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FWI-53: Epic PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Humdinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Bajramaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bajramaj is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Godsmack - I Stand Alone. Erik Bajramaj has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Humdinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erik Bajramaj!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bajramaj looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Humdinger is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bajramaj has a takedown stuffed.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bajramaj.
William Humdinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erik Bajramaj.
Horrible takedown by Bajramaj or perhaps it was just good defense by Humdinger which made him look bad.
Humdinger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bajramaj in his tracks.
Humdinger gets a takedown into half guard.
Bajramaj tries to roll over but Humdinger keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bajramaj is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Humdinger looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bajramaj regains full guard. Nicely done.
Humdinger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Humdinger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bajramaj is pulling down on Humdinger's head. It's preventing any offense from Humdinger, at least for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humdinger throwing strikes from guard but Bajramaj blocks nicely.
Humdinger cracks Bajramaj with a solid left hand.
Humdinger throws and elbow that misses. Bajramaj uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Humdinger's guard. Nice move by Bajramaj!
Humdinger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Humdinger is on top in guard.
Humdinger has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Humdinger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bajramaj's head.
Bajramaj looking for a sweep. Not yet Bajramaj, not yet.
Humdinger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humdinger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bajramaj swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Humdinger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bajramaj wants to sweep but no luck.
Bajramaj avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bajramaj looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bajramaj takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bajramaj scores a takedown into full mount!
Humdinger can't escape the position.
Humdinger regains half guard.
Bajramaj seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Humdinger manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Humdinger wants to sweep but no luck.
Humdinger is working hard here to advance position.
Bajramaj passes into half guard.
Humdinger is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bajramaj pulls his head out easily.
Humdinger is breathing heavily.
Bajramaj looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Humdinger is looking to improve his position.
Bajramaj moves nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Humdinger is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Humdinger is not content to let Bajramaj control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Humdinger bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Bajramaj's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Humdinger dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Humdinger fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bajramaj shoots and misses
and Humdinger counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Humdinger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bajramaj shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bajramaj is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Humdinger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Humdinger is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bajramaj pulls his head out easily.
Bajramaj wants to control but Humdinger is keeping him busy.
Humdinger wants to get back to full guard.
Humdinger actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bajramaj passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bajramaj looking to control but Humdinger is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Humdinger is working to get back to half guard.
Humdinger slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bajramaj passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Humdinger!
Humdinger working to try and regain half guard.
Bajramaj tries to control but Humdinger wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bajramaj seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Humdinger is holding on tight.
Bajramaj tries to control but Humdinger wriggling away.
Humdinger tries to improve his position but instead Bajramaj has taken his back!
Bajramaj keeps control of the position easily here as Humdinger tries to buck him off.
Bajramaj keeps control of the position as Humdinger tries to break free.
Bajramaj is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Humdinger is defending well though. Bajramaj let's go of the attempt for now.
Bajramaj is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Humdinger defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bajramaj working for the choke.
Bajramaj doesn't have the hooks in and Humdinger manages to turn into his guard.
Humdinger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bajramaj is trying to keep Humdinger in close.
Humdinger preventing the sweep.
Humdinger lands a couple of digs.
Humdinger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humdinger postures up.
Humdinger postures up and lands a big shot to Bajramaj's brow.
Bajramaj is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Humdinger lands a couple of elbows.
Humdinger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Humdinger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bajramaj's head.
Humdingeris looking to pass into half guard but Bajramaj pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bajramaj is in guard.
Bajramaj advances to half guard.
William Humdinger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Humdinger tries to get to full guard but Bajramaj has control of the leg.
Bajramaj trying to control from Humdinger's half guard. Humdinger has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Humdinger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bajramaj's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that William Humdinger will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bajramaj shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bajramaj showed some decent athleticism there.
Bajramaj is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Humdinger gets full guard.
Bajramaj won't allow Humdinger to sweep him here.
Humdinger escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bajramaj gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bajramaj wants to control from the top but Humdinger keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humdinger escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bajramaj gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bajramaj trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Humdinger looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bajramaj passes into side control.
Humdinger is not content to let Bajramaj control the position.
Bajramaj controlling from side mount.
Humdinger is looking for a sweep.
Erik Bajramaj has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Humdinger manages to get back to half guard.
Humdinger tries to get to full guard but Bajramaj has control of the leg.
Humdinger wants to sweep but Bajramaj has passed to side control!
Bajramaj tries for a kimura but Humdinger is defending well.
Bajramaj remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Humdinger gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humdinger is trying to get back to full guard.
Bajramaj trying to control from half guard but Humdinger is working away.
Bajramaj is looking for a kimura but Humdinger is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bajramaj to get the leverage.
Humdinger wants to get back to full guard.
Humdinger looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Humdinger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bajramaj swivels and escapes.
Bajramaj closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bajramaj lands in his opponent's guard.
Bajramaj slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Humdinger is looking to regain half guard here but Bajramaj keeps moving and retains side control.
Bajramaj is looking to take a break and control but Humdinger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Humdinger is trying to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Bajramaj comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Humdinger 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Humdinger!
