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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jari Sillanpaa (ranked 3580 p4p, 4329 weight class) and Darrell Wooten (ranked 227 p4p, 257 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sillanpaa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jari Sillanpää-Satulinna. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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143
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jari Sillanpaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darrell Wooten!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sillanpaa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darrell Wooten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sillanpaa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wooten follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Wooten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sillanpaa.
Wooten with a nice calf kick.
Sillanpaa throws a head kick but Wooten moves out of range.
Wooten throws a body kick that misses.
And Sillanpaa counters with a quick kick to the body but Wooten blocks it.
Wooten checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sillanpaa blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Sillanpaa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sillanpaa connects with a body shot that sends Wooten's belly button to the back.
Wooten throws a wild body kick that Sillanpaa sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wooten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sillanpaa.
An inside leg kick from Sillanpaa misses.
Wooten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wooten thuds his shin into the meat of Sillanpaa's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wooten throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooten scores with a nice body kick.
Sillanpaa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sillanpaa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wooten finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sillanpaa looks to land a combination. Wooten sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sillanpaa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sillanpaa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wooten.
Wooten misses with a body kick.
Sillanpaa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wooten.
Sillanpaa scores with a head kick. Wooten tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten throws a sloppy head kick and Sillanpaa moves out of range easily.
Wooten throws out a leg kick but Sillanpaa moves out of range and Wooten only half commits.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Sillanpaa.
A solid body kick from Wooten.
Wooten throws a head kick that half lands.
Wooten chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sillanpaa can pounce on him.
Nice body kick from Wooten.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sillanpaa. Wooten shrugs it off though.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Wooten throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wooten dodges the punch combination from Sillanpaa.
Wooten looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Wooten scores with a leg kick.
Sillanpaa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sillanpaa tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooten misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sillanpaa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wooten - the referee stops the clock and Sillanpaa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wooten. Sillanpaa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooten throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Sillanpaa.
Sillanpaa misses with a head kick.
Wooten throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sillanpaa.
Sillanpaa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wooten connects with a leg kick.
Sillanpaa avoids a kick to the body.
Sillanpaa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wooten.
Wooten throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooten misses with a head kick.
Wooten looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sillanpaa throws a right and a left that Wooten avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sillanpaa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooten throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sillanpaa throws a series of punches but Wooten moves out of range.
Sillanpaa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wooten with the inside leg kick.
Sillanpaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Sillanpaa misses.
Wooten throws a head kick but Sillanpaa moves out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wooten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sillanpaa.
Wooten lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooten misses with a low kick.
Sillanpaa fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooten keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooten checks the leg kick.
Wooten tries to clinch but Sillanpaa is having none of it.
A combination from Sillanpaa does no damage.
Wooten connects with an inside leg kick.
Sillanpaa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sillanpaa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wooten.
Wooten raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sillanpaa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sillanpaa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooten lands with a nice body kick.
Wooten throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sillanpaa misses with a head kick.
Sillanpaa blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Sillanpaa connects with a leg kick.
Sillanpaa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wooten blocks a head kick by Sillanpaa.
Sillanpaa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sillanpaa throws a sloppy head kick and Wooten moves out of range easily.
Wooten is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, jab by Wooten - just one landing.
Wooten throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sillanpaa's head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sillanpaa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooten throws a head kick but Sillanpaa moves out of range.
Wooten connects with a leg kick.
A big left from Wooten misses.
Wooten lands a jab to Sillanpaa's midsection.
Wooten scores with a nice body kick.
Wooten throws a lazy body kick
and Sillanpaa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sillanpaa throws a head kick that half lands.
Sillanpaa tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooten was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Wooten throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sillanpaa.
Sillanpaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wooten.
Sillanpaa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sillanpaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Wooten should have avoided that one.
Wooten feints and then cracks Sillanpaa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sillanpaa down.
Sillanpaa throws a head kick that misses.
Wooten raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Wooten scores with a head kick. Sillanpaa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
 Sillanpaa is rocked!
Wooten and Sillanpaa are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Wooten throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Sillanpaa into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Wooten knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Darrell Wooten!
The defeated Jari Sillanpaa had this to say: 'Run away, now! '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ferdinand Alexander Marcos (ranked 2708 p4p, 4330 weight class) and Bray Jeffries (ranked 318 p4p, 420 weight class). Ferdinand Alexander Marcos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ferdinand Alexander Marcos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bray Jeffries!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcos dips to his left and cracks Jeffries with an uppercut!
Marcos throws a right hand that Jeffries ducks under and follows up with a left that Jeffries also avoids with ease.
Jeffries misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marcos.
A left and a right from Marcos both land. Nice combination.
Jeffries uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marcos.
Jeffries loads up on a big right hand but Marcos slips the punch.
Marcos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeffries.
Jeffries on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Marcos throws a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marcos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And Jeffries tries to counter it with a takedown but Marcos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Marcos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marcos stuffs the takedown attempt from Jeffries. Jeffries gets slowly back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Marcos. Those never looked like landing.
Marcos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeffries throws out the jab.
Jeffries takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeffries throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marcos counters with a nice uppercut.
Jeffries fails with the takedown
and Marcos counters with a stiff right hand.
We've been told by Marcos's head coaches at Tycoon Coaching & Sparring that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jeffries misses with a jab to the body
and Jeffries takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marcos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jeffries misses with a wild body shot.
Jeffries throws a good cross that connects.
Jeffries throws a big shot that misses.
Jeffries misses with a looping right.
Marcos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marcos tries to clinch but Jeffries moves out of range.
Marcos rushes Jeffries and presses him up against the cage.
Jeffries tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bray Jeffries.
Marcos throws a punch but it's blocked by Jeffries.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcos scores with a hook to the body.
Jeffries pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marcos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jeffries misses with a jab to the body
and Marcos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marcos ducks under a wild hook from Jeffries.
Jeffries takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jeffries scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marcos doesn't seem bothered though.
Marcos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeffries.
Marcos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jeffries looks to score with a jab to the body but Marcos is just out of range.
Jeffries tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marcos was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeffries.
Marcos lands with a nice combination. Jeffries backs away looking to recover.
Marcos darts in and clinches Jeffries up against the cage.
Marcos tries to work over Jeffries's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jeffries stalling the fight.
Jeffries manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcos slips under a jab from Jeffries.
Marcos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jeffries.
Marcos is looking to wear down Jeffries with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marcos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Marcos tries to clinch up.
Jeffries swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jeffries ducks right into an uppercut from Marcos.
Jeffries looks to throw the jab but Marcos is out of range.
Marcos tries to clinch up.
Marcos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jeffries moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marcos lands with a good body shot.
Marcos doesn't manage to clinch there - Jeffries circles away.
Marcos avoids the body shot from Jeffries.
Marcos ducks under a wild hook from Jeffries.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marcos.
Marcos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcos can't find room to land a body shot as Jeffries controls the action.
Jeffries drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jeffries controlling the action here for a moment.
Jeffries can't break the clinch.
Marcos misses with some punches.
Marcos throws a punch but it's blocked by Jeffries.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marcos misses with a punch on the inside.
Jeffries tries for a takedown but Marcos manages to get underhooks.
Marcos misses with some punches.
Jeffries blocks a body shot from Marcos.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marcos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jeffries backwards.
Jeffries blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marcos stops a takedown attempt from Jeffries.
Jeffries working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jeffries.
Marcos swings wildly with an uppercut but Jeffries uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeffries is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nice body punch from Jeffries.
Marcos gets through Jeffries's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jeffries is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Marcos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Marcos blocks an uppercut.
Marcos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marcos gets through Jeffries's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marcos has a couple of punches blocked by Jeffries.
Jeffries pushes Marcos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcos tries to throw a body punch but Jeffries avoids it by throwing Marcos back against the cage.
Jeffries's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jeffries misses with an uppercut
and Marcos counters with a nice body shot.
Marcos scores with a sloppy right hand. Jeffries should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jeffries misses with a left hand
and Marcos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marcos throws a series of punches but Jeffries avoids them all with ease.
Marcos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marcos with a hook.
Jeffries lands a lovely overhand right.
Jeffries moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jeffries scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Marcos wants to control but Jeffries is keeping busy.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries is looking to take a break and control but Marcos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Marcos wants to improve his position but Jeffries is controlling well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jeffries lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jeffries wants to take a breather but Marcos is having none of it.
Jeffries tries to pass to full mount but Marcos defends it.
Marcos tries to roll over but Jeffries keeps him under control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jeffries is keen to just control but Marcos is a slippery customer.
Jeffries thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Marcos's head.
Jeffries wants to take a breather but Marcos is having none of it.
Jeffries slows the pace down in half guard.
Jeffries is looking to stall here but Marcos recovers full guard.
Jeffries looking to pass the guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries trying to control but Marcos is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jeffries keeps the fight on the outside.
Marcos has managed to clinch.
Marcos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jeffries.
Jeffries tries for a takedown but Marcos manages to get underhooks.
Jeffries blocks an uppercut.
Marcos has a couple of punches blocked by Jeffries.
Marcos swings wildly with an uppercut but Jeffries uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeffries is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marcos scores with a body shot.
Marcos slips under a jab from Jeffries.
Jeffries avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marcos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jeffries can do to turn this around?
Marcos moves in looking to clinch but Jeffries pushes him off.
Jeffries drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Marcos defends it well.
Marcos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jeffries manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jeffries jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos is winning the standup battle so far.
Jeffries dives in and scores a takedown into Marcos's guard.
Marcos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jeffries postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeffries engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jeffries postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeffries postures up in Marcos's guard and throws a big left but Marcos blocks it.
Jeffries is looking to pass into half guard but Marcos pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Marcos is in guard.
Marcos is working Jeffries over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jeffries is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Marcos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jeffries can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jeffries managing to control the position.
Marcos won't allow Jeffries to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jeffries has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Marcos 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 Jeffries.
Jeffries wants to control but Marcos postures up.
Marcos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jeffries is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Marcos is trying to get an arm triangle but Jeffries is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries tries to buck Marcos off but Marcos is having none of it.
Jeffries struggling a bit here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Marcos lands a lovely overhand right.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Marcos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jeffries doesn't seem phased though.
Jeffries misses with a wild body shot.
Marcos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jeffries swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice cross by Marcos.
Jeffries misses with an uppercut.
Marcos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marcos gets underhooks to prevent Jeffries's takedown attempt.
Jeffries misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jeffries breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marcos jabs at Jeffries's body.
Marcos lands with a nice combination. Jeffries backs away looking to recover.
Jeffries displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marcos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marcos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jeffries manages to avoid it.
Marcos throws a right and a left that Jeffries avoids nicely.
Jeffries lands a nice hook to Marcos's body. Marcos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeffries swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcos.
Marcos wants to clinch.
Marcos tries to bum rush Jeffries with a series of wild strikes but Jeffries uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marcos lands a nice hook to Jeffries's body. Jeffries takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marcos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jeffries, pushing him back against the cage.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Jeffries.
Jeffries wants to take the fight to the mat but Marcos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jeffries holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries blocks an uppercut.
Jeffries gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jeffries trying to control from half guard but Marcos is working away.
Jeffries performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jeffries is stalling here. Marcos is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jeffries seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Marcos has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jeffries tries to improve position but can't.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries wants to control but Marcos postures up.
Marcos has control of an arm but Jeffries manages to advance to Marcos's back!
Jeffries trying to control.
Marcos defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.
Jeffries trying to keep a closed guard but Marcos is proving a slippery customer.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Marcos stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jeffries dodges the punch combination from Marcos.
Marcos cracks Jeffries with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Marcos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marcos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jeffries misses the shot to the body.
