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NYF 15: Mendez vs St.Claire 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pierre St Paul (ranked 3176 p4p, 3931 weight class) and Przemek Sacha (ranked 384 p4p, 443 weight class). Pierre St Paul could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Przemek Sacha's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Przemek Sacha!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Paul tries a head kick but it misses.
Sacha avoids the head kick by St Paul.
Sacha moves away from the strike by St Paul.
Sacha swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
St Paul seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sacha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Paul.
St Paul doesn't manage to clinch there - Sacha circles away.
St Paul lands with an uppercut that bounces Sacha off the cage and back into range.
 It looks like Przemek Sacha has been cut.
St Paul lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sacha walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sacha. St Paul does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Paul uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sacha.
St Paul could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A slapping body kick lands there for St Paul.
Sacha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
St Paul throws a push kick but Sacha slaps the foot to one side.
St Paul ducks under a wild hook from Sacha.
St Paul throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Paul connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sacha. Sacha circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
St Paul circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Paul moves in looking to clinch but Sacha pushes him off.
St Paul misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sacha.
A little jabbing left from Sacha on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pierre St Paul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sacha tests St Paul's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Paul pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sacha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Paul is looking to counter with a body kick.
St Paul throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sacha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
St Paul pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Paul clinches up with Sacha and pushes him back against the cage.
St Paul working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sacha lands a shoulder strike.
St Paul misses with a punch on the inside.
St Paul working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sacha has St Paul pushed against the cage.
St Paul misses with the head strike.
Sacha avoiding damage.
Sacha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sacha is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
St Paul has a couple of punches blocked by Sacha.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Paul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sacha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St Paul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Sacha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of St Pauls head.
St Paul breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Paul showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sacha.
Sacha throws out a loose jab but St Paul uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Paul looks to land a right hand but Sacha moved out of range.
St Paul wants to clinch up but Sacha keeps it at a distance.
Sacha doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Paul tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St Paul throws a head punch that misses.
Sacha lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sacha.
Sacha has St Paul pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sacha breaks the clinch.
St Paul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sacha moves away.
Sacha takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sacha moves out of range as St Paul throws a body kick.
St Paul rushes Sacha and presses him up against the cage.
Sacha has St Paul pressed against the cage.
St Paul swings wildly with an uppercut but Sacha uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Paul letting Sacha take a breather here.
Sacha blocks an uppercut.
St Paul has a couple of punches blocked by Sacha.
Sacha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sacha pushes St Paul up against the cage in a clinch.
Sacha blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from St Paul fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sacha's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
St Paul misses with a hook from the clinch.
St Paul has a couple of punches blocked by Sacha.
St Paul misses with a hook from the clinch.
St Paul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Paul lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've been informed that Sacha has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
St Paul throws a half hearted mid kick.
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 body punch from Sacha.
St Paul misses the jab.
St Paul misses with a hook to the body
and Sacha counters with a stiff right hand.
St Paul throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sacha looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sacha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sacha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
St Paul throws a sloppy head kick and Sacha moves out of range easily.
St Paul ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Sacha there.
Sacha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches St Paul on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre St Paul dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Przemek Sacha's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sacha misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Paul takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
 St Paul is rocked!
Sacha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oh St Paul is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Paul tries to score with a low kick but Sacha moves his leg out of the way.
Przemek Sacha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A shot to the liver by Sacha. Beautiful body shot.
Sacha lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in St Paul - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Sacha!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Przemek Sacha!
During a confident post fight interview, Przemek Sacha 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 Terry Ryan (ranked 4798 p4p, 24884 weight class) and Dustin Fahey (ranked 453 p4p, 502 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terry Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dustin Fahey!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Fahey's half guard.
Fahey tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Ryan manages to move to mount!
Fahey is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Fahey wants to hold on but Ryan pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fahey can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ryan controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Fahey tries to lock up and control but Ryan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fahey is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fahey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Ryan.
Fahey working to try and regain half guard.
Fahey holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ryan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fahey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ryan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fahey is trying to escape the mount.
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.
Ryan thowing shots but they're missing.
Ryan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fahey because Ryan loaded up on that one.
Ryan controlling his opponent.
