori ducked under it nicely.
Mochinori just misses with a punch to the body.
Line misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Line backs off Mochinori throws a huge counter combo but Line manages to avoid it all.
Mochinori tried to score with a low kick but Line checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mochinori, as that shot connected.
Mochinori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Line moves out of range of the body kick from Mochinori.
Line is looking to counter punch.
Line lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Line uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mochinori.
Mochinori takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Line slips under a jab from Mochinori.
Line throws a leg kick but Mochinori moved away.
Mochinori tries a head kick but it misses.
Mochinori throws a nice looking combination but Line bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Line lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mochinori's sensitive parts.
A solid body kick from Mochinori.
Nice jab there from Line.
Mochinori walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Line checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mochinori connects with a body shot that sends Line's belly button to the back.
Line drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mochinori throws a leg kick but Line sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Line swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mochinori throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mochinori ducks under a wild hook from Line.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori tries to land a leg kick but Line saw it coming and moves away.
Mochinori displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Line throws out the jab.
Line throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Line takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mochinori lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mochinori throws a leg kick that misses.
Line was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mochinori lands a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Line.
Nice uppercut lands for Line. That snapped Mochinori's head back.
Mochinori tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mochinori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Line. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Line.
Line avoids the head kick by Mochinori.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Line checks a leg kick.
Line looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Line misses with a wild body shot.
Mochinori follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Line takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Line lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Line on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mochinori.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Line lands a nice shot that snaps Mochinori's head back.
Line shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mochinori with the inside leg kick.
Line connects with a nice looking jab.
Mochinori swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mochinori gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Line tries to clinch there but Mochinori circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mochinori.
Mochinori misses with a body shot.
Line takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mochinori throws a big shot that misses.
Line throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mochinori lands with an uppercut that bounces Line off the cage and back into range.
An inside leg kick lands from Line.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mochinori tries to land a front kick but Line steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fighters circling - Mochinori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Line takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mochinori takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Uesugi Mochinori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mochinori misses with an uppercut.
Line tries to counter by clinching up but Mochinori breaks away and moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Uesugi Mochinori will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mochinori misses with a low kick.
Mochinori throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mochinori lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice cross by Mochinori.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mochinori.
Line chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mochinori needs to keep his hands up - Line had a free shot at his head there.
Line throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mochinori throws a body punch but Line moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Mochinori.
Line keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Line might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Mochinori throws a head kick that misses.
Line drives through and clinches with Mochinori against the cage.
Line lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Line lands a body shot in the clinch.
Line lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
Mochinori lands an uppercut.
Mochinori's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mochinori wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mochinori breaks from the clinch.
Line cracks Mochinori with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Line drives through and clinches with Mochinori against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Line misses with a hook to the ribs.
Line misses with some punches.
Line lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mochinori breaks the clinch.
Line connects with a solid leg kick.
A shot to the body from Mochinori misses
and Line counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mochinori.
Line tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Line swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mochinori counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mochinori lands a nice leg kick that just misses Line's sensitive parts.
Mochinori swings for the body but Line moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Line 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 Mochinori has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mochinori and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Line is looking to score with low kicks.
Mochinori looks for the body kick but Line saw that one coming.
Mochinori scores with a push kick.
Mochinori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Line throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mochinori throws a jab when Line was well out of range.
Mochinori throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori lands with an overhand left.
Mochinori swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mochinori moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Line clinches with his opponent.
Line has a couple of punches blocked by Mochinori.
Line misses with a punch to the body.
Line lands a nice shot to the body.
Line lands with a light punch inside.
Mochinori blocks a body shot from Line.
Line lands an uppercut.
Line gets through Mochinori's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Line swings wildly with an uppercut but Mochinori uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Line's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mochinori blocks an uppercut.
Line lands with a right to the head.
Line misses with a hook to the ribs.
Line jumps guard.
Mochinori wants to control from the top but Line keeps moving.
Line has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mochinori can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Line manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mochinori manages to get himself to full guard.
Line pushing down on Mochinori's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Line is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mochinori is just riding it out for now. Line eventually gives up the hold.
Line tries to pass to full mount but Mochinori defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori wants to control but Line passes into side.
Line wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mochinori, who protects the arm well.
Line looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mochinori is looking to reverse the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Line dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Mochinori.
Line throws a body punch but Mochinori moves out of range.
Mochinori lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mochinori.
An inside leg kick lands from Line.
Mochinori scores with a hook.
Line steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mochinori. That one must have hurt.
Line moves out of range of the leg kick from Mochinori.
Mochinori looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mochinori throws the kick towards the body but Line avoids it.
Line throws a hook but Mochinori blocks it.
Line will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mochinori swats away the attempt to clinch by Line.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Line lands with a nice body punch.
Mochinori ducks right into an uppercut from Line.
Mochinori lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Line at a distance.
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!
Line swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mochinori lands a jab to Line's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mochinori throws a hook to the side of Line's head but Line sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mochinori throws a body shot but no joy.
Line is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mochinori looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mochinori throws a head kick but Line moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Line. Those never looked like landing.
Line stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mochinori.
Line swings for the body but Mochinori moves out of range.
Line throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Line misses with a series of wild punches.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mochinori.
Line misses with a straight right.
Mochinori throws out a counter right but Line avoids it with no problem.
Mochinori throws a hook but Line avoids it easily.
Mochinori misses with a body shot.
Line connects with a crisp jab.
Line misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mochinori.
Mochinori throws a sloppy head kick and Line moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mochinori tries to keep at a distance but Line has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mochinori breaks the clinch.
Line throws an overhand right that lands on Mochinori's shoulder, as Mochinori tries to avoid the shot.
Mochinori explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mochinori.
Mochinori throws a leg kick but Line sees it coming and moves out of range.
Line throws a right and a left that Mochinori avoids nicely.
A slow jab from Mochinori misses its intended target.
Line checks a leg kick.
Mochinori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mochinori tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mochinori swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mochinori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Line bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mochinori's head backwards.
Mochinori lands a nice looking body kick.
Mochinori wants to slow Line down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line misses with a straight right.
Line fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good work by Line as he checks the leg kick.
Line tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Mochinori manages to circle out of the way.
Line swings for the body but Mochinori moves out of range.
Mochinori misses with a low kick.
Line slips under a jab.
Line seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Mochinori moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mochinori stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Line.
Line takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mochinori throws a series of punches but Line moves out of range.
Mochinori stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mochinori looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As Mochinori looks to move away, Line throws a big counter combo but Mochinori just gets out of the way.
A nice inside leg kick there by Line. That's going to slow Mochinori down.
Line swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mochinori counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mochinori uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mochinori attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mochinori throws a push kick but Line slaps the foot to one side.
Line takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Line ducks under a wild hook from Mochinori.
Mochinori throws a leg kick that misses.
Mochinori scores with a leg kick.
Line throws a quick inside leg kick.
Line lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mochinori's sensitive parts.
Mochinori waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Line.
Mochinori fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Line has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Mochinori misses.
Good leg kick by Line.
Uesugi Mochinori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Line.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mochinori, as that shot connected.
Line throws a body punch but Mochinori moves out of range.