Jeffries gets tackled into the cage by Marcos. Marcos maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marcos tries to throw a body punch but Jeffries avoids it by throwing Marcos back against the cage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Marcos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marcos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jeffries blocks a body shot from Marcos.
Jeffries gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Marcos regains guard.
Jeffries throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jeffries distracts Marcos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Marcos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Marcos is looking to stand up but Jeffries isn't so interested in that idea.
Bray Jeffries has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jeffries throws an elbow that misses. Marcos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jeffries's guard. Nice move by Marcos!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jeffries misses with a hook
and Marcos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Marcos gets a clinch.
Marcos lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Marcos fails to land.
Jeffries breaks from the clinch.
Marcos looks to land a combination. Jeffries sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marcos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeffries.
Jeffries misses with an uppercut
and Marcos counters with a left and a right that stings Jeffries.
Marcos wants to clinch up but Jeffries keeps it at a distance.
Jeffries rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marcos counters with a straight right hand.
Marcos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jeffries throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jeffries has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marcos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Jeffries throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marcos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jeffries moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marcos tries to clinch up.
Jeffries scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marcos wants to clinch.
Jeffries swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcos.
Jeffries misses with a hook.
Marcos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jeffries.
A punch combination from Jeffries misses.
Marcos lands with a good body shot.
Jeffries throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Marcos's waist but Marcos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jeffries off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcos dips to his left and cracks Jeffries with an uppercut!
Marcos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marcos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jeffries moves away.
Marcos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeffries throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marcos. Jeffries does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marcos moves in looking to clinch but Jeffries pushes him off.
Jeffries drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Marcos defends it well.
Jeffries looks to score with a jab to the body but Marcos is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Marcos.
Jeffries looks to throw the jab but Marcos is out of range.
Jeffries misses with an uppercut
and Marcos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jeffries slips a jab and a cross from Marcos.
Jeffries with the counter takedown but Marcos avoids it easily.
Marcos wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marcos avoids the body shot from Jeffries.
Marcos tries to clinch there but Jeffries circles away.
Jeffries fails with a takedown attempt.
Marcos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jeffries throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jeffries uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marcos.
Jeffries misses with a wild combination.
Marcos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jeffries throws a sloppy body shot
letting Marcos counter with a right hand.
Jeffries throws a big shot that misses.
Jeffries misses with an uppercut
and Marcos counters with a left to the body.
Marcos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jeffries throws the left hand but Marcos avoids the punch easily.
Marcos feints a jab promting Jeffries to slip. Marcos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jeffries slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jeffries misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marcos.
Jeffries fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcos manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jeffries. Marcos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marcos doesn't manage to clinch there - Jeffries circles away.
Jeffries tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Marcos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jeffries takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marcos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jeffries swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcos throws a body punch but Jeffries moves out of range.
Jeffries let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Marcos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Marcos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marcos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marcos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jeffries throws out a loose jab but Marcos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeffries fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcos manages to avoid it.
Marcos jabs Jeffries right on the nose. Jeffries blinks but takes it well.
Marcos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jeffries paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jeffries's head.
Marcos wants to clinch up but Jeffries keeps it at a distance.
Marcos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jeffries moves forwards but Marcos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marcos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jeffries misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jeffries rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marcos counters with a left and a right that stings Jeffries.
Jeffries takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jeffries slips under a jab from Marcos.
Marcos blocks a jab.
Marcos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marcos avoids a kick to the body.
Marcos doesn't manage to clinch there - Jeffries circles away.
Marcos staying out of range there.
Jeffries takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jeffries throws a nice looking combination but Marcos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries lands an overhand right.
Marcos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marcos stuffs the takedown attempt from Jeffries. Jeffries gets slowly back to his feet.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bray Jeffries.
Marcos jabs Jeffries to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jeffries avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Marcos misses.
Marcos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marcos swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Marcos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marcos misses with a series of wild punches.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Marcos tries to clinch but Jeffries is having none of it.
Marcos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marcos.
Jeffries misses with a wild body shot.
Marcos ducks under a wild hook from Jeffries.
Marcos has Jeffries up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jeffries goes for a takedown attempt but Marcos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jeffries throws a body punch but Marcos moves out of range.
Jeffries misses with a left hand
and Marcos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marcos throws a right and a left that Jeffries avoids nicely.
Jeffries throws a hook but Marcos blocks it.
Jeffries throws a lazy uppercut
and Marcos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marcos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jeffries swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcos blocks a jab.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Marcos misses with a few strikes there.
Jeffries thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marcos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jeffries swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcos.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jeffries drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jeffries's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bray Jeffries has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marcos.
Jeffries takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ferdinand Alexander Marcos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marcos 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ferdinand Alexander Marcos!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Romulo Ferreira (ranked 2594 p4p, 3024 weight class) and Jimmy Jackman (ranked 173 p4p, 199 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Romulo Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Jackman!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ferreira avoids the body shot from Jackman.
A swing and a miss from Jackman.
Ferreira throws a body punch but Jackman moves out of range.
Jackman throws a hook but Ferreira blocks it.
Ferreira lands the left hand.
Ferreira misses with an uppercut. Jackman saw that one coming.
Ferreira swings for the body but Jackman moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jackman! But no joy.
Ferreira lands with a right hand.
Ferreira throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackman.
Jackman misses with a hook.
Ferreira appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackman tests Ferreira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jackman throws a jab but it's blocked by Ferreira.
Ferreira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ferreira was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ferreira missing with a left hand there. Jackman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackman blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ferreira misses with a double jab.
Ferreira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackman appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jackman lands a right hook to the body.
Jackman slips a jab from Ferreira.
Jackman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jackman loads up on a big right hand but Ferreira slips the punch.
Ferreira misses with a hook.
Ferreira misses with an uppercut. Jackman saw that one coming.
Ferreira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackman counters with a left and a right that stings Ferreira.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ferreira.
Ferreira misses with a wild combination.
Ferreira with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jackman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jackman throws a hook but Ferreira blocks it.
Jackman throws out a loose jab but Ferreira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackman throws a hook but Ferreira blocks it.
Jackman lands a two punch combo.
Jackman throws an overhand right that lands on Ferreira's shoulder, as Ferreira tries to avoid the shot.
Ferreira swings widly with a right hand
and Jackman counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jackman stops Ferreira from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ferreira's head.
Jackman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ferreira has hold of Jackman's hands but Jackman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferreira tries to kick Jackman off but Jackman keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ferreira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jackman misses with a head shot. Ferreira uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jackman controlling from the top position.
Jackman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jackman controlling the position from side mount.
The strikes coming from Jackman are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ferreira is trying to buck Jackman off.
Jackman tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jackman wants to control but Ferreira is keeping him busy.
Ferreira looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira is trying to get back to his feet.
Jackman is looking to take a break and control but Ferreira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ferreira wants to get back to his feet.
Jackman in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jackman in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's six 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.
The strikes coming from Jackman are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jackman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ferreira some visible discomfort.
Jackman throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ferreira tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Jackman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jackman landing shots from mount.
Ferreira in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jackman moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Ferreira has worked his arm free - good work by Ferreira!
Ferreira pushes Jackman away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jackman gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jackman looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ferreira is avoiding damage well.
Jackman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ferreira is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ferreira is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jackman is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ferreira has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jackman is working Ferreira over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jackman passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Ferreira!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jackman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jackman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jackman won't let Ferreira get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jackman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ferreira is looking to escape.
Jackman working for a guillotine from mount but Ferreira is in no mood to give up.
Jackman looking to finish with strikes here!
Jackman lands a big elbow.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira trying desperately to get to his feet.
Jackman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jackman controlling the position easily from mount.
Ferreira trying desperately to get to his feet.
Ferreira takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ferreira on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ferreira tries to get out of the position.
Jackman thowing shots but they're missing.
Ferreira is trying to stand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Jackman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Jackman swings for the body but Ferreira moves out of range.
Ferreira misses with a body shot.
Jackman connects with a body shot.
Ferreira avoids the body shot from Jackman.
Donk. Ferreira catches Jackman right on the button with a cross.
Ferreira smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by Jackman as he connects with a hook.
Ferreira scores with a jab.
Ferreira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira throws out a loose jab but Jackman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira lands a nice hook to Jackman's body. Jackman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ferreira throws a series of punches but Jackman avoids them all with ease.
Jackman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ferreira looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackman loads up on a big right hand but Ferreira slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackman throws a looping overhand right but Ferreira ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackman misses the target.
Jackman throws a right and a left that Ferreira avoids nicely.
Ferreira walks into a straight right hand from Jackman.
A big right from Jackman misses.
Jackman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ferreira in his tracks.
Jackman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ferreira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ferreira ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ferreira throws an overhand right that lands on Jackman's shoulder, as Jackman tries to avoid the shot.
Nice jab there from Jackman.
Ferreira slips under a jab from Jackman.
Jackman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ferreira sprawls well. Ferreira wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackman gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Ferreira misses the target.
Jackman scores with a jab.
Jackman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ferreira tries to bum rush Jackman with a series of wild strikes but Jackman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira loads up on a big right hand but Jackman slips the punch.
Jackman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jackman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ferreira misses the target.
Ferreira looks to land a left hand but Jackman moved out of range nicely.
Jackman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jackman! But no joy.
Ferreira throws an off balance right hand
and Jackman counters with a three punch combo that has Ferreira backing up. Ferreira nods at Jackman to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira throws a big shot that misses.
Jackman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ferreira moves away.
Ferreira appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ferreira throws a combination that misses
and Jackman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jackman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jackman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jackman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ferreira's head.
Jackman throws a big right hand that misses.
Ferreira wants to stand and escape but Jackman is having none of it.
Ferreira is wriggling around but Jackman manages to pass to half guard.
Jackman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ferreira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jackman on the ground.
Jackman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ferreira is looking to escape.
Jackman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ferreira defends it well.
Jackman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jackman wants to free his trapped foot but Ferreira is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jackman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jackman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ferreira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jackman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jackman drops an elbow to the side of Ferreira's head.
Jackman trying to mount his opponent but Ferreira defends it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ferreira won't allow Jackman to pass to mount.
Jackman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ferreira defending well though.
Ferreira pushes Jackman off looking to stand but Jackman dives back in and keeps control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackman lands a nice short elbow.
Ferreira kicks off Jackman and gets to his feet.
Jackman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferreira was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackman.
Jackman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ferreira manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Ferreira misses the target.
Ferreira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackman is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ferreira with a body shot.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira lands a nice looking body shot.
Romulo Ferreira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackman throws a jab but it's blocked by Ferreira.
Ferreira misses with an uppercut. Jackman saw that one coming.
Ferreira works Jackman's body with a nice hook.
Ferreira swings for the body but Jackman moves out of range.
Jackman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ferreira takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ferreira takes a swing at Jackman's ribcage but misses.
Ferreira just misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ferreira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackman misses with an uppercut.
Ferreira appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jackman throws a hook but Ferreira avoids it easily.
Jackman misses with a left hand
enabling Ferreira to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackman is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ferreira.
Jimmy Jackman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferreira looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackman is just out of range.
Jackman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ferreira.
A telegraphed right hand from Ferreira misses the target.
Jackman throws a big shot that misses.
Jackman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferreira.
Jackman blocks a jab.
Jackman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jackman throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Ferreira tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jackman is in Ferreira's guard.
Ferreira wriggles free and stands up.
Jackman throws a body punch but Ferreira moves out of range.
Jackman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jackman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ferreira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ferreira throws a body punch but Jackman moves out of range.
Jackman is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ferreira lands with a straight right. Jackman didn't see that one coming.
Ferreira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ferreira drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ferreira connects with a jab.
Ferreira takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ferreira cracks Jackman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ferreira scores with a nice strike.
