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Bounty Tournament 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tanner Wyatt (ranked 25397 p4p, 5774 weight class) and Jake Foster (ranked 393 p4p, 372 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tanner Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Foster!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Wyatt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Foster.
Wyatt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Wyatt blocks a jab.
Wyatt is looking to counter punch.
Jake Foster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Foster misses the target.
Wyatt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Foster throws a lazy right hand but Wyatt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wyatt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wyatt ducks under a wild hook from Foster.
Wyatt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foster tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wyatt sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Foster somewhat.
A counter left hand to the body from Wyatt misses its target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Foster has a takedown stuffed.
Wyatt throwing a counter right hand but Foster manages to avoid it.
Foster shoots in but no luck this time.
Tanner Wyatt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Foster.
Foster throws a jab but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Wyatt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wyatt slips a straight right by Foster.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Foster shoots in for a double leg but Wyatt sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A quick step to the side and Wyatt tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Foster shoots in for a takedown but Wyatt shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Foster manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wyatt on his heels. He'll look to pass Wyatt's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Foster stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wyatt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wyatt keeping moving, preventing Foster from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt keeping full guard, as Foster tries to pass.
Foster looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Foster trying to control the position from guard on top but Wyatt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Foster stops Wyatt from standing up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wyatt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wyatt is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wyatt is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
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.
Foster misses with a straight right.
Foster gets a takedown into half guard.
Wyatt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Foster on the ground.
Foster is looking to take a break and control but Wyatt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Foster looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Foster's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Foster dominated that round.
That's time! Wyatt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
No luck for Foster with that takedown attempt.
Wyatt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Foster swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wyatt defending well as Foster loads up on a big left hand.
Foster tests Wyatt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foster scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Foster controlling the pace.
Foster has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wyatt is looking to escape.
Foster is trying to control. Wyatt wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Foster is just content to waste time from the top position. Wyatt takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Foster postures up in Wyatt's guard and throws a big left but Wyatt blocks it.
Foster looking to sit in guard and control but Wyatt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wyatt trying to stand up but can't free himself from Foster's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster is controlling Wyatt's posture.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Foster can do anything to dispel that myth.
Foster is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wyatt wants to stand but Foster is controlling his posture from full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt stuffs the takedown attempt from Foster. Foster gets slowly back to his feet.
Foster shoots for a double leg takedown but Wyatt sprawls well. He's pushed Foster's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A little feinted left hand from Wyatt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tanner Wyatt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Foster.
Foster will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A counter left hand to the body from Wyatt misses its target.
Wyatt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Foster.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wyatt staying out of range there.
Wyatt is looking to counter punch.
Foster throws the left hand but Wyatt avoids the punch easily.
Wyatt is looking to counter punch.
Foster throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Wyatt.
Foster takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Foster pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Foster fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Wyatt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jake Foster will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Wyatt leaves Foster with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jake Foster seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wyatt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Foster.
Wyatt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A counter left hand to the body from Wyatt misses its target.
A swing and a miss from Foster.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foster missing with a left hand there. Wyatt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wyatt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Foster darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt is trying to stand up here but Foster is controlling him well.
Foster is keen to just control but Wyatt is a slippery customer.
Foster missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Foster controlling the pace.
Jake Foster is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
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.
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.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Foster misses with a straight left.
It looked like Wyatt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Foster.
Wyatt blocks a jab.
A quick step to the side and Wyatt tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Foster has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tanner Wyatt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Foster.
Foster shoots in for a takedown but Wyatt shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wyatt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Wyatt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wyatt throwing a counter right hand but Foster manages to avoid it.
Wyatt displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Foster.
Wyatt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Foster 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Foster throws an overhand right that lands on Wyatt's shoulder, as Wyatt tries to avoid the shot.
Wyatt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Foster shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wyatt sprawls well. Wyatt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Foster gets slowly back to his feet.
Wyatt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Foster has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wyatt is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Foster goes for a double leg but Wyatt avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wyatt continues to drive forward.
Wyatt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A big left from Foster misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Foster comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Foster 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Foster!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Griggs (ranked 5125 p4p, 5731 weight class) and Bardhal Marku (ranked 355 p4p, 371 weight class). 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donovan Griggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bardhal Marku!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griggs moves in looking to clinch but Marku pushes him off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marku.
Griggs tries to clinch there but Marku circles away.
Griggs gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Griggs looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Griggs fails to land.
Griggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Marku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marku lands an uppercut.
Griggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Marku uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Marku.
Marku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griggs wants to clinch.
Marku swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Griggs instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs lands an uppercut.
Marku working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marku slows down the pace here.
Marku blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Marku.
Marku breaks from the clinch.
Griggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griggs has closed the distance and engaged Marku in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Marku.