Line takes one to the chin there.
A nice leg kick from Mochinori, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mochinori keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Line moves in looking to clinch but Mochinori pushes him off.
Mochinori walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Line checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that's the end of the fight!
Uesugi Mochinori comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mochinori has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uesugi Mochinori!
A victorious Uesugi Mochinori 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Boma (ranked 578 p4p, 458 weight class) and Hans Hermann Hoppe (ranked 80 p4p, 65 weight class). Hoppe has chosen Wind of Change as his entrance music. Hans Hermann Hoppe acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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 14 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Boma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Hermann Hoppe!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoppe lands with an uppercut that bounces Boma off the cage and back into range.
Boma has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Jungle Room in the buildup to the fight.
Hoppe checks a leg kick.
Hoppe misses with a wild combination.
Boma lands a right hook to the body.
Boma will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boma.
Hoppe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boma.
Hans Hermann Hoppe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Hoppe does no damage.
Boma throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoppe lands a nice shot that snaps Boma's head back.
Hoppe darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Boma makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Hoppe.
A big right from Hoppe misses.
Boma throws out a powerful jab.
Hoppe checks a low kick from Boma.
Hoppe connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hoppe scores with a jab to the body.
Boma lands a jab to Hoppe's midsection.
Boma throws a low kick but Hoppe moves out of range easily.
Boma throws an overhand right that lands on Hoppe's shoulder, as Hoppe tries to avoid the shot.
Boma avoids the body shot from Hoppe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoppe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boma manages to avoid it.
Boma walks into a jab.
Hoppe swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Boma.
Hoppe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Boma defends it well.
Hoppe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoppe. Boma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoppe throws out a loose jab but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoppe looks to land a left hand but Boma moved out of range nicely.
Hoppe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Boma stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hoppe manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Boma on his heels. He'll look to pass Boma's guard now, I'm sure.
Hoppe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boma is keeping the position for now.
Hoppe lands a couple of elbows.
Boma has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boma working a defensive guard here.
Hoppe is in close to Boma's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hoppe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Boma wants to sweep here but Hoppe controlling him for the moment.
Hoppe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boma looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hoppe lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Boma wants to sweep here but Hoppe controlling him for the moment.
Hoppe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hoppe lands a couple of elbows.
Boma has control of Hoppe's left arm, preventing Hoppe from doing any damage.
Hoppe advances position into side control!
Hoppe in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hoppe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Boma is looking for a sweep.
Hoppe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Boma keeps working.
Boma is trying to get back to half guard.
Boma wants to control but Hoppe postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Hermann Hoppe dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Boma shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boma throws a hook but Hoppe avoids it easily.
Hoppe just misses with a punch to the body.
Boma swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Boma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Boma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoppe.
Hoppe changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Boma looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Boma bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hoppe misses with a wild body shot.
Hoppe goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hoppe lands a nice shot that snaps Boma's head back.
Boma avoids the body shot from Hoppe.
Hoppe checks a low kick from Boma.
Hoppe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boma.
Boma was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Boma with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hoppe to score with a decent uppercut.
Hoppe missing with a left hand there. Boma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoppe connects with the punch.
Hoppe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boma throws out a loose jab but Hoppe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boma lands with a nice combination. Hoppe backs away looking to recover.
Boma throws a hook but Hoppe avoids it easily.
Hoppe throws a lazy uppercut
and Boma counters with a nice uppercut.
Hoppe lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Boma walks into a stiff left hand from Hoppe.
Boma misses with a head kick.
Mark Boma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boma scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Hoppe slips a jab from Boma.
Hoppe lands with a hook. Boma tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Boma chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Boma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Boma under the eye.
Hoppe throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hoppe tries to close the distance and clinch but Boma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hoppe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Boma.
Boma lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoppe's sensitive parts.
Hoppe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hoppe has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Hoppe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Boma.
Hoppe connects with a right hand. Boma shakes it off.
Boma on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hoppe throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A leg kick checked by Hoppe.
Hoppe tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hoppe throws a hook but Boma blocks it.
It looked like Boma was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Boma ducks under a wild hook from Hoppe.
Boma fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hoppe just manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Boma.
Boma lands with a nice body punch.
Hoppe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoppe misses the shot to the body.
Donk. Hoppe catches Boma right on the button with a cross.
Boma on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boma scores with a leg kick.
Hoppe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boma was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoppe.
Hoppe throws a shot to the body.
Hoppe shoots in and gets a takedown into Boma's guard.
Boma pushes Hoppe off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoppe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoppe.
Boma feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Boma darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Boma throws a big shot that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Hoppe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hoppe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hoppe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hoppe scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoppe uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Boma has time to react.
Boma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Boma with a nice cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hans Hermann Hoppe 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!
Hoppe just misses with a punch to the body.
Boma takes one to the chin there.
Boma lands the left hand.
Nice cross by Boma.
Hoppe misses the jab.
It looked like Boma was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hoppe scores with the left hand. Boma knows he should have avoided that one.
Hoppe misses with a body shot.
Boma throws a sloppy body shot
and Hoppe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoppe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boma throws out a loose jab but Hoppe uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boma scores with a three punch combo!
Hoppe darts in looking for a takedown but Boma gets double underhooks and turns Hoppe into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boma misses the body punch
and Hoppe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hoppe throws a combination. Boma tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoppe misses with a body shot.
Boma looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Boma connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hoppe throws out a loose jab but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boma throws a chopping leg kick but Hoppe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hoppe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hoppe shoots in but no luck this time.
Decent striking displayed by Hoppe there.
Boma chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Boma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boma throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mark Boma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boma throws a shot from downtown. Hoppe moves away and avoids it.
Hoppe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boma.
Hoppe walks into a left hand.
Mark Boma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hoppe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoppe connects with a jab.
Boma throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoppe connects with a jab.
Boma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoppe.
Boma stuffs the takedown.
Mark Boma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hans Hermann Hoppe.
Hoppe throws a body shot but no joy.
Hoppe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hoppe shoots in for a takedown but Boma shows good takedown defense.
Boma throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoppe avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hoppe swings for the body but Boma moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Boma on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Hoppe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hoppe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hoppe misses with an uppercut. Boma saw that one coming.
Hoppe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hoppe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Boma scores with a leg kick.
Hoppe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hoppe just misses with a punch to the body.
Boma swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoppe. Boma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoppe throws a hook to the side of Boma's head but Boma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boma throws a body punch but Hoppe moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Hoppe looks to move away, Boma throws a big counter combo but Hoppe just gets out of the way.
Boma moves out of range of the strikes.
Boma throws a head kick that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Hoppe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hoppe.
Hoppe misses with a few strikes there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoppe avoids the body shot from Boma.
Nice uppercut there from Hoppe.
Boma connects with a right hand. Hoppe shakes it off.
Hoppe ducks under a wild hook from Boma.
Boma throws a leg kick but Hoppe moved away.
Hoppe lands a jab.
Hoppe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hans Hermann Hoppe.
I've got Hoppe winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Hermann Hoppe!
Hans Hermann Hoppe managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Altitude Clothing, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Marley (ranked 460 p4p, 649 weight class) and Nig Nig (ranked 71 p4p, 95 weight class). Marley comes to the cage accompanied by EMOTIONALLY SCARRED. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ezekiel Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nig Nig!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nig thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marley half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nig lands with an uppercut that bounces Marley off the cage and back into range.