Ferreira digs a good body shot into Jackman's ribs.
Ferreira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ferreira under the eye.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jimmy Jackman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Jackman throws a big shot that misses.
Jackman just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackman misses the jab.
Jackman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ferreira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jackman rushes Ferreira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jackman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ferreira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jackman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ferreira was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ferreira looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackman is just out of range.
Ferreira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackman moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackman looks to land a left hand but Ferreira moved out of range nicely.
Ferreira appears to be looking for a big counter.
A shot to the liver by Jackman. Beautiful body shot.
Ferreira misses with a looping left.
Jackman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab lands there for Ferreira.
Ferreira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackman.
It seemed like Jackman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jackman swings for the body but Ferreira moves out of range.
Jackman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jackman misses with a looping right.
Jackman swings widly with a right hand
and Ferreira counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jackman misses with an uppercut
letting Ferreira counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira misses with a shot to the body
and Jackman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jackman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackman prevents Ferreira from getting back to his feet.
Jackman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jackman stops Ferreira from standing up.
Ferreira will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jackman works over Ferreira with some ground and pound from guard.
Ferreira can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jackman controls the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jackman tries to move into range but Ferreira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jackman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ferreira's head backwards.
Ferreira throws a body shot but no joy.
Jackman scores with a nice head shot.
Ferreira throws a body shot but no joy.
Jackman with a nice cross.
Jackman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ferreira throws out the jab.
Ferreira fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ferreira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jackman avoids the body shot from Ferreira.
Ferreira takes a swing at Jackman's ribcage but misses.
Jackman tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ferreira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackman moves away.
Ferreira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ferreira looks to land a combination but Jackman avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackman misses the target.
Ferreira seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A combination from Ferreira does no damage.
A lazy left from Jackman finds it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ferreira. Jackman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. Jackman catches Ferreira right on the button with a cross.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jackman throws the left hand but Ferreira avoids the punch easily.
Ferreira throwing a counter right hand but Jackman manages to avoid it.
Ferreira missing with a left hand there. Jackman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackman drops his hands momentarily and Ferreira takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ferreira swings for the body but Jackman moves out of range.
Jackman tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ferreira avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Ferreira wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ferreira looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackman is just out of range.
Jackman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ferreira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ferreira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ferreira misses the shot to the body.
Ferreira staying out of range there.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackman.
Jackman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jackman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackman throws a series of punches but Ferreira avoids them all with ease.
Jackman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira digs a good hook to Jackman's body.
Jackman moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackman swings widly with a right hand
and Ferreira counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jackman throws a lazy uppercut
and Ferreira counters with a left and a right that stings Jackman.
Jackman looks to score with a jab to the body but Ferreira is just out of range.
Jackman jabs at Ferreira's body.
Jackman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ferreira.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jackman avoids the body shot from Ferreira.
Ferreira lands a nice shot that snaps Jackman's head back.
A shot to the liver by Jackman. Beautiful body shot.
Ferreira lands with a cross.
Ferreira feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jackmans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ferreira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackman feints the counter takedown.
Jackman moves out of range as Ferreira strikes.
Jackman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ferreira.
Jackman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jackman slips a straight right by Ferreira.
Jackman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jackman avoids the body shot from Ferreira.
Jackman instigates a clinch.
Jackman has Ferreira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ferreira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jackman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jackman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira is trying to push Jackman away but Jackman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ferreira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackman has him pressed against the cage.
Jackman tries to throw a body punch but Ferreira avoids it by throwing Jackman back against the cage.
Ferreira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ferreira manages to break the clinch.
Ferreira scores with a shot to the body.
Ferreira misses with a body shot.
Romulo Ferreira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Jackman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jackman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ferreira is looking to counter punch.
Jab, jab by Jackman - just one landing.
Ferreira swings for the body but Jackman moves out of range.
Ferreira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackman.
It looked like Ferreira was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ferreira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackman.
Jackman misses with a straight right.
Jackman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ferreira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ferreira swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ferreira fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jackman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferreira was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackman.
Ferreira moves out of range as Jackman strikes.
Nice shot by Ferreira.
Jackman scores with a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jimmy Jackman.
I've got Jackman 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Jackman!
Our winner, Jimmy Jackman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between World Peace (ranked 2698 p4p, 3831 weight class) and Isaac Keys (ranked 180 p4p, 239 weight class). Peace comes to the cage accompanied by Crazy. 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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, World Peace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Isaac Keys!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peace fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Keys avoids it really well and circles away.
It seemed like Keys was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice jab there from Keys.
Keys jabs Peace to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Keys keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keys delivers a nice body kick.
Keys looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Peace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keys.
Peace throws a jab but it's blocked by Keys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keys throws a leg kick that misses.
Peace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
World Peace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peace throws a body punch but Keys moves out of range.
Peace misses with a body shot
and Keys counters by clinching up.
Keys can't find room to land a body shot as Peace controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peace blocks a body shot from Keys.
A short uppercut from Keys.
Keys working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Peace tries to pull guard but Keys forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Keys.
Keys lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peace backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keys creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keys scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A knee to the head by Keys.
 It looks like World Peace has been cut.
Keys is working Peace over against the cage.
Peace is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Keys to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for World Peace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peace takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peace fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peace tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Keys just stands there and leans against the cage.
Keys lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Keys.
Peace fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Keys working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Peace avoiding damage as Keys throws knees to the body.
Keys digs a right hand into Peace's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Peace's gas tank.
A right hook to the body lands for Keys.
Peace is trying to pull guard but Keys turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Keys landing knees to the body.
Keys tries a knee to the head but Peace blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Keys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keys softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keys cracks Peace with a nice body shot.
Keys scores with a shoulder strike.
Keys landing knees to the body.
Keys scores with a shot to the side of Peace's head.
Keys misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keys digs a right hand into Peace's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Peace's gas tank.
Keys tries a knee to the head but Peace blocks it.
Peace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Peace jumps guard but Keys turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Peace tries to pull guard but Keys won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keys creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keys tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peace avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peace ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Peace no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Keys must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peace had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Keys defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peace working for a triangle but Keys defends it easily.
Keys stands up and waves to Peace to follow him.
Peace throws a body punch but Keys moves out of range.
Peace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keys.
Keys now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Peace swings for the body but Keys moves out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Keys lands a nice looking body shot.
Keys misses the shot to the body.
Peace misses with a body punch
and Keys connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Peace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keys feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Peaces jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Keys ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peace swings away with a body shot that misses
and Keys counters with a stiff right hand.
Keys dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Keys throws a series of punches but Peace moves out of range.
Peace throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Peace takes a jab right on the kisser.
Peace misses with a shot to the body
and Keys counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Keys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peace jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Keys walks away with a smile on his face. Peace gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Peace slips a jab from Keys.
Peace looks to score with a jab to the body but Keys is just out of range.
Keys is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Keys.
Isaac Keys is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peace tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Keys counters with a stiff right hand.
Jab by Keys.
Keys keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Peace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keys manages to avoid it.
Keys swings for the body but Peace moves out of range.
Keys rushes Peace and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Keys throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peace blocks it with crossed arms.
Peace fails to pull guard.
Keys tries a body shot but Peace blocks it.
Keys tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Keys tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peace's elbow.
Come on Keys - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Peace is trying to pull guard but Keys has him pressed against the cage.
Peace tries to break the clinch but Keys is controlling the position.
Keys scores with a nice hook to the head.
Peace tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Keys smiles and moves away.
Keys lunges at Peace with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Peace's hand.
Peace swings for the body but Keys moves out of range.
Peace bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Peace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keys.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Keys keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keys jabs Peace to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Keys turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keys lands with a shot to the body.
Peace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keys was well out of range. Poor timing from Peace.
Peace misses with a body punch
and Keys counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Peace walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Keys. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keys.
Peace misses with a body punch
and Keys counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Peace is looking to wear down Keys with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Peace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keys.
Keys swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keys closes the distance and clinches.
Keys landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Keys.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Keys obliges.
A short body shot lands from Keys as the two fighters clinch.
Peace is breathing heavily.
Peace fails to pull guard.
Keys scores with a nice hook to the head.
Keys lands a body shot.
Keys landing knees to the head.
Keys working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Keys using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peace has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peace manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Peace seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Keys has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Peace is proving hard to escape from.
Keys passes into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Isaac Keys dominated that round.
The cut man is working on World Peace's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Peace misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Keys counters with a straight right hand.
Keys keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Peace ducks right into an uppercut from Keys.
Keys scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Peace misses with a wild body shot.
Peace throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Keys on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keys. Peace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Peace tries to bum rush Keys with a series of wild strikes but Keys uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peace gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Peace defending well as Keys loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keys swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Peace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keys.
Peace bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Peace moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Peace has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keys jabs Peace to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Keys throws a body shot but no joy.
Peace misses with a shot to the body
and Keys counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Keys misses with a wild body shot.
Peace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Keys misses.
Keys takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Peace drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Keys wants to sweep but no luck.
Keys is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Peace is working Keys over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peace drops back looking for a leg! Keys is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Keys manages to kick Peace off! Peace jumps back into Keys's guard.
Peace wants to control from the top but Keys keeps moving.
Keys looking for a sweep. Not yet Keys, not yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peace trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Peace drops back looking for a leg! Keys is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Keys manages to kick Peace off! Peace jumps back into Keys's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peace is working Keys over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keys has his foot on Peace's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Peace works his way back into a safe position though.
Keys wants to stand and escape but Peace is having none of it.
Peace is pushing down on Keys's leg trying to pass to half guard. Keys is fighting to maintain full guard but Peace has managed to sneak the leg through.
Keys tries to roll over but Peace keeps him under control.
Peace is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Keys doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Peace.
Keys manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Keys controlling Peace's posture.
Peace 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 five minutes gone in the round.
Peace drops back looking for a leg! Keys is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Keys manages to kick Peace off! Peace jumps back into Keys's guard.
Keys wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Peace moves in looking to clinch but Keys pushes him off.
Peace throws a body shot but no joy.
Keys takes a jab right on the kisser.
Keys tests Peace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Keys misses with a straight right.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Keys misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peace. Keys does a little dance to reset his feet.
Isaac Keys seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Keys on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Peace swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Keys to counter with a crisp jab.
Keys cracks a nice hook into Peace's ribs.
Keys connects with a body shot.
Peace swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Keys counters with a stiff right hand.
Keys scores with a one two! Peace had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Keys as he connects with a hook.
Keys thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Peace if he has to take too many more of those.
Keys lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Peace takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A shot to the body from Peace misses
and Keys cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Peace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Peace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keys just misses with a punch to the body.
Keys thumps Peace with a low kick.
Keys smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Peace walks into a stiff left hand from Keys.
Keys avoids the body shot from Peace.
Keys has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Keys throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Peace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keys was well out of range. Poor timing from Peace.
Peace takes a swing at Keys's ribcage but misses.
Peace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peace misses with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Keys, as that shot connected.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Peace is defended easily by Keys.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keys lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Keys buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keys avoids the body shot from Peace.
Peace looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Keys darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Peace takes a swing at Keys's ribcage but misses.
Peace blocks a jab.
Keys connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Keys connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Peace's hands.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Keys lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Peace shoots in for a takedown but Keys shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for World Peace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peace has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Keys finds it's way round the side to connect with Peace's head.
Keys lands a nice looking body shot.
Keys scores with a three punch combo!
Keys lands a nice looking body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Peace misses the target.
Keys moves into range and connects with a jab.
Keys jabs Peace right on the nose. Peace blinks but takes it well.
Keys comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keys fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Keys avoids the body shot from Peace.
