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Sucker Punch Pro Series 244 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Red Jesus Karter (ranked 822 p4p, 779 weight class) and Ben Reed (ranked 118 p4p, 110 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Red Jesus Karter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Reed!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Reed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Reed lands a nice looking body kick.
A lazy left from Karter finds it's target.
Reed getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Karter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Reed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reed throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nice body punch from Reed.
Reed throws a head kick that misses
and Karter counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ben Reed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reed gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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!
Reed gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Karter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reed sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We've been informed that Reed has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Reed is looking to land body kicks.
Karter throwing a counter right hand but Reed manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Reed. That snapped Karter's head back.
Karter moves out of range of the strikes.
Karter misses with an uppercut
and Reed counters with a nice low kick that buckles Karter's knee momentarily.
Reed looks to land a left hand but Karter moved out of range nicely.
Reed punishes Karter's body with a nice straight punch.
Reed works the jab nicely.
Karter has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Casa Steel in the buildup to the fight.
Karter feints and as Reed raises his hands in defense, Karter changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Karter has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Reed pulls Karter in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Reed has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed controls Karter momentarily but Karter frees himself.
Reed looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Karter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reed.
Reed is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Reed misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Karter misses the target.
Karter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reed moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter throws a body shot but no joy.
Karter ducks under a wild hook from Reed.
Karter feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Karter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reed was well out of range. Poor timing from Karter.
Reed delivers a nice body kick.
Karter tries to score a power double leg takedown but Reed sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Karter somewhat.
Reed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Reed.
Reed with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter avoids the head kick by Reed.
Reed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karter dives in for a single leg takedown but Reed sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Red Jesus Karter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karter is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Reed pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Karter lands a shoulder strike.
Reed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reed misses with some punches.
Reed swings wildly with an uppercut but Karter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reed working aggressively here.
Karter working hard to break the clinch.
Karter wants a takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Karter walks into a left hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Reed darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Reed lands a right hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Reed dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Reed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reed's jab looks to have found its range, popping Karter under the eye.
Ben Reed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reed scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karter doesn't seem bothered though.
Reed lands a jab to Karter's midsection.
Karter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Karter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karter throws a big shot that misses.
Reed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Reed misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter moves forwards but Reed connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reed lands with a nice body punch.
Reed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reed has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A swing and a miss from Reed.
Karter tries to work over Reed's front leg with a kick but Reed checks it.
Reed is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jab by Karter.
Reed tries to work over Karter's front leg with a kick but Karter checks it.
Reed scores with a head kick. Karter tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Reed scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Karter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reed can pounce on him.
Karter throws an overhand right that lands on Reed's shoulder, as Reed tries to avoid the shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reed.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Karter checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karter manages to avoid it.
Reed stuns Karter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Karter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reed swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Reed fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Karter on the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice jab there from Karter.
Karter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Reed. That one must have hurt.
A big right from Karter misses.
Reed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karter moves away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Reed.
Reed throws an off balance right hand
and Karter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Reed looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter blocks the body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Karter.
Reed lands a nice hook to Karter's body. Karter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Karter.
Reed with a nice calf kick.
Karter swings for the body but Reed moves out of range.
Reed has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reed.
Reed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karter scores with a hook to the body. Reed takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Karter avoids the head kick by Reed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter throws a hook but Reed blocks it.
Karter misses with a hook. Reed ducked under it nicely.
Karter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reed lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karter just misses with a punch to the body.
Reed lands an overhand right.
Reed throws a leg kick that is checked
and Karter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Reed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Karter scrambles back to his feet.
Reed throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reed fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reed throws an off balance right hand
and Karter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reed throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Reed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Both fighters circling a little - Reed finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Reed connects with a right hand. Karter shakes it off.
Karter will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Karter clobbers Reed with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Karter throws a looping overhand right but Reed ducks down to avoid it.
Karter misses with a body shot.
Reed works Karter's body with a nice hook.
Reed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karter was well out of range. Poor timing from Reed.
Karter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter checks a low kick from Reed.
Reed scores with a jab. Karter acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reed misses with a head kick.
Karter moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter stuns Reed with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reed throws an overhand right that lands on Karter's shoulder, as Karter tries to avoid the shot.
As Reed backs away, Karter returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Reed misses the body punch
and Karter counters with a crisp one two that drops Reed! Karter thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Reed to his feet! Reed is in big trouble!
 Reed is rocked!
Ben Reed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karter shoots in for a takedown. He's got it... He's hoisted his opponent over his head and is carrying him over to the other end of the mat. The crowd roars in approval and Karter slams his opponent to the mat. OH, that is naaaaaasty! He's out! Karter lands a punch to his unconscious victim for good measure before the ref has time to call the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Red Jesus Karter!
Red Jesus Karter took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Ok so fuck you dad, your genes would have left me with genital dwarfism but fortunately I only got the hair.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Oosthuizen (ranked 897 p4p, 648 weight class) and Jesus Christ Karter (ranked 133 p4p, 97 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francis Oosthuizen !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jesus Christ Karter!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karter throws a hook but Oosthuizen avoids it easily.
Karter misses with a low kick.
Karter has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Oosthuizen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Karter is able to avoid easily.
Oosthuizen lands a nice hook to Karter's body. Karter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oosthuizen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oosthuizen closes the distance and pushes Karter back into the cage.
Oosthuizen blocking some punches.
Oosthuizen misses with a knee strike.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karter tries to work over Oosthuizen 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oosthuizen throws a head punch that misses.
Karter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oosthuizen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oosthuizen 's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter tries a body shot but Oosthuizen blocks it.
Oosthuizen scores with a shot to the side of Karter's head.
Karter lands a nice shot to the body.
Oosthuizen misses with the head strike.
Karter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oosthuizen backwards.
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!
Karter gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Karter sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter is trying to control the action in half guard but Oosthuizen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Karter controlling the action here.
Karter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karter working Oosthuizen over with strikes.
Karter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Karter tries to pass the half guard into mount. Oosthuizen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Oosthuizen wants to get back to full guard.
Karter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Oosthuizen is trying to stand up here but Karter is controlling him well.
Oosthuizen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Karter.
Karter is keen to just control but Oosthuizen is a slippery customer.
Karter passes the guard and advances to mount!
Karter looking to land elbow strikes but Oosthuizen uses the position to regain half guard.
Karter is looking to take a break and control but Oosthuizen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oosthuizen looking for a kimura from the bottom but Karter passes into side control!
Oosthuizen sneaks out the side door and pushes Karter away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Nice defenses there by Oosthuizen .
Karter lunges at Oosthuizen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Oosthuizen 's hand.
Oosthuizen moves into the clinch successfully.
Karter is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Oosthuizen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Oosthuizen trying to stall but Karter improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter lands a body shot.
Oosthuizen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right from Oosthuizen .
Karter stalling in the clinch but Oosthuizen improves position.
Oosthuizen can't find room to land a body shot as Karter controls the action.
Oosthuizen lands a shoulder strike.
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!
Karter wants a takedown but no success here.
Karter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karter is trying to pull guard but Oosthuizen has him pressed against the cage.
Francis Oosthuizen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Christ Karter.
Karter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oosthuizen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
 It looks like Jesus Christ Karter has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oosthuizen as Karter tries to tie him up.
Oosthuizen prevents a body shot from Karter.
Karter tries to pull guard but Oosthuizen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Karter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karter lands with a light punch inside.
Oosthuizen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Karter cracks Oosthuizen with a nice body shot.
Karter tries for a takedown but Oosthuizen manages to get underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Francis Oosthuizen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jesus Christ Karter's cut.
That's time! Oosthuizen 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Oosthuizen moves out of range as Karter throws a body kick.
Oosthuizen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oosthuizen misses the jab.
Oosthuizen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oosthuizen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Karter.
Oosthuizen darts in and clinches Karter up against the cage.
Karter swings wildly with an uppercut but Oosthuizen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oosthuizen landing knees to the body.