Nig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marley.
Nig let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nig works the jab nicely.
Nig throws a body punch but Marley moves out of range.
Marley scores with a decent looking hook.
Marley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nig uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marley.
Nig uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marley.
Nig throws out a counter right but Marley avoids it with no problem.
Marley throws a shot from downtown. Nig moves away and avoids it.
A jab lands there for Marley.
Nig thuds a left hand into Marley's body.
Nig misses with a body shot
and Marley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nig 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.
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!
Marley misses with an uppercut. Nig saw that one coming.
Nig throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nig buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Nig.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley misses with a straight right.
Nig ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marley moves away.
Marley swings widly with a right hand
and Nig makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nig misses with a looping right.
Marley missing with a left hand there. Nig was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nig scoring well with a low kick there.
Nig lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nig lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marley at a distance.
A left lands for Nig.
Nig takes a swing at Marley's ribcage but misses.
Marley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marley throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nig counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marley thinking.
Nig uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marley.
It seemed like Nig was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nig manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nig lands with a shot to the body.
Nig misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nig scores with a hook to the body. Marley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nig feints and then cracks Marley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marley down.
Marley throws a right hand that misses
and Marley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nig just misses with a punch to the body.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nig.
Marley avoids the body shot from Nig.
Nig misses with a hook. Marley ducked under it nicely.
Marley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Marley avoids the body shot from Nig.
Marley is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nig's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A shot to the body from Marley misses
and Nig counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marley throws a lazy right hand but Nig sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nig! But no joy.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nig sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nig scores with a hook.
Nig cracks a nice hook into Marley's ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marley.
Nig on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley throws a hook but Nig avoids it easily.
Nig throws a good cross that connects.
Nig thumps Marley with a low kick.
Marley misses with a looping right.
Nig's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nig duly obliges.
It looks like Ezekiel Marley has been cut.
Marley looks to land a combination but Nig avoids it well.
Marley scores with a nice head shot.
Marley misses with a hook. Nig ducked under it nicely.
Nig thows a leg kick but Marley checks it
and Nig takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nig scores with a punch to the head.
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!
Nig tries to clinch up.
Nig lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nig swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nig takes a jab right on the kisser.
Marley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nig moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nig misses with a hook
and Marley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nig is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Marley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Marley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nig.
A good leg kick by Nig.
Marley slips a straight right by Nig.
Nig throws out a leg kick but Marley moves out of range and Nig only half commits.
Marley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nig missing with a left hand there. Marley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nig sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marley avoids the body shot from Nig.
A head kick misses from Marley.
Nig wants to slow Marley down by chopping away at his legs.
Nig jabs at Marley's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nig sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nig.
Marley misses with a wild combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nig Nig dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ezekiel Marley's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nig slips a jab from Marley.
Marley misses with a double jab
and Nig counters with a right hand to the body.
Nig has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marley slips under a jab.
Nig defending well as Marley loads up on a big left hand.
Marley slips a straight right by Nig.
Marley looks to land a right hand but Nig moved out of range.
Nig lands the left hand.
Marley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nig finds it's way round the side to connect with Marley's head.
Marley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nig throws a low kick but Marley moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nig.
Marley misses with a body shot.
Nig with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marley to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nig clinches up with Marley and pushes him back against the cage.
Nig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nig tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marley is able to avoid easily.
Marley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nig can pounce on him.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nig sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That kick from Nig tenderised Marley's leg. Marley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jab, jab by Nig - just one landing.
A combination from Marley does no damage.
Marley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nig. Nig obviously looking to wear him down.
Nig wants to clinch but Marley slips to the side
and Marley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nig uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marley.
Nig checks a leg kick nicely.
Nig doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Marley misses with an uppercut. Nig saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nig! But no joy.
Marley throws a hook but Nig blocks it.
The fighters circling - Marley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nig. Marley does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Marley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nig was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley.
Nig Nig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Marley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nig takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nig sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nig moves out of range of the strikes.
Nig jabs at Marley's body.
Marley throws a hook but Nig blocks it.
Nig attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Marley misses with a head kick.
Nig lands with a good body shot.
Marley misses with a low kick.
Nig connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Marley momentarily.
Nig lands with a good body shot.
Marley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nig fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Marley tries to move into range but Nig moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nig cracks Marley with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nig throws a lazy uppercut
and Marley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marley connects with an inside leg kick.
Nig comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marley looks to throw the jab but Nig is out of range.
Marley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nig throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marley misses with a two punch combination.
Nig moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nig staying out of range there.
Nig scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nig cracks Marley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nig steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marley.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nig in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Marley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Nig lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marley works Nig's body with a nice hook.
A jab from Nig misses.
Marley looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nig throws a leg kick but Marley moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nig comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nig can pounce on him.
Nig lands a really nice looking cross but Marley seems unphased.
Marley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nig punishes Marley's body with a nice straight punch.
Nig fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nig lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marley at a distance.
Nig scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marley doesn't seem bothered though.
Marley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nig thuds his right hand into Marley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Marley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marley staying out of range there.
It looked like Marley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nig stuns Marley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nig scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marley doesn't seem bothered though.
Nig stuns Marley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nig Nig showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ezekiel Marley's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Marley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nig fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marley is out of range.
Nig with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marley misses with a hook.
Marley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nig misses with a low kick.
Marley's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Marley misses with an uppercut. Nig saw that one coming.
Marley tries to land a leg kick but Nig saw it coming and moves away.
Nig thumps Marley with a low kick.
Marley throws a lazy uppercut
and Nig counters with a stiff right hand.
Nig is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Marley rather than just go for the knockout.
Marley throws a sloppy head kick and Nig moves out of range easily.
Marley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nig.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nig ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marley misses with a straight left.
Nig throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nig.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nig.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Nig.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nig throws a low kick, looking for Marley's leg but Marley calmly moves out of range.
Nig Nig seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nig ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marley moves away.
Nig steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marley.
Nig ducks under a wild hook from Marley.
Marley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marley lands a right hook to the body.
A big right from Marley misses.
Nig with the inside leg kick.
Nig pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Marley back to the cage. Nig follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nig throws a chopping leg kick but Marley manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nig defending well as Marley loads up on a big left hand.
Nig throws a hook but Marley avoids it easily.
Marley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donk. Nig catches Marley right on the button with a cross.
Ezekiel Marley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nig comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nig throws a low kick but Marley avoids it.
Marley throwing a counter right hand but Nig manages to avoid it.
Marley misses with a wild body shot.
Nig lands a nice shot that snaps Marley's head back.
Marley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nig.
Marley throws a shot from downtown. Nig moves away and avoids it.
Marley misses with a lunging right hand
and Nig counters with a nice uppercut.
Marley misses with a lunging right hand
and Nig counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good leg kick by Nig.
Marley swings widly with a right hand
and Nig counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nig changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Nig lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marley doesn't seem phased though.
Marley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marley misses with a hook
and Nig counters by moving into the clinch.
Nig lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nig.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nig blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nig ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nig scores with a jab to the head.