Still in the clinch, Marku scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marku leaning against his opponent.
Griggs is trying to stall.
Griggs trying to stall but Marku improves his position.
Griggs looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Griggs lands with a light punch inside.
Marku lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marku lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Griggs misses with a punch to the body.
Griggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Marku uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marku lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Marku.
Marku looking to stall.
Griggs has Marku pressed against the cage, preventing Marku from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Marku as the two fighters clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Griggs takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marku takes a shot to the head.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marku lands a body punch in the clinch.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Marku is trying to force a seperation but Griggs has the dominant position.
Marku has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A bit of stalling here from Griggs.
Marku has had enough of the clinch but Griggs keeps him there for the moment.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Griggs trying to stall but Marku improves his position.
Marku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Griggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marku rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Griggs moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Griggs drops down looking for a counter takedown but Marku sprawls and moves away.
Griggs tries to clinch there but Marku circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Griggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griggs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marku scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marku gets through Griggs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Griggs avoiding damage.
Marku is working Griggs over against the cage.
A short left from Griggs.
Griggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Marku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Griggs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marku lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marku lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Marku is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griggs stalls.
Marku has Griggs pushed against the cage.
Griggs stalling against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marku.
A shot in the inside from Marku.
Griggs misses with a punch on the inside.
Griggs takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Marku.
Marku pushes Griggs back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marku lands with a left to the head.
Marku makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Marku.
Marku lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marku scores with a shoulder strike.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bardhal Marku dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Griggs moves into range and clinches up with Marku.
Griggs stalling in the clinch but Marku improves position.
Marku lands a shoulder strike.
Marku blocking some punches.
Marku lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Marku.
Marku lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Marku.
Marku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Griggs gets through Marku's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Griggs tries a body shot but Marku blocks it.
Nice body punch from Marku - that landed with a thud.
Griggs is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marku is keeping busy.
Griggs misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marku.
Griggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marku.
Griggs wants to stall.
Marku lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marku lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marku blocking some punches.
Griggs misses with the head strike.
Marku softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marku scores with a hook to the body.
Marku lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marku breaks the clinch.
Griggs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Good exchange - Marku coming out on top.
Marku swats away the attempt to clinch by Griggs.
It seemed like Marku was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Griggs's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marku connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Griggs scrambles back to his feet.
Marku circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Marku counter with a right hand.
Marku has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Marku connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griggs doesn't manage to clinch there - Marku circles away.
Griggs walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marku connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Marku lands with an uppercut that bounces Griggs off the cage and back into range.
Griggs wants to clinch up but Marku keeps it at a distance.
Marku lands a right hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marku.
Marku throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griggs stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Griggs tries to clinch up.
Griggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marku keeps the fight on the outside.
Marku looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Griggs wants to clinch.
Marku connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marku 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.
Griggs looks to clinch
and Marku connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donovan Griggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griggs takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Griggs is looking to clinch but Marku is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs is looking to clinch but Marku is avoiding it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marku lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marku is pushing Griggs up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Marku gets through Griggs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Marku has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marku lands a hook that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Marku scores with a nice hook to the head.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Griggs trying to stall but Marku improves his position.
Griggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marku lands a body punch.
Griggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Griggs fails to land.
Marku lands with a short shot to the head.
Marku wants to break free but Griggs has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griggs fails with an attempt to clinch.
Griggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Marku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marku scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griggs moves in looking to clinch but Marku pushes him off.
Griggs doesn't manage to clinch there - Marku circles away.
Griggs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marku 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.
Griggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griggs looks to clinch
and Marku counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marku swats away the attempt to clinch by Griggs.
Griggs wants to clinch up but Marku keeps it at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Marku as he connects with a hook.
Marku lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bardhal Marku seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marku fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bardhal Marku showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Griggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Marku cracks Griggs with an open hand slap.
Griggs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Griggs doesn't manage to clinch there - Marku circles away.
Marku throws out a counter right but Griggs avoids it with no problem.
Marku scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Marku lands with a hook. Griggs tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Griggs tries to clinch but Marku moves away
and Marku counters with a nice uppercut.
Marku gets tackled into the cage by Griggs. Griggs maintains the clinch.
Marku lands with a right to the head.
Marku misses with a body punch.
Griggs takes a shot to the head.
Marku scores with a shoulder strike.
Marku scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marku blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griggs misses with a punch on the inside.
Marku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
 Griggs is rocked!
Bardhal Marku seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Griggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marku lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Griggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griggs is looking to control Marku's arms but Marku gets an underhook and turns him. Now Griggs has his back to the cage.