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FIGHT
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theo Stock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kramer has chosen Moby - Porcelain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dino Kramer will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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295 lbs
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300 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo Stock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dino Kramer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kramer misses with a body kick.
Kramer throws a right and a left that Stock avoids nicely.
Kramer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stock.
Stock tries to clinch but Kramer is having none of it.
Stock lands a high kick!
It looks like Dino Kramer has been cut.
Stock wants to clinch up but Kramer keeps it at a distance.
Kramer misses with a straight left.
Stock closes the distance and clinches.
Kramer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stock's elbow.
Stock with a knee to the head.
Kramer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stock tries to land a knee to the head but Kramer blocks with his arms.
Kramer wants to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stock throws an elbow but misses.
Stock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kramer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stock avoiding damage.
Stock misses with a knee strike.
Stock looking to throw knees to the head but Kramer is blocking nicely.
Kramer is trying to stall.
A short right from Stock.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stock with a knee to the head.
Stock stalling against the cage.
Kramer manages to break the clinch.
Stock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kramer.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kramer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stock instigates a clinch.
Kramer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stock's elbow.
Stock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stock lands with a right to the head.
Stock tries a knee to the head but Kramer blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stock slowing the pace effectively.
Stock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kramer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stock has him pressed against the cage.
Stock connects with a knee to the head.
Stock with a knee to the head.
Kramer digs a right hand into Stock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stock's gas tank.
Kramer can't break the clinch.
Stock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kramer's efforts to push away.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer misses with a punch on the inside.
Kramer lands with a left to the head.
Stock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stock is pushing Kramer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kramer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Theo Stock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stock scores with a head kick.
Stock moves away from the strike by Kramer.
Kramer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Theo Stock has been cut.
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!
Stock clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kramer fails to land.
Stock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kramer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kramer looks gassed!
Stock looking to throw knees to the head but Kramer is blocking nicely.
Kramer wants to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The referee calls for Stock to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A body shot lands from Kramer.
Stock with a knee to the head.
Kramer is trying to force a seperation but Stock has the dominant position.
A body shot lands from Kramer.
Stock is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kramer is trying to break the clinch but Stock has him pressed against the cage.
Kramer lands a body punch.
Stock wants to stall.
Kramer lands a hook that snaps the head of Stock backwards.
Kramer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kramer trying to stall but Stock improves his position.
Stock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stock tries to land a knee to the head but Kramer blocks with his arms.
Kramer tries to break the clinch but Stock is controlling the position.
Kramer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kramer presses Stock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kramer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kramer misses with a wild body shot.
Kramer closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kramer loads up on a big right hand but Stock slips the punch.
Stock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kramer misses with a hook. Stock ducked under it nicely.
Kramer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kramer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kramer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stock is pushing Kramer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kramer breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stock with a nice cross.
Jab from Kramer.
Stock tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kramer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dino Kramer dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Stock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kramer looks to land a combination but Stock avoids it well.
Stock drives through and clinches with Kramer against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stock obliges.
Kramer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kramer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stock misses with a knee strike.
Stock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kramer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stock prevents Kramer from breaking the clinch.
A hook to the body from Kramer.
Stock holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stock tries to land a knee to the head but Kramer blocks with his arms.
Kramer cracks Stock with a nice body shot.
Kramer stalling against the cage.
Kramer is looking to control Stock's arms but Stock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kramer has his back to the cage.
Kramer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stock is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kramer is keeping busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kramer tries to break free but Stock pushes him back against the cage.
Stock misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stock tries to land a knee to the head but Kramer blocks with his arms.
Stock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kramer avoids it.
Stock looking to throw knees to the head but Kramer is blocking nicely.
Kramer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stock takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kramer tries to clinch up
and Stock counters by moving into the clinch.
Stock trying to stall but Kramer improves his position.
Kramer tries to throw a body punch but Stock avoids it by throwing Kramer back against the cage.
Theo Stock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kramer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stocks head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kramer lands a nice shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kramer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stock misses with a knee strike.
Kramer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stock tries to land a knee to the head but Kramer blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kramer wants to break the clinch but can't.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stock has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kramer avoiding damage as Stock throws knees to the body.
Kramer swings wildly with an uppercut but Stock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kramer is trying to break the clinch but Stock has him pressed against the cage.
Kramer has had enough of the clinch but Stock keeps him there for the moment.
Kramer tries to throw a body punch but Stock avoids it by throwing Kramer back against the cage.
Stock misses with a knee strike.
Stock lands a damaging elbow.
Kramer being controlled against the cage.
Stock tries to throw a body punch but Kramer avoids it by throwing Stock back against the cage.
Kramer digs a right hand underneath Stock's ribcage. Stock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stock taking a breather.
Kramer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stock moves forwards but Kramer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kramer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kramer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kramer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stock.
Kramer drops Stock with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Stock! Kramer dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dino Kramer!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drago Volkhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bad comes to the cage accompanied by Rusty Cage by Johnny Cash. Johnny Bad has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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183 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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24
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Bad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Drago Volkhov!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bad decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Volkhov tries to get to full guard but Bad has control of the leg.
Bad lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bad scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Volkhov wants to get back to full guard.
Volkhov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bad not doing much here.