Oosthuizen blocks an uppercut.
Oosthuizen 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.
Oosthuizen throws a punch but it's blocked by Karter.
A right hook to the body lands for Karter.
Karter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oosthuizen backwards.
Karter struggles to land a body shot inside as Oosthuizen controls his hands.
Oosthuizen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oosthuizen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Oosthuizen or not.
Karter tries for a takedown. No joy.
Oosthuizen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karter backwards.
Karter lands with a right to the head.
Oosthuizen stops a takedown attempt from Karter.
Karter struggles to land a body shot inside as Oosthuizen controls his hands.
Oosthuizen gets underhooks to prevent Karter's takedown attempt.
Francis Oosthuizen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Christ Karter.
Oosthuizen blocks a body shot from Karter.
Oosthuizen blocks a body shot from Karter.
Oosthuizen prevents a body shot from Karter.
Karter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oosthuizen .
Karter is looking for a takedown.
Oosthuizen takes a shot to the head.
Oosthuizen prevents a body shot from Karter.
Oosthuizen missing with knees to the body.
Karter fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Karter works on Oosthuizen 's body with a couple of short punches.
Still in the clinch, Oosthuizen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karter takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karter lands a right hand.
Oosthuizen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karter blocks it with crossed arms.
Karter misses with some punches.
Karter lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Oosthuizen fails to land.
Karter pulls guard effortlessly.
Oosthuizen 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.
Karter looking to control.
Oosthuizen wanted to stand there but Karter had control of the position.
Karter trying to control the position.
Karter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oosthuizen .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jesus Christ Karter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oosthuizen pushes down on Karter's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Karter actively working from the bottom here.
Still in half guard, Oosthuizen seems content to control.
Karter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Karter is staying active underneath Oosthuizen , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Karter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Karter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oosthuizen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karter lands a nice shot to the body.
Oosthuizen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oosthuizen manages to avoid it.
Oosthuizen swings for the body but Karter moves out of range.
Karter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karter throws a sloppy head kick and Oosthuizen moves out of range easily.
Karter misses with a hook. Oosthuizen ducked under it nicely.
Oosthuizen is looking to counter punch.
Karter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Karter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Oosthuizen lands with a straight right. Karter didn't see that one coming.
Good shot there by Oosthuizen .
Karter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oosthuizen .
A swing and a miss from Karter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jesus Christ Karter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jesus Christ Karter's cut.
That's time! Oosthuizen 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Oosthuizen scores with a shot to the body.
Jesus Christ Karter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oosthuizen throws a jab but it's blocked by Karter.
It seemed like Karter was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Karter misses with a low kick.
Oosthuizen pushes Karter up against the cage in a clinch.
Oosthuizen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karter goes for a takedown in the clinch but Oosthuizen prevents it.
Karter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oosthuizen backwards.
Oosthuizen tries to land knees in the clinch but Karter avoids the damage to the body.
A short uppercut from Karter.
Karter is looking to take this one to the mat.
Karter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oosthuizen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oosthuizen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Francis Oosthuizen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Christ Karter.
Karter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Oosthuizen walks away with a smile on his face. Karter gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Karter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Karter clinches.
Oosthuizen connects with a knee to the head.
Oosthuizen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karter misses with a body punch.
Oosthuizen tries to land knees in the clinch but Karter avoids the damage to the body.
Karter has Oosthuizen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Oosthuizen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Oosthuizen lands a shot to the body.
Karter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karter gets control of Oosthuizen 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Karter will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Oosthuizen trying to stand up but can't free himself from Karter's guard.
Karter looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Oosthuizen 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen is fighting to break Karter's control of his arms but Karter is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Karter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oosthuizen is one step ahead there.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Oosthuizen wants to get up but he can't break Karter's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Oosthuizen wants to control from the top but Karter keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Karter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fighters circling - Oosthuizen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Karter was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Karter 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.
Karter gets tackled into the cage by Oosthuizen . Oosthuizen maintains the clinch.
Karter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Karter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karter lands a body punch.
Karter cracks Oosthuizen with a nice body shot.
Karter is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Oosthuizen working aggressively here.
Karter tries for a takedown. No joy.
Karter jumps guard.
Karter is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Karter 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.
Oosthuizen throws a big right hand that misses.
Karter looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oosthuizen 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Francis Oosthuizen .
I think Oosthuizen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Francis Oosthuizen !
Francis Oosthuizen thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Itchy Sinclair (ranked 666 p4p, 569 weight class) and Manco Capac (ranked 90 p4p, 73 weight class). Capac has chosen Iggy Pop - The Passenger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manco Capac!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capac swings for the body but Sinclair moves out of range.
Sinclair misses with a body shot.
Capac lands a right hook to the body.
Sinclair on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sinclair throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Capac avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sinclair looks to land a right hand but Capac moved out of range.
Sinclair moves into the clinch.
Capac missing with knees to the body.
Sinclair lands with a left to the head.
Sinclair breaks the clinch.
Capac misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sinclair is looking to land body kicks.
Sinclair scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Manco Capac has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinclair closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Capac is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capac struggling a bit here.
Capac is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sinclair cracks Capac with a big right hand but Capac just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sinclair landing strikes.
Sinclair lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Capac down.
You can see the frustration on Capac's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Capac tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sinclair wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sinclair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Capac knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair wants to control but Capac is keeping him busy.
Sinclair is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Capac will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Capac is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sinclair's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sinclair looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Capac with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Capac looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sinclair working over Capac with some ground and pound. Capac looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sinclair is looking for submissions but instead, Capac has regained full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capac keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Capac manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sinclair manages to get himself to full guard.
Capac works over Sinclair with some ground and pound from guard.
Capac looking to pass the guard.
Sinclair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Capac working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Capac trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Capac content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sinclair looking to control.
Capac trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sinclair 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.
Sinclair keeping moving, preventing Capac from controlling successfully.
Capac looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capac keeps trying to improve his position.
Sinclair looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Capac pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sinclair is keeping the position for now.
Sinclair wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Capac pushing down on Sinclair's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sinclair has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Capac is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sinclair manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sinclair working a defensive guard here.
Capac sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sinclair's guard.
Capac wants to take a breather but Sinclair is having none of it.
Capac is looking for a kimura but Sinclair is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Capac to get the leverage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manco Capac's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A slow jab from Capac misses its intended target.
Sinclair throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Capac with the counter takedown but Sinclair avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sinclair. Capac does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Capac. Beautiful body shot.
A big left from Sinclair misses.
Capac feints the counter takedown.
No luck for Sinclair with that takedown attempt.
Sinclair keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Capac swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinclair swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Capac.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capac uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Itchy Sinclair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sinclair throws an off balance right hand
and Capac counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Capac throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sinclair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Sinclair coming out on top.
Sinclair dips to his left and cracks Capac with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capac scores with a jab to the body.
Capac takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big right from Capac misses.
Capac fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sinclair manages to avoid it.
Sinclair tries to clinch but Capac moves out of range.
Sinclair throws a hook but Capac blocks it.
Sinclair thuds his shin into the meat of Capac's side.
Sinclair takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sinclair manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Capac on his heels. He'll look to pass Capac's guard now, I'm sure.
Sinclair passes Capac's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sinclair takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Capac is trying to get back to full guard.
Sinclair looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capac tries to roll over but Sinclair keeps him under control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinclair trying to control from half guard but Capac is working away.
Ground and pound from Sinclair.
Capac is trying to maintain the position but Sinclair is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sinclair lands a nice short elbow.
Sinclair tries to pass the half guard into mount. Capac knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Capac is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sinclair wants to control but Capac is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sinclair wants to lay and pray for a moment but Capac keeps working.
Capac is looking to get back to full guard here but Sinclair has managed to pass to side control instead.
Capac is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sinclair is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Capac has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sinclair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Capac knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capac taking punishment in the form of punches.
Capac tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sinclair scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Capac to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Capac's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sinclair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Capac knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Capac is trying to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manco Capac's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Capac scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sinclair in his tracks.