Griggs works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marku lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marku softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Griggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Griggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marku breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marku works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marku darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marku scores with a hook to the body. Griggs takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griggs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griggs gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Marku gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bardhal Marku!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luc Balland (ranked 4947 p4p, 4965 weight class) and Aries Lagana (ranked 347 p4p, 349 weight class). Aries Lagana is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luc Balland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aries Lagana!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lagana misses with a wild body shot.
Lagana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balland.
Balland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balland uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lagana.
A jab from Lagana misses.
Lagana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lagana pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lagana blocks a jab.
Balland with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lagana to score with a decent uppercut.
Lagana lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Balland at a distance.
Lagana lunges at Balland with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Balland's hand.
Luc Balland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lagana defending well as Balland loads up on a big left hand.
Lagana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balland misses the shot to the body.
Lagana looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lagana moves out of range of the strikes.
Lagana connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lagana cracks Balland with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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!
Balland lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Balland moves away from the strike by Lagana.
Lagana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Lagana misses its intended target.
A shot to the liver by Lagana. Beautiful body shot.
Lagana throws a hook but Balland blocks it.
Balland throwing a counter right hand but Lagana manages to avoid it.
Lagana uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balland.
Lagana cracks Balland with an open hand slap.
Balland connects with a looping right hand.
Balland misses with a straight left.
Lagana scores with a sloppy right hand. Balland should have avoided that one.
Lagana is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Balland walks into a left hand.
Balland defending well as Lagana loads up on a big left hand.
Balland has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Balland swings for the body but Lagana moves out of range.
Balland misses with a few strikes there.
Balland bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balland misses with a jab to the body
and Lagana counters with a straight right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Balland throws a lazy uppercut
and Lagana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lagana fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lagana 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.
Balland swings widly with a right hand
and Lagana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Lagana misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagana is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lagana drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Balland slips a straight right by Lagana.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lagana.
Balland sizes up Lagana with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lagana blocks a jab.
Balland throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lagana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Balland blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Lagana misses its intended target.
Balland misses with a straight left.
Balland misses with a hook. Lagana ducked under it nicely.
Lagana throws a jab but it's blocked by Balland.
Balland throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lagana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Balland misses the target.
Lagana misses the jab.
A big right from Lagana misses.
Balland swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lagana slips under a jab from Balland.
As Balland backs off Lagana throws a huge counter combo but Balland manages to avoid it all.
Lagana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balland gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lagana.
Balland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lagana.
Balland lands the left hand.
Lagana looks to land a left hand but Balland moved out of range nicely.
Balland bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Balland misses the target.
Lagana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balland.
Lagana cracks Balland with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Some wild striking there from Balland.
A jab from Lagana misses.
Lagana connects with a right hand. Balland shakes it off.
Lagana throws a lazy uppercut
and Balland counters by clinching up.
Balland pushes Lagana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balland lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lagana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Balland working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Balland pushes Lagana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lagana throws a head punch that misses.
Lagana throws a punch but it's blocked by Balland.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balland.
Lagana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balland softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balland lands a left hand.
Balland makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laganas head.
Balland lands a shot to the body.
Balland lands with a right to the head.
Lagana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Balland has him pressed against the cage.
Balland's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Balland.
Balland manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balland misses with a combination
and Balland takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lagana missing with a left hand there. Balland was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Lagana does it's job there.
Lagana digs a good body shot into Balland's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aries Lagana will probably get the nod.
That's time! Balland's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Balland throws a body punch but Lagana moves out of range.
Lagana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balland.
Balland throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lagana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've been informed that Lagana has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Balland misses with a wild body shot.
Lagana throws out a counter right but Balland avoids it with no problem.
Balland throws a big shot that misses.
Balland misses with a looping left.
Lagana throws out a counter right but Balland avoids it with no problem.
Lagana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balland.
Balland misses with a body punch
and Lagana counters with a stiff right hand.
Balland throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lagana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lagana throws a good cross that connects.
Balland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lagana.
Lagana misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lagana throws a lazy uppercut
and Balland cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lagana slips a straight right by Balland.
Lagana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - Balland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balland fails to land with a series of punches.
Lagana throws out a counter right but Balland avoids it with no problem.
Balland takes a swing at Lagana's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lagana looks to land a right hand but Balland moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagana lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lagana takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lagana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Lagana was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice defenses there by Balland.
Balland throws a right hand that misses
and Lagana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lagana misses with a looping left.
Lagana catches Balland with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Balland stalks Lagana and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lagana's face. Lagana staggers backwards, shaken.
Balland connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lagana's hands.
Lagana throws a big shot that misses.
Lagana with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balland takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lagana misses with an uppercut
and Balland counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balland gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lagana.
Lagana stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lagana avoids the body shot from Balland.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lagana! But no joy.