Peace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Isaac Keys showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on World Peace's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Keys uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peace.
Peace just misses with a punch to the body.
Keys ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Peace moves away.
Peace appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Keys swings for the body but Peace moves out of range.
Keys keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Peace changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Keys looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Peace trying to control the position but Keys is working away.
Keys tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peace tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Peace has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Keys is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Keys's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Keys gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Keys trying to hold on to Peace's head to control him but Peace postures up.
Peace uses his free foot to push down on Keys's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Keys.
Keys is working to get back to half guard.
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.
Keys wants to control but Peace is having none of it.
Keys is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Peace can't control as he wanted to and Keys manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Keys is positioning himself well to prevent Peace advancing to mount.
Peace is keen to just control but Keys is a slippery customer.
Peace is working for a kimura but Keys is defending it quite comfortably.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peace is working for a kimura but Keys is defending it quite comfortably.
Keys won't allow Peace to pass to mount.
Keys really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Peace. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Keys has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Peace is working away from the top position though.
Peace is working for a kimura but Keys is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Keys wants to sweep but Peace has passed to side control!
Keys is looking to reverse the position.
Peace looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Keys tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Peace tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Peace has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Peace wants to lay and pray for a moment but Keys keeps working.
Peace is trying to get an arm triangle but Keys is defending well.
Peace tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Peace has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Peace looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Keys keeps Peace under control for a moment.
Peace is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Keys has escaped the position, nice work there.
Peace tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Peace tries for a kimura but Keys is defending well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Keys is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Peace looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Peace wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Keys, who protects the arm well.
Keys avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Peace.
That's eight 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.
Peace working away.
Peace wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Keys, who protects the arm well.
Peace wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Keys, who protects the arm well.
Keys is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Peace asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Keys reaches up around Peace's neck trying to control. But Peace takes advantage instantly and he's locked on an arm triangle! Big trouble for Keys! Oh that looks nasty! A human being's head is not meant to turn that color! Keys is out! He's gone limp! The ref steps in to break the fighters up and Peace celebrates the victory with the fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). World Peace!
A very excited looking World Peace made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hong Myung (ranked 2540 p4p, 2680 weight class) and Jay Leaf (ranked 202 p4p, 213 weight class). Myung comes to the cage accompanied by 지금부터 끝까지. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hong Myung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Leaf!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leaf throws a big shot that misses.
Leaf throws a series of punches but Myung moves out of range.
Myung swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Myung connects with a looping right hand.
Myung slips under a jab from Leaf.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Leaf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Myung looks to land a combination but Leaf avoids it well.
Myung connects with a good right hand that stumbles Leaf. Leaf circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Myung misses with an uppercut
letting Leaf counter with a right hand.
Leaf misses the shot to the body.
Myung looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A combination from Leaf does no damage.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Leaf.
Myung scores with a punch to the head.
Leaf showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Myung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Leaf avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Myung misses with a looping right.
Leaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myung.
Leaf showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Myung.
Myung doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Myung.
Leaf takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Myung misses.
Leaf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Myung takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Leaf scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Myung is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Myung slips a jab from Leaf.
Myung throws out a powerful jab.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Leaf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Myung throws out the jab.
Leaf looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myung works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leaf misses with a straight right.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Leaf misses the shot to the body.
Leaf misses with a looping left.
Myung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leaf throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Myung sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leaf moves away from the strike by Myung.
Myung sets himself, and Leaf steps forward looking for the clinch! Myung avoids it this time.
Myung's jab looks to have found its range, popping Leaf under the eye.
Leaf defending well as Myung loads up on a big left hand.
Myung slips a jab from Leaf.
The fighters circle momentarily. Leaf darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Leaf swings for the body but Myung moves out of range.
Myung throws a shot from downtown. Leaf moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Leaf throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leaf loads up on a big right hand but Myung slips the punch.
Leaf shoots in for a takedown but Myung shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
It looked like Myung wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myung misses with the combination.
Myung swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Leaf.
Leaf fails in his attempt to clinch.
Myung swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Leaf comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Myung misses with a looping left.
Leaf takes a swing at Myung's ribcage but misses.
Myung stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Myung looks to throw the jab but Leaf is out of range.
A big left from Myung misses.
Leaf throws a series of punches but Myung avoids them all with ease.
Myung cracks Leaf with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Leaf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Myung misses with a straight right.
Leaf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Myung moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myung misses with a looping left.
Leaf is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Myung with a body shot.
Myung throws a poor cross that misses
and Leaf counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leaf lands with a hook. Myung tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leaf ducks under a wild hook from Myung.
Myung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leaf blocks a jab.
Myung looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It seemed like Leaf was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Myung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Myung on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Myung misses with a looping right.
Myung connects with a looping right hand.
Leaf scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Leaf swings for the body but Myung moves out of range.
Myung throws a lazy uppercut
and Leaf counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Myung throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leaf counters with a straight right hand.
Leaf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Myung manages to avoid it.
Myung avoids the body shot from Leaf.
It looked like Myung wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Myung misses.
Myung misses the jab.
Myung uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leaf.
Leaf scores with a crisp jab that stopped Myung in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Leaf.
Myung connects with a single shot there.
Myung throws a jab but it's blocked by Leaf.
Myung loads up on a big right hand but Leaf slips the punch.
Myung waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leaf.
Myung takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Leaf swings for the body but Myung moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Leaf throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Myung is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leaf.
Leaf connects with the punch.
A big right from Leaf misses.
Myung throws a lazy uppercut
and Leaf counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Leaf throws a right hand that misses
and Myung connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leaf missing with a left hand there. Myung was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Myung throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leaf sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Myung throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leaf tries to clinch but Myung moves out of range.
Myung uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leaf.
Myung looks to land a right hand but Leaf moved out of range.
Leaf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leaf takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hong Myung seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Myung moves out of range as Leaf strikes.
Leaf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Myung manages to avoid it.
It looked like Myung wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Leaf throws a hook but Myung avoids it easily.
Myung looks to throw the jab but Leaf is out of range.
Myung takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Leaf scores with a jab to the body.
Myung misses with a straight left.
Leaf missing with a left hand there. Myung was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Myung is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Myung blocks a jab.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Myung throws a shot from downtown. Leaf moves away and avoids it.
Myung is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leaf.
Leaf looks to land a combination but Myung avoids it well.
Leaf slips under a jab from Myung.
Leaf misses with a two punch combination.
Myung moves away from the strike by Leaf.
Myung throws a jab when Leaf was well out of range.
Myung catches Leaf with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Myung misses with a looping right.
Myung moves out of range as Leaf strikes.
Leaf changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Leaf needs to keep his hands up - Myung had a free shot at his head there.
Myung connects with a jab.
Leaf has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Leaf there as he acknowledges the shot.
Leaf smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leaf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myung.
Myung takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Myung misses with a hook.
Leaf avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leaf scores with a hook to the body. Myung takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Leaf cracks Myung with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Leaf moves out of range of the strikes.
Leaf throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Myung's waist but Myung gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Leaf off to one side.
Hong Myung has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Leaf.
Myung bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Myung throws out a loose jab but Leaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myung.
Leaf has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Myung uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leaf.
Leaf avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Myung throws out a loose jab but Leaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Myung takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Myung missing with a left hand there. Leaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leaf swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Myung misses with an uppercut
and Leaf cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Leaf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Myung throws out the jab.
Leaf wants to counter with a clinch but Myung pushes him away.
Myung scores with a nice right hand.
Leaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myung.
Leaf wants to counter the offense by Myung and move into the clinch position.
Myung throws a jab when Leaf was well out of range.
Leaf gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Myung missing with a left hand there. Leaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Myung loads up on a big right hand but Leaf slips the punch.
Myung lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Myung misses with a hook
and Leaf counters with a nice uppercut.
Leaf shoots in for a takedown but Myung shows good takedown defense.
Myung missing with a left hand there. Leaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Myung uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leaf.
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 Hong Myung will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Myung fails to land with a series of punches.
Hong Myung is winning the standup battle so far.
Leaf throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Myung on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Leaf uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Myung.
Leaf avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Leaf.
Myung throws a poor cross that misses
and Leaf counters with a straight right hand.
Leaf misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Myung to counter with a crisp jab.
Myung misses with an uppercut
and Leaf counters with a left to the body.
Leaf slips a jab from Myung.
Leaf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Myung throws a big shot that misses.
Myung staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myung throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leaf lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Leaf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Myung throwing a counter right hand but Leaf manages to avoid it.
Myung goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
Myung ducks under a wild hook from Leaf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leaf thuds a left hand into Myung's body.
Leaf thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leaf darts in and clinches Myung up against the cage.
Leaf fails to pull guard.
Myung is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Leaf lands a hook to the side of the head.
Myung's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leaf moves out of range as Myung strikes.
Myung takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Myung misses with an uppercut
and Leaf counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Myung is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leaf.
A jab from Myung misses.
Leaf misses with an uppercut.
Myung misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leaf throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Myung sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leaf misses with a body shot.
Myung avoids a punch combination nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Myung walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Myung misses.
Myung connects with a single shot there.
Leaf has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Myung throws a looping overhand right but Leaf ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Myung misses its intended target.
Myung misses with a hook.
Myung throws an overhand right that lands on Leaf's shoulder, as Leaf tries to avoid the shot.
Leaf let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Myung throws a jab when Leaf was well out of range.
Leaf digs a good body shot into Myung's ribs.
Leaf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leaf scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big left from Myung misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leaf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Myung throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Leaf misses the target.
Leaf swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Myung.
Leaf misses with a lunging right hand
letting Myung counter with a right hand.
Leaf throws a shot from downtown. Myung moves away and avoids it.
Myung throws a hook but Leaf avoids it easily.
Leaf swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Myung displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Myung keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leaf.
Leaf throws a looping overhand right but Myung ducks down to avoid it.
Leaf scores with a nice head shot.
Leaf moves away from the strike by Myung.
Leaf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leaf misses with a body shot.
Leaf staying out of range there.
Myung misses with a hook
and Leaf connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Myung throws a hook but Leaf blocks it.
Myung misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Leaf to counter with a crisp jab.
Leaf moves out of range of the strikes.
Myung uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leaf.
Leaf looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Leaf defending well as Myung loads up on a big left hand.
Myung uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leaf.
Myung misses with a hook.
Myung throws a big shot that misses.
Myung waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leaf.
Myung misses with a straight right.
Leaf throws a looping overhand right but Myung ducks down to avoid it.
Leaf ducks under a wild hook from Myung.
Leaf throws a lazy right hand but Myung sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Leaf misses its intended target.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Myung keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leaf.
Leaf ducks under a wild hook from Myung.
Myung throws the left hand but Leaf avoids the punch easily.
Leaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myung.
Leaf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leaf staying out of range there.
Myung jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leaf defending well as Myung loads up on a big left hand.
Leaf feints the counter takedown.
Leaf misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leaf punishes Myung's body with a nice straight punch.
Myung takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Leaf lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice defenses there by Leaf.
Leaf keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Myung.
Leaf moves away from the strike by Myung.
Myung gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Leaf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leaf ducks under a wild hook from Myung.
Myung rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Leaf counters with a nice body shot.
Myung throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Myung throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Myung loads up on a big right hand but Leaf slips the punch.
Leaf wants to counter the offense by Myung and move into the clinch position.
Myung misses with a straight left.
Leaf tries to clinch but Myung is having none of it.
Myung throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Myung looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Myung lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Myung.
Leaf uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Myung.
Leaf fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Myung looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Leaf misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Myung on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Myung misses with a lunging right hand
and Leaf moves into the clinch.