Bad working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkhov is looking to improve his position.
Volkhov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bad's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bad's back!
Bad trying to control but not successfully.
Bad is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Bad tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bad is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's two 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.
Volkhov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bad takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bad is in a horrible position here. Volkhov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Volkhov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bad looks a forlorn figure.
Bad is in all sorts of trouble here.
Volkhov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Volkhov trying to control but Bad is having none of it.
Volkhov manages to capitalize on a mistake by Bad to take his back!
Bad tries to roll but Volkhov sticks to his back.
Bad is covering up but some of the strikes from Volkhov are getting through and doing damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Bad right now.
Volkhov is punishing Bad with strikes - can he finish him?!
Volkhov is not going to allow Bad to sit and survive in this position.
Bad tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Volkhov looking to control but Bad is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bad sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bad gets back to full guard.
Volkhov preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bad is working hard here to advance position.
Volkhov is pushing down on Bad's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bad is fighting to maintain full guard but Volkhov has managed to sneak the leg through.
Volkhov winds up and cracks Bad with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Volkhov thows a huge punch but Bad dodges it nicely.
Bad is trying to get back to full guard.
Bad trying to control but Volkhov postures up.
Bad taking some punishment here, with Volkhov in his half guard.
Volkhov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Volkhov is trying to control the action in half guard but Bad is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drago Volkhov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Bad.
Bad takes the fight into the clinch.
Volkhov gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bad.
Bad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Volkhov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bad smiles and moves away.
Bad stuns Volkhov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Volkhov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bad counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bad throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Volkhov was covering up waiting for the punch and Bad finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Volkhov keeping moving, preventing Bad from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Volkhov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bad passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Volkhov taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Volkhov regains half guard there - taking advantage of Bad's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Volkhov tries to roll over but Bad keeps him under control.
Volkhov manages to get to full guard.
Bad is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Volkhov is looking for a triangle but Bad pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad looking to pass the guard.
Bad with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bad scoring with some ground and pound.
Bad works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bad thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bad not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Volkhov is in trouble now - Bad has advanced to mount!
Johnny Bad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Volkhov is breathing heavily.
Bad looking to control but Volkhov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Bad.
Bad breaks from Volkhov's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bad punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bad in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bad scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Volkhov?
Bad with good strikes from the mount here!
Volkhov is rocked!
Volkhov is bucking up trying to escape but Bad cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Volkhov is still in real trouble! Can Bad finish him?
Bad looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Volkhov covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Bad!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beasty Kanne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beasty Kanne has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ben Jackson's chin.
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191 lbs
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175 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Beasty Kanne!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kanne.
Kanne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
A jab from Jackson misses.
Kanne throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.
Kanne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Kanne just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kanne doesn't seem bothered though.
Jackson throws a hook but Kanne blocks it.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
Jackson defending well as Kanne loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Beasty Kanne has been cut.
Jackson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kanne's head.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kanne throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Kanne throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Kanne throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Jackson as he connects with a hook.
Beasty Kanne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kanne misses with a combination
and Jackson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jackson swings for the body but Kanne moves out of range.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Kanne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jackson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A punch combination from Kanne misses.
Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kanne.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jackson!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kanne throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
Kanne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Kanne misses with a looping left.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kanne.
Jackson scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a jab. Kanne acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That has opened up Beasty Kanne's cut even more.
Jackson moves out of range as Kanne strikes.
Kanne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kanne throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Kanne misses the jab.
Jackson moves out of range as Kanne strikes.
Jackson digs a good hook to Kanne's body.
Jackson misses with a low kick.
Kanne stalks Jackson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jackson's face. Jackson staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Ben Jackson has been cut.
Jackson with a nice cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jackson swings for the body but Kanne moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson defending well as Kanne loads up on a big left hand.
Kanne looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jackson scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson delivers a nice body kick.
Kanne looks gassed!
Jackson drives through and clinches with Kanne against the cage.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson lands with a light punch inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jackson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jackson stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Jackson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kanne misses with a straight right.
Kanne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Kanne thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Kanne's ribs.
Jackson staying out of range there.
A left lands for Jackson.
Kanne takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Kanne moved out of range nicely.
Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Kanne in a clinch.
Jackson gets through Kanne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson leaning against his opponent.
Kanne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jackson duly obliges.
Kanne on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice cross by Kanne.
Jackson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kanne falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
Kanne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kanne throws out the jab.
Kanne thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Kanne might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kanne digs a good hook to Jackson's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanne misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Kanne misses its intended target.
Kanne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Kanne loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Kanne misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Kanne moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson scores with a nice right hand.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body. Kanne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jackson jabs at Kanne's body.
Kanne is breathing heavily.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Jackson lands a lovely overhand right.
Kanne takes one to the side of the head.
The cut above Beasty Kanne's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kanne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jackson counters with a straight right hand.
Kanne throws a sloppy body shot
and Jackson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanne blocks a jab.
Jackson lands with an overhand left.
Kanne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Kanne slips the punch.
Kanne swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Kanne counter with a right hand.
Kanne falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kanne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Jackson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kanne throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Kanne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Nice straight punches there by Jackson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jackson.