Balland slips a jab from Lagana.
Balland blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagana misses with a straight left.
Balland jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lagana.
Balland takes a swing at Lagana's ribcage but misses.
Lagana just misses with a punch to the body.
Balland misses with a wild body shot.
Balland throws a right hand that misses
and Lagana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Balland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lagana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balland throws out the jab.
Lagana lands a glancing blow to the side of Balland's head.
Lagana catches Balland with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lagana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balland.
Balland fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Balland uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lagana.
Lagana connects with a body shot.
A big right from Lagana misses.
Lagana throws out a loose jab but Balland uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagana throws a shot from downtown. Balland moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Lagana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balland looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Lagana misses.
Balland moves out of range of the strikes.
Balland looks to land a right hand but Lagana moved out of range.
Nice body punch from Balland.
Balland throws a looping overhand right but Lagana ducks down to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Balland - just one landing.
A slow jab from Lagana misses its intended target.
Lagana throws an overhand right that lands on Balland's shoulder, as Balland tries to avoid the shot.
Balland 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.
Lagana staying out of range there.
Balland connects with a single shot there.
Balland throws a jab but it's blocked by Lagana.
Balland falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Lagana counter with a right hand.
Balland staying out of range there.
Lagana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Balland misses.
Balland scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balland swings widly with a right hand
and Lagana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lagana throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Balland stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lagana misses the jab.
Balland is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lagana.
Balland thuds a left hand into Lagana's body.
Lagana getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lagana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balland misses with an uppercut
and Lagana counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lagana looks to score with a jab to the body but Balland is just out of range.
Lagana misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lagana throws a shot from downtown. Balland moves away and avoids it.
Lagana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lagana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lagana slips a jab and a cross from Balland.
Lagana ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Aries Lagana will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lagana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lagana 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Lagana misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lagana darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lagana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Balland scores with a sloppy right hand. Lagana should have avoided that one.
Lagana missing with a left hand there. Balland was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lagana takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Balland gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lagana.
Balland throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Balland throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lagana misses with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Balland. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Balland.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lagana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lagana throws a hook but Balland avoids it easily.
Balland connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lagana looks to throw the jab but Balland is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balland swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Balland takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lagana cracks Balland with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot lands for Balland.
Lagana slips a jab and a cross from Balland.
Lagana throws a counter combo.
A big right from Lagana misses.
Lagana misses with a wild body shot.
Lagana stuns Balland with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lagana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lagana misses with a straight left.
Balland throwing a counter right hand but Lagana manages to avoid it.
Balland looks to score with a jab to the body but Lagana is just out of range.
Lagana throws out a counter right but Balland avoids it with no problem.
Lagana defending well as Balland loads up on a big left hand.
Lagana swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Balland fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lagana manages to avoid it.
Balland steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lagana.
Lagana throws a hook to the side of Balland's head but Balland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balland misses with a lunging right hand
and Lagana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lagana.
A quick step to the side and Balland tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lagana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luc Balland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lagana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balland.
Balland throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lagana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Balland misses.
Lagana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balland.
Balland throws a body shot but no joy.
Lagana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balland swings for the body but Lagana moves out of range.
Aries Lagana seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Balland jabs at Lagana's body.
A nice combination there by Balland.
Lagana getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lagana swinging wildly here.
Balland wants to slow Lagana down by chopping away at his legs.
Lagana takes one on the button.
Balland throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lagana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lagana misses with an uppercut. Balland saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagana misses the jab.
Balland scores with a sloppy right hand. Lagana should have avoided that one.
Balland is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lagana.
Balland throws a shot from downtown. Lagana moves away and avoids it.
Balland looks to throw the jab but Lagana is out of range.
Lagana throws out a counter right but Balland avoids it with no problem.
Balland swings widly with a right hand
and Lagana counters with a straight right hand.
Lagana scores with a jab.
Balland misses with a straight right.
Balland throws a jab when Lagana was well out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Lagana.
Balland misses with a hook. Lagana ducked under it nicely.
Balland misses with an uppercut.
Lagana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lagana throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Balland on the side of the head.
Lagana throws a big shot 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!
Balland defending well as Lagana loads up on a big left hand.
Lagana lands a glancing blow to the side of Balland's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balland misses with a lunging right hand
and Lagana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Balland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lagana.
Lagana loads up on a big right hand but Balland slips the punch.
Balland takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Balland misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balland throws a right hand that Lagana ducks under and follows up with a left that Lagana also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lagana scores with a jab.
Balland throws the left hand but Lagana avoids the punch easily.
Lagana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Balland takes a jab right on the kisser.
Balland misses with a shot to the body
and Lagana counters with a stiff right hand.