Myung looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Myung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Myung throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Myung misses with a looping left.
Myung looks to land a left hand but Leaf moved out of range nicely.
Leaf misses with a looping left.
Leaf slips under a jab from Myung.
Myung misses with a lunging right hand
and Leaf counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Myung waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leaf.
Myung throws a hook but Leaf avoids it easily.
Leaf tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leaf looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leaf misses with a two punch combination.
Myung was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A cross from Leaf lands.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Leaf.
Leaf misses with a body shot.
Leaf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Myung manages to avoid it.
Myung went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Myung throws a hook but Leaf avoids it easily.
Myung thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Leaf was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Leaf staying out of range there.
Leaf slips a straight right by Myung.
Nice uppercut lands for Leaf. That snapped Myung's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Myung moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Myung throws the left hand but Leaf avoids the punch easily.
Myung uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leaf.
Myung throws a jab when Leaf was well out of range.
Leaf lands with a hook. Myung tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leaf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Myung throws an overhand right that lands on Leaf's shoulder, as Leaf tries to avoid the shot.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Myung blocks a jab.
Myung ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leaf throws a lazy right hand but Myung sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Myung throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leaf tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Myung throws a hook but Leaf avoids it easily.
Myung on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Myung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Leaf does it's job there.
Leaf waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Myung.
Leaf throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Myung.
Myung avoids a punch combination nicely.
Myung throws a shot from downtown. Leaf moves away and avoids it.
Leaf moves away from the strike by Myung.
Jab from Leaf.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Leaf showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Myung missing with a left hand there. Leaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Myung walks into a stiff left hand from Leaf.
Myung swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leaf keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Myung.
Myung missing with a left hand there. Leaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Myung misses.
Myung thows a left - swing and a miss!
Myung throws an overhand right that lands on Leaf's shoulder, as Leaf tries to avoid the shot.
Leaf blocks a jab.
Leaf will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Myung is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myung misses with a hook. Leaf ducked under it nicely.
Myung throws a shot from downtown. Leaf moves away and avoids it.
Leaf defending well as Myung loads up on a big left hand.
Leaf throws the left hand but Myung avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myung throws a hook but Leaf avoids it easily.
A cross from Leaf lands.
Leaf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myung.
Leaf misses with a hook. Myung ducked under it nicely.
Leaf scores with a decent looking hook.
Myung misses with a wild combination.
Leaf slips a jab and a cross from Myung.
Leaf looks to land a left hand but Myung moved out of range nicely.
Myung misses with a straight right.
Leaf takes a swing at Myung's ribcage but misses.
Leaf throws a right hand that misses
and Leaf takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Myung throws a hook but Leaf avoids it easily.
Myung throws an off balance right hand
enabling Leaf to counter with a crisp jab.
Leaf with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leaf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Myung throws out the jab.
Leaf slips a straight right by Myung.
Myung uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leaf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Myung works the jab nicely.
Myung slips a straight right by Leaf.
Leaf lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Myung throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leaf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Myung missing with a left hand there. Leaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leaf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leaf throws a combination that misses
and Myung counters with a stiff right hand.
Myung tests Leaf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Myung misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Leaf misses.
Leaf bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Leaf throws a hook but Myung avoids it easily.
Leaf throws a right hand that misses
and Myung counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Myung as he connects with a hook.
Myung showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leaf.
Myung misses with an uppercut.
Myung looks to throw the jab but Leaf is out of range.
Leaf looks to land a combination but Myung avoids it well.
Leaf lands with a nice combination. Myung backs away looking to recover.
Myung scores with a jab.
Leaf throws a body punch but Myung moves out of range.
Myung throwing a counter right hand but Leaf manages to avoid it.
Leaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myung.
A slow jab from Myung misses its intended target.
Leaf moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Myung misses.
Leaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myung.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Myung misses.
Myung tries to bum rush Leaf with a series of wild strikes but Leaf uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Leaf! But no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leaf misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Myung throws a hook to the side of Leaf's head but Leaf sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Myung throws a jab when Leaf was well out of range.
Leaf throws a hook to the side of Myung's head but Myung sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A lazy left from Leaf finds it's target.
Myung scores with a hook.
Leaf misses with an uppercut
and Myung counters with a nice uppercut.
Leaf steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Myung.
Myung lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Leaf uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Myung has time to react.
Myung takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Leaf misses the body punch
and Myung counters with a stiff right hand.
Leaf jabs Myung to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Leaf bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice combination there by Myung.
Leaf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leaf blocks a jab.
Leaf misses with a hook.
Myung swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Myung throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leaf counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Leaf tries to clinch but Myung is having none of it.
Myung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leaf circles away quickly and effectively.
Leaf misses the jab.
Leaf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Myung throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leaf slips under a jab from Myung.
Leaf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leaf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myung.
Myung ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Myung swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Leaf misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leaf misses with a lunging right hand
and Myung connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Myung throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leaf sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Myung throws the left hand but Leaf avoids the punch easily.
Leaf throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Myung was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leaf moves out of range of the strikes.
Leaf throws a looping overhand right but Myung ducks down to avoid it.
Myung misses with an uppercut
and Leaf counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Myung tries to bum rush Leaf with a series of wild strikes but Leaf uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leaf misses with an uppercut.
Leaf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leaf dodges the punch combination from Myung.
Myung thows a left - swing and a miss!
Myung looks to throw the jab but Leaf is out of range.
Leaf wants to counter with a clinch but Myung pushes him away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Myung misses with a lunging right hand
and Leaf counters with a right hand to the body.
Myung slips a straight right by Leaf.
Leaf moves in looking to clinch but Myung pushes him off.
Leaf tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Myung was well out of range. Poor timing from Leaf.
Nice straight punches there by Leaf. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Leaf.
Myung misses the jab.
Leaf lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Leaf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Myung on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Leaf blocks a jab.
Myung throws out a loose jab but Leaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leaf looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Decent striking displayed by Leaf there.
Myung waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leaf.
Leaf blocks a jab.
Myung looks to land a right hand but Leaf moved out of range.
Myung's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Leaf connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Myung scrambles back to his feet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Leaf punishes Myung's body with a nice straight punch.
Myung has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Leaf finds it's way round the side to connect with Myung's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leaf misses with the combination.
Leaf tries to bum rush Myung with a series of wild strikes but Myung uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leaf throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Myung to counter with a crisp jab.
Leaf lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Leaf throws a body punch but Myung moves out of range.
Leaf uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Myung.
Leaf has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Leaf there as he acknowledges the shot.
Leaf defending well as Myung loads up on a big left hand.
Leaf tries to counter with a clinch but Myung shakes him off and moves away.
Myung throws a lazy uppercut
letting Leaf counter with a right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Myung scores with a four punch combination!
Leaf scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Leaf missing with a left hand there. Myung was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leaf moves out of range of the strikes.
Leaf is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Myung with a body shot.
Myung steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leaf.
Myung misses with a looping left.
Leaf looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Leaf looks to throw the jab but Myung is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Myung on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Leaf moves out of range of the strikes.
Myung cracks Leaf with a good jab.
Leaf misses with a looping left.
Myung throws a right and a left that Leaf avoids nicely.
Myung ducks under a wild hook from Leaf.
Myung throws a looping overhand right but Leaf ducks down to avoid it.
Myung misses with a hook. Leaf ducked under it nicely.
Myung paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Myung has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Myung there as he acknowledges the shot.
Myung slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hong Myung.
I think Myung has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Hong Myung!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muhammad Watts (ranked 1900 p4p, 2587 weight class) and Nicholas Sartre (ranked 254 p4p, 327 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Muhammad Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nicholas Sartre!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts scores with a jab to the body.
Watts takes one on the button.
Watts keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sartre takes one on the button.
Sartre moves out of range as Watts strikes.
Watts is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big left from Watts misses.
Watts throws a sloppy body shot
and Sartre counters with a nice body kick.
Sartre misses the shot to the body.
Watts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sartre.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
Sartre misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts misses with a wild body shot.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sartre.
Watts attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sartre unleashes a big counter combination but Watts bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sartre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Watts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sartre motions for Watts to come forward. Sartre throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Watts just misses with a punch to the body.
Watts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watts fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sartre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice inside leg kick there by Watts. That's going to slow Sartre down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sartre throws a jab but it's blocked by Watts.
It looked like Watts was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sartre.
A telegraphed right hand from Watts misses the target.
Sartre feints a counter leg kick.
Muhammad Watts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watts thuds a left hand into Sartre's body.
Sartre misses with a straight left.
As Sartre tries to get set, Watts tries to push him back and clinch up but Sartre manages to avoid the attempt.
Watts feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sartres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watts throws a good cross that connects.
Watts with a jab.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses
and Watts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sartre misses with a straight right.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sartre moves away.
Sartre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sartre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sartre. Watts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sartre lands with a nice body kick.
Watts avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watts fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sartre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Watts connects with a jab.
Watts misses the shot to the body.
Sartre feints a counter leg kick.
Watts looks to score with a jab to the body but Sartre is just out of range.
Sartre slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Watts moves out of range of the body kick from Sartre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre lands with an uppercut that bounces Watts off the cage and back into range.
Sartre throws a body kick that misses.
Sartre scores with the left hand. Watts knows he should have avoided that one.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sartre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watts thows a left - swing and a miss!
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!
Watts scores with a shot to the body.
Watts throws a leg kick that misses.
Watts slips under a jab from Sartre.
Watts is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Watts misses the target.
Sartre thinks about the counter body kick.
A cross from Watts lands.
Watts lands a body shot.
Watts misses with a hook.
Muhammad Watts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Watts is looking to clinch.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sartre feints a counter leg kick.
Sartre throws a jab when Watts was well out of range.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sartre.
Watts thuds his right hand into Sartre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts misses with a jab to the body
and Sartre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Watts finds it's way through Sartre's defenses.
Sartre slips under a jab from Watts.
Watts looks to land a left hand but Sartre moved out of range nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watts jabs Sartre to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Watts has taken the fight to the clinch.
Watts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sartre with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
Sartre misses with a knee strike.
Sartre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sartre pushes Watts back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
Sartre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sartre throws a big shot that misses.
Watts is looking to wear down Sartre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Watts jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sartre scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Watts doesn't seem bothered though.
Watts scores with a hook.
Sartre wants to slow Watts down by chopping away at his legs.
Sartre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts throws a body shot but no joy.
Sartre was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Watts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sartre pushes Watts away with a front kick.
Watts scores with a jab.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre avoids it easily.
Sartre doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sartre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watts throws an overhand right that lands on Sartre's shoulder, as Sartre tries to avoid the shot.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Sartre responds with a good body kick, but Watts manages to step out the way in time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sartre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watts.
Watts jabs Sartre right on the nose. Sartre blinks but takes it well.
Sartre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sartre throws a wild body kick that Watts sees coming a mile off.
Watts punishes Sartre's body with a nice straight punch.
Sartre misses with a straight right.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sartre.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sartre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sartre is looking to slow Watts down with leg kicks.
Watts misses with a right hand
and Sartre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Watts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Watts jabs at Sartre's body.
Watts is looking to chop away at Sartre's legs.
Sartre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sartre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
Sartre throws the left hand but Watts avoids the punch easily.
Watts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sartre.
Sartre only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Watts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Watts dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Sartre finds it's way through Watts's defenses.
Sartre connects with a leg kick.
Sartre walks into a straight right hand from Watts.
Sartre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sartre.
Watts scores with a nice head shot.
Sartre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watts lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts misses the jab.
Sartre only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Watts finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice side step and Sartre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good leg kick by Sartre.
Sartre misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sartre avoids the body shot from Watts.
Sartre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Watts on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Sartre misses the target.
Watts fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sartre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sartre.