Fahey is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Ryan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ryan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ryan punching from mount but Fahey doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fahey is desperately trying to improve his position but Ryan has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fahey holds on for dear life.
Ryan looking to ground and pound but Fahey is blocking nicely.
Ryan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fahey tries to improve his position but Ryan has taken his back! Ryan has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Fahey tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Ryan pushes Fahey away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Terry Ryan!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bassam Samir Mansi (ranked 2871 p4p, 4842 weight class) and Gregor Goldberg (ranked 360 p4p, 473 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bassam Samir Mansi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gregor Goldberg!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goldberg closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Samir Mansi quickly recovers to half guard.
Goldberg lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Goldberg thows a huge punch but Samir Mansi dodges it nicely.
Goldberg misses with a head shot. Samir Mansi uses the momentum to regain guard.
Goldberg slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Samir Mansi taking a bit of punishment here - Goldberg scoring with strikes.
Goldberg wants to lay and pray for a moment but Samir Mansi keeps working.
Goldberg takes a little break here. Samir Mansi wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samir Mansi is not content to let Goldberg control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samir Mansi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Goldberg throws a strike aimed at the side of Samir Mansi's head but Samir Mansi avoids it well.
Goldberg in side control lands a decent elbow.
Goldberg connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Samir Mansi some visible discomfort.
Samir Mansi is trying to get back to his feet.
Samir Mansi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Goldberg working the ground and pound.
Goldberg misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Goldberg works to advance to full mount. Samir Mansi defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Goldberg lands a couple of good shots and Samir Mansi has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Goldberg tries to get the hooks in deep but Samir Mansi pushed the leg off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg scores with punches and elbows.
Samir Mansi looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Goldberg gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goldberg is landing with strikes from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goldberg is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Samir Mansi up.
Goldberg has Samir Mansi flattened out and is raining down punches.
Samir Mansi takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Goldberg tries to get the hooks in deep but Samir Mansi pushed the leg off.
Samir Mansi wants to get back to his feet.
Goldberg is punishing Samir Mansi with strikes - can he finish him?!
Goldberg lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Samir Mansi hold on?!
Goldberg scores with punches from the back.
Samir Mansi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Goldberg on the ground.
Samir Mansi is trapped and Goldberg is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Samir Mansi is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Goldberg scores with punches and elbows.
Oh Samir Mansi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Samir Mansi is covering up but some of the strikes from Goldberg are getting through and doing damage.
Goldberg is scoring with a succession of shots from the back. Samir Mansi is covering up - he's had enough and the ref steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gregor Goldberg!
Gregor Goldberg seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuta Sanguiao (ranked 3514 p4p, 3353 weight class) and Reece Robertson (ranked 397 p4p, 387 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuta Sanguiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reece Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanguiao slips a jab from Robertson.
Robertson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanguiao.
Sanguiao tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Robertson manages to circle out of the way.
Sanguiao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robertson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A combination from Robertson does no damage.
Sanguiao tries to move into range but Robertson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
 It looks like Yuta Sanguiao has been cut.
Robertson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Robertson fails to land with a series of punches.
Robertson misses with a hook. Sanguiao ducked under it nicely.
Sanguiao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robertson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robertson misses the jab.
Robertson with a jab.
Sanguiao shoots in for a takedown but Robertson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
It seemed like Robertson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sanguiao fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson missing with a left hand there. Sanguiao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reece Robertson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanguiao lands with an overhand left.
Sanguiao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanguiao misses with the combination.
Sanguiao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robertson throws out the jab.
Sanguiao slips under a jab.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Sanguiao moves out of range.
Sanguiao checks a low kick from Robertson.
Robertson connects with a single shot there.
Sanguiao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A clash of legs there as Sanguiao blocks the low kick.
Robertson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Robertson throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanguiao counters by moving into the clinch.
Robertson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Sanguiao fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Sanguiao scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanguiao misses with the head strike.
Sanguiao taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Robertson has had enough of the clinch but Sanguiao keeps him there for the moment.
Robertson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Robertson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanguiao is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Robertson.
Robertson connects with a right hand. Sanguiao shakes it off.