Balland takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balland throws a left and a right that both miss
and Balland takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Balland takes one to the side of the head.
Lagana throws a shot from downtown. Balland moves away and avoids it.
Aries Lagana is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lagana misses with a straight left.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aries Lagana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lagana 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 Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aries Lagana!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dharya Bhate (ranked 4774 p4p, 4925 weight class) and Mackin Hooez (ranked 338 p4p, 345 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dharya Bhate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mackin Hooez!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Chris Dean and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooez fails to land the takedown.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bhate fails with the takedown.
Hooez gets a clinch.
Hooez jumps guard and drags Bhate to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hooez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bhate gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bhate wants to pass the guard but Hooez is keeping the position.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooez is pulling down on Bhate's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhate tries to free his leg and advance position but Hooez is retaining full guard.
Hooez has Bhate pulled in close to control his posture.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hooez controlling the position.
Bhate tries to free his leg and advance position but Hooez is retaining full guard.
Bhate got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hooez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bhate has managed to get both his arms back between Hooez's legs - danger averted.
Bhate passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hooez wants to control but Bhate postures up.
Bhate tries for a kimura but Hooez is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hooez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bhate swings around for an armbar but Hooez sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Bhate's guard.
Bhate looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hooez passes into half guard.
Hooez is controlling the pace.
Bhate is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhate actively working from the bottom here.
Bhate actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bhate manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bhate being controlled here, momentarily.
Bhate bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hooez's guard.
Bhate wants to pass the guard but Hooez is keeping the position.
Bhate slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hooez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhate tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bhate has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Who's going to make the next move?
Bhate is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hooez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bhate thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bhate is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hooez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
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 Dharya Bhate will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hooez instigates a clinch.
Bhate is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hooez to keep the fight standing.
Bhate tries to pull guard but Hooez won't allow it.
Hooez pulls guard successfully.
Bhate postures up.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hooez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bhate wants to pass the guard but Hooez is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhate is working hard here to advance position.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hooez has control of Bhate's left arm, preventing Bhate from doing any damage.
Hooez is trying to control the position but Bhate postures up.
Bhate thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bhate drops back looking for a leg! Hooez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hooez manages to kick Bhate off! Bhate jumps back into Hooez's guard.
Bhate thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hooez keeping full guard, as Bhate tries to pass.
Bhate drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bhate jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hooez controlling Bhate's posture.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hooez feints and as Bhate raises his hands in defense, Hooez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hooez content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhate is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bhate has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Hooez is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Bhate.
Bhate is looking to reverse the position.
Bhate is trying to work for a sweep but Hooez has mounted him!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bhate tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hooez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bhate is trying to reverse the position but instead Hooez has taken his back - oops!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
You can see the frustration on Bhate's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Hooez controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mackin Hooez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hooez gets a clinch.
Hooez pulls guard successfully.
Bhate drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bhate jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hooez working a defensive guard here.
Bhate thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bhate drops back looking for a leg! Hooez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hooez manages to kick Bhate off! Bhate jumps back into Hooez's guard.
Hooez pulls Bhate in close to his closed guard and prevents Bhate from doing any damage or advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhate drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bhate jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhate is fighting to break Hooez's control of his arms but Hooez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bhate drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bhate jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bhate thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hooez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hooez is trying to keep Bhate in close.
Mackin Hooez has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hooez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bhate gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bhate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hooez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hooez keeping full guard, as Bhate tries to pass.
Hooez is trying to control the position but Bhate postures up.
Bhate thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooez is trying to control the position but Bhate postures up.
Bhate pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hooez is keeping the position for now.
Bhate drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bhate jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hooez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hooez controlling from the top position.
Bhate looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hooez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bhate looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hooez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhate can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hooez controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bhate looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bhate looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hooez passes into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bhate is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bhate is looking for a sweep. Hooez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bhate looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mackin Hooez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hooez 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mackin Hooez!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ignacio Ferreri (ranked 4906 p4p, 4753 weight class) and Marco Mo (ranked 343 p4p, 336 weight class). Ferreri comes to the cage accompanied by No Hay Dolor - No Te Va Gustar. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ignacio Ferreri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Mo!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreri clinches up against the cage.
Ferreri has a couple of punches blocked by Mo.
Ferreri lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferreri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mo blocks an uppercut.
Ferreri swings wildly with an uppercut but Mo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mo misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mo's efforts to push away.
Mo is trying to break the clinch but Ferreri is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreri lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mo tries to break the clinch but Ferreri is controlling the position.
Mo lands with a left to the head.
Mo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreri takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ferreri avoids the head kick by Mo.
Ferreri connects with a single shot there.
Mo lands a nice hook to Ferreri's body. Ferreri takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ferreri moves into range and clinches up with Mo.