Manco Capac seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sinclair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Capac.
Sinclair slaps away a takedown attempt from Capac, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Itchy Sinclair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capac swinging wildly here.
Sinclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Capac.
Capac misses with a body shot.
Sinclair throws a leg kick but Capac moved away.
Capac looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sinclair gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capac trying to control but Sinclair postures up.
Sinclair is working for a submission of some sort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capac is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sinclair is looking to advance position but Capac won't allow it.
Capac works his way to full guard. Good work.
Capac is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sinclair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Capac can do to turn this around?
Sinclair lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sinclair wants to pass the guard but Capac is keeping the position.
Manco Capac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Capac working for a triangle but Sinclair defends it easily.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Capac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair landing with the ground and pound.
Sinclair stands up over Capac, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sinclair distracts Capac with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Itchy Sinclair overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Capac keeps moving.
Sinclair controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capac throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sinclair stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Capac swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Capac is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sinclair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sinclair postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Capac is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sinclair, into his guard.
Capac wants to control from the top but Sinclair keeps moving.
Sinclair seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Capac connects with a couple of short punches.
Capac wants to pass the guard but Sinclair is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sinclair tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Capac pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sinclair is keeping the position for now.
Itchy Sinclair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sinclair tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Itchy Sinclair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sinclair, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itchy Sinclair!
A very excited looking Itchy Sinclair made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between More IsMore (ranked 636 p4p, 1057 weight class) and Daniel Spong (ranked 77 p4p, 121 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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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 40 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, More IsMore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Spong!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Spong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
IsMore lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Spong at a distance.
IsMore on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice shot lands for Spong.
Spong decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Spong wants to control but IsMore is keeping him busy.
Spong missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Spong thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Spong wants to work for an arm triangle but IsMore is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
IsMore wants to control but Spong is keeping busy.
Spong is nestled in close to IsMore, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Spong working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spong missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
IsMore is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
IsMore is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
IsMore makes his way to full guard. A much better position for IsMore.
IsMore looking for a guillotine here but Spong defends easily.
IsMore has momentary wrist control but Spong slips an elbow through the middle.
IsMore utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Spong scoring with some ground and pound.
Spong throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as IsMore works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Spong wants to pass the guard but IsMore is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Spong is in close to IsMore's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Spong trying to control the position from guard on top but IsMore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
IsMore working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Spong doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Spong manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Spong wants to control from the top but IsMore keeps moving.
IsMore is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
IsMore wants to sweep here but Spong controlling him for the moment.
Spong throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spong lands a couple of digs.
IsMore is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Spong defends well.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as IsMore holds on and takes a little breather.
IsMore has momentary wrist control but Spong slips an elbow through the middle.
Spong postures up in IsMore's guard and throws a big left but IsMore blocks it.
IsMore has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Spong can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
IsMore trying to control the position here.
IsMore is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spong landing with the ground and pound.
Spong lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Spong landing with the ground and pound.
Spong trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spong with a nice head shot there.
Spong with a flurry of punches that miss.
Spong throws an elbow that misses. IsMore uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Spong's guard. Nice move by IsMore!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spong working for submissions but it's allowed IsMore to get to half guard.
Spong gets back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Spong dominated that round.
That's time! IsMore's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Spong ducks under a wild hook from IsMore.
Spong with the counter takedown but IsMore avoids it easily.
Spong scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Spong is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Spong trying to control from half guard but IsMore is working away.
Spong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Spong lands strikes from half guard.
Spong throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
IsMore manages to get to full guard.
Spong lands a couple of digs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spong throws a strike but IsMore rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spong managing to control the position.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Spong. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
IsMore cracks Spong with a solid left hand.
IsMore postures up.
Spong working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because IsMore has passed into half guard!
IsMore thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Spong's head.
Spong is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but IsMore pulls his head out easily.
IsMore will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Spong is looking for a sweep. IsMore is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Spong slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Spong looking for a guillotine here but IsMore defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. IsMore gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
IsMore connects with a couple of short punches.
Spong is trying to keep IsMore in close.
Spong looking to hit a scissor sweep but IsMore is one step ahead there.
Spong is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. IsMore is aware though and is defending well.
Spong looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but IsMore puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
IsMore prevents Spong from improving his position.
IsMore slips a nice elbow through Spong's hands, connecting with Spong's forehead.
IsMore thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
IsMore is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Spong is not content to let IsMore control the position.
Spong is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
IsMore slows the pace down in half guard.
Spong is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of IsMore's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take IsMore's back!
IsMore tries to escape but Spong has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Can IsMore hold on?! Spong is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Spong is persistently looking for the submission but IsMore is defending it well.
IsMore wants to control his opponent's hands but Spong gets his hands free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spong connects with a big shot to the side of IsMore's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Spong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Spong clobbers IsMore with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
IsMore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spong.
Spong changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. IsMore tries to avoid it but Spong manages to keep hold of a leg and drag IsMore to the ground. IsMore escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Spong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by IsMore.
Spong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. IsMore looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A slow jab from IsMore misses its intended target.
IsMore slips a straight right by Spong.
A big right from IsMore misses.
IsMore on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spong shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts IsMore as he jumps to the side.
IsMore throws the left hand but Spong avoids the punch easily.
IsMore takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts IsMore as he jumps to the side.
More IsMore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Spong.
IsMore misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Spong misses its intended target.
Spong shoots in for a takedown but IsMore shows good takedown defense.
Spong fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but IsMore avoids it really well and circles away.
IsMore half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Spong scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Spong is looking for a kimura but IsMore is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Spong to get the leverage.
More IsMore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for IsMore!
IsMore can't escape the position.
Spong avoids the attempt from IsMore to control.
Spong landing punches.
IsMore tries to hold on but Spong pushes him away.
Spong raining down shots from the mount!
 IsMore is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
IsMore wants to hold on but Spong pushes him away.
Oh IsMore is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
IsMore sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
IsMore seems to have got his legs back now.
Spong is sneakily working for an arm triangle but IsMore sees it coming and defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spong thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
IsMore won't allow Spong to pass to mount.
Spong working over IsMore with some ground and pound. IsMore looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
IsMore works his way to full guard. Good work.
IsMore looking for a guillotine here but Spong defends easily.
Spong working some strikes from top position.
Spong with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spong drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but IsMore manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Spong has IsMore in his guard.
IsMore stays in close to Spong's body and controls the position.
IsMore wants to control from the top but Spong keeps moving.
IsMore lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Spong is trying to control the position but IsMore postures up.
IsMore wants to control from the top but Spong keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spong is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and IsMore defends well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Spong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Spong has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Spong!
During a confident post fight interview, Daniel Spong thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Agansing Rai (ranked 614 p4p, 412 weight class) and Schmedgar Dimms (ranked 91 p4p, 65 weight class). Rai kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Break Stuff. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Agansing Rai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Schmedgar Dimms!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rai misses with a hook.
Dimms lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rai looks to land a left hand but Dimms moved out of range nicely.
Rai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimms.
Dimms fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dimms 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 Rai has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rai and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rai is looking for a counter combo.
Dimms tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rai was well out of range. Poor timing from Dimms.
Rai misses with a straight right.
Rai scoring well with a low kick there.
Rai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dimms.
Rai misses with a straight right.
Rai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dimms manages to avoid it.
Rai staying out of range there.
Dimms scores with a jab to the head.
Rai takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rai misses with a hook.
Dimms misses with a low kick as Rai jumps back.
Dimms jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Rai misses the target.
Dimms tries a quick counter leg kick but Rai is wise to it.
Rai throws a right and a left that Dimms avoids nicely.
Rai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rai manages to avoid it.
Dimms is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab lands there for Dimms.
Dimms blocks a leg kick.
Dimms wants to slow Rai down by chopping away at his legs.
Dimms just misses with a punch to the body.
Rai moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Rai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dimms misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rai blocks a leg kick.
Rai throws out a powerful jab.