Robertson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Robertson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanguiao moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robertson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanguiao tries to score a power double leg takedown but Robertson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sanguiao somewhat.
Robertson is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuta Sanguiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanguiao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanguiao darts in looking for a takedown but Robertson gets double underhooks and turns Sanguiao into the cage.
Robertson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robertson is trying to break free.
Robertson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sanguiao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanguiao holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sanguiao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanguiao swings wildly with an uppercut but Robertson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanguiao keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Robertson's efforts to push away.
Robertson breaks from the clinch.
Sanguiao dodges the punch combination from Robertson.
Sanguiao tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Robertson manages to circle out of the way.
Robertson looks to land a combination but Sanguiao avoids it well.
As Robertson tries to get set, Sanguiao tries to push him back and clinch up but Robertson manages to avoid the attempt.
Sanguiao moves into range and clinches up with Robertson.
Robertson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Robertson taking a breather.
Sanguiao displaying some good clinch control by pressing Robertson up against the cage.
Sanguiao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Robertson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuta Sanguiao's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanguiao tries to clinch up.
Robertson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Robertson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanguiao is trying hard to land a takedown here. Robertson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Reece Robertson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robertson thows a body kick. Sanguiao tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Reece Robertson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Robertson. Those never looked like landing.
Robertson misses the shot to the body.
Sanguiao misses with a takedown attempt
and Robertson counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanguiao moves in looking to clinch but Robertson pushes him off.
Sanguiao avoids the body shot from Robertson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanguiao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robertson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Robertson wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuta Sanguiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Decent striking displayed by Robertson there.
Yuta Sanguiao's cut is getting worse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Robertson.
Sanguiao tries to counter by clinching up but Robertson breaks away and moves out of range.
Sanguiao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanguiao tries to counter by clinching up but Robertson breaks away and moves out of range.
Robertson scores with a spinning back kick!
Sanguiao ducks under a wild hook from Robertson.
Reece Robertson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A clash of legs there as Sanguiao blocks the low kick.
Robertson misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanguiao moves into the clinch.
Sanguiao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robertson misses with the head strike.
Sanguiao throws a punch but it's blocked by Robertson.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sanguiao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sanguiao up against the cage.
Sanguiao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanguiao leaning against his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Sanguiao fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanguiao.
Robertson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Sanguiao avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Robertson misses.
Robertson loads up on a big right hand but Sanguiao slips the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robertson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Robertson swings widly with a right hand
and Sanguiao counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson is trying to force a seperation but Sanguiao has the dominant position.
Sanguiao misses with the head strike.
Robertson can't break the clinch.
Sanguiao keeps control of Robertson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Robertson has Sanguiao pressed against the cage.
Robertson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sanguiao will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Robertson up against the cage.
Robertson takes a shot to the head.
Robertson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Sanguiao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sanguiao lands with a right to the head.
Sanguiao keeps control of Robertson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Robertson breaks the clinch.
Robertson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanguiao holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanguiao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Robertson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanguiao misses with some punches.
Sanguiao has Robertson pressed against the cage.
Sanguiao's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Robertson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Robertson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yuta Sanguiao's cut.
That's time! Sanguiao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Robertson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanguiao counters by moving into the clinch.
Sanguiao misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robertson.
Robertson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanguiao has him pressed against the cage.
Sanguiao throws a punch but it's blocked by Robertson.
Sanguiao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanguiao slowing the pace effectively.
Robertson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Robertson trying to control the position but instead, Sanguiao has worked for underhooks and has pushed Robertson into the cage.
Sanguiao is looking to control Robertson's arms but Robertson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sanguiao has his back to the cage.
Yuta Sanguiao has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanguiao stalling the fight.
Sanguiao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanguiao misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanguiao has double underhooks.
Robertson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanguiao's elbow.
Robertson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Robertson blocking some punches.
Robertson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Robertson can't break the clinch.
Robertson wants to stall.
Sanguiao slows down the pace here.
Sanguiao keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Robertson's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sanguiao stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Robertson manages to break the clinch.
Robertson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Robertson thows a leg kick but Sanguiao checks it
and Sanguiao counters by moving into the clinch.
Robertson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanguiao.
Sanguiao misses with some punches.
Sanguiao lands with a light punch inside.