Jackson throws a jab when Kanne was well out of range.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kanne can do to turn this around?
Jackson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson takes a swing at Kanne's ribcage but misses.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kanne.
Jackson connects with a body shot.
A lazy left from Jackson finds it's target.
Kanne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanne misses the jab.
Kanne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kanne throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Jackson connects with the punch.
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson has managed to clinch.
Jackson digs a right hand underneath Kanne's ribcage. Kanne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jackson lands a shot to the body.
Jackson just leaning against Kanne, taking a breather.
Jackson is working Kanne over against the cage.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jackson controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jackson.
Jackson presses Kanne against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jackson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike.
Jackson breaks the clinch.
Kanne loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Kanne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson defending well as Kanne loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Kanne misses with a body punch
and Jackson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ben Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kanne falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.
Jackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kanne throws a lazy right hand but Jackson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jackson swings for the body but Kanne moves out of range.
Kanne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Kanne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Kanne walks into a jab.
Beasty Kanne's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jackson moves out of range as Kanne strikes.
Beasty Kanne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Kanne misses.
Kanne falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kanne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jackson 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 Kanne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kanne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kanne moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jackson 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:26
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Jackson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Aguinaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Powers comes to the cage accompanied by Cam'ron-Purple Haze. The crowd seem to be enjoying Aguinaga's choice of entrance music: Madrina. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26
210 lbs
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26
211 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Decent boxing
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felix Aguinaga!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powers misses with a straight right.
Powers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Powers throws a nice looking combination but Aguinaga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aguinaga blocks a jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Powers misses with a low kick.
Powers scores with a takedown into Aguinaga's guard.
Aguinaga has a closed guard, preventing Powers from standing up.
Powers 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.
Aguinaga controls Powers momentarily but Powers frees himself.
Aguinaga looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguinaga is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Powers wants to get up but he can't break Aguinaga's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Powers looking to pass the guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice sprawl there from Powers as Aguinaga shoots in.
Powers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Aguinaga checks it well.
Josh Powers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguinaga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aguinaga with a poor takedown
and Powers counters with a single leg into guard. Aguinaga didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aguinaga is keeping the position for now.
Aguinaga is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Powers controls from within his opponent's guard.
Powers decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Powers throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Powers closes the distance and clinches.
Aguinaga manages to break the clinch.
Powers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers looks to land a left hand but Aguinaga moved out of range nicely.
Powers is looking to clinch but Aguinaga is avoiding it.
Aguinaga tries to clinch but Powers moves out of range.
Aguinaga ducks under a wild hook from Powers.
Aguinaga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Powers.
Aguinaga connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Powers momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Powers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aguinaga.
Powers swings for the body but Aguinaga moves out of range.
Powers throws a big shot that misses.
Aguinaga shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Powers counters with a straight right hand.
Josh Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Aguinaga.
Powers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Aguinaga sprawls well initially but Powers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aguinaga is pressing down on Powers's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Powers looking to pass the guard.
Aguinaga is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Powers 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.
Aguinaga shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Josh Powers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Powers connects with the punch.
Powers swats away the attempt to clinch by Aguinaga.
A jab from Powers misses.
Aguinaga fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aguinaga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Powers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers tries to clinch but Aguinaga moves out of range.
Powers slips under a jab from Aguinaga.
Aguinaga gets caught flat footed, as Powers shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Powers slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Powers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aguinaga is keeping the position for now.
Powers sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Powers gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A punch combination from Powers misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers throws a right and a left that Aguinaga avoids nicely.
Aguinaga fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Aguinaga takes the fight into the clinch.
Aguinaga is trying to break free.
Aguinaga scores with a shoulder strike.
Aguinaga escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Powers moves in looking to clinch but Aguinaga pushes him off.
Powers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aguinaga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Powers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aguinaga shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Aguinaga throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Powers avoids a series of strikes thrown by Aguinaga.
Aguinaga looking to finish with strikes here!
Powers is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Aguinaga working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Powers slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaga throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aguinaga takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Aguinaga trying to control from half guard but Powers is working away.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Aguinaga shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Powers holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Josh Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Aguinaga.
Aguinaga is breathing heavily.
Aguinaga has a couple of punches blocked by Powers.
Aguinaga keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Powers's efforts to push away.
Aguinaga is trying to break the clinch but Powers is controlling him.
Aguinaga wants to get back to striking at distance but Powers won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Powers dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Powers misses the shot to the body.
Crunch! Aguinaga slams his shin into Powers's torso.
Aguinaga tries to clinch there but Powers circles away.
Aguinaga defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Powers.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Powers is defended easily by Aguinaga.
Aguinaga fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Aguinaga checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Aguinaga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Powers.
Aguinaga tries to score a power double leg takedown but Powers sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Aguinaga somewhat.
Aguinaga takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Felix Aguinaga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaga with a lazy takedown attempt
and Powers counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Powers.
Josh Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Aguinaga.
Aguinaga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Powers swinging wildly here.
Powers throws out a loose jab but Aguinaga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Powers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good exchange - Aguinaga coming out on top.