Marley throws a right hand that Nig ducks under and follows up with a left that Nig also avoids with ease.
Marley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nig is out of range and Marley settles back down.
Nig dips to his left and cracks Marley with an uppercut!
Nig fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nig Nig is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marley throws a jab when Nig was well out of range.
Marley throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Nig counter with a right hand.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nig.
It looked like Marley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nig scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nig misses with a body shot.
Nig swings for the body but Marley moves out of range.
Nig clinches up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley tries to work over Nig's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nig stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nig scores with a shot to the side of Marley's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marley.
Nig working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nig misses with the head strike.
Nig pushes Marley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Nig.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nig.
Nig landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Nig.
Still in the clinch, Nig scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nig lands with a short shot to the head.
Nig has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A short right from Nig.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Nig blocks it.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Nig blocks it.
Nig throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nig Nig comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nig has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nig Nig!
Nig Nig spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dragomir Savic (ranked 165 p4p, 385 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 26 p4p, 58 weight class). Savic comes to the cage accompanied by Good Day. Narek Sirakanian told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Dragomir Savic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savic moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've been informed that Sirakanian has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Savic thuds a left hand into Sirakanian's body.
Sirakanian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sirakanian lands with an overhand left.
Savic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sirakanian has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Savic.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Savic.
Savic just misses with a punch to the body.
Savic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sirakanian.
Savic tries to work over Sirakanian's front leg with a kick but Sirakanian checks it.
Savic slips a straight right by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savic moves away.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savic manages to avoid it.
Savic thinks about countering with a head kick.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirakanian is looking to slow Savic down with leg kicks.
Sirakanian misses with a shot to the body
and Savic counters with a thumping low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Savic is just out of range.
Savic looks to land a left hand but Sirakanian moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Sirakanian misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands a nice looking body shot.
Savic checks a leg kick.
Sirakanian is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Savic rather than just go for the knockout.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Savic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sirakanian throws out the jab.
And Savic counters with a quick kick to the body but Sirakanian blocks it.
Sirakanian scores with a punch to the head.
Sirakanian moves out of range of the strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sirakanian.
Sirakanian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Savic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good work by Savic as he checks the leg kick.
A combination from Sirakanian does no damage.
Sirakanian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Savic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Savic lands with a right hand.
Sirakanian scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Savic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sirakanian manages to avoid it.
Savic slips a jab from Sirakanian.
Savic avoids the body shot from Sirakanian.
A big left from Sirakanian misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Savic's leg. Savic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Savic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sirakanian's head.
 It looks like Narek Sirakanian has been cut.
Savic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Sirakanian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sirakanian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Savic's sensitive parts.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian scores with a jab.
Savic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sirakanian connects with an inside leg kick.
Sirakanian moves out of range of the body kick from Savic.
An inside leg kick from Sirakanian misses.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirakanian.
Savic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sirakanian throws out the jab.
Savic with a jab.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Savic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Savic to counter with a crisp jab.
Savic connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic throws a push kick but Sirakanian slaps the foot to one side.
Savic misses the shot to the body.
Savic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A low kick from Savic is predictable there
and Sirakanian counters with a nice uppercut.
Sirakanian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Savic cracks Sirakanian with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sirakanian will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
Savic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Savic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Savic tries to move into range but Sirakanian moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sirakanian takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirakanian.
Savic throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sirakanian avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sirakanian.
Savic scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sirakanian slips a straight right by Savic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Savic blocks the low kick.
Savic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Savic defending well as Sirakanian loads up on a big left hand.
Savic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sirakanian throws out a counter right but Savic avoids it with no problem.
Sirakanian cracks Savic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sirakanian misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Savic's ribcage but misses.
Savic throws an overhand right that lands on Sirakanian's shoulder, as Sirakanian tries to avoid the shot.
Sirakanian's corner calls for a 1-2. Sirakanian obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sirakanian walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Savic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sirakanian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Savic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Savic looks to score with a jab to the body but Sirakanian is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirakanian throws a right and a left that Savic avoids nicely.
Sirakanian throws the kick towards the body but Savic avoids it.
Savic misses with a body kick.
Sirakanian throws the left hand but Savic avoids the punch easily.
Savic scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
That's time! Savic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Savic tries to clinch up but Sirakanian circles away and keeps his distance.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Savic moves out of range.
Savic checks a low kick from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Savic slips under a jab.
Savic slips under a jab from Sirakanian.
Savic misses with a hook. Sirakanian ducked under it nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Savic checks a leg kick.
Savic throws a body punch but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Sirakanian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Savic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sirakanian throws a chopping leg kick but Savic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sirakanian takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian throws a head kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Savic's ribcage but misses.
Savic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Savic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian throws a shot from downtown. Savic moves away and avoids it.
Savic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Savic cracks Sirakanian with a good jab.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a good cross that connects.
Sirakanian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sirakanian throws a shot from downtown. Savic moves away and avoids it.
Sirakanian misses with a combination
and Savic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Savic tried to score with a low kick but Sirakanian checks it.
A jab from Savic misses.
Savic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Savic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sirakanian.
A swing and a miss from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian connects with a solid leg kick.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
Sirakanian checks a low kick from Savic.
Sirakanian misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sirakanian misses with an uppercut
and Savic counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Savic looks to score with a jab to the body but Sirakanian is just out of range.
Sirakanian feints a counter leg kick.
Sirakanian blocks a jab.
Savic lands a nice shot to the body.
Savic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Savic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Savic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Savic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Good work by Sirakanian as he checks the leg kick.
Sirakanian defending well as Savic loads up on a big left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sirakanian. That's going to slow Savic down.
Sirakanian throws a shot from downtown. Savic moves away and avoids it.
Savic looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Savic misses with a body shot.
Sirakanian checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic swings for the body but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Savic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sirakanian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sirakanian lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sirakanian. Savic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Savic misses with a straight right.
Savic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sirakanian takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Savic moves out of range.
Savic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sirakanian checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice shot by Sirakanian.
Savic lands a slapping body shot.
Sirakanian throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sirakanian throws a body shot but no joy.
Savic looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sirakanian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sirakanian is able to avoid easily.
Savic throws a low kick, looking for Sirakanian's leg but Sirakanian calmly moves out of range.
Savic misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savic manages to avoid it.
Savic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sirakanian misses with a body punch
enabling Savic to counter with a crisp jab.
Sirakanian on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sirakanian scores with a sloppy right hand. Savic should have avoided that one.
Savic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sirakanian goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
An inside leg kick from Savic misses.
Savic has closed the distance and engaged Sirakanian in a clinch.
Savic misses with some punches.
Savic blocks a body shot from Sirakanian.
Savic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sirakanian.
Sirakanian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sirakanian can't find room to land a body shot as Savic controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dragomir Savic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Savic throws a big shot that misses.
Savic lands a glancing blow to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Savic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sirakanian.
Savic defending well as Sirakanian loads up on a big left hand.
Savic throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sirakanian avoids it.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Savic is just out of range.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savic was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Savic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sirakanian moves out of range as Savic strikes.
Savic takes a swing at Sirakanian's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirakanian avoids a kick to the body.
Savic backing away here, and Sirakanian unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian throws a looping overhand right but Savic ducks down to avoid it.