Yuta Sanguiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanguiao avoiding damage.
Robertson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanguiao backwards.
Sanguiao is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sanguiao prevents Robertson from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanguiao stalling against the cage.
Sanguiao is trying to maintain a safe position but Robertson gets an underhook and turns Sanguiao into the cage.
Robertson has had enough of the clinch but Sanguiao keeps him there for the moment.
Robertson is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanguiao has double underhooks.
Sanguiao misses with a punch on the inside.
Robertson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice takedown defense from Robertson. No joy for Sanguiao on that attempt.
Robertson takes a swing at Sanguiao's ribcage but misses.
Robertson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanguiao tries to score a power double leg takedown but Robertson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sanguiao somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson lands a nice looking body kick.
Sanguiao checks a low kick from Robertson.
Robertson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Sanguiao moves out of range.
Robertson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanguiao tries to clinch up but Robertson circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanguiao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robertson.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanguiao shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuta Sanguiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanguiao wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Reece Robertson.
I've got Robertson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reece Robertson!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dorian Casteel (ranked 1207 p4p, 2880 weight class) and Malus Traeger (ranked 168 p4p, 338 weight class). Dorian Casteel had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dorian Casteel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Malus Traeger!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casteel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Traeger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Casteel as he jumps to the side.
Casteel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Traeger in his tracks.
Casteel clobbers Traeger with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
 Traeger is rocked!
Malus Traeger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Casteel connects with a stiff jab that staggers Traeger - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dorian Casteel!
A very excited looking Dorian Casteel 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.
Malus Traeger was interviewed post fight and said 'Straight back to camp I go!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexis Machine (ranked 1682 p4p, 1194 weight class) and Roman Reyes (ranked 224 p4p, 170 weight class). Machine kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Satan Is Real. Reyes has chosen Zack Hemsey - Vengeance 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexis Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Reyes!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reyes, as that shot connected.
Machine closes the distance and pushes Reyes back into the cage.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Machine managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
I was talking to Machine's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Reyes looking to stall.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machine is defending well for now.
Reyes breaks the clinch.
Alexis Machine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reyes thuds his right hand into Machine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reyes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Machine's head backwards.
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes moves away
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes scores with a three punch combo!
Reyes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Alexis Machine has been cut.
Machine tries to clinch up.
Machine doesn't manage to clinch there - Reyes circles away.
Reyes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Machine is looking to clinch but Reyes is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reyes catches Machine with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Machine circles away quickly and effectively.
Machine needs to keep his hands up - Reyes had a free shot at his head there.
Machine is looking to clinch.
Machine wants to clinch
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes stalks Machine and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Machine's face. Machine staggers backwards, shaken.
Reyes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Reyes lands with an uppercut that bounces Machine off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Machine.
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reyes lands a jab-cross combination.
Reyes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Machine had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Machine tries to clinch there but Reyes circles away.
Machine wants to clinch up but Reyes keeps it at a distance.
Machine walks into a left hand.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reyes throws a push kick but Machine slaps the foot to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Machine is looking to clinch.
Reyes misses with the combination.
Reyes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes is having none of it.
Reyes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reyes scores with a jab to the head.
Reyes feints a jab promting Machine to slip. Reyes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Machine slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Machine moves into range and clinches up with Reyes.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Machine throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reyes's defenses.
Reyes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reyes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Reyes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reyes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Machine.
Machine tries to clinch up.
Reyes looks to land a right hand but Machine moved out of range.
Machine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reyes takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machine throws an elbow but misses.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reyes is trying to drag Machine to the mat but Machine just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Reyes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Machine is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reyes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes gets tackled into the cage by Machine. Machine maintains the clinch.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machine is defending well for now.
Reyes manages to break the clinch.
Machine pushes Reyes up against the cage in a clinch.
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
Reyes can't break the clinch.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reyes wants to break free but Machine has control.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Reyes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexis Machine's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reyes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes scores with a nice head shot.
Reyes tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Reyes misses its intended target.
Reyes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Machine will feel that in the morning.
Reyes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reyes scores with a spinning back kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Machine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Reyes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Machine is looking to counter the offense by Reyes and move into the clinch.
Reyes keeps the fight on the outside.