Aguinaga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Powers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aguinaga, pushing him back against the cage.
Aguinaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Powers blocks it with crossed arms.
Powers working hard to break the clinch.
Aguinaga misses with a knee to the head.
Powers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aguinaga has him pressed against the cage.
Aguinaga breaks from the clinch.
Aguinaga throws the left hand but Powers avoids the punch easily.
Powers throws an overhand right that lands on Aguinaga's shoulder, as Aguinaga tries to avoid the shot.
Powers shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Powers showed some decent athleticism there.
Aguinaga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Powers stalling.
Josh Powers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Powers misses with a body shot
and Aguinaga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aguinaga misses with a takedown attempt
and Powers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut there from Powers.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Powers fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Powers.
Aguinaga misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Powers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Powers 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Powers!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Boucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duek Nuekm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nuekm has chosen Ass & Titties as his entrance 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby Boucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duek Nuekm!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nuekm is looking to clinch but Boucher is avoiding it.
Boucher scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Boucher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boucher throws a jab but it's blocked by Nuekm.
Nuekm moves out of range of the strikes.
Boucher throws out a loose jab but Nuekm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boucher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nuekm misses with a head kick.
Boucher swats away the attempt to clinch by Nuekm.
Nuekm doesn't manage to clinch there - Boucher circles away.
Nuekm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boucher connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nuekm momentarily.
Nuekm moves out of range as Boucher strikes.
Nuekm walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Boucher misses with a double jab.
Nuekm throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boucher takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Boucher scores with a sloppy right hand. Nuekm should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuekm fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Boucher.
Nuekm rushes Boucher and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Boucher avoids the elbow strike from Nuekm, against the cage.
Nuekm tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nuekm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boucher avoids it.
Nuekm is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boucher is defending well for now.
Nuekm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boucher avoids it.
Nuekm tries to land a knee to the head but Boucher blocks with his arms.
Boucher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boucher just misses with a punch to the body.
Boucher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boucher misses with an uppercut. Nuekm saw that one coming.
Nuekm tries to clinch but Boucher is having none of it.
Nuekm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two 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.
Boucher takes a swing at Nuekm's ribcage but misses.
Boucher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boucher paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nuekm tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nuekm thumps Boucher with a low kick.
Nuekm throws a sloppy head kick and Boucher moves out of range easily.
Boucher digs a good hook to Nuekm's body.
Nuekm throws a sloppy head kick and Boucher moves out of range easily.
Boucher tests Nuekm's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boucher throws an overhand right that lands on Nuekm's shoulder, as Nuekm tries to avoid the shot.
Boucher lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Boucher avoids the head kick by Nuekm.
Some wild striking there from Boucher.
Nuekm shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Boucher.
Nuekm looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Boucher jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nuekm tries to clinch up but Boucher circles away and keeps his distance.
Nuekm is looking to land body kicks.
Boucher lands a nice hook to Nuekm's body. Nuekm takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nuekm with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Boucher to score with a decent uppercut.
Boucher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nuekm circles away quickly and effectively.
Boucher with a nice cross.
Nuekm slips a straight right by Boucher.
Nuekm tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boucher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boucher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nuekm tries to move into range but Boucher moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Boucher on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nuekm fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuekm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nuekm plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nuekm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nuekm fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Nuekm 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nuekm moves away from the strike by Boucher.
Nuekm tries to clinch there but Boucher circles away.
A jab from Boucher misses.
Boucher avoids the head kick by Nuekm.
Nuekm on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nuekm lands a nice looking body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donk. Boucher catches Nuekm right on the button with a cross.
Nuekm throws a head kick but Boucher moves out of range.
Boucher throws a lazy right hand but Nuekm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boucher throws a hook to the side of Nuekm's head but Nuekm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Boucher dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nuekm tries to close the distance and clinch but Boucher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Boucher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boucher tries to bum rush Nuekm with a series of wild strikes but Nuekm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boucher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nuekm pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nuekm misses with a head kick.
Nuekm closes the distance and clinches.
Boucher wants to get back to striking at distance but Nuekm won't allow it.
Nuekm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boucher.
Boucher wants to break free but Nuekm has control.
Nuekm throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boucher blocks it with crossed arms.
Boucher breaks from the clinch.
Nuekm throws a head kick that misses.
Nuekm tries to close the distance and clinch but Boucher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boucher is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice cross by Boucher.
Nuekm misses with a body kick.
Bobby Boucher is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boucher lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Boucher scores with a hook to the body. Nuekm takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nuekm is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Boucher.
Boucher throws a right hand that Nuekm ducks under and follows up with a left that Nuekm also avoids with ease.
Boucher looks to land a right hand but Nuekm moved out of range.
Boucher lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boucher lands a nice hook to Nuekm's body. Nuekm takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boucher's corner calls for a 1-2. Boucher obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Boucher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nuekm can do to turn this around?
A left and a right from Boucher both land. Nice combination.
Boucher lands a jab-cross combination.
Boucher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nuekm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nuekm walks into a straight right hand from Boucher.