Mo misses with the head strike.
Mo lands a right hand.
Mo can't break the clinch.
Ferreri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mo backwards.
Mo can't find room to land a body shot as Ferreri controls the action.
Mo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ferreri moves into range and clinches up with Mo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mo blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreri tries to work over Mo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferreri's elbow.
Ferreri working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ferreri is pushing Mo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ferreri working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Ferreri - that landed with a thud.
Mo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Mo.
Ferreri lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ferreri throws a punch but it's blocked by Mo.
Ferreri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ferreri lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mo backwards.
Ferreri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreri can't find room to land a body shot as Mo controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Ferreri.
Ferreri lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ferreri tries a body shot but Mo blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreri.
Mo is trying to push Ferreri away but Ferreri has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ferreri swings wildly with an uppercut but Mo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Mo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ferreri misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferreri tries to land knees in the clinch but Mo avoids the damage to the body.
Ferreri lands a hook that snaps the head of Mo backwards.
Mo blocking some punches.
Ferreri is leaning against Mo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ferreri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mo scores with a shot to the side of Ferreri's head.
Ferreri stalling.
Ferreri can't find room to land a body shot as Mo controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreri lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferreri has Mo pressed against the cage, preventing Mo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mo blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreri fails to land.
Mo wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mo.
Mo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mo wants to break free but Ferreri has control.
Mo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ferreri has a couple of punches blocked by Mo.
Ferreri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferreri has a couple of punches blocked by Mo.
Mo managing to block the knees to the body from Ferreri.
Ferreri working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ferreri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mo's efforts to push away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ignacio Ferreri dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ferreri throws a series of punches but Mo moves out of range.
Marco Mo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ferreri.
Ferreri looks for the body kick but Mo saw that one coming.
Mo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ferreri with a body shot.
Ferreri clobbers Mo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ferreri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ferreri throws a right and a left that Mo avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mo. Ferreri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ferreri is looking to counter the offense by Mo and move into the clinch.
Ferreri rushes Mo and presses him up against the cage.
Ferreri throws a punch but it's blocked by Mo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreri lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ferreri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mo wants to break free but Ferreri has control.
Ignacio Ferreri has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ferreri misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreri lands with a right to the head.
Ferreri lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ferreri misses with some punches.
Ferreri lands a right hand.
Ferreri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ferreri has Mo pressed against the cage, preventing Mo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mo.
Ferreri tries to throw a body punch but Mo avoids it by throwing Ferreri back against the cage.
Mo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mo blocking some punches.
Mo has a couple of punches blocked by Ferreri.
Mo tries to throw a body punch but Ferreri avoids it by throwing Mo back against the cage.
Ferreri makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mo manages to break the clinch.
Ferreri blocks a head kick by Mo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreri throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ferreri misses with a straight left.
Ferreri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mo can do to turn this around?
Ferreri clinches with his opponent.
Ferreri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferreri misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mo.
Mo throws a head punch that misses.
Ferreri throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mos head.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreri fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mo.
Mo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ferreri or not.
Ferreri throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
Ferreri prevents a body shot from Mo.
Ferreri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mo tries to break free but Ferreri pushes him back against the cage.
Mo prevents a body shot from Ferreri.
Ferreri lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mo misses with a body punch.
Mo tries to circle away but Ferreri has him pinned against the cage.
Ferreri misses with a punch to the body.
Mo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ferreri swings wildly with an uppercut but Mo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferreri makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Ferreri.
Ferreri lands a hook that snaps the head of Mo backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreri misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Mo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ferreri scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mo throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferreri.
Mo has a couple of punches blocked by Ferreri.
Mo misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mo working aggressively here.
Ferreri misses with some punches.
Ferreri lands an uppercut.
Mo can't find room to land a body shot as Ferreri controls the action.
Ferreri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ferreri throws an elbow but misses.
Ferreri is working Mo over against the cage.
Ferreri is pushing Mo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ignacio Ferreri dominated that second round.
That's time! Ferreri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Ferreri getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ferreri works the jab nicely.
Ferreri connects with a crisp jab.
Ferreri moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ferreri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ferreri cracks Mo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ferreri instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mo is trying to break the clinch but Ferreri has him pressed against the cage.
Ferreri misses with the head strike.
Mo can't find room to land a body shot as Ferreri controls the action.
Mo is working Ferreri over against the cage.
A short left from Mo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreri stalling against the cage.
Mo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferreri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mo working hard to break the clinch.
Ferreri swings wildly with an uppercut but Mo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferreri is working Mo over against the cage.
Ferreri gets through Mo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ferreri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferreri throws a punch but it's blocked by Mo.
Mo is trying to force a seperation but Ferreri has the dominant position.