Savic lands with a straight right. Sirakanian didn't see that one coming.
Savic throws a shot to the body.
Savic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savic moves away from the strike by Sirakanian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sirakanian.
Savic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sirakanian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sirakanian checks the leg kick.
Savic tries a head kick but it misses.
Savic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Savic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sirakanian lands with a nice body kick.
Sirakanian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Savic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sirakanian was well out of range. Poor timing from Savic.
Savic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Savic cracks a nice hook into Sirakanian's ribs.
Sirakanian clobbers Savic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Good leg kick by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sirakanian fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Savic is out of range.
Savic is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sirakanian takes one to the side of the head.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sirakanian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Savic scores with a push kick.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Savic's ribcage but misses.
Savic wants to clinch up but Sirakanian keeps it at a distance.
Sirakanian jabs Savic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sirakanian on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Savic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sirakanian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sirakanian tries to work over Savic's front leg with a kick but Savic checks it.
Savic loads up on a big right hand but Sirakanian slips the punch.
Sirakanian jabs Savic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sirakanian throws a shot from downtown. Savic moves away and avoids it.
Savic lands a front kick.
Sirakanian throws a solid leg kick but Savic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sirakanian.
Savic slips under a jab from Sirakanian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick that is checked
and Savic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sirakanian. That's going to slow Savic down.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Savic is just out of range.
Savic checks a low kick from Sirakanian.
Savic moves away from the strike by Sirakanian.
Savic is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sirakanian tries to work over Savic's front leg with a kick but Savic checks it.
Savic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sirakanian checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Savic's leg. Savic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sirakanian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Savic. Savic obviously looking to wear him down.
Sirakanian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Savic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sirakanian. Sirakanian circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sirakanian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Savic.
Sirakanian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Savic throws a hook but Sirakanian blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Sirakanian is predictable there
and Savic counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sirakanian throws out the jab.
Savic throws a big shot that misses.
Sirakanian now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sirakanian looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Savic moves out of range as Sirakanian strikes.
Savic slips a jab and a cross from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian digs a good hook to Savic's body.
Sirakanian moves out of range as Savic strikes.
Sirakanian throws a hook but Savic avoids it easily.
Sirakanian throws a push kick but Savic slaps the foot to one side.
Sirakanian moves away from the strike by Savic.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Savic's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Savic tries a low kick but Sirakanian avoids it.
Sirakanian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savic.
Sirakanian throws a big shot that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Narek Sirakanian.
I think Sirakanian 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Narek Sirakanian!
A relieved looking Narek Sirakanian thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Papa Legba (ranked 528 p4p, 671 weight class) and Arjan Bhullar (ranked 77 p4p, 103 weight class). Bhullar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Daniel Cormier - All About That Cake kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Papa Legba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arjan Bhullar!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bhullar ducks under a wild hook from Legba.
It seemed like Bhullar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhullar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Legba closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Legba lands in his opponent's guard.
Bhullar working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Legba doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Legba manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bhullar keeping moving, preventing Legba from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba stops Bhullar from standing up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Legba trying to control but Bhullar is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Legba misses with a looping right.
Bhullar let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Legba wants to clinch but Bhullar slips to the side
and Legba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bhullar takes a swing at Legba's ribcage but misses.
Legba throwing a counter right hand but Bhullar manages to avoid it.
Legba with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bhullar counters with a nice uppercut.
Legba scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Legba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Legba throws out a loose jab but Bhullar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bhullar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bhullar's head backwards.
Legba misses the body punch
enabling Bhullar to counter with a crisp jab.
Legba clinches up with Bhullar and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legba throws a punch but it's blocked by Bhullar.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Legba.
Legba has Bhullar pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bhullar manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Legba lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bhullar presses Legba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Legba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bhullar blocks an uppercut.
Bhullar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legba swings wildly with an uppercut but Bhullar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bhullar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bhullar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Legba lands a shoulder strike.
Legba is working Bhullar over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar lands a body shot.
Legba misses with a body punch.
Legba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bhullar wants to get back to striking at distance but Legba won't allow it.
Bhullar stalling.
Bhullar breaks from the clinch.
Legba misses with a wild body shot.
Bhullar takes a swing at Legba's ribcage but misses.
Bhullar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bhullar keeps the fight on the outside.
Bhullar doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Legba manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bhullar on his heels. He'll look to pass Bhullar's guard now, I'm sure.
Legba preventing the sweep.
Legba slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bhullar keeping moving, preventing Legba from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar looking for a sweep. Not yet Bhullar, not yet.
Legba thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Legba trying to control the position from guard on top but Bhullar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bhullar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Legba working a defensive guard here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Papa Legba dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Legba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bhullar.
Bhullar digs a good hook to Legba's body.
Bhullar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Legba is fending him off so far but Bhullar persists. Nope, Legba circles away and we're back to standing.
Legba moves out of range as Bhullar strikes.
Bhullar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Legba throwing a counter right hand but Bhullar manages to avoid it.
Legba throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bhullar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Legba misses with a wild body shot.
Legba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Legba blocks a body shot from Bhullar.
Bhullar lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Bhullar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legba.
Bhullar lands a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legba trying to control the position.
Legba looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhullar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bhullar wants to control from the top but Legba keeps moving.
Bhullar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Legba looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bhullar has picked Legba up and slammed him! Legba can't keep hold of the triangle and Bhullar manages to pass to side control!
Bhullar works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Legba wants to control but Bhullar postures up.
Legba is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bhullar off and has taken his back!
Bhullar is trying to break free.
Legba is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Bhullar is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Legba off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar tries to roll but Legba sticks to his back.
Legba working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bhullar rolls, trying to escape but Legba keeps control of the position.
Legba doesn't have the hooks in and Bhullar manages to turn into his guard.
Legba looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legba throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba is looking for a triangle but Bhullar pushes his legs off easily.
Legba is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Arjan Bhullar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Legba is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bhullar is aware though and is defending well.
Bhullar working some strikes from top position.
Bhullar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Legba keeping moving, preventing Bhullar from controlling successfully.
Legba utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Legba is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bhullar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Legba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Legba is trying to keep Bhullar in close.
Legba had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bhullar defends it easily.
Bhullar scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legba trying to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Arjan Bhullar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bhullar misses with a wild body shot.
Legba missing with a left hand there. Bhullar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bhullar let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bhullar has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bhullar moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Legba misses the target.
Bhullar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bhullar takes one on the button.
It looks like Arjan Bhullar has been cut.
Bhullar throws a body shot but no joy.
Legba is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bhullar.
Legba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Legba moves out of range of the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Legba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Legba.
Legba closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bhullar circles away.
Bhullar misses with a straight left.
Bhullar avoids the body shot from Legba.
Legba wants to clinch up but Bhullar keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhullar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bhullar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Legba takes one to the chin there.
Bhullar misses the jab.
Bhullar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legba manages to avoid it.
Bhullar misses with an uppercut. Legba saw that one coming.
Bhullar misses with a body shot.
Legba shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bhullar pinned against the cage. Bhullar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bhullar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Legba misses with a takedown attempt
and Bhullar counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papa Legba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba swings wildly with an uppercut but Bhullar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bhullar pressing his opponent against the cage.