Nuekm is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Boucher! Nuekm is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Boucher!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royston De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Noteboom has chosen Rotting Christ - Snowing Still as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Frazier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Royston De Noteboom!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frazier displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Royston De Noteboom has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frazier misses with an uppercut.
Frazier steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Noteboom.
Frazier misses with a body shot.
De Noteboom slips under a jab.
Frazier comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Frazier stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Frazier cracks a nice hook into De Noteboom's ribs.
De Noteboom looks gassed!
No luck for De Noteboom with that takedown attempt.
Frazier thuds his right hand into De Noteboom's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
De Noteboom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Frazier lands with a right hand.
A lazy left from Frazier finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frazier scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Frazier misses the jab.
Frazier fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Frazier catches De Noteboom with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Frazier slips under a jab from De Noteboom.
Frazier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A lazy left from Frazier finds it's target.
That has opened up Royston De Noteboom's cut even more.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier lands with a right hand.
De Noteboom with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Frazier to score with a decent uppercut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Noteboom.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Frazier! De Noteboom is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Frazier!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Cheng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Cheng has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tony Sparks's chin.
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212 lbs
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Cheng!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Sparks.
It looks like Charles Cheng has been cut.
Sparks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Cheng misses its intended target.
Cheng avoids the head kick by Sparks.
Sparks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cheng manages to avoid it.
Sparks takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cheng explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cheng feints and then cracks Sparks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparks down.
Cheng throws a jab when Sparks was well out of range.
Cheng throws the kick towards the body but Sparks avoids it.
Charles Cheng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheng fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cheng moves away from the strike by Sparks.
Sparks thuds a left hand into Cheng's body.
Cheng turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sparks is breathing heavily.
Cheng lands a jab to Sparks's midsection.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cheng.
Cheng throws a head kick but Sparks moves out of range.
Cheng connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cheng feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sparks's calf.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cheng.
Sparks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheng swings for the body but Sparks moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sparks checks the leg kick.
Cheng will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cheng lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sparks looks to score with a jab to the body but Cheng is just out of range.
Sparks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cheng chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cheng dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sparks. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheng lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cheng fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sparks avoids the head kick by Cheng.
Cheng turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cheng.
Cheng drops Sparks with a big left hand and mounts him. Sparks is in big trouble!
Sparks is rocked!
Cheng loads up with a big shot that hurts Sparks! He's pulled Cheng in close but Cheng has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Sparks survive? More strikes from Cheng and Sparks is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Charles Cheng!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sun Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is STILL BALLIN. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sun Kato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Pardo!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Pardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kato misses with a low kick as Pardo jumps back.
Kato defending well as Pardo loads up on a big left hand.
Pardo misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with an outside leg kick.
Pardo throws a head kick that misses
and Kato counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pardo throws a head kick that misses
and Kato counters with a left to the body.
Pardo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Kato.
Kato throws a sloppy head kick
and Pardo counters with a thumping low kick.
Kato drops his hands momentarily and Pardo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pardo looks to land a right hand but Kato moved out of range.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pardo finds it's way round the side to connect with Kato's head.
Kato fakes the leg kick and cracks Pardo in the body.
Kato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pardo.
Kato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Pardo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kato makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a good low kick that Pardo was not able to check.
A jab from Pardo misses.
Kato misses with a body shot.
Pardo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kato counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Pardo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pardo. That did some damage!
Pardo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
Kato misses the shot to the body.
Pardo misses with a double jab
and Kato makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kato lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kato throws a leg kick but Pardo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Paul Pardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
A low kick from Pardo is predictable there
and Kato makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pardo really felt that one!
Pardo looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pardo misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with a nice body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kato.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kato.
Pardo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A shot to the body from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kato looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a good low kick that Pardo was not able to check.
Kato bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kato scores with a kick to the body.
Kato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pardo throws a leg kick
and Kato makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pardo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kato.
Kato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pardo misses with a hook to the body
and Kato counters with a thumping low kick.
Pardo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kato cracks the inside of Pardo's front leg.
Kato throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pardo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice body kick from Kato.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kato throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pardo.
Kato is looking to wear down Pardo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kato explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pardo avoids the head kick by Kato.
Kato thuds his shin into the meat of Pardo's side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato cracks a nice hook into Pardo's ribs.
Kato cracks a nice hook into Pardo's ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Kato.
Pardo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kato.
Kato moves away from the strike by Pardo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Kato lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pardo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pardo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kato. Kato obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kato scores with a nice strike.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kato lands a nice shot to the body.
Kato takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kato lands a slapping body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Pardo might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kato has got the better of the exchanges.
Pardo throws a lazy head kick
and Kato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kato fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pardo is out of range.
Kato delivers a nice body kick.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
enabling Kato to counter with a crisp jab.
Kato feints and then cracks Pardo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pardo down.
Kato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pardo misses with a body punch
and Kato counters with a head kick. That will keep Pardo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kato.
Kato swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pardo.
Pardo is breathing heavily.
Kato takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pardo.
Kato ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pardo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Pardo's front leg but catches the back leg as Pardo tries to avoid it.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pardo tries to move into range but Kato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kato throws a right and a left that Pardo avoids nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
Pardo throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Pardo clinches but Kato breaks the clinch
and Kato counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kato lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Pardo.