Ferreri misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ferreri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreri working aggressively here.
Ferreri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
Ferreri is stalling here.
Mo has a couple of punches blocked by Ferreri.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
Mo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreri backwards.
Ferreri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferreri lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mo misses with the head strike.
Mo is trying to break the clinch but Ferreri is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
Ferreri lands a hook that snaps the head of Mo backwards.
Ferreri controlling the action here for a moment.
Mo is trying to break the clinch but Ferreri has him pressed against the cage.
Ferreri working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ignacio Ferreri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ferreri throws a right hand that Mo ducks under and follows up with a left that Mo also avoids with ease.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ferreri.
Mo wants to clinch but Ferreri slips to the side
and Ferreri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ferreri lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ignacio Ferreri is winning the standup battle so far.
Ferreri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ferreri.
Mo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Mo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mo punishes Ferreri's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mo lands with a nice body punch.
Mo misses with a wild body shot.
Mo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ferreri throws out the jab.
Ferreri shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mo eats them both and turns towards Ferreri to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ferreri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mo needs to keep his hands up - Ferreri had a free shot at his head there.
Ferreri ducks under a wild hook from Mo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ignacio Ferreri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ferreri has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ignacio Ferreri!
An out of breath Ignacio Ferreri 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Perkalla (ranked 4766 p4p, 4805 weight class) and Tolgot Tochukwu (ranked 337 p4p, 340 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pekka Perkalla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tolgot Tochukwu!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ben Watson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tochukwu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perkalla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tochukwu moves away.
Perkalla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tochukwu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Perkalla.
Perkalla misses with the combination.
Perkalla throws an overhand right that lands on Tochukwu's shoulder, as Tochukwu tries to avoid the shot.
Tochukwu doesn't manage to clinch there - Perkalla circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Perkalla on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tochukwu doesn't manage to clinch there - Perkalla circles away.
Tochukwu wants to clinch up but Perkalla keeps it at a distance.
Tochukwu tries to clinch but Perkalla is having none of it.
Tochukwu tries to clinch there but Perkalla circles away.
Tochukwu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tochukwu fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tochukwu tries to clinch up.
Perkalla throws a jab when Tochukwu was well out of range.
Tochukwu moves in looking to clinch but Perkalla pushes him off.
Tochukwu darts in and clinches Perkalla up against the cage.
Tochukwu pulls guard successfully.
Tochukwu has control of Perkalla's left arm, preventing Perkalla from doing any damage.
We've been hearing that Perkalla has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tochukwu is looking for a triangle here but Perkalla uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Tochukwu is looking for a sweep.
Perkalla lands a nice forearm strike.
Tochukwu tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Perkalla wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tochukwu sneaks back into half guard.
Perkalla wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tochukwu keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tochukwu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tochukwu has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at League of Shadows MMA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Perkalla drops an elbow to the side of Tochukwu's head.
Tochukwu is pressing down on Perkalla's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Perkalla distracts Tochukwu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tochukwu keeping moving, preventing Perkalla from controlling successfully.
Perkalla scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tochukwu throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Perkalla landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tochukwu working for a triangle but Perkalla defends it easily.
Tochukwu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tochukwu looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Perkalla is defending well. Tochukwu quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Perkalla has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Tochukwu celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tolgot Tochukwu!
Tolgot Tochukwu tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Osama Bin-Semen (ranked 4244 p4p, 4775 weight class) and Garon Knightley (ranked 317 p4p, 339 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Osama Bin-Semen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garon Knightley!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knightley sizes up Bin-Semen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garon Knightley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knightley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bin-Semen.
Knightley misses with a leg kick
and Bin-Semen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bin-Semen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bin-Semen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bin-Semen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bin-Semen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bin-Semen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knightley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bin-Semen.
Knightley is doing well to control the position and prevent Bin-Semen from advancing to side control.
Bin-Semen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bin-Semen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bin-Semen 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.
Bin-Semen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bin-Semen slows the pace down in half guard.
Bin-Semen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin-Semen drops an elbow to the side of Knightley's head.
Bin-Semen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bin-Semen lands with a punch from half guard.
Bin-Semen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bin-Semen connects with a nice short shot to Knightley's temple.
Bin-Semen 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.
Bin-Semen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bin-Semen connects with a nice short shot to Knightley's temple.
 Knightley is rocked!
Knightley is defending against the submission attempts here by Bin-Semen.
Knightley taking some punishment here, with Bin-Semen in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bin-Semen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bin-Semen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Knightley has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bin-Semen is working away from the top position though.
Knightley is in trouble now - Bin-Semen has advanced to mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bin-Semen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bin-Semen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Knightley is in a horrible position here. Bin-Semen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bin-Semen with the ground and pound from mount.