Watts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Watts lands a nice shot that snaps Sartre's head back.
Sartre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Watts blocks the body kick.
Watts lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sartre at a distance.
Watts misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Sartre lands with a nice body kick.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sartre was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Watts walks into a left hand.
Watts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sartre manages to avoid it.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sartre loads up on a big right hand but Watts slips the punch.
Watts throws a shot to the body.
Muhammad Watts is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a jab but it's blocked by Sartre.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sartre scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Watts misses.
Sartre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Watts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sartre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre blocks it.
Sartre slips a jab from Watts.
A jab from Watts finds it's way through Sartre's defenses.
Sartre fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Watts moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre tries to throw a body punch but Watts avoids it by throwing Sartre back against the cage.
Watts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sartre can do to turn this around?
Watts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sartre can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Watts avoiding damage as Sartre throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
Sartre breaks the clinch.
Sartre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sartre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sartre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sartre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Watts forces Sartre back against the cage and clinches.
Watts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sartre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watts breaks from the clinch.
Watts instigates a clinch.
Sartre tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch on the inside from Sartre fails to land.
Sartre blocks an uppercut.
Watts swings wildly with an uppercut but Sartre uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watts lands a right hand.
Sartre will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Watts up against the cage.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sartre can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Sartre landing knees to the body.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sartre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sartre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watts's elbow.
Watts misses with some punches.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.
Sartre presses Watts against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Watts misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Watts.
Sartre tries to pull guard but Watts holds him up against the cage and eventually Sartre drops back down to his feet.
Muhammad Watts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicholas Sartre.
Watts can't find room to land a body shot as Sartre controls the action.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sartre slows down the pace here.
Watts prevents a body shot from Sartre.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.
Watts makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sartre blocks a body shot from Watts.
Sartre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Watts.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Watts working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sartre.
Watts misses with a punch to the body.
Sartre leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sartre.
Sartre taking a breather.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Watts dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sartre misses with a wild body shot.
Watts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Watts missing with a left hand there. Sartre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sartre!
Watts rushes Sartre and presses him up against the cage.
Sartre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Watts.
Watts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left hand lands to the body for Watts.
Watts works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sartre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watts pushes Sartre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watts pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sartre missing with knees to the body.
Sartre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sartre has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sartre.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Watts fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sartre blocks a body shot from Watts.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Sartre slowing the pace effectively.
Sartre blocks an uppercut.
Sartre takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
Stalling in the clinch from Watts.
Watts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
Sartre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A hook to the body from Watts.
Sartre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watts avoiding damage.
Sartre dodges an elbow strike from Watts.
Sartre blocks a body shot from Watts.
Sartre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.
Sartre manages to break the clinch.
Sartre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sartre throws a lazy right hand but Watts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sartre tries a head kick but it misses.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts slips a jab and a cross from Sartre.
Sartre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre avoids it easily.
Watts lands an overhand right.
Sartre drops his hands momentarily and Watts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Watts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sartre moves away from the strike by Watts.
Watts is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Watts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sartre circles away quickly and effectively.
Sartre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sartre with a nice calf kick.
Sartre scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sartre feints and then cracks Watts's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Watts down.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Watts coming out on top.
Sartre ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Sartre swats away the attempt to clinch by Watts.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watts misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Sartre on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Watts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Watts misses the target.
Watts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Watts misses.
Watts throws an overhand right that lands on Sartre's shoulder, as Sartre tries to avoid the shot.
Sartre loads up on a big right hand but Watts slips the punch.
Watts takes a swing at Sartre's ribcage but misses.
Watts moves into range and connects with a jab.
Watts lands a jab to Sartre's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sartre throws a body kick that misses
and Watts counters with a straight right hand.
Nicholas Sartre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre avoids it easily.
Sartre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Watts.
Sartre is looking to slow Watts down with leg kicks.
Sartre swings for the body but Watts moves out of range.
Watts throws a lazy right hand but Sartre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watts fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice body punch from Watts.
Watts misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Watts there.
Sartre misses with a low kick.
Sartre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Watts scores with a decent looking hook.
Sartre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Watts moves out of range as Sartre strikes.
Watts tries to clinch up
and Sartre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sartre throws a front kick aimed at Watts's knee but Watts avoids it well.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sartre misses the jab.
Watts tries to counter by clinching up but Sartre breaks away and moves out of range.
Sartre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Muhammad Watts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Watts as he connects with a hook.
Sartre takes a swing at Watts's ribcage but misses.
Watts misses with a wild combination.
Sartre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Watts takes one on the button.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre blocks it.
Sartre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Watts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sartre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Muhammad Watts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Watts 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muhammad Watts!
A relieved looking Muhammad Watts thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tre Jokinen (ranked 978 p4p, 1105 weight class) and Daniel Maverick (ranked 127 p4p, 145 weight class). Daniel Maverick told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tre Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Maverick!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Maverick throws out a counter right but Jokinen avoids it with no problem.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Maverick.
Maverick throws a leg kick
so Jokinen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jokinen stays in close to Maverick's body and controls the position.
Jokinen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Maverick is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maverick looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jokinen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen trying to control but Maverick is working from the bottom.
Maverick avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jokinen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jokinen postures up in Maverick's guard and throws a big left but Maverick blocks it.
Jokinen stopping the sweep attempt from Maverick.
Jokinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maverick is keeping the position for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Maverick moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
Maverick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Maverick.
Jokinen tries to counter by clinching up but Maverick breaks away and moves out of range.
Maverick slips a jab from Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen forces Maverick back against the cage and clinches.
Maverick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Jokinen misses the target.
Maverick goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jokinen feinted with a counter takedown.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Maverick lands a lovely overhand right.
Maverick scores with a nice right hand.
Maverick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Jokinen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maverick counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maverick misses with a straight right.
Maverick leaves Jokinen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Maverick follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maverick throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maverick.
Maverick misses with a two punch combination.
Maverick takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maverick takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jokinen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maverick slips a straight right by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Maverick is trying to counter with his kicks.
Jokinen shoots for a takedown but Maverick saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Maverick raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Daniel Maverick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Maverick.
Maverick looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jokinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maverick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Maverick slips under a jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen darts in and clinches Maverick up against the cage.
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!
Jokinen jumps guard but Maverick stands there with Jokinen around his waist. Jokinen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tre Jokinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jokinen misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen lands a right hand.
Maverick trying to control the position but instead, Jokinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maverick into the cage.
Maverick is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jokinen is keeping busy.
Maverick is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Maverick misses with a body punch.
Jokinen manages to pull guard.
Maverick must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Maverick looking to sit in guard and control but Jokinen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen passes Maverick's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Maverick is looking to improve his position.
Maverick is not content to let Jokinen control the position.
Jokinen is working for a kimura but Maverick is defending it quite comfortably.
Jokinen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Maverick felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Maverick is looking for a sweep. Jokinen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jokinen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maverick knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jokinen wants to take a breather but Maverick is having none of it.
Maverick is defending against the submission attempts here by Jokinen.
Jokinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Maverick defends it well.
Maverick is controlling Jokinen's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jokinen wants to work for an arm triangle but Maverick is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Maverick is not content to let Jokinen control the position.
Maverick controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's eight 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.
Jokinen slips a nice elbow through Maverick's hands, connecting with Maverick's forehead.
Jokinen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maverick does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Maverick is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Maverick is refusing to be controlled, as Jokinen sits in half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Maverick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maverick.
Maverick throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jokinen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Maverick won't be happy with that.
Jokinen wants to control but Maverick is keeping him busy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Maverick to see if he's OK.
Jokinen is trying to get an arm triangle but Maverick is defending well.
Maverick is trying to get back to half guard.
Jokinen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Maverick is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Maverick tries to bench press Jokinen off him but Jokinen keeps the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maverick sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tre Jokinen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jokinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Maverick counters with a left to the body.
Jokinen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Maverick pushes Jokinen away with a front kick.
Maverick throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jokinen's head.
It looks like Tre Jokinen has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from Maverick.
Daniel Maverick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maverick throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Maverick is avoiding it.
Maverick scores with a jab to the jaw.
Maverick throws a hook but Jokinen avoids it easily.
Maverick gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Jokinen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Maverick's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maverick is adopting a defensive guard.
Tre Jokinen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jokinen controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maverick trying to control the position here.
Jokinen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jokinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Maverick is retaining full guard.
Maverick looking to control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jokinen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Maverick keeps Jokinen at a distance using the push kick.
Maverick looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Jokinen moves into the clinch.
Maverick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maverick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maverick shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Maverick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen jabs Maverick right on the nose. Maverick blinks but takes it well.
Jokinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jokinen swings for the body but Maverick moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws an off balance right hand
and Maverick counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jokinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Maverick counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Maverick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maverick steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen misses with a double jab.
Maverick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jokinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Maverick moved out of range.
Jokinen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Good exchange - Jokinen coming out on top.
Jokinen pushes Maverick up against the cage in a clinch.
Maverick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen tries to pull guard but Maverick won't allow it.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Maverick blocks it.
Maverick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Maverick fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maverick can't break the clinch.
Jokinen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Maverick breaks the clinch.
Jokinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maverick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Jokinen misses the target.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Maverick is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maverick. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maverick throws a body kick that misses.
Maverick looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Maverick. That snapped Jokinen's head back.
Maverick throws a right hand that misses
and Jokinen moves into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Jokinen.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Jokinen.
Maverick trying to control the position but instead, Jokinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maverick into the cage.
Maverick misses with a punch to the body.
Maverick is trying to stall.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maverick or not.
Jokinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Maverick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maverick swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tre Jokinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jokinen prevents Maverick from breaking the clinch.
Maverick blocks an uppercut.
Maverick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jokinen has him pressed against the cage.
Jokinen pulls guard successfully.
Jokinen is looking for a triangle but Maverick pushes his legs off easily.
Jokinen working for a triangle but Maverick defends it easily.
Jokinen is looking for a triangle here but Maverick uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Maverick trying to control the action but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
Jokinen tries to buck Maverick off but Maverick is having none of it.
Jokinen keeping his opponent close.
You can see the frustration on Jokinen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Maverick wants to take a breather but Jokinen manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Maverick.
Jokinen trying to control the position.
Maverick trying to control the position from guard on top but Jokinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maverick controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jokinen looking to control.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Maverick slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Maverick trying to control but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
Maverick looking to sit in guard and control but Jokinen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jokinen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jokinen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tre Jokinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tre Jokinen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Maverick blocks a jab.
Maverick scores with a jab.
Jokinen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jokinen looks to land a combination but Maverick avoids it well.
Maverick avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen moves out of range as Maverick throws a body kick.
Maverick throws a head kick that misses.
Jokinen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maverick lands a head kick!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jokinen, as that shot connected.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maverick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Maverick counters with a nice body kick.
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen backing away here, and Maverick unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Maverick misses with a kick to the body.
Jokinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Maverick misses with a head kick.
Maverick misses with a few strikes there.
Maverick throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maverick cracks Jokinen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maverick slips a straight right by Jokinen.
Maverick throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jokinen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maverick wants to control but Jokinen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jokinen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maverick defending well though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Maverick really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jokinen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jokinen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maverick does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jokinen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jokinen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jokinen trying to control the action but Maverick is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen controlling the pace.
Jokinen lands strikes from half guard.
Maverick wants to get back to full guard.
Maverick wants to control but Jokinen is keeping busy.
Maverick is trying to control but Jokinen passes into side control!
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but Maverick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jokinen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Maverick is trying to improve his position.
Jokinen lands an elbow.
Jokinen looks up at the clock and then as Maverick takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jokinen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Maverick tries to bench press Jokinen off him but Jokinen keeps the position.
Jokinen scoring with punches from side control.