Sun Kato is winning the standup battle so far.
Kato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pardo. That did some damage!
Kato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pardo.
Pardo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pardo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kato scores with a kick to the body.
Pardo darts in trying to clinch
and Kato counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pardo misses with the body kick
and Kato makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with a thumping low kick.
Kato fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pardo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kato counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato is looking to slow Pardo down with leg kicks.
Pardo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kato lands a jab-cross combination.
Kato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kato is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pardo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kato.
Pardo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pardo needs to keep his hands up - Kato had a free shot at his head there.
Kato scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kato scores with a spinning back kick!
Kato connects with a crisp jab.
Pardo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pardo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a body kick.
Kato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pardo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pardo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kato plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Kato feints and then cracks Pardo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pardo down.
Pardo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kato counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pardo's knee momentarily.
Pardo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kato lands a two punch combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kato throws a head kick but Pardo moves out of range.
Kato scores with a kick to the body.
Pardo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pardo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato dominated that second round.
That's time! Kato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kato cracks the inside of Pardo's front leg.
Kato blocks a jab.
Pardo throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a body kick.
Kato cracks a nice hook into Pardo's ribs.
Pardo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pardo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a nice kick to the body.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with a right hand to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
Pardo throws a combination that misses
and Kato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pardo thinking.
Kato lands with a shot to the body.
Kato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pardo on the side of the head.
Pardo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pardo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kato lands a nice hook to Pardo's body. Pardo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pardo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kato throws a head kick but Pardo moves out of range.
Kato lands a head kick. Pardo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pardo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kato scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pardo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kato tests Pardo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kato tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardo misses the jab.
Kato scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pardo can do to turn this around?
Pardo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pardo scores with a leg kick.
Pardo misses with a hook to the body
and Kato counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pardo if he has to take too many more of those.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Pardo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pardo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pardo misses with a combination
and Kato counters with a big head kick but Pardo shrugs it off.
Pardo misses with a straight left.
Kato scores with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardo misses with a body punch
and Kato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Kato. Beautiful body shot.
Pardo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kato counters with a stiff right hand.
Pardo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kato connects with a right hand. Pardo shakes it off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
Kato scores with a hook to the body. Pardo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pardo misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kato digs a good hook to Pardo's body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Pardo down.
Pardo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pardo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a low kick, right behind Pardo 's knee.
Kato lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pardo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kato moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pardo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato connects with a high kick.
Kato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pardo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato connects with a solid leg kick.
Pardo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pardo.
Kato lands a nice hook to Pardo's body. Pardo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kato lands an overhand right.
Kato throws a sloppy head kick and Pardo moves out of range easily.
Kato lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pardo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pardo.
Kato is looking to slow Pardo down with leg kicks.
Kato lands a nice shot to the body.
Pardo looks to throw the jab but Kato is out of range.
Pardo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kato finds it's way round the side to connect with Pardo's head.
Kato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pardo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
A lazy body kick from Pardo
and Kato counters with a body kick.
Pardo misses with a body punch
and Kato makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kato misses with a head kick.
Pardo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kato.
Kato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pardo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Kato finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato connects with a body shot.
Pardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pardo wants to clinch but Kato slips to the side
and Kato counters with a nice uppercut.
Pardo blocks a low kick nicely.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with an inside leg kick.
Kato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pardo. That did some damage!
Pardo misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with a head kick.
Kato thows a body shot but no joy.
Pardo throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a stiff right hand.
A low kick from Pardo is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kato.
Kato scores with a jab.
Pardo misses with a body punch
and Kato counters with a good, hard body kick but Pardo shrugs it off.
Pardo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato is looking to slow Pardo down with leg kicks.
Kato ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kato lands a nice hook to Pardo's body. Pardo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kato scores with a leg kick.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Kato. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kato.
Pardo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.
A head kick misses from Kato.
Pardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pardo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Pardo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kato lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pardo misses with the body kick
and Kato counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kato scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato lands a head kick!
Kato thumps Pardo with a low kick.
Kato scores with a one two! Pardo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pardo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pardo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kato. That one must have hurt.
Pardo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pardo's sensitive parts.
A low kick from Pardo is predictable there
and Kato counters with a nice body kick.
Kato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kato lands a nice looking body kick.
Kato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Crunch! Kato slams his shin into Pardo's torso.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Pardo down.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pardo's calf.
Kato scores with a head kick.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with a nice body kick.
Pardo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kato lands a jab to Pardo's midsection.
Kato ducks under a wild hook from Pardo.
Kato throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pardo.
Pardo looks to clinch
and Kato makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato had his way with Paul Pardo in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
Kato lands a head shot.
Pardo throws a combination that misses
and Kato counters with a leg kick.
Kato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Kato is just out of range.
Kato lands with a good body shot.
Pardo misses the body punch
and Kato counters with a solid body kick.
Nice body kick there by Kato.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pardo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kato lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pardo takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a nice leg kick.
A cross from Kato lands.
Pardo misses with a double jab
letting Kato counter with a right hand.
Kato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kato throws a head kick that Pardo semi-blocks.