Rai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dimms manages to avoid it.
Dimms checks a leg kick.
Rai has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Rai throws an overhand right that lands on Dimms's shoulder, as Dimms tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Rai misses.
Rai staying out of range there.
Dimms throws an off balance right hand
and Rai counters with a left to the body.
Schmedgar Dimms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Rai blocks the leg kick.
Rai throws an overhand right that lands on Dimms's shoulder, as Dimms tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimms throws a leg kick that misses.
Rai dips to his left and cracks Dimms with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dimms is looking to chop away at Rai's legs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rai. Dimms shrugs it off though.
Rai misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from Dimms on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rai throws a body kick that misses.
Dimms uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rai.
Dimms throws a lazy right hand but Rai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Rai misses.
Rai lands with a right hand.
Dimms walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rai checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dimms moves out of range of the leg kick from Rai.
Rai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dimms. Rai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dimms is looking to clinch but Rai is avoiding it.
Rai lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dimms takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Rai misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimms wants to slow Rai down by chopping away at his legs.
Rai misses with a body shot.
Rai has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dimms.
Rai avoids the body shot from Dimms.
Dimms's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dimms duly obliges.
Rai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dimms ducks under a wild hook from Rai.
Rai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dimms has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dimms smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rai throws a looping overhand right but Dimms ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Dimms misses.
Dimms looks for the body kick but Rai saw that one coming.
Rai lands a slapping body shot.
Rai throws a hook to the side of Dimms's head but Dimms sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Dimms misses.
Dimms lands with a straight right. Rai didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick from Rai, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dimms steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rai.
Rai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dimms scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms throws a looping overhand right but Rai ducks down to avoid it.
Dimms ducks under a wild hook from Rai.
Rai misses with a hook.
Jab, jab by Rai - just one landing.
Rai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rai. Dimms does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rai turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dimms pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As Dimms backs away, Rai returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dimms. Rai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dimms takes a swing at Rai's ribcage but misses.
Rai is looking to counter punch.
Dimms takes a swing at Rai's ribcage but misses.
Dimms swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rai connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rai scores with a body shot.
Rai blocks a head kick by Dimms.
Dimms fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rai manages to avoid it.
Rai tries to clinch up but Dimms circles away and keeps his distance.
A slow jab from Dimms misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Rai misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Agansing Rai dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Good shot there by Dimms.
Dimms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rai.
Rai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dimms lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rai looks to land a right hand but Dimms moved out of range.
Rai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dimms lands with a hook. Rai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rai throws a jab but it's blocked by Dimms.
Rai takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dimms thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rai fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rai thuds a left hand into Dimms's body.
Rai misses with a looping left.
A nice combination there by Dimms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dimms on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rai throws a hook but Dimms avoids it easily.
Rai catches Dimms with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dimms smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheers as Dimms lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rai doesn't seem phased though.
Agansing Rai is winning the standup battle so far.
Dimms avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rai's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dimms under the eye.
Dimms throws a body shot but no joy.
Rai connects with a nice looking jab.
Dimms moves out of range as Rai strikes.
Dimms fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rai on the side of the head.
Rai ducks under a wild hook from Dimms.
Dimms swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimms takes one to the side of the head.
Rai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dimms waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rai.
Rai throws the left hand but Dimms avoids the punch easily.
Dimms avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It seemed like Dimms was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dimms throws a big shot that misses.
Dimms lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rai circles away quickly and effectively.
Dimms pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rai with a nice calf kick.
Dimms slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dimms sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dimms misses with a leg kick
and Rai counters with an outside leg kick.
Rai slips under a jab from Dimms.
Rai misses with a straight right.
Dimms now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rai throws the left hand but Dimms avoids the punch easily.
Rai takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rai connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A cross from Rai lands.
Dimms misses the shot to the body.
Rai throwing a counter right hand but Dimms manages to avoid it.
Schmedgar Dimms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A good leg kick by Dimms.
Rai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dimms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dimms throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dimms takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dimms throws a leg kick but Rai checks it.
Dimms walks into a straight right hand from Rai.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dimms checks a leg kick.
Dimms takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dimms circles away quickly and effectively.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rai 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 Dimms has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dimms and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dimms throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rai counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rai.
Still in the clinch, Dimms scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rai breaks the clinch.
Dimms moves out of range of the body kick from Rai.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rai.
Dimms throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dimms misses with the body kick
and Rai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Dimms checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rai motions for Dimms to come forward. Rai throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rai 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.
Dimms lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rai at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dimms fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dimms has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rai misses with a straight right.
Dimms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dimms ducks under a wild hook from Rai.
Dimms lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms feints and then cracks Rai's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rai down.
Dimms throws a leg kick
letting Rai counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dimms checks a leg kick.
Rai defending well as Dimms loads up on a big left hand.
Dimms fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dimms lands an overhand right.
Rai takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice uppercut lands for Rai. That snapped Dimms's head back.
Dimms misses with a low kick.
Dimms punishes Rai's body with a nice straight punch.
Rai walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dimms checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rai is looking to clinch but Dimms is avoiding it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rai avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rai throws a hook to the side of Dimms's head but Dimms sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dimms misses with an uppercut
and Rai counters with a right hand to the body.
Dimms paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rai takes one on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Agansing Rai will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rai scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dimms's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Rai misses.
Dimms moves out of range of the strikes.
Rai throws a leg kick which misses Dimms's front leg but catches the back leg as Dimms tries to avoid it.
Dimms closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Rai on the inside.
Dimms digs a right hand into Rai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rai's gas tank.
Rai blocking some punches.
Dimms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dimms digs a right hand into Rai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rai's gas tank.
Dimms scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dimms misses with a punch on the inside.
Rai makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rai swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimms makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dimms working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rai throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimms.
Dimms throws a head punch that misses.
Dimms lands a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rai throws a head punch that misses.
Dimms throws a head punch that misses.
Dimms has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dimms can turn it around.
Dimms misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimms lands a body punch.
Dimms swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rai pushes Dimms back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rai is looking to break free of the clinch but Dimms has double underhooks.
Dimms works on Rai's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dimms lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rai fails to land.
Dimms stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dimms prevents Rai from breaking the clinch.
Dimms blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimms prevents a body shot from Rai.
Rai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rai closes the distance and clinches.
Agansing Rai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimms scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimms digs a right hand into Rai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rai's gas tank.
Dimms misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dimms scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dimms keeps control of Rai as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rai misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Dimms fails to land.
Dimms makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dimms misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rai.
Rai lands with a right to the head.
Rai manages to break the clinch.
Rai lands with an overhand left.
Dimms throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rai digs a good hook to Dimms's body.
Rai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dimms digs a good body shot into Rai's ribs.
Rai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Rai does no damage.
Dimms throws a big shot that misses.
Rai moves in looking to clinch but Dimms pushes him off.
A big right from Dimms misses.
Rai appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dimms staying out of range there.
Dimms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rai.
Rai avoids the body shot from Dimms.
Dimms moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rai uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Decent striking displayed by Dimms there.
Rai tries to keep at a distance but Dimms has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dimms lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rai backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rai.
Rai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimms misses with a body punch.
Dimms goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dimms misses with a punch on the inside.
Rai misses with some punches.
Dimms tries a body shot but Rai blocks it.
Dimms tries to work over Rai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Dimms.
Dimms doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dimms tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rai's elbow.
Dimms lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Schmedgar Dimms comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Agansing Rai!
A very excited looking Agansing Rai made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ali Amir (ranked 509 p4p, 922 weight class) and Hero Shima (ranked 68 p4p, 105 weight class). Amir comes to the cage accompanied by Mastodon - Gobblers of Dregs. Shima is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by C. R. E. A. M. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ali Amir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hero Shima!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Amir.
Shima scores with a hook to the body. Amir takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Amir moves to clinch but Shima breaks away
and Amir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
 It looks like Ali Amir has been cut.