Legba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bhullar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Papa Legba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Legba throws a head punch that misses.
Legba is fighting off a takedown attempt but Bhullar is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Legba to the mat. Legba regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bhullar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Legba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bhullar throws a big right hand that misses.
Legba is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bhullar is aware though and is defending well.
Bhullar trying to control but Legba is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bhullar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar works over Legba with some ground and pound from guard.
Legba has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bhullar is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Legba.
Legba regains half guard.
Legba on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Legba looking for submissions off his back.
Legba wants to control but Bhullar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legba actively working from the bottom here.
Bhullar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Legba does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Legba makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Legba.
Legba throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Legba working a defensive guard but Bhullar manages to pass into side control anyway.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arjan Bhullar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bhullar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arjan Bhullar!
After the fight, Arjan Bhullar was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Benedetti (ranked 254 p4p, 105 weight class) and Santino Lombardo (ranked 42 p4p, 18 weight class). Benedetti comes to the cage accompanied by Bajafondo. Lombardo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Illusions. 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 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Santino Lombardo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti moves out of range as Lombardo strikes.
Lombardo moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Lombardo misses with an uppercut. Benedetti saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Lombardo.
Nice cross by Benedetti.
Benedetti takes a swing at Lombardo's ribcage but misses.
Lombardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lombardo lands a jab to the nose.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Lombardo moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti moves out of range as Lombardo throws a body kick.
Benedetti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lombardo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lombardo avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Lombardo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
It looked like Benedetti was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Benedetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lombardo.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Lombardo is just out of range.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Lombardo moved out of range nicely.
Lombardo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lombardo misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
A left lands for Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti scores with a jab.
Lombardo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benedetti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lombardo.
Lombardo blocks a low kick nicely.
Lombardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lombardo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lombardo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No joy there for Benedetti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Lombardo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lombardo ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lombardo is out of range.
Lombardo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Benedetti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lombardo manages to avoid it.
Lombardo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti blocks a jab.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Lombardo is out of range.
Lombardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab lands there for Lombardo.
Benedetti is looking to chop away at Lombardo's legs.
Lombardo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lombardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lombardo tries to move into range but Benedetti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
enabling Lombardo to counter with a crisp jab.
A left lands for Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Lombardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benedetti jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lombardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benedetti.
A little feinted left hand from Benedetti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Benedetti is looking to slow Lombardo down with leg kicks.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
letting Lombardo counter with a right hand.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lombardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lombardo raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Benedetti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lombardo misses with a straight right.
Lombardo thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Lombardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a wild combination.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Lombardo blocks a jab.
Lombardo ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Lombardo tries to counter with a clinch but Benedetti shakes him off and moves away.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lombardo.
Benedetti swings for the body but Lombardo moves out of range.
Benedetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lombardo lands a jab to Benedetti's midsection.
Benedetti misses with a low kick as Lombardo jumps back.
Benedetti lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Lombardo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benedetti doesn't seem phased though.
Benedetti is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lombardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Lombardo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A good leg kick by Benedetti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lombardo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Lombardo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good work by Lombardo as he checks the leg kick.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Lombardo is just out of range.
Benedetti throws a body shot but no joy.
Lombardo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lombardo throws a right hand that misses
enabling Benedetti to counter with a crisp jab.
Lombardo misses with a body kick.
Lombardo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lombardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Benedetti is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Lombardo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lombardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Lombardo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lombardo checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Benedetti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lombardo's sensitive parts.
Benedetti scoring well with a low kick there.
Lombardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Lombardo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Benedetti really felt that one!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fighters circle momentarily. Benedetti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lombardo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benedetti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lombardo counters with a body kick.
Benedetti misses with a shot to the body
and Lombardo counters with a good low kick that Benedetti was not able to check.
Lombardo throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
Benedetti throws a jab when Lombardo was well out of range.
Lombardo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lombardo misses with a low kick.
Lombardo misses with a body kick.
Benedetti jabs Lombardo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Benedetti swinging wildly here.
Good standup being displayed there by Benedetti as he connects with a hook.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedetti lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lombardo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lombardo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti with the inside leg kick.
Lombardo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lombardo checks a leg kick.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Lombardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Lombardo moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lombardo can do to turn this around?
Benedetti avoids a kick to the body.
Mario Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Benedetti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lombardo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That kick from Lombardo tenderised Benedetti's leg. Benedetti is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lombardo misses with a head kick.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lombardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Lombardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Lombardo is out of range.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Lombardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo misses with a looping left.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Lombardo might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Benedetti has got the better of the exchanges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti cracks Lombardo with an open hand slap.
Lombardo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Benedetti misses the jab.
Lombardo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lombardo blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Lombardo ducked under it nicely.
Mario Benedetti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lombardo moves out of range of the strikes.
Lombardo connects with a looping right hand.
Lombardo misses the jab.
Benedetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lombardo.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick from Lombardo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lombardo.
Benedetti misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lombardo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lombardo!
Benedetti misses with a body shot
and Lombardo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lombardo dips to his left and cracks Benedetti with an uppercut!
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Lombardo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo blocks it.
Lombardo slips a jab from Benedetti.
Lombardo connects with a looping right hand.
Benedetti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benedetti throws a leg kick
and Lombardo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lombardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti lands a nice shot that snaps Lombardo's head back.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Lombardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice side step and Lombardo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Benedetti blocks a low kick nicely.
Benedetti thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lombardo if he has to take too many more of those.
Lombardo slips under a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lombardo.
Lombardo slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Lombardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti looks to land a combination but Lombardo avoids it well.
Lombardo looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lombardo.
Lombardo misses with a low kick.
Benedetti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lombardo tries a quick counter leg kick but Benedetti is wise to it.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Lombardo counters with a leg kick.
Lombardo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benedetti blocks a low kick nicely.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lombardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Lombardo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benedetti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lombardo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
The fighters circling - Lombardo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lombardo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A big left from Lombardo misses.
Benedetti tried to counter with a leg kick but Lombardo avoided it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lombardo.
Lombardo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lombardo moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mario Benedetti will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Lombardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lombardo throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Lombardo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Lombardo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lombardo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Lombardo saw that one coming.
Lombardo misses with a body kick.
Lombardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lombardo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lombardo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lombardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lombardo swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lombardo lands a jab to the head.
Benedetti lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Benedetti.
Lombardo misses with a hook.
Lombardo checks the leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lombardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lombardo! But no joy.
Benedetti tries to move into range but Lombardo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombardo throws a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lombardo.
A combination from Benedetti does no damage.
Benedetti misses with a left hand
and Lombardo counters with a nice leg kick.
Lombardo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lombardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lombardo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Mario Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benedetti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lombardo misses with an uppercut
and Lombardo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lombardo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lombardo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benedetti.
Lombardo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A good leg kick by Lombardo.
Lombardo misses with an uppercut.
Lombardo misses with a body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lombardo.
Santino Lombardo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti lands an overhand right.
Lombardo throws a leg kick but Benedetti moved away.
Benedetti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lombardo misses with a straight right.
Benedetti lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lombardo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benedetti at a distance.
Lombardo moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
A nice side step and Lombardo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lombardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Lombardo thows a leg kick but Benedetti checks it
and Benedetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lombardo checks a leg kick nicely.