Pardo throws out a loose jab but Kato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pardo misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with an outside leg kick.
Kato pushes Pardo away with a front kick.
Pardo throws a leg kick
and Kato finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kato lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kato lands with a slapping head kick.
Pardo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kato.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Kato lands with a kick to the temple. Pardo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Kato counters with a low kick, right behind Pardo 's knee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato connects with a high kick.
Pardo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
Pardo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kato finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Pardo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kato connects with the punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kato.
Kato throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kato explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kato lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato scores with a jab to the body.
Pardo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kato lands an overhand right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
Pardo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Kato cracks Pardo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pardo thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
enabling Kato to counter with a crisp jab.
A good leg kick by Kato.
Pardo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kato makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pardo really felt that one!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardo throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kato counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kato lands a jab to Pardo's midsection.
Pardo dodges the punch combination from Kato.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Paul Pardo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pardo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kato counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
Kato scores with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kato throws a one two combo.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kato, as that shot connected.
Sun Kato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pardo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Kato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kato 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:42
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 50:41
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 50:41
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Kato!
Sun Kato retains his light heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between EJ Balingit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Starks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Starks has chosen Bring Da Ruckus as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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300 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, EJ Balingit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Starks!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balingit throws a right and a left that both miss.
Starks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balingit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balingit lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Starks backs up against the cage.
It looks like Tony Starks has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balingit. Starks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Starks changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Balingit looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Starks tries for a kimura but Balingit is defending well.
Starks working the ground and pound but Balingit is defending the strikes.
Starks in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Starks working the head with strikes.
Starks lands a decent elbow from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Starks is trying to ground and pound but Balingit uses the momentary lack of control by Starks to regain half guard.
Starks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Starks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balingit is trying to maintain the position but Starks is very close to passing his half guard.
Starks thows a huge punch but Balingit dodges it nicely.
Starks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Balingit's head.
Balingit keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Starks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Balingit has hold of Starks's hands but Starks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Starks thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Balingit to regain full guard.
Starks with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Starks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Starks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Balingit managing to control the position.
Starks throwing strikes but missing.
Balingit will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Starks is looking to work some ground and pound but Balingit has wrist control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Balingit lands a jab to the nose.
Balingit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starks lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Balingit backs up against the cage.
Balingit scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Balingit just misses with a punch to the body.
Balingit takes a swing at Starks's ribcage but misses.
Balingit lands a really nice looking cross but Starks seems unphased.
EJ Balingit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balingit takes a swing at Starks's ribcage but misses.
Balingit scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Balingit slips under a jab from Starks.
Balingit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Starks gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Balingit looks to score with a jab to the body but Starks is just out of range.
Balingit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Starks circles away quickly and effectively.
Starks needs to keep his hands up - Balingit had a free shot at his head there.
Starks misses with a double jab
enabling Balingit to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starks misses with a hook to the body
and Balingit counters with a stiff right hand.
That has opened up Tony Starks's cut even more.
Starks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Starks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Starks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balingit was well out of range. Poor timing from Starks.
Starks throws a jab but it's blocked by Balingit.
Balingit misses with a body punch
and Starks counters with a right hand to the body.
Balingit falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Starks counter with a right hand.
Starks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balingit.
Starks throws a hook but Balingit avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Starks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Starks takes a jab right on the kisser.
Starks clobbers Balingit with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Starks shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
EJ Balingit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Starks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Starks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Starks throws a jab but it's blocked by Balingit.
Starks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Starks shoots and misses
and Balingit counters with a stiff right hand.
Starks shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Starks showed some decent athleticism there.
Starks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balingit defending well though.
Starks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Starks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Starks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Starks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balingit has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Starks is working away from the top position though.
Balingit is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Balingit avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Starks.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Balingit misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Starks counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Balingit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Starks thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Starks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Starks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balingit has Starks pulled in close to control his posture.
Starks thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Starks is breathing heavily.
Balingit is pulling down on Starks's head to control his posture.
Starks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Balingit lands a nice hook to Starks's body. Starks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Starks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Balingit counters with a stiff right hand.
Starks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balingit misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balingit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Starks jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Balingit lands a jab to the nose.
Balingit throws a combination that misses
and Balingit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
EJ Balingit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Starks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balingit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balingit lands with a shot to the body.
Balingit lands a glancing blow to the side of Starks's head.
Balingit scores with a nice right hand.
The cut above Tony Starks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balingit swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Starks counters with a straight right hand.
Balingit tests Starks's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balingit misses with a few strikes there.
EJ Balingit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balingit thuds a left hand into Starks's body.
Balingit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balingit misses with a wild body shot.
Starks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balingit throws out the jab.
Balingit lands a jab to the head.
Balingit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Balingit misses with an uppercut. Starks saw that one coming.
Starks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Starks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Starks staying out of range there.
Balingit takes a swing at Starks's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balingit. Starks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balingit scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balingit lands a left and a right that send Starks crashing to the mat, dazed. Balingit thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Starks is rocked!
Tony Starks's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tony Starks's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). EJ Balingit!
EJ Balingit retains his super heavyweight title!
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