Reyes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roman Reyes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reyes throws a right and a left that Machine avoids nicely.
Machine clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Reyes misses with an elbow strike.
Reyes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machine avoids the elbow strike from Reyes, against the cage.
Reyes taking a breather.
Machine lands a damaging elbow.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Alexis Machine has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reyes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Machine wants to clinch up but Reyes keeps it at a distance.
Machine avoids the head kick by Reyes.
Reyes throws a shot from downtown. Machine moves away and avoids it.
Machine is looking to counter the offense by Reyes and move into the clinch.
Machine gets a clinch.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes trying to land knees to the body.
Reyes stalling in the clinch but Machine improves position.
Reyes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machine is defending well for now.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reyes turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Reyes manages to end up in side control.
Machine is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Reyes asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Machine tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Reyes is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Machine can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Reyes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes looking to control but Machine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Machine is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Reyes looking to control but Machine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Machine is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Reyes raining down shots from the mount!
Reyes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Machine really wants to buck Reyes off and get back to his feet.
Reyes dominating with strikes here.
Reyes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Machine's face.
Machine is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Machine trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Reyes unloading with bombs!
Machine knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reyes on the ground.
Reyes landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machine wants to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roman Reyes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Reyes cracks Machine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Machine on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Machine tries to get out of the position.
Reyes is landing with some decent strikes but Machine is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Machine taking shots to the head.
Machine is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Reyes.
Reyes trying to control but Machine is having none of it.
Machine tries to buck Reyes off but he can't manage it.
Reyes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Machine?
Reyes cracks Machine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Reyes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexis Machine's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Machine moves into range and clinches up with Reyes.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
Reyes missing with knees to the body.
Machine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reyes can't get the takedown.
Reyes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Machine prevents it.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machine lands a nice elbow.
Reyes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reyes is trying to maintain a safe position but Machine gets an underhook and turns Reyes into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Reyes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machine throws an elbow but misses.
Reyes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reyes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reyes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machine wants to clinch.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Machine.
Machine tries to clinch there but Reyes circles away.
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reyes throws a wild body kick that Machine sees coming a mile off.
Reyes tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alexis Machine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Machine tries to clinch up.
Despite the aggression on Reyes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Machine tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reyes manages to circle out of the way.
Machine tries to clinch there but Reyes circles away.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Reyes fails to land with a series of punches.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Reyes throws a series of punches but Machine moves out of range.
Reyes misses with a body kick.
Machine tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reyes manages to circle out of the way.
Reyes looks to land a right hand but Machine moved out of range.
Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reyes throws a hook but Machine blocks it.
Machine wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Machine tries to clinch up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Machine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reyes.
Reyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reyes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Reyes duly obliges.
Reyes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reyes gets tackled into the cage by Machine. Machine maintains the clinch.
Reyes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machine throws an elbow but misses.
Reyes trying to control the position but instead, Machine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reyes into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reyes dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Machine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Reyes has Machine pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Reyes pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Machine tumbling to the mat - Reyes dives into Machine's guard.
Reyes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reyes is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Machine wants to stand and escape but Reyes is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Machine is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Reyes dives into side control.
Reyes landing a few strikes.
Reyes cracks Machine with a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Reyes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Reyes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Reyes!
Roman Reyes 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Traumen (ranked 3283 p4p, 3972 weight class) and Dennis Moody (ranked 380 p4p, 424 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Traumen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dennis Moody!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moody looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Moody gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Traumen counters with a one-two to the body.
We've been told by Traumen's head coaches at Champion Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A jab from Traumen does it's job there.
It looks like Dennis Moody has been cut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Traumen, as that shot connected.
Moody instigates a clinch.
Traumen keeps control of Moody as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Traumen breaks the clinch.
Traumen throws a shot from downtown. Moody moves away and avoids it.
Traumen misses with a looping right.
Traumen throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Moody stumbling backwards into the cage! Moody bounces back off the cage towards Traumen, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Traumen lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Traumen celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lucas Traumen!
Lucas Traumen 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 Jackson Silva (ranked 863 p4p, 1311 weight class) and Russ Simons (ranked 96 p4p, 153 weight class). Russ Simons is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jackson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Russ Simons!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Simons.