Shima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shima scores with a jab to the body.
Amir tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shima was well out of range. Poor timing from Amir.
Shima lands a nice hook to Amir's body. Amir takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Amir slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Amir throws a low kick, looking for Shima's leg but Shima calmly moves out of range.
Shima misses with a right hand
and Amir counters with a right hand to the body.
Amir is looking to clinch but Shima is avoiding it.
Ali Amir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amir scores with a body shot.
A left lands for Shima.
Amir slips a straight right by Shima.
Amir ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shima moves away.
Amir swings widly with a right hand
and Shima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amir lands a lovely overhand right.
Shima misses with a hook.
Amir throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shima chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Amir can pounce on him.
Amir tries to clinch up.
Amir has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gunner's School of Combat in the buildup to the fight.
A shot to the body from Amir misses
letting Shima counter with a right hand.
Amir ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shima moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amir looks for the body kick but Shima saw that one coming.
Shima misses with a body punch
and Amir counters with a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shima manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Amir misses.
Amir scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Amir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shima manages to avoid it.
Shima looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shima misses the jab.
Shima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shima. Amir does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amir throws a push kick but Shima slaps the foot to one side.
Amir moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amir successfully pulls guard.
Shima trying to control the position from guard on top but Amir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shima stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Amir swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shima advances position into side control!
Shima tries to move into full mount but can't pass Amir's legs.
Amir manages to work his way to half guard, despite Shima's best efforts.
Shima is pressing down on Amir's thigh, looking to free his foot. Amir is holding on for now.
Amir trying to control here.
Amir is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Amir manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Amir has an active guard here but Shima has managed to pass into half guard.
Shima landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ali Amir's cut is getting worse.
Amir tries to roll over but Shima keeps him under control.
Shima wants to control but Amir is keeping him busy.
Amir is looking for a sweep. Shima is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Shima wants to advance to full mount but Amir doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shima accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Shima wants to control from the top but Amir keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hero Shima will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ali Amir's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Amir scores with a jab. Shima acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Amir looks to score with a jab to the body but Shima is just out of range.
Shima steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Shima misses with an uppercut.
Shima keeps the fight on the outside.
Amir misses with an uppercut.
Amir attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A shot to the liver by Shima. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amir throws a wild body kick that Shima sees coming a mile off.
Shima throws a body punch but Amir moves out of range.
Amir is looking to counter with a body kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Amir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Shima was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Amir throws a nice inside leg kick.
Amir is looking to wear down Shima with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Shima.
Amir swinging wildly here.
Shima walks into a left hand.
Shima throws a lazy right hand but Amir sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Amir throwing a counter right hand but Shima manages to avoid it.
Shima misses with a straight right.
Amir tests Shima's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shima catches Amir with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Amir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Amir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shima checks the leg kick.
Amir misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Amir. Shima does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shima misses with an uppercut.
Shima avoids the body shot from Amir.
Amir throws an off balance right hand
and Shima counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amir walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ali Amir's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Amir misses with a hook to the body
enabling Shima to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Shima.
Jeez, Ali Amir's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Amir throws a leg kick which misses Shima's front leg but catches the back leg as Shima tries to avoid it.
Shima misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Amir defending well as Shima loads up on a big left hand.
Shima misses with a wild body shot.
Amir is looking to counter punch.
Nice straight punches there by Shima. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shima.
Shima digs a good hook to Amir's body.
Shima throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shima throws a jab but it's blocked by Amir.
Amir throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shima closes the distance and clinches.
Amir gets control of Shima's arms and successfully pulls guard. Amir will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Amir working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shima.
Shima wants to pass the guard but Amir is keeping the position.
Amir working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shima.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shima got a little sloppy there for a moment and Amir has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Shima has managed to get both his arms back between Amir's legs - danger averted.
Shima postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Amir is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Shima, into his guard.
Shima has his foot on Amir's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Amir works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shima is looking for a triangle but Amir pushes his legs off easily.
Shima wants to sweep but no luck.
Shima working for a triangle but Amir defends it easily.
Shima had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Amir defends it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hero Shima showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ali Amir's cut.
That's time! Amir's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Amir looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shima throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amir lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shima takes a step back to recover.
Amir pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shima is out of range and Amir settles back down.
Amir throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shima counters with a nice uppercut.
Amir fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shima looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Amir lands a nice shot to the body.
Amir misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shima pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shima ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shima with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amir doesn't manage to clinch there - Shima circles away.
Shima throws out a counter right but Amir avoids it with no problem.
Amir misses with a body punch
and Shima counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Amir misses.
A little jabbing left from Shima on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Amir moves out of range as Shima strikes.
Shima scores with a jab to the body.
Amir throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amir throws a head kick that misses
and Shima counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Amir takes one to the side of the head.
Amir tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Amir tries to clinch
and Shima counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Amir scores with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amir fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A low kick from Amir misses
and Shima counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ali Amir's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hero Shima!
Hero Shima decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olli Lindholm (ranked 798 p4p, 333 weight class) and Parta Matti (ranked 95 p4p, 47 weight class). Matti comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Language (Hula Cam) - Porter Robinson kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Olli Lindholm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Parta Matti!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindholm rushes Matti and presses him up against the cage.
Lindholm with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lindholm misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lindholm.
It looks like Parta Matti has been cut.
Matti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lindholm lands with a nice combination. Matti backs away looking to recover.
Lindholm moves out of range as Matti strikes.
Lindholm paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lindholm looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lindholm tries to clinch there but Matti circles away.
Lindholm has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Matti finds it's way round the side to connect with Lindholm's head.
It looks like Olli Lindholm has been cut.
Matti feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lindholm sprawling to the canvas! Lindholm rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Matti finish him?!
Lindholm is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matti knocks out Lindholm with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Matti before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Matti picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Parta Matti!
After the fight, Parta Matti was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Barbosa (ranked 251 p4p, 352 weight class) and D.C. Benny (ranked 32 p4p, 46 weight class). Barbosa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eminem - Go to Sleep. The crowd seem to be enjoying Benny's choice of entrance music: D.C. Benny - Unagi Standup Bit. D.C. Benny has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benny throws an overhand right that lands on Barbosa's shoulder, as Barbosa tries to avoid the shot.
We've been told by Barbosa's head coaches at Blacksmith MMA Gym 🇺🇲 that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Benny lands an overhand right.
Benny works the jab nicely.
Benny lunges at Barbosa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barbosa's hand.
Barbosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benny throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benny avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Benny.
Barbosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa works on Benny's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
A body shot lands from Benny.
A short right from Benny.
Benny tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Benny looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Benny.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benny working aggressively here.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benny.
Benny pushes Barbosa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benny lands an uppercut.
Benny lands a right hand.
Barbosa lands a right hand.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbosa gets through Benny's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Benny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benny misses with the head strike.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barbosa is working Benny over against the cage.
Benny misses with some punches.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
A short right from Barbosa on the inside.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Barbosa lands a shot to the body.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa scores with a shot to the side of Benny's head.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benny breaks from the clinch.
Benny steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barbosa. That one must have hurt.
Barbosa clinches.
Barbosa working aggressively here.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barbosa.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Benny blocks it.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Benny lands a right hand.
A short right from Barbosa.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
A left hand lands to the body for Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Barbosa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benny.
Benny misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Barbosa.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benny lands a shoulder strike.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Barbosa fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benny blocking some punches.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Benny blocks it.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Antonio Barbosa will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Barbosa digs a good body shot into Benny's ribs.
Donk. Benny catches Barbosa right on the button with a cross.
Barbosa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barbosa misses with the combination.
Barbosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barbosa throws a series of punches but Benny avoids them all with ease.
Barbosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benny gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barbosa.
Barbosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Antonio Barbosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbosa throws a leg kick
enabling Benny to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benny looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benny works on Barbosa's body with a couple of short punches.
Benny lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa tries to work over Benny's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benny creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Barbosa.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Benny.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benny lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Barbosa lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Barbosa.