Jokinen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jokinen just content to control the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Maverick takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jokinen 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.
Maverick manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Jokinen is trying a forearm choke I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jokinen is keen to just control but Maverick is a slippery customer.
Jokinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maverick can do to turn this around?
Jokinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maverick has hold of Jokinen's hands but Jokinen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Maverick wants to get back to full guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jokinen working over Maverick with some ground and pound. Maverick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jokinen winds up and cracks Maverick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen throwing shots but Maverick is blocking nicely.
Maverick gets back to full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Maverick is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Jokinen lands with an overhand left.
Maverick fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maverick. That's going to slow Jokinen down.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Maverick.
Maverick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
Maverick pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range and Maverick settles back down.
Jokinen lands a jab to the head.
Maverick scores with a hook to the body. Jokinen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maverick moves away.
Maverick let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jokinen shoots in for a double leg but Maverick sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jokinen swinging wildly here.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Maverick.
Jokinen tries to counter by clinching up but Maverick breaks away and moves out of range.
Maverick fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tre Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Maverick thumps Jokinen with a low kick.
Maverick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Maverick tries to get set, Jokinen tries to push him back and clinch up but Maverick manages to avoid the attempt.
Daniel Maverick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokinen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mavericks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Maverick.
Jokinen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Maverick misses with the body kick
and Jokinen counters with a shoot takedown. Maverick fights it but they end up in guard.
Jokinen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jokinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maverick is keeping the position for now.
Maverick trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tre Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jokinen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tre Jokinen!
Tre Jokinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason Love (ranked 469 p4p, 957 weight class) and Eric Fassett (ranked 31 p4p, 73 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Love!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Fassett!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fassett walks into a stiff left hand from Love.
Love with a jab.
Fassett misses the jab.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Love scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fassett misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
Fassett ducks right into an uppercut from Love.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Love was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Love lands a nice looking body shot.
Fassett looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.
Love scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fassett throws a hook but Love blocks it.
Fassett lands an overhand right.
Fassett takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love scores with a punch to the head.
Fassett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Love lands a really nice looking cross but Fassett seems unphased.
Fassett misses with a straight left.
It looks like Love has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Fassett throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Fassett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fassett digs a good body shot into Love's ribs.
Love slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fassett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Love cracks a nice hook into Fassett's ribs.
Love swings for the body but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fassett lands a glancing blow to the side of Love's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fassett throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Fassett throws out a loose jab but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love thuds a left hand into Fassett's body.
Love misses with a straight right.
Love stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fassett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Fassett.
An attempted straight right counter from Love misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Fassett as he connects with a hook.
Fassett closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Fassett pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Love blocks a jab.
Fassett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fassett moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Fassett releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a jab to the nose.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Fassett counters with a shoot takedown. Love fights it but they end up in guard.
Love working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fassett.
Fassett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fassett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fassett lands a couple of digs.
Fassett preventing the sweep.
Love avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fassett prevents Love from getting back to his feet.
Fassett throwing strikes but missing.
Fassett is looking to work some ground and pound but Love has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fassett won't allow Love to sweep him here.
Fassett stops Love from standing up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Fassett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Love sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Love throws out a powerful jab.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Love.
Love misses with a looping left.
A punch lands to the side of Love 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fassett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fassett throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Love misses its target.
Love's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fassett connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Love scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Fassett does it's job there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fassett defending well as Love loads up on a big left hand.
Fassett let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fassett counters with a takedown into side control.
Fassett is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Love is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fassett is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Love knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fassett tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fassett has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Love is not content to let Fassett control the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Love dodges the ground and pound from Fassett.
Fassett misses with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fassett working the body and head with strikes.
Fassett is working Love over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fassett is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Love knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fassett working away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fassett is trying to ground and pound but Love uses the momentary lack of control by Fassett to regain half guard.
Fassett is looking to advance position but Love won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fassett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fassett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fassett is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Love has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fassett throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fassett is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Love!
Fassett lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fassett connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fassett throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fassett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Love wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fassett.
Fassett trying to control but Love is having none of it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fassett raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fassett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fassett lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Love hang on?
Fassett landing strikes from the mount and Love is in trouble!
Fassett punching from mount but Love doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fassett moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Love has worked his arm free - good work by Love!
Fassett in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Fassett dominated that round.
That's time! Love's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Love looks to throw the jab but Fassett is out of range.
Love misses with a looping right.
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love misses with a straight right.
Fassett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fassett dodges the punch combination from Love.
Love scores with a decent looking hook.
Love throws out a powerful jab.
Fassett throws an overhand right that lands on Love's shoulder, as Love tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Love misses the jab.
Fassett throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fassett looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
No luck for Fassett with that takedown attempt.
Fassett dips to his left and cracks Love with an uppercut!
Fassett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fassett throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
Fassett throws a predictable looking body shot
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Love lands with a nice body punch.
Mason Love is winning the standup battle so far.
Fassett shoots in looking for a takedown but Love manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fassett's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Fassett misses with a wild body shot.
Fassett shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mason Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Fassett.
Love moves out of range as Fassett strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fassett misses the body punch
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fassett throws a poor cross that misses
letting Love counter with a right hand.
Love lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love misses the shot to the body.
Fassett misses with a body shot
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Fassett slips a straight right by Love.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Fassett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Fassett.
Fassett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fassett misses with a wild body shot.
Fassett throws a predictable looking body shot
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Fassett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Fassett throws a sloppy body shot
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fassett thinking.
Love slaps away a takedown attempt from Fassett, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Love lands with a nice body punch.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love's corner calls for a 1-2. Love obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Love misses with a straight left.
Fassett has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Love darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fassett walks into a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fassett.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
Love thuds a left hand into Fassett's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Fassett misses.
Love lands a body shot.
Love scores with a punch to the head.
Love connects with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Love. Those never looked like landing.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Love connects with the punch.
Fassett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fassett goes for a double leg but Love avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Love continues to drive forward.
Fassett takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Love is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
Fassett throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Fassett throws a sloppy body shot
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body punch from Fassett.
Love throws a body punch but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Love connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fassett momentarily.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
Fassett changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fassett takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Fassett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fassett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Love misses with a body shot.
Love uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fassett.
Fassett with a poor takedown
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fassett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Fassett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fassett misses with a body punch
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
Fassett is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Love rather than just go for the knockout.
Fassett throws a body shot but no joy.
Fassett lands with a good body shot.
Fassett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Love misses the shot to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Love defending well as Fassett loads up on a big left hand.
Mason Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fassett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice sprawl there from Love as Fassett shoots in.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love connects with the punch.
Fassett throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Fassett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love.
Love lands a right hook to the body.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Love.
Fassett with the counter takedown but Love avoids it easily.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Love misses with a left hand
and Fassett counters with a nice body shot.
Fassett moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fassett throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Love throws a hook but Fassett blocks it.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fassett can do to turn this around?
Love displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fassett throws out the jab.
Love throwing a counter right hand but Fassett manages to avoid it.
Love scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love connects with a nice looking jab.
Fassett misses with a hook.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
A big left from Fassett misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Love misses the target.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fassett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fassett throws out a counter right but Love avoids it with no problem.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
Fassett shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Love but Love pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Love jabs Fassett right on the nose. Fassett blinks but takes it well.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fassett.
Fassett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Fassett misses.
Love misses with a straight right.
Fassett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Fassett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Love's corner calls for a 1-2. Love obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fassett throws a poor cross that misses
and Fassett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Love scores with a nice right hand.
Love misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Love dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Fassett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love tries to move into range but Fassett moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Love works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fassett throws a body shot but no joy.
Fassett sizes up Love with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love slips a straight right by Fassett.
Love lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fassett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fassett circles away quickly and effectively.
Fassett misses with a hook to the body
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Fassett with a poor takedown
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fassett moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a looping right.
Fassett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the liver by Fassett. Beautiful body shot.
Love looks to land a left hand but Fassett moved out of range nicely.
Love throws the left hand but Fassett avoids the punch easily.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Fassett.
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Love, as that shot connected.
Love scores with a nice strike.
Love throws a hook but Fassett avoids it easily.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Love.
Fassett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Fassett misses.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Fassett is just out of range.
Nice cross by Love.
Love scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A big left from Love misses.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fassett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fassett takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fassett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
A big left from Love misses.
Fassett misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fassett throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Fassett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fassett is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Love's half guard.
Fassett wants to work for an arm triangle but Love is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Fassett is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Love working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassett trying to control but Love is having none of it.
Fassett is landing with some decent strikes but Love is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Love is working to get back to half guard.
Love is squirming around, avoiding Fassett's attempts to control the action.
Fassett scoring with strikes but Love is staying in there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Love has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Fassett's lack of action.
Love is refusing to be controlled, as Fassett sits in half guard.
Fassett seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Love is refusing to be controlled, as Fassett sits in half guard.
Love keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fassett looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fassett is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fassett lands a nice short elbow.
Love keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fassett is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Fassett tries to pass to full mount but Love defends it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Love throws a hook but Fassett blocks it.
Fassett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Fassett.
Fassett throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fassett.
Fassett avoids the body shot from Love.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Fassett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.
Fassett scores with a sloppy right hand. Love should have avoided that one.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Love wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fassett throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Fassett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fassett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Love throws a series of punches but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Love connects with a body shot that sends Fassett's belly button to the back.
Love misses with a hook.
Fassett misses the shot to the body.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Fassett misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Love swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Love misses with a hook. Fassett ducked under it nicely.
Fassett fails to land the takedown.
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love throws a jab when Fassett was well out of range.
Love scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fassett doesn't seem bothered though.
Fassett walks into a stiff left hand from Love.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fassett lands a nice shot that snaps Love's head back.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fassett throws a shot to the body.
Fassett dives in and grabs Love's left leg, looking for a takedown. Love pushes down on Fassett's head and hops out.
Mason Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Fassett.
No luck for Fassett with that takedown attempt.
Fassett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fassett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Love throws a good cross that connects.
Fassett lands with a nice body punch.
Fassett slips under a jab from Love.
Fassett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Love showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Love has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Love!
Mason Love retains his bantamweight title!
Our winner, Mason Love, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Kilgore (ranked 654 p4p, 611 weight class) and Pete Price (ranked 104 p4p, 96 weight class). Kilgore comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Change. Pete Price has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jeremy Kilgore's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremy Kilgore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Price!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kilgore takes one on the button.
Price fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick lands from Kilgore.
Price throws a series of punches but Kilgore moves out of range.
Price throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kilgore makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kilgore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Price.
Kilgore throws a quick counter head kick but Price was just out of range.
Price waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kilgore.
Price throws a body kick that misses
and Kilgore counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kilgore misses the jab.
Price takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Price works Kilgore's body with a nice hook.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Price has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kilgore walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kilgore looks to land a left hand but Price moved out of range nicely.
Price keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kilgore.
Price throws a lazy right hand but Kilgore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Price checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Price ducks under a wild hook from Kilgore.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kilgore.
Price bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kilgore throws a front kick that sends Price stumbling back into the cage.
Jeremy Kilgore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kilgore looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Price lands with a shot to the body.
Kilgore with a nice calf kick.
Price uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kilgore.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kilgore moves away.
Kilgore bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice body kick from Kilgore.
Kilgore connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Price misses with a straight right.
Kilgore slips a jab from Price.
Kilgore is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Price.
We've been told by Kilgore's head coaches at Temple of Fitness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kilgore misses with a head kick.
Price throws a body punch but Kilgore moves out of range.
Kilgore lands a front kick.
Kilgore defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
Price throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kilgore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kilgore looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Price takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kilgore lands with a nice body kick.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kilgore blocks a jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kilgore.