A head kick misses from Lombardo.
Benedetti blocks the body kick.
Lombardo connects with a solid leg kick.
Benedetti tries to bum rush Lombardo with a series of wild strikes but Lombardo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lombardo moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice uppercut there from Benedetti.
Benedetti goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Benedetti will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Benedetti throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lombardo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lombardo misses with a looping left.
Lombardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lombardo throws a low kick, looking for Benedetti's leg but Benedetti calmly moves out of range.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Lombardo moves away and avoids it.
Lombardo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Benedetti thuds a left hand into Lombardo's body.
Benedetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab from Lombardo misses.
Benedetti slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lombardo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lombardo has managed to clinch.
Lombardo misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo misses with a punch to the body.
Lombardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benedetti.
Lombardo misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Lombardo.
Lombardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lombardo throws a head punch that misses.
Lombardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Lombardo.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Lombardo.
Lombardo misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Lombardo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lombardo misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Santino Lombardo.
I think Benedetti has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Benedetti!
Our winner, Mario Benedetti, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Da Vincible (ranked 230 p4p, 328 weight class) and Jason Steele (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). Leonardo Da Vincible has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonardo Da Vincible!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 21 - 1, fighting out of London, Jason Steele!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Vincible fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Steele on the side of the head.
Steele swings for the body but Da Vincible moves out of range.
Da Vincible lands a head kick!
Steele is looking to clinch but Da Vincible is avoiding it.
Da Vincible throwing a counter right hand but Steele manages to avoid it.
Steele throws a body punch but Da Vincible moves out of range.
Steele misses with a wild body shot.
Steele throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Da Vincible to counter with a crisp jab.
Da Vincible has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Da Vincible lands a right hook to the body.
Steele misses with a jab to the body
and Da Vincible counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Da Vincible slips a jab from Steele.
Da Vincible throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Steele on the side of the head.
Jason Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele misses the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele fails to land with a series of punches.
Da Vincible connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steele. Steele circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Da Vincible keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Da Vincible stalks Steele and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Steele's face. Steele staggers backwards, shaken.
Steele throws a right hand that misses
and Da Vincible connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steele takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Vincible swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Da Vincible counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice leg kick from Da Vincible, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Vincible throws a good cross that connects.
Da Vincible misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Da Vincible lands the left hand.
Steele takes a kick to the side of the head.
Da Vincible swings for the body but Steele moves out of range.
Steele misses with a wild combination.
Da Vincible is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Steele, as that shot connected.
Da Vincible is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Da Vincible smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Da Vincible lands with a nice combination. Steele backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Da Vincible explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The fighters circling - Steele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Da Vincible was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Steele lunges at Da Vincible with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Da Vincible's hand.
Da Vincible connects with a body shot that sends Steele's belly button to the back.
Steele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Steele.
Steele lands a body shot.
Steele swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da Vincible.
Da Vincible works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Steele punishes Da Vincible's body with a nice straight punch.
Da Vincible sizes up Steele with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Da Vincible moves out of range as Steele strikes.
Da Vincible bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Vincible is just out of range.
Steele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Da Vincible misses the jab.
Da Vincible connects with a crisp jab.
Steele blocks the body kick.
Da Vincible scores with a nice right hand.
Steele misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Da Vincible to counter with a crisp jab.
Steele misses with a hook
and Da Vincible counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Vincible throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Da Vincible is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Da Vincible lands a front kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Da Vincible does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steele throws a body shot but no joy.
Da Vincible misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Da Vincible.
Da Vincible with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Steele is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Da Vincible rather than just go for the knockout.
Steele swings for the body but Da Vincible moves out of range.
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Da Vincible was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
Good leg kick by Da Vincible.
Steele tries to bum rush Da Vincible with a series of wild strikes but Da Vincible uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Da Vincible uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Steele has time to react.
Da Vincible throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Da Vincible.
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!
Da Vincible thuds a left hand into Steele's body.
Steele looks winded!
Da Vincible throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Da Vincible lands a big head kick that sends Steele tumbling to the mat! Da Vincible takes a step backwards and waves Steele back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Da Vincible throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to clinch up.
And Da Vincible counters with a quick kick to the body but Steele blocks it.
Steele throws an overhand right that lands on Da Vincible's shoulder, as Da Vincible tries to avoid the shot.
Steele has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Da Vincible pushes him off.
Da Vincible uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Steele has time to react.
Da Vincible connects with a looping right hand.
A cross from Da Vincible lands.
Steele takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Da Vincible connects with a jab.
Steele misses with a series of wild punches.
Da Vincible is looking to counter punch.
Da Vincible getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Da Vincible sends Steele crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Da Vincible is motioning to the referee to let Steele up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
 Steele is rocked!
Da Vincible explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Steele is still on wobbly legs! Can Da Vincible finish him?
Steele has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Da Vincible.
Steele misses with a body shot
and Da Vincible scores with a counter punch that sends Steele to the canvas! Da Vincible smells blood - he's punishing Steele with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Steele has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonardo Da Vincible!
Leonardo Da Vincible 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Costa (ranked 187 p4p, 120 weight class) and Anthony Falcone (ranked 25 p4p, 16 weight class). Falcone is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Goodfellas - long take restaurant scene. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Falcone!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Falcone's head.
A low kick lands for Falcone.
Falcone takes a jab right on the kisser.
Costa misses the shot to the body.
Costa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Costa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Costa lands a jab to Falcone's midsection.
Costa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Falcone dodges the punch combination from Costa.
Falcone only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Costa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Falcone. That one must have hurt.
Falcone dips to his left and cracks Costa with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Falcone does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Costa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Costa defending well as Falcone loads up on a big left hand.
Costa drops down looking for a counter takedown but Falcone sprawls and moves away.
Costa looks to throw the jab but Falcone is out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Falcone finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Santiago Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa swings widly with a right hand
and Falcone counters with a left to the body.
Costa is breathing heavily.
A shot to the body from Costa misses
and Falcone counters with a nice body kick.
Falcone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Falcone lands a leg kick that knocks Costa off balance momentarily.
Falcone throws a quick inside leg kick.
Costa takes one to the chin there.
Falcone throws a shot from downtown. Costa moves away and avoids it.
Falcone lands with a thumping leg kick.
Falcone throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Falcone misses with a punch on the inside.
Falcone tries a body shot but Costa blocks it.
Falcone pushes Costa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falcone scores with a shot to the side of Costa's head.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Falcone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Falcone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Costa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Falcone is trying to defend but Costa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Falcone tries to get to full guard but Costa has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa is thwarting Falcone's attempts to control the position.
Costa is trying to control the action in half guard but Falcone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Falcone controlling the position for now.
Costa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Falcone's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Falcone is just riding it out for now. Costa eventually gives up the hold.
Falcone is not content to let Costa control the position.
Costa working Falcone over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Costa is looking to advance position but Falcone won't allow it.
Falcone controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Falcone regains full guard. Nicely done.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Falcone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Costa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Falcone is keeping the position for now.
Falcone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Costa throwing strikes but missing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Falcone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Falcone dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Costa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Falcone replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Costa blocks it well.
Good shot there by Falcone.