Benny tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benny.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barbosa.
Benny misses with a body punch.
Benny blocks an uppercut.
That's two 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!
Benny stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benny working aggressively here.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
Benny lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Benny lands a right hand.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Benny on the inside.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benny digs a right hand into Barbosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barbosa's gas tank.
A short right from Benny on the inside.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Benny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny lands a body shot.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benny.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa prevents a body shot from Benny.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Benny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benny's elbow.
Nice body punch from Barbosa.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benny misses with some punches.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Barbosa.
Benny lands with a short shot to the head.
Barbosa digs a right hand underneath Benny's ribcage. Benny let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Benny gets through Barbosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Benny.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benny lands an uppercut.
Antonio Barbosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Benny lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benny lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benny lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Benny avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Benny lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but D.C. Benny will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Barbosa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Barbosa thumps Benny with a low kick.
Barbosa thumps Benny with a low kick.
Barbosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses.
Barbosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benny throws out a counter right but Barbosa avoids it with no problem.
Barbosa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Benny.
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barbosa punishes Benny's body with a nice straight punch.
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but Benny ducks down to avoid it.
Benny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbosa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa scores with a hook to the body. Benny takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for Barbosa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Benny.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benny sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa looks for the body kick but Benny saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Benny. Beautiful body shot.
Benny misses with the combination.
Barbosa tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Benny misses.
Barbosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Benny misses.
Barbosa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benny keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barbosa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benny counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Antonio Barbosa has been cut.
Barbosa slips a jab from Benny.
Benny lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barbosa is rocked!
Barbosa doesn't manage to clinch there - Benny circles away.
Oh Barbosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benny, pushing him back against the cage.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny digs a right hand into Barbosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barbosa's gas tank.
Barbosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benny or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benny scores with a shoulder strike.
Barbosa prevents a body shot from Benny.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbosa lands with a right to the head.
Benny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Benny tries to work over Barbosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benny scores with a shot to the side of Barbosa's head.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Benny.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa seems to have got his legs back now.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Benny.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Benny lands a right hand.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
Benny lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Benny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Benny.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa lands a left hand.
Benny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Benny escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Barbosa.
Benny fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barbosa on the side of the head.
Barbosa tries a low kick but Benny avoids it.
Barbosa misses with a leg kick
and Benny counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benny was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.
Benny lands a big right hand that sends Barbosa crashing to the mat! Benny stays standing though and waves Barbosa back to his feet!
Barbosa walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Benny! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). D.C. Benny!
A very excited looking D.C. Benny rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Logan (ranked 21 p4p, 67 weight class) and Ranger Alderidge (ranked 4 p4p, 13 weight class). Logan comes to the cage accompanied by The Evil Scotsman. Alderidge has chosen Portland, Oregon as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Logan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ranger Alderidge!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Logan misses
and Alderidge counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Logan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Alderidge lands a jab.
Alderidge throws a body punch but Logan moves out of range.
Logan moves out of range of the body kick.
Logan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Alderidge is trying to defend but Logan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Alderidge is refusing to be controlled, as Logan sits in half guard.
Logan trying to control the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alderidge does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Logan wants to pass to mount but Alderidge is defending the position.
Alderidge is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Logan seems content to control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Logan is keen to just control but Alderidge is a slippery customer.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Logan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Logan lands a leg kick that knocks Alderidge off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Logan throws a low kick, looking for Alderidge's leg but Alderidge calmly moves out of range.
Logan misses with a low kick.
Ranger Alderidge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alderidge connects with a solid leg kick.
Alderidge closes the distance and clinches.
Alderidge swings wildly with an uppercut but Logan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alderidge scores with a shot to the side of Logan's head.
Logan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alderidge takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alderidge catches Logan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alderidge ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Logan misses with a kick to the body
and Alderidge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Logan misses with a leg kick.
Logan scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Logan misses.
Logan tries to work over Alderidge's front leg with a kick but Alderidge checks it.
Alderidge lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Logan at a distance.
Logan lands a jab to Alderidge's midsection.
Alderidge takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Logan scores with a nice strike.
Logan avoids the body shot from Alderidge.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan is looking to score with low kicks.
Alderidge feints a counter leg kick.
Logan avoids the body shot from Alderidge.
Alderidge finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Logan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alderidge.
Alderidge throws a hook to the side of Logan's head but Logan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alderidge lands a nice leg kick that just misses Logan's sensitive parts.
Alderidge slips a straight right by Logan.
Alderidge only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Logan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Logan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Logan misses with a low kick.
Logan slips under a jab from Alderidge.
Alderidge tests Logan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alderidge tries to clinch but Logan moves out of range.
Logan moves forwards but Alderidge connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Alderidge blocks a leg kick.
Logan dives in for a single leg takedown but Alderidge sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Logan.
Logan working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alderidge.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alderidge throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
A right handed body shot lands from Alderidge.
Alderidge struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Alderidge throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Logans head.
Logan blocks an uppercut.
Logan misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Alderidge scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alderidge swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Logan throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Logan.
Logan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alderidge lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Logan backwards.
Alderidge doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alderidge lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alderidge misses with some punches.
Logan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Alderidge lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Logan backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alderidge.
Alderidge has Logan pressed against the cage, preventing Logan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alderidge misses with a body punch.
Alderidge misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ranger Alderidge dominated that round.
That's time! Logan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Alderidge lands with a good body shot.
Alderidge lands with a good body shot.
Logan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Logan swinging wildly here.
Alderidge has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Alderidge paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Logan misses with a two punch combination.
Alderidge misses with a looping right.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Logan.
The fighters circling - Alderidge throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alderidge takes one to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alderidge misses with a low kick.
Alderidge throws a lazy right hand but Logan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Logan is looking to counter punch.
Logan moves out of range of the leg kick from Alderidge.
Nice straight punches there by Alderidge. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alderidge.
Logan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Logan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderidge throws a jab when Logan was well out of range.
Alderidge throws a hook but Logan avoids it easily.
Alderidge walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Logan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Alderidge looks to throw the jab but Logan is out of range.
Logan connects with a looping right hand.
Logan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alderidge circles away.
Alderidge has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alderidge cracks Logan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Alderidge fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alderidge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Logan.
Alderidge steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Logan.
Logan blocks the body kick.
Alderidge lands a leg kick that knocks Logan off balance momentarily.
Alderidge takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ranger Alderidge seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Logan takes a swing at Alderidge's ribcage but misses.
Alderidge wants to slow Logan down by chopping away at his legs.
Logan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alderidge throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Logan counters with an outside leg kick.
Alderidge digs a good hook to Logan's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alderidge checks the leg kick.
Logan tries to work over Alderidge's front leg with a kick but Alderidge checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge misses with a leg kick.
Logan throws a leg kick that misses.
Alderidge keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alderidge! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Logan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A swing and a miss from Logan.
Alderidge pivots, looking for a leg kick but Logan is out of range and Alderidge settles back down.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
Alderidge cracks Logan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Logan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Logan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Logan checks a leg kick.
Logan checks a low kick from Alderidge.
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Logan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Logan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Alderidge is out of range and Logan settles back down.
Logan throws an overhand right that lands on Alderidge's shoulder, as Alderidge tries to avoid the shot.
Jab by Logan.
Logan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alderidge.
Alderidge jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge throws a low kick, looking for Logan's leg but Logan calmly moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Alderidge blocks the low kick.
Logan throws a body punch but Alderidge moves out of range.
Logan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alderidge.
It appears Logan was looking to counter with a kick there.
Alderidge steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Logan.
Logan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alderidge as he avoids it easily.
Logan scores with a shot to the body.
Logan looks to land a combination but Alderidge avoids it well.
Good standup being displayed there by Alderidge as he connects with a hook.
Alderidge closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. Alderidge does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alderidge's corner calls for a 1-2. Alderidge obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alderidge avoids the body shot from Logan.
Logan checks a leg kick.