Kilgore misses with a hook.
And Price tries to counter it with a takedown but Kilgore pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kilgore lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kilgore.
Price lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Price misses with a jab to the body
and Kilgore counters with a good low kick that Price was not able to check.
Kilgore defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Kilgore misses the target.
Price lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Price missing with a left hand there. Kilgore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kilgore connects with a looping right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kilgore.
Price closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Price misses with a hook
and Kilgore counters with a two punch combo.
Kilgore throws a leg kick that is checked
and Price counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kilgore won't allow Price to pass to mount.
Kilgore is defending against the submission attempts here by Price.
Kilgore is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore is trying to get back to full guard.
Price is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kilgore sees it coming and defends easily.
Price wants to pass the guard but Kilgore is defending well.
Price seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kilgore does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Price seems to be looking for submissions.
Price is keen to just control but Kilgore is a slippery customer.
Price missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Price is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kilgore doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Price.
Kilgore tries to kick Price off but Price keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kilgore scores with a hook.
Kilgore throws a head kick that Price semi-blocks.
Kilgore feints and then cracks Price's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Price down.
Price's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kilgore on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Price. Price obviously looking to wear him down.
Price swings for the body but Kilgore moves out of range.
Kilgore takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab from Price misses.
Kilgore drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Price throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kilgore misses with a low kick.
Kilgore scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A decent looking cross lands there for Price.
Price defending well as Kilgore loads up on a big left hand.
Kilgore throws a good cross that connects.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Price.
Kilgore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kilgore misses with a low kick.
Price chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kilgore can pounce on him.
Price is looking to chop away at Kilgore's legs.
Kilgore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Price.
Kilgore fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kilgore turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Kilgore is just out of range.
Kilgore throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kilgore connects with a good right hand that stumbles Price. Price circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kilgore throws a head kick that half lands.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore misses the shot to the body.
Price scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kilgore doesn't seem bothered though.
Kilgore misses with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab lands there for Kilgore.
Kilgore throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Price's head.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kilgore moves away.
Kilgore jabs Price right on the nose. Price blinks but takes it well.
Kilgore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Price fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kilgore manages to avoid it.
Kilgore takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kilgore scores with a spinning back kick!
Kilgore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kilgore looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Price falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kilgore counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Price throws the left hand but Kilgore avoids the punch easily.
Kilgore thinks about countering with a body kick.
Price fails with a takedown attempt.
Price swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Kilgore counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Price.
Price has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kilgore.
Kilgore tries a head kick but it misses.
As Kilgore backs off Price throws a huge counter combo but Kilgore manages to avoid it all.
Good exchange - Kilgore coming out on top.
Price on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kilgore is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kilgore gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Price counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Kilgore dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Price attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kilgore.
Price doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Price takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Price misses with a double jab.
Price stuns Kilgore with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kilgore misses with a low kick.
Kilgore looks to land a body kick but Price moved away.
Kilgore throws a head kick but Price moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Price on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kilgore throws a sloppy head kick and Price moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Price! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price looks for the body kick but Kilgore saw that one coming.
Kilgore throws a front kick aimed at Price's knee but Price avoids it well.
Kilgore needs to keep his hands up - Price had a free shot at his head there.
Kilgore avoids the body shot from Price.
Kilgore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilgore lands with a slapping head kick.
Price displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kilgore throws out the jab.
Kilgore is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kilgore was well out of range. Poor timing from Price.
Kilgore scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kilgore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Price can do to turn this around?
Kilgore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kilgore throws a sloppy head kick
and Price counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Price takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kilgore ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Kilgore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price moves out of range of the leg kick from Kilgore.
Price works the jab nicely.
Kilgore slips a jab from Price.
Price scores with a hook to the body. Kilgore takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kilgore counters with a thumping low kick.
Kilgore throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kilgore fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Price on the side of the head.
Kilgore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Price looks to throw the jab but Kilgore is out of range.
Price misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kilgore looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice combination there by Price.
Kilgore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kilgore misses with an attempted mid kick.
Price is looking for the big counter here.
Kilgore fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Price is out of range.
Price drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kilgore defends it well.
Kilgore looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Price throws a body punch but Kilgore moves out of range.
Kilgore misses with a body kick.
Price feints the counter takedown.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kilgore throws a looping overhand right but Price ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Kilgore.
Price is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jeremy Kilgore is winning the standup battle so far.
Kilgore on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Price lands with an overhand left.
Kilgore cracks Price with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kilgore lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Price misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kilgore counters with a nice body kick.
A punch combination from Price misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Kilgore.
Kilgore misses with a leg kick
and Price counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kilgore manages to work his way to half guard, despite Price's best efforts.
Price wants to take a breather but Kilgore is having none of it.
Kilgore is trying to stand.
Price wants to take a breather but Kilgore is having none of it.
Kilgore is doing well to control the position and prevent Price from advancing to side control.
Kilgore wants to get back to his feet.
Kilgore is defending against the submission attempts here by Price.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore won't allow Price to pass to mount.
Kilgore is looking to escape.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Price scores with a nice strike.
Price misses with a few strikes there.
Kilgore tries a head kick but it misses.
Price blocks a head kick by Kilgore.
Price throws a lazy head kick
and Kilgore counters with a stiff right hand.
Price throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kilgore is looking to counter with head kicks.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kilgore, as that shot connected.
Price misses the shot to the body.
Price wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kilgore throws a lazy head kick
and Price counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kilgore keeping full guard, as Price tries to pass.
Kilgore keeping moving, preventing Price from controlling successfully.
Kilgore has control of Price's left arm, preventing Price from doing any damage.
Price trying to control but Kilgore is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Price might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kilgore haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Kilgore working a defensive guard here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kilgore moves away.
Kilgore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Price shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kilgore walks forward, straight into a front kick from Price.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a hook but Kilgore blocks it.
Price just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromKilgore.
Kilgore is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
Kilgore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Price throws the left hand but Kilgore avoids the punch easily.
Kilgore was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Price misses.
A combination from Price does no damage.
Price throws a leg kick that misses.
Kilgore connects with a solid leg kick.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
Price throws a jab but it's blocked by Kilgore.
Price shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kilgore eats them both and turns towards Price to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kilgore lands a head kick!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Price throws an off balance right hand
and Kilgore counters with a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kilgore.
Price avoids a kick to the body.
Price throws a body shot but no joy.
Price looks to land a right hand but Kilgore moved out of range.
Kilgore is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Price.
Price shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kilgore eats them both and turns towards Price to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kilgore connects with a solid leg kick.
Kilgore pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kilgore lands a leg kick that knocks Price off balance momentarily.
Price throws a jab when Kilgore was well out of range.
Crunch! Kilgore slams his shin into Price's torso.
Price is breathing heavily.
Price moves out of range of the body kick from Kilgore.
Price tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Price looks to land a left hand but Kilgore moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pete Price will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Kilgore throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kilgore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Price changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Kilgore shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kilgore on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Price finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kilgore throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Price shoots in for a takedown but Kilgore shows good takedown defense.
Kilgore darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kilgore looks to land a body kick but Price moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilgore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Price's sensitive parts.
A lazy body kick from Kilgore
and Price counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kilgore won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Price trying to control the position but Kilgore is working away.
You can see that Price has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Kilgore is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Price asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Kilgore rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Price's guard! Nice work there by Kilgore!
Price looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kilgore being controlled here momentarily.
Price trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Price is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kilgore is aware though and is defending well.
Price has a closed guard, preventing Kilgore from standing up.
Price is trying to keep Kilgore in close.
Price had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kilgore defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Price swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kilgore trying to stand up but can't free himself from Price's guard.
Kilgore gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kilgore defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
Price closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Price takes one to the chin there.
Kilgore defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
Kilgore is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kilgore throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kilgore counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Price wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kilgore throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kilgore as Price tries to tie him up.
Kilgore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Price has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Price tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kilgore smiles and moves away.
Kilgore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Price stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kilgore.
Price throws out a loose jab but Kilgore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Price misses with a right hand
and Kilgore counters with a good low kick that Price was not able to check.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Price misses.
Kilgore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Price.
Kilgore thinks about countering with a head kick.
Price stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kilgore.
Price throws a wild body kick that Kilgore sees coming a mile off.
Kilgore avoids the body shot from Price.
Kilgore is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kilgore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Price with a nice cross.
Kilgore scores with a jab. Price acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Price slips under a jab.
Price misses with an uppercut.
Kilgore is looking to counter the offense by Price and move into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Price throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kilgore tries to clinch up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore thumps Price with a low kick.
Kilgore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Price.
Kilgore throws a body punch but Price moves out of range.
Kilgore slips a jab and a cross from Price.
Kilgore closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kilgore misses with an elbow over the top.
Price blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kilgore misses with a body punch.
Kilgore pushes off an throws an elbow but Price leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kilgore makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kilgore lands a damaging elbow.
Kilgore misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Kilgore.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Price goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kilgore prevents it.
Jeremy Kilgore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pete Price.
Kilgore can't find room to land a body shot as Price controls the action.
Kilgore tries to throw a body punch but Price avoids it by throwing Kilgore back against the cage.
Price drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kilgore gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Price dodges an elbow strike from Kilgore.
Kilgore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Price takes an elbow to the temple.
Price is trying to drag Kilgore to the mat but Kilgore just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Price misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Price tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kilgore just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kilgore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kilgore creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Price's defenses.
 It looks like Pete Price has been cut.
Kilgore lands an elbow just above Price 's eye.
Kilgore lands a nice elbow.
Kilgore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Price's elbow.
Kilgore scores with a shoulder strike.
Price blocks an elbow strike from Kilgore.
Price has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Price pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kilgore stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kilgore wants it to stay on the feet.
Kilgore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Price on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kilgore looks to clinch
and Price counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Price scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kilgore lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kilgore lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A clash of legs there as Price blocks the low kick.
Kilgore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kilgore throws out a loose jab but Price uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kilgore scores with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Price.
Price loads up on a big right hand but Kilgore slips the punch.
Price fails to land with a series of punches.
Kilgore misses with an uppercut. Price saw that one coming.
Price lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Kilgore showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kilgore has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Kilgore!
Jeremy Kilgore seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Smith (ranked 382 p4p, 678 weight class) and Hamed Juniorss (ranked 59 p4p, 110 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Rush - Subdivisions. Mike Smith could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hamed Juniorss's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hamed Juniorss!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Smith catches Juniorss right on the button with a cross.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Juniorss as he jumps to the side.
Juniorss throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Juniorss looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Juniorss ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Juniorss napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Smith misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Juniorss really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Smith is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ground and pound from Smith seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Juniorss is trying to get back to half guard.
Smith 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.
Juniorss is not content to let Smith control the position.
Smith lands a few punches from side control.
Juniorss is letting Smith control him for a moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Juniorss can do anything to dispel that myth.
An elbow from Smith crashes against the mat.
Smith wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Juniorss, who protects the arm well.
Smith 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.
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.
Juniorss gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Juniorss is in all sorts of trouble here.
Smith throwing strikes but Juniorss uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juniorss trying to control from the bottom.
Smith sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Juniorss defending well though.
Smith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Smith misses with a head shot. Juniorss uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Juniorss is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith is in close to Juniorss's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Juniorss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith sitting in guard here, content to control.
Juniorss has his hands on Smith's head, controlling the position.
Smith throws a strike but Juniorss rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Smith seems keen to control Juniorss's posture.
Smith had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Juniorss defends it easily.
Smith pulls Juniorss in to control the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Smith has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Juniorss should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Smith has tightened it up now! Juniorss should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mike Smith!
Mike Smith retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Mike Smith 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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