Knightley is still in real trouble! Can Bin-Semen finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin-Semen prevents Knightley from getting the reversal.
Knightley seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bin-Semen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bin-Semen lands with some strikes.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Bin-Semen! Knightley is hurt baaadly! Bin-Semen is firing away with more strikes - Knightley is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Osama Bin-Semen!
Osama Bin-Semen 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Bedgars Trimms (ranked 5003 p4p, 5150 weight class) and Tony Visconti (ranked 351 p4p, 356 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bedgars Trimms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Visconti!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trimms moves to clinch but Visconti breaks away
and Visconti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Trimms tries to clinch up
and Visconti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trimms clinches up against the cage.
Trimms pushes Visconti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Visconti.
A nice left hand lands by Visconti.
Visconti has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Trimms definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Trimms misses with a body punch.
Trimms lands a right hand that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
Visconti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Visconti can't break the clinch.
Visconti has a couple of punches blocked by Trimms.
Trimms lands a left hand that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trimms misses with the head strike.
Visconti lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Trimms.
Trimms throws a punch but it's blocked by Visconti.
Trimms is working Visconti over against the cage.
Trimms is leaning against Visconti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Trimms.
A right hand to the body from Trimms.
Visconti pushes Trimms back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trimms tries a body shot but Visconti blocks it.
Visconti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trimms lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
Visconti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Visconti lands an uppercut.
Visconti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Visconti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trimms.
Trimms lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Trimms lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Visconti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trimms backwards.
Visconti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Visconti is trying to stall.
Visconti takes a shot to the head.
Trimms working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trimms gets through Visconti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Visconti trying to control the position but instead, Trimms has worked for underhooks and has pushed Visconti into the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Trimms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trimms lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
Trimms lands with a left to the head.
Trimms lands a left hand.
Visconti wants to break free but Trimms has control.
Visconti throws a punch but it's blocked by Trimms.
Trimms lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Visconti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Visconti swings wildly with an uppercut but Trimms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Visconti misses with a punch to the body.
Trimms lands with a light punch inside.
Visconti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trimms lands an uppercut.
Trimms blocking some punches.
Visconti tries to break the clinch but Trimms is controlling the position.
Visconti has a couple of punches blocked by Trimms.
Trimms has Visconti pressed against the cage, preventing Visconti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trimms throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Viscontis head.
Trimms cracks Visconti with a nice body shot.
Visconti can't break the clinch.
Trimms lands a left hand.
Trimms scores with a shot to the side of Visconti's head.
Trimms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Visconti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trimms lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trimms letting Visconti take a breather here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trimms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trimms.
Trimms scores with a hook to the body.
Trimms pushes Visconti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Visconti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trimms has Visconti pressed against the cage, preventing Visconti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Trimms - that landed with a thud.
Trimms lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
Visconti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trimms is keeping busy.
Visconti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trimms.
Trimms lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trimms lands a right hand that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Visconti.
Trimms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Visconti struggles to land a body shot inside as Trimms controls his hands.
Trimms prevents Visconti from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Visconti wants to break free but Trimms has control.
Trimms scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trimms scores with a shot to the side of Visconti's head.
Visconti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trimms lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trimms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trimms working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Trimms as Visconti tries to tie him up.
Trimms cracks Visconti with a nice body shot.
Trimms lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Trimms.
Trimms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Visconti fails to land.
Visconti swings wildly with an uppercut but Trimms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trimms lands a right hand that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Trimms on the inside.
A short left from Visconti.
Good body shot from Visconti.
A body shot lands from Trimms.
Trimms lands a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bedgars Trimms dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Trimms looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bedgars Trimms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Visconti. Trimms does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trimms looks to score with a jab to the body but Visconti is just out of range.
Visconti now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Trimms tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trimms takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Visconti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trimms.
Trimms instigates a clinch.
Visconti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Visconti tries to stall but Trimms uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Trimms working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trimms lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Visconti or not.
Visconti has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trimms lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trimms scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Trimms.
Visconti is trying to force a seperation but Trimms has the dominant position.
A short right from Trimms on the inside.
Visconti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Trimms has him pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trimms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trimms stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trimms makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trimms.
Visconti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Trimms.
Trimms softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trimms lands a left hand that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
Trimms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Visconti is rocked!
Trimms is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Visconti can do to turn this around?
Trimms has Visconti pressed against the cage, preventing Visconti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Visconti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trimms is keeping busy.
Trimms gets through Visconti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Visconti is still on wobbly legs! Can Trimms finish him?
Trimms lands a left hand that snaps the head of Visconti backwards.
Trimms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Visconti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trimms working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trimms unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Visconti! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Trimms is unloading with more strikes now! Visconti drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bedgars Trimms!
During a confident post fight interview, Bedgars Trimms thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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