Alderidge throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Logan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alderidge fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Logan checks it well.
Alderidge keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Logan.
Logan missing with a left hand there. Alderidge was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alderidge only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge throws a low kick but Logan avoids it.
Logan just misses with a punch to the body.
Alderidge staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Logan staying out of range there.
Alderidge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Logan moves out of range of the strikes.
Alderidge defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Logan.
Alderidge takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Logan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alderidge.
Alderidge tries to counter with a clinch but Logan shakes him off and moves away.
Logan throws a wild body kick that Alderidge sees coming a mile off.
Logan shoots in and drives through. Alderidge sprawls well.
Alderidge sizes up Logan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alderidge connects with an inside leg kick.
Logan loads up on a big right hand but Alderidge slips the punch.
Alderidge scores with a jab. Logan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Alderidge misses with a low kick.
Alderidge throws a leg kick which misses Logan's front leg but catches the back leg as Logan tries to avoid it.
Alderidge misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Logan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ranger Alderidge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Logan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Logan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alderidge.
An attempted straight right counter from Logan misses the target.
That kick from Logan tenderised Alderidge's leg. Alderidge is trying to keep his angry face on.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. Alderidge does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alderidge walks into a stiff left hand from Logan.
Alderidge swings for the body but Logan moves out of range.
Alderidge throws out a loose jab but Logan uses good head movement to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Logan.
Logan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Alderidge throws a body shot but no joy.
Logan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Logan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Logan blocks a leg kick.
Logan attempts a counter takedown but Alderidge avoids it well and moves away.
Alderidge scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Logan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alderidge to the mat! Alderidge manages to get full guard.
Logan trying to control the position from guard on top but Alderidge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Logan looking to sit in guard and control but Alderidge gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderidge slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Alderidge trying to control but Logan is working from the bottom.
Alderidge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alderidge looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Logan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Alderidge gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Logan wants to control but Alderidge passes easily into half guard.
Alderidge trying to control from half guard but Logan is working away.
Alderidge sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Logan has his hands clasped together around Alderidge's back. He's all about the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Logan defending well though.
Alderidge looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Alderidge moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alderidge tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Logan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alderidge darts in trying to clinch
and Logan counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Alderidge.
Logan misses with a leg kick.
Alderidge looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alderidge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Logan.
Alderidge swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alderidge takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Alderidge ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Logan moves away.
Logan tries to work over Alderidge's front leg with a kick but Alderidge checks it.
Logan misses with an uppercut. Alderidge saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Logan.
Alderidge misses the shot to the body.
Logan avoids the body shot from Alderidge.
As Alderidge looks to move away, Logan throws a big counter combo but Alderidge just gets out of the way.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Logan works the jab nicely.
Logan throws a leg kick that misses.
Alderidge wants to counter the offense by Logan and move into the clinch position.
Logan lands the left hand.
Alderidge misses with a body kick.
Alderidge throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Frankie Logan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Alderidge fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Logan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Logan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alderidge on the side of the head.
A jab from Alderidge does it's job there.
Logan avoids a kick to the body.
Logan keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot by Alderidge.
Alderidge throws a shot to the body.
Logan punishes Alderidge's body with a nice straight punch.
Alderidge defending well as Logan loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Logan misses.
Logan throws a series of punches but Alderidge moves out of range.
Alderidge steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Logan.
Alderidge throws a jab but it's blocked by Logan.
An attempted straight right counter from Logan misses the target.
Alderidge misses with a right hand
and Logan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Logan lands an overhand right.
Logan misses with a low kick as Alderidge jumps back.
Logan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Logan misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderidge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Logan tried to counter with a leg kick but Alderidge avoided it.
Alderidge throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Alderidge.
Alderidge bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Logan's head backwards.
Logan misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Alderidge.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alderidge throws a body punch but Logan moves out of range.
Alderidge lands a lovely overhand right.
Logan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Alderidge misses
and Logan counters with a left and a right that stings Alderidge.
Logan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Logan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Alderidge lands a nice shot to the body.
Alderidge pivots, looking for a leg kick but Logan is out of range and Alderidge settles back down.
Alderidge scores with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Logan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alderidge. Logan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alderidge tried to score with a low kick but Logan checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan scores with a nice strike.
Logan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Alderidge.
Logan misses with a hook
and Logan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
Alderidge misses with an uppercut. Logan saw that one coming.
Alderidge slips under a jab from Logan.
Logan sets himself, and Alderidge steps forward looking for the clinch! Logan avoids it this time.
Nice body punch from Logan.
Alderidge moves out of range as Logan strikes.
Logan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Logan's corner calls for a 1-2. Logan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Logan misses with an uppercut. Alderidge saw that one coming.
Nice sprawl there from Alderidge as Logan shoots in.
Logan throws a jab but it's blocked by Alderidge.
Alderidge throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Logan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alderidge throws a leg kick but Logan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Alderidge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Logan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan blocks a low kick nicely.
Alderidge scores with a decent looking hook.
Logan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Logan.
Alderidge cracks Logan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Logan tries to score with a low kick but Alderidge moves his leg out of the way.
Alderidge moves out of range as Logan strikes.
Alderidge tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Logan was well out of range. Poor timing from Alderidge.
Alderidge tried to score with a low kick but Logan checks it.
Alderidge tries to land a leg kick but Logan saw it coming and moves away.
Logan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Logan missing with a left hand there. Alderidge was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Logan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alderidge.
Logan throws the left hand but Alderidge avoids the punch easily.
Alderidge throws a body shot but no joy.
Logan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alderidge slips a jab from Logan.
Alderidge looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan connects with a jab.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
Alderidge thows a left - swing and a miss!
Logan lands a right hook to the body.
Alderidge scores with a punch to the head.
Alderidge has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alderidge rushes Logan and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alderidge creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Logan has a couple of punches blocked by Alderidge.
Alderidge misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alderidge struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Logan lands a shoulder strike.
Alderidge scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alderidge cracks Logan with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan jumps guard but Alderidge stands there with Logan around his waist. Logan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Logan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Logan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alderidge stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Ranger Alderidge will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Logan throws out a loose jab but Alderidge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alderidge tries to counter by closing the distance.
Alderidge drives through and clinches with Logan against the cage.
Alderidge tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Logan scores with a shot to the side of Alderidge's head.
Logan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Alderidge smiles and moves away.
Logan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alderidge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Logan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan scores with a push kick.
Logan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alderidge can pounce on him.
Alderidge tries to clinch but Logan moves away
and Logan counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alderidge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Logan.
Alderidge throws a hook but Logan blocks it.
Logan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Alderidge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Alderidge to counter with a crisp jab.
Alderidge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Logan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Logan checks a leg kick.
Logan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Alderidge looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ground and pound from Logan seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Alderidge is looking for a sweep.
Logan trying to control the action but Alderidge is working from the bottom.
Alderidge parries the strikes from Logan easily there. Logan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Alderidge to escape.
Frankie Logan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge is looking to reverse the position.
Logan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Alderidge, who protects the arm well.
Logan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alderidge has escaped the position, nice work there.
Logan wants to control but Alderidge is keeping him busy.
Alderidge is trying to improve his position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Alderidge is defending against the submission attempts here by Logan.
Logan is looking for a kimura but Alderidge is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Logan to get the leverage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Logan avoids the body shot from Alderidge.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Alderidge rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Logan counters with a nice uppercut.
Alderidge throws a body punch but Logan moves out of range.
Alderidge avoids the body shot from Logan.
Logan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Alderidge lands with a straight right. Logan didn't see that one coming.
Logan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alderidge doesn't seem bothered though.
Alderidge turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Logan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alderidge scores with a nice head shot.
Logan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alderidge.
A lazy left from Logan finds it's target.
Logan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Logan throws a combination that misses
and Alderidge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Logan misses with a right hand
and Alderidge counters with a leg kick.
Alderidge ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
Ranger Alderidge is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alderidge thumps Logan with a low kick.