Costa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Costa ducks under a wild hook from Falcone.
Costa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Falcone kicks Costa off and gets to his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Falcone 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 Costa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Costa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Costa feints and as Falcone raises his hands in defense, Costa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Falcone kicks Costa off and gets to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Falcone misses.
Costa with a jab.
Costa just misses with a punch to the body.
Costa shoots and misses
and Falcone counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa instigates a clinch.
Costa wants to take the fight to the mat but Falcone manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Costa is trying to drag Falcone to the mat but Falcone just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santiago Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Falcone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falcone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Falcone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costa misses the shot to the body.
Falcone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Costa changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Falcone scores with a leg kick.
Costa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Falcone flicks out a counter leg kick but Costa steps away.
Costa misses with a hook. Falcone ducked under it nicely.
Costa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Falcone, pushing him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Falcone.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Falcone.
Falcone makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa pulls Falcone into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Falcone preventing the sweep.
Costa can't keep his opponent in guard - Falcone advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Falcone stalling.
Anthony Falcone has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Falcone has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Costa wants to control but Falcone is keeping busy.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Costa wants to clinch.
Costa wants to clinch
and Falcone counters with an outside leg kick.
Costa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Falcone's head.
Costa lands with an uppercut that bounces Falcone off the cage and back into range.
Falcone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A cross from Costa lands.
Falcone pivots, looking for a leg kick but Costa is out of range and Falcone settles back down.
Costa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Falcone's waist but Falcone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Costa off to one side.
Falcone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Costa drives through with a takedown into Falcone's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Falcone wriggles free and stands up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Falcone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Costa tries to clinch there but Falcone circles away.
Nice defenses there by Falcone.
Falcone raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Costa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Falcone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Falcone throws out a counter right but Costa avoids it with no problem.
Anthony Falcone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Falcone with a nice calf kick.
Costa is looking to clinch but Falcone is avoiding it.
Falcone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Costa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Falcone avoids it really well and circles away.
Costa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Falcone! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costa slips a straight right by Falcone.
Falcone ducks under a wild hook from Costa.
Costa takes a swing at Falcone's ribcage but misses.
Falcone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Costa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santiago Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa wants to clinch.
Falcone misses with a straight left.
Costa loads up on a big right hand but Falcone slips the punch.
Costa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Falcone!
Falcone bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Costa shoots in looking for a takedown. Falcone tries to sprawl out of it but Costa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Falcone manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice cross by Costa.
Falcone misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Falcone misses with a few strikes there.
Falcone defending well as Costa loads up on a big left hand.
Costa misses with a series of wild punches.
A little jabbing left from Falcone on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice takedown defense from Falcone. No joy for Costa on that attempt.
Costa moves out of range as Falcone strikes.
Costa lands a jab to Falcone's midsection.
Santiago Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Falcone misses with a wild body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Falcone as Costa shoots in.
Costa misses with a takedown
and Falcone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Costa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Falcone throws out the jab.
As Falcone tries to get set, Costa tries to push him back and clinch up but Falcone manages to avoid the attempt.
Costa throws a body punch but Falcone moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone throws a shot from downtown. Costa moves away and avoids it.
Costa throwing a counter right hand but Falcone manages to avoid it.
Costa's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Falcone gets caught napping as Costa dives in and scores a takedown. Falcone manages to retain guard.
Costa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Falcone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Falcone looking for a sweep. Not yet Falcone, not yet.
Falcone keeping moving, preventing Costa from controlling successfully.
Falcone is trying to keep Costa in close.
Falcone has control of Costa's left arm, preventing Costa from doing any damage.
Falcone wants to sweep but no luck.
Costa throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcone pulls Costa in close to his closed guard and prevents Costa from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Falcone looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Costa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Falcone.
Costa tries to clinch but Falcone is having none of it.
Costa throws a lazy uppercut
and Falcone counters with a straight right hand.
Costa throws out a powerful jab.
Costa tries to clinch
and Falcone counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Costa clinches with his opponent.
Anthony Falcone is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Falcone manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anthony Falcone.
Well Falcone has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Falcone!
Anthony Falcone thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Daughtrey (ranked 44 p4p, 185 weight class) and Welter Weight (ranked 7 p4p, 32 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Weight's choice of entrance music: They say that I'm Crazy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Daughtrey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Welter Weight!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daughtrey clinches up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daughtrey.
It looks like Welter Weight has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Daughtrey.
Weight takes an elbow to the temple.
Daughtrey lands a nice shot to the body.
Daughtrey gets through Weight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Daughtrey prevents a body shot from Weight.
Weight throws a head punch that misses.
Weight blocks a body shot from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey is working Weight over against the cage.
Weight throws a punch but it's blocked by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey lands a body shot.
Daughtrey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Daughtrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Weight can't find room to land a body shot as Daughtrey controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Daughtrey.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Weight misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daughtrey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daughtrey lands an elbow inside.
Weight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daughtrey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That has opened up Welter Weight's cut even more.
Weight throws a head punch that misses.
Daughtrey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Weight is rocked!
Weight avoids the elbow strike from Daughtrey, against the cage.
Weight is still on wobbly legs! Can Daughtrey finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Daughtrey backwards.
Weight working aggressively here.
Daughtrey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Weight seems to have recovered his senses.
Weight lands a nice uppercut.
Daughtrey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daughtrey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey lands a left hand.
Daughtrey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weight scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Daughtrey.
Weight blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weight.
Weight pushes Daughtrey back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Daughtrey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weight blocking some punches.
Daughtrey blocking some punches.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Weight.
Weight working aggressively here.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Weight.
Daughtrey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Daughtrey lands a left hand.
Weight misses with some punches.
Weight tries to work over Daughtrey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Weight misses with a body punch.
Daughtrey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Weight's efforts to push away.
Daughtrey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Daughtrey misses with a punch to the body.
Daughtrey working aggressively here.
Daughtrey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Weight fails to land.
Daughtrey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Weight tries a body shot but Daughtrey blocks it.
A short right from Weight.
Daughtrey throws a head punch that misses.
Weight tries to work over Daughtrey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daughtrey misses with a punch on the inside.
Weight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weight swings wildly with an uppercut but Daughtrey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daughtrey is leaning against Weight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Weight.
Daughtrey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daughtrey tries to work over Weight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Weight lands a nice shot to the body.
Weight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daughtrey closes the distance and pushes Weight back into the cage.
Weight misses with a body punch.
Daughtrey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Weight.
Daughtrey misses with some punches.
Daughtrey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Daughtrey lands a hook that snaps the head of Weight backwards.
Weight lands a left hand.
Weight takes an elbow to the forehead.
Daughtrey lands a damaging elbow.
The cut above Welter Weight's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Weight.
Weight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daughtrey lands with a left to the head.
Daughtrey lands a damaging elbow.
Weight has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
Weight misses with some punches.
Daughtrey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Weight looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Daughtrey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Welter Weight's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Daughtrey pushes Weight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Daughtrey digs a right hand underneath Weight's ribcage. Weight let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Daughtrey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Weights head.
Nice elbow from Daughtrey.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Welter Weight's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kevin Daughtrey!
Kevin Daughtrey retains his welterweight title!
Kevin Daughtrey managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, FUClothing, into his post fight interview.
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