A jab from Simons finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
It looks like Jackson Silva has been cut.
Simons missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva darts in looking for a takedown but Simons gets double underhooks and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Simons misses with a punch to the body.
Simons is stalling here.
Simons misses with some punches.
Silva is trying to drag Simons to the mat but Simons just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva jumps guard but Simons turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silva tries to circle away but Simons has him pinned against the cage.
Simons lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simons blocks an uppercut.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simons stalling.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Simons on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Simons is working Silva over against the cage.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
A body shot lands from Simons.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simons effectively controlling the action here.
Simons has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva jumps guard but Simons turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Simons lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Simons digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Simons.
Silva tries to work over Simons's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Simons turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simons will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Simons tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Simons misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Simons tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simons controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Simons creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simons slows down the pace here.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Simons misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Simons defends it nicely.
Jackson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simons misses with a looping right.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Simons.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Simons.
Silva blocks a jab.
Simons leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A big left from Simons misses.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Simons avoids it really well and circles away.
Simons catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Simons throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simons misses the jab.
Simons lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Simons lands a jab.
Simons displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Russ Simons dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jackson Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Simons connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Simons defends it nicely.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Simons misses with a wild body shot.
Simons feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Silva sprawling to the canvas! Silva rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Simons finish him?!
Simons misses with a looping right.
Simons has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Simons has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
A little jabbing left from Simons on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Simons changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Simons misses the shot to the body.
Simons is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Simons cracks Silva with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Simons has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Silva to stand back up!
Silva is rocked!
Simons throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Simons counters with a nice right hand that sends Silva toppling to the canvas! Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Simons finish him?!
Simons throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Simons shows good takedown defense.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva looking to score a takedown here. Simons is defending well but Silva drives through and ends up in Simons's guard.
Simons really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Simons is retaining full guard.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Simons.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
Silva is trying to control. Simons wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Simons defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Simons defends it.
Simons is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva moves nicely into side control.
Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva tries to advance to mount but Simons instead regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Simons is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva trying to advance position but Simons counters by regaining guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Simons can do anything to dispel that myth.
Simons is looking to sweep but instead, Silva has passed into half guard.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Simons defends it.
Simons is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Simons knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Simons!
Silva seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Simons is holding on tight.
Silva tries to control but Simons wriggling away.
Silva wants to take his opponent's back but Simons doesn't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Russ Simons showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jackson Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Silva moves away from the strike by Simons.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Simons misses with a straight left.
Silva seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Simons.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Simons sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
Simons swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva defending well as Simons loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Simons misses.
Simons might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Simons sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Simons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva lands a head kick. Simons smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Simons sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Simons.
Simons misses with a looping left.
Simons keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Simons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Simons.
Simons thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Simons throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Simons tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
Silva advances to full mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Simons has worked his arm free - good work by Simons!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simons can't do much from the bottom here.
Simons prevents Silva from moving into mount.
Silva with the ground and pound but Simons regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Simons is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Simons is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simons is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Simons stops Silva from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva moves to his opponent's back but Simons bucks him off and ends up in guard. A bit of a disaster there for Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simons trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to sweep here but Simons controlling him for the moment.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Simons defends easily.
Jackson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Russ Simons is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Russ Simons comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Simons winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russ Simons!
Russ Simons seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Mendez (ranked 393 p4p, 846 weight class) and Léo Saint-Clair (ranked 54 p4p, 95 weight class). Saint-Clair has chosen Seine Saint-Denis Style - Suprême NTM as his entrance music. Joe Mendez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Mendez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Léo Saint-Clair!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saint-Clair throws a shot from downtown. Mendez moves away and avoids it.
Mendez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saint-Clair throws a big shot that misses.
Saint-Clair misses with a hook
and Mendez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mendez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mendez blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Mendez misses the target.
Saint-Clair throws an off balance right hand
and Mendez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mendez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Saint-Clair with a hook.
Mendez misses with a wild body shot.
Mendez shoots in for a takedown but Saint-Clair shows good takedown defense.
Saint-Clair looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saint-Clair looks to score with a jab to the body but Mendez is just out of range.
Mendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mendez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saint-Clair.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez jabs at Saint-Clair's body.
Saint-Clair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Saint-Clair avoids the body shot from Mendez.
Mendez slips a straight right by Saint-Clair.
Saint-Clair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mendez throwing a counter right hand but Saint-Clair manages to avoid it.
Saint-Clair with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Saint-Clair misses with a double jab.
Saint-Clair misses with a wild body shot.
Saint-Clair 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.
Mendez misses with a lunging right hand
letting Saint-Clair counter with a right hand.
Mendez scores with a jab to the body.
Mendez throws a hook but Saint-Clair blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint-Clair.
Saint-Clair throws out a counter right but Mendez avoids it with no problem.
A big right from Saint-Clair misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendez throws a body shot but no joy.
Mendez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saint-Clair.
Saint-Clair moves out of range as Mendez strikes.
Mendez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Léo Saint-Clair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendez misses with a wild body shot.
Mendez misses with a wild combination.
Saint-Clair misses with a straight left.
Mendez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saint-Clair was well out of range. Poor timing from Mendez.
A nice side step and Saint-Clair releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mendez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Saint-Clair doesn't seem bothered though.
Mendez misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez moves forwards but Saint-Clair connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saint-Clair jabs Mendez right on the nose. Mendez blinks but takes it well.
Saint-Clair uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mendez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez is looking to wear down Saint-Clair with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Saint-Clair missing with a left hand there. Mendez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saint-Clair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mendez was well out of range. Poor timing from Saint-Clair.
Mendez blocks a jab.
Saint-Clair gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mendez misses with a body shot.
Léo Saint-Clair is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mendez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mendez moves out of range of the strikes.
Mendez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Saint-Clair misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saint-Clair circles away quickly and effectively.
Saint-Clair lands a right hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saint-Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saint-Clair avoids the body shot from Mendez.
Saint-Clair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mendez.
Mendez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mendez swings for the body but Saint-Clair moves out of range.
Mendez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mendez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mendez misses with a body shot.
Saint-Clair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saint-Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Léo Saint-Clair dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jab by Saint-Clair.
A jab from Saint-Clair misses.
Saint-Clair misses with a looping right.
Mendez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mendez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Saint-Clair gets caught flat footed, as Mendez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saint-Clair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Saint-Clair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mendez.
Mendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Saint-Clair not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mendez wants to pass the guard but Saint-Clair is keeping the position.
Mendez is looking to work some ground and pound but Saint-Clair has wrist control.
Mendez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez postures up in Saint-Clair's guard and throws a big left but Saint-Clair blocks it.
Mendez passes Saint-Clair's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mendez with the ground and pound but Saint-Clair uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Mendez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Saint-Clair bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mendez's guard.
Mendez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Mendez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've been informed that Saint-Clair has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Mendez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Saint-Clair has momentary wrist control but Mendez slips an elbow through the middle.
Saint-Clair trying to strike off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez postures up in Saint-Clair's guard and throws a big left but Saint-Clair blocks it.
Mendez throwing strikes but missing.
Mendez with a nice head shot there.
Mendez wants to control from the top but Saint-Clair keeps moving.
Mendez is in close to Saint-Clair's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mendez throws a big right hand that misses.
Mendez won't allow Saint-Clair to sweep him here.
Saint-Clair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mendez.
Mendez lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendez won't allow Saint-Clair to sweep him here.
Mendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a big elbow that misses.
Saint-Clair trying to keep a closed guard but Mendez is proving a slippery customer.
Saint-Clair has momentary wrist control but Mendez slips an elbow through the middle.
Saint-Clair trying to control the position.
Saint-Clair pulls Mendez in close to his closed guard and prevents Mendez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mendez chips away with some ground and pound.
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.
Mendez with a nice head shot there.
Mendez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint-Clair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.
Mendez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mendez landing some decent shots from guard.
Mendez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Saint-Clair's head.
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.
Saint-Clair is rocked!
Mendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mendez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint-Clair works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mendez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Saint-Clair is still in real trouble! Can Mendez finish him?
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.
Mendez arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Saint-Clair's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joe Mendez!
Joe Mendez retains his heavyweight title!
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pop
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