Alderidge works the jab nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ranger Alderidge.
I think Alderidge has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:49
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:48
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ranger Alderidge!
Ranger Alderidge is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Ranger Alderidge thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tanaka Matsuda (ranked 6 p4p, 115 weight class) and Roger Michael Stanley (ranked 1 p4p, 17 weight class). Matsuda's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gojira - Another World. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tanaka Matsuda!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roger Michael Stanley!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuda darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Stanley lands a body shot.
Stanley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Stanley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Matsuda takes a swing at Stanley's ribcage but misses.
Stanley tries to counter with a clinch but Matsuda shakes him off and moves away.
Tanaka Matsuda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stanley throws a series of punches but Matsuda avoids them all with ease.
Matsuda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Matsuda shoots in for a takedown but Stanley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Matsuda has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gunner's School of Combat in the buildup to the fight.
Matsuda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stanley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stanley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stanley misses with a body shot.
Matsuda half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Matsuda is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Stanley's half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
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!
Stanley has his hands clasped together around Matsuda's back. He's all about the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stanley is controlling Matsuda's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Stanley tries to roll over but Matsuda keeps him under control.
Matsuda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Matsuda.
Stanley gets full guard.
Matsuda in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Matsuda defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matsuda postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stanley seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Matsuda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stanley pulls Matsuda in close to prevent any damage.
Stanley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matsuda with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Matsuda postures up.
Matsuda trying to control the position from guard on top but Stanley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Matsuda preventing the sweep.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Matsuda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanley was well out of range. Poor timing from Matsuda.
A countering left hand to the body from Stanley misses.
Stanley ducks right into an uppercut from Matsuda.
Stanley tries to close the distance and clinch but Matsuda swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matsuda with a nice cross.
The fighters circling - Matsuda throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matsuda bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Matsuda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Stanley as Matsuda shoots in.
Stanley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stanley scores with a body shot.
Matsuda misses with a straight left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Matsuda.
Matsuda lands with a good body shot.
Stanley moves forwards but Matsuda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matsuda changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stanley looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tanaka Matsuda dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Stanley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Matsuda misses with a lunging right hand
and Stanley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Tanaka Matsuda has been cut.
Matsuda walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matsuda throws out a loose jab but Stanley uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stanley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stanley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matsuda closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Stanley gets back to full guard.
Matsuda scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Matsuda drops back looking for a leg! Stanley is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stanley manages to kick Matsuda off! Matsuda jumps back into Stanley's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda connects with a couple of short punches.
Stanley trying to keep a closed guard but Matsuda is proving a slippery customer.
Matsuda tries to free his leg and advance position but Stanley is retaining full guard.
Matsuda wants to control from the top but Stanley keeps moving.
Stanley 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.
Matsuda stays in close to Stanley's body and controls the position.
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.
Matsuda with a flurry of punches that miss.
Matsuda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Matsuda sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Stanley's guard.
Matsuda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Matsuda prevents Stanley from improving his position.
Stanley is trying to maintain the position but Matsuda is very close to passing his half guard.
Matsuda is nestled in close to Stanley, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanley trying to control from the bottom.
Stanley is not content to let Matsuda control the position.
Stanley tries to roll over but Matsuda keeps him under control.
Matsuda wants to pass the guard but Stanley is defending well.
Matsuda is looking to stall here but Stanley recovers full guard.
Our spies down at at Just a bunch of gays inform us that Stanley has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Matsuda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Matsuda working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Matsuda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stanley can do to turn this around?
Matsuda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stanley is keeping the position for now.
Matsuda works over Stanley with some ground and pound from guard.
Matsuda 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.
Stanley wants to control the position but Matsuda says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Matsuda tries to pass to full mount but Stanley defends it.
Tanaka Matsuda overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Matsuda looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stanley regains full guard. Nicely done.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stanley keeping moving, preventing Matsuda from controlling successfully.
Matsuda being controlled here momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tanaka Matsuda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tanaka Matsuda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Matsuda lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stanley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stanley scores with a jab to the body.
Stanley misses with an uppercut.
Stanley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matsuda connects with a body shot that sends Stanley's belly button to the back.
Nice shot lands for Stanley.
Stanley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley misses with an uppercut. Matsuda saw that one coming.
Stanley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matsuda manages to avoid it.
Roger Michael Stanley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stanley. Matsuda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matsuda swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Matsuda digs a good body shot into Stanley's ribs.
Matsuda misses with a body shot.
Matsuda swings for the body but Stanley moves out of range.
Stanley throws a low kick but Matsuda moves out of range easily.
Matsuda on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stanley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matsuda lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley avoids the body shot from Matsuda.
Stanley cracks Matsuda with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Matsuda.
Matsuda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Matsuda throws a shot from downtown. Stanley moves away and avoids it.
Stanley misses the shot 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!
Matsuda gets a double leg takedown into Stanley's guard.
Matsuda with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stanley is controlling Matsuda's posture.
Stanley is continuing to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda advances position into side control!
Matsuda throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Matsuda working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Matsuda lands a nice forearm strike.
Matsuda is chipping away with strikes.
Matsuda throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Matsuda trying to control the position but Stanley is working away.
Stanley struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanley is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Matsuda is staying active.
Stanley manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Matsuda tries to pass the half guard into mount. Stanley knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Stanley is looking to improve his position.
Stanley wants to control but Matsuda is keeping busy.
Matsuda is looking for a kimura here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tanaka Matsuda clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tanaka Matsuda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Matsuda with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stanley to score with a decent uppercut.
Matsuda lands a jab.
Matsuda scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matsuda.
Nice straight punches there by Matsuda. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Matsuda.
Matsuda throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Matsuda just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Stanley misses.
Matsuda lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Matsuda throws a lazy right hand but Stanley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stanley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Stanley working a defensive guard here.
Matsuda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stanley lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Stanley trying to control but Matsuda is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Matsuda throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Matsuda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roger Michael Stanley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stanley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Matsuda has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stanley can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stanley trying to control the position from guard on top but Matsuda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanley is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Matsuda has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stanley can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stanley trying to control but Matsuda is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Matsuda looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Stanley trying to control but Matsuda is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Stanley wants to clinch up but Matsuda keeps it at a distance.
Matsuda is looking to counter punch.
Matsuda throws a right hand that misses
letting Stanley counter with a right hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stanley missing with a left hand there. Matsuda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stanley throws a looping overhand right but Matsuda ducks down to avoid it.
Matsuda looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tanaka Matsuda had his way with Roger Michael Stanley in that round.
The cut man is working on Tanaka Matsuda's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Matsuda misses with a body punch
and Stanley counters with a stiff right hand.
Stanley throws a body punch but Matsuda moves out of range.
Stanley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stanley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matsuda backwards.
Tanaka Matsuda's cut is getting worse.
A short right from Stanley.
Matsuda successfully pulls guard.
Stanley postures up.
Stanley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Stanley is stalling in the full guard.
Stanley trying to control but Matsuda is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley drops back looking for a leg! Matsuda is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Matsuda manages to kick Stanley off! Stanley jumps back into Matsuda's guard.
Matsuda trying to control the position.
Stanley trying to control the position from guard on top but Matsuda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stanley looking to sit in guard and control but Matsuda gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Matsuda is looking to work some ground and pound but Stanley has wrist control.
Stanley trying to keep a closed guard but Matsuda is proving a slippery customer.
Stanley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stanley managing to control the position.
Matsuda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Stanley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Stanley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Matsuda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Matsuda working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stanley's head.
Stanley keeping full guard, as Matsuda tries to pass.
Stanley doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Matsuda shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Matsuda was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Matsuda is looking to take a break and control but Stanley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Stanley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Matsuda working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Stanley is looking to reverse the position.
Tanaka Matsuda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Matsuda trying to control the position but Stanley is working away.
Stanley takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tanaka Matsuda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Matsuda, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tanaka Matsuda!
Tanaka Matsuda retains his middleweight title!
Tanaka Matsuda seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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