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Newbie Tournament - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Elofsson (ranked 3999 p4p, 4147 weight class) and Bulk Bogan (ranked 190 p4p, 194 weight class). Bogan has chosen Land Down Under - Men At Work as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lars Elofsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bulk Bogan!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elofsson tries to clinch up.
Decent striking displayed by Elofsson there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Elofsson. Bogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bogan misses the shot to the body.
Bogan throws a lazy right hand but Elofsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Elofsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bogan moves away from the strike by Elofsson.
Elofsson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bogan. Bogan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bogan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Elofsson slips a straight right by Bogan.
Bogan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Elofsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bogan steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Elofsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elofsson slips a straight right by Bogan.
Bogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elofsson manages to avoid it.
Bogan closes the distance and clinches.
A body shot lands from Bogan.
Bogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elofsson's elbow.
Bogan lands with a short shot to the head.
Bogan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Elofsson is looking to control Bogan's arms but Bogan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Elofsson has his back to the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bogan.
Elofsson is breathing heavily.
Bogan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bogan.
Bogan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bogan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Elofssons head.
Good body shot from Bogan.
Bogan lands a hook that snaps the head of Elofsson backwards.
Bogan lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Bogan.
Bogan drops Elofsson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Elofsson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
 It looks like Lars Elofsson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bogan unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Elofsson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Bogan is unloading with more strikes now! Elofsson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bulk Bogan!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Ramirez (ranked 4100 p4p, 4219 weight class) and Nacho Cheese (ranked 219 p4p, 230 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeffrey Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nacho Cheese!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheese throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Ramirez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
Nacho Cheese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheese ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramirez moves away.
Ramirez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheese circles away quickly and effectively.
Cheese doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramirez circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Ramirez misses the target.
Cheese swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cheese is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
Ramirez throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Ramirez throws a good cross that connects.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese tries to clinch up.
Cheese looks to clinch
letting Ramirez counter with a right hand.
Cheese takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cheese is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheese has Ramirez up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramirez has had enough of the clinch but Cheese keeps him there for the moment.
Cheese misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirez.
Ramirez is looking to break free of the clinch but Cheese has double underhooks.
Cheese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cheese swings widly with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cheese displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez is looking to counter punch.
A lazy left from Cheese finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a wild combination.
Ramirez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez moves away
and Ramirez counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheese throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Ramirez misses with a wild body shot.
Cheese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Ramirez circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramirez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cheese comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Ramirez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cheese misses with an uppercut. Ramirez saw that one coming.
Cheese darts in trying to clinch
and Ramirez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ramirez rather than just go for the knockout.
Cheese looks to land a combination but Ramirez avoids it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Ramirez misses the target.
Ramirez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramirez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramirez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cheese.
Cheese misses with a hook to the body
and Ramirez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ramirez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ramirez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cheese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Cheese looks to land a left hand but Ramirez moved out of range nicely.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramirez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cheese takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cheese darts in trying to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a stiff right hand.
Ramirez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!
Cheese tries to clinch
and Cheese takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ramirez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramirez cracks Cheese with a good jab.
Ramirez tries a head kick but it misses.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramirez thinks about countering with a head kick.
Ramirez catches Cheese with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ramirez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Ramirez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ramirez misses with a hook. Cheese ducked under it nicely.
Cheese misses the body punch
and Cheese takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Ramirez misses its target.
Ramirez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that Cheese avoids nicely.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheese misses with a wild body shot.
Ramirez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramirez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Ramirez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cheese backs up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez blocks a jab.
Cheese swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ramirez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cheese thinking.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Cheese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ramirez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cheese slips a jab and a cross from Ramirez.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cheese wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez gets tackled into the cage by Cheese. Cheese maintains the clinch.
Cheese gets through Ramirez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cheese lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ramirez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cheese breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheese wants to clinch up but Ramirez keeps it at a distance.
Cheese ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramirez moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cheese on the side of the head.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramirez is looking for a counter combo.
Good shot there by Ramirez.
Ramirez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheese can do to turn this around?
Cheese wants to clinch.
Ramirez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cheese checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jeffrey Ramirez is winning the standup battle so far.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramirez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cheese dodges the punch combination from Ramirez.
Cheese let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cheese darts in trying to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cheese tries to clinch up
enabling Ramirez to counter with a crisp jab.
Jeffrey Ramirez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to bum rush Cheese with a series of wild strikes but Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheese is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Jeffrey Ramirez has been cut.
Ramirez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cheese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cheese lands with a good body shot.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cheese tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Cheese closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez tries a head kick but it misses.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Ramirez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jeffrey Ramirez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ramirez ducks under a wild hook from Cheese.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ramirez throws a head kick but Cheese moves out of range.
Cheese wants to clinch up but Ramirez keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramirez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cheese dodges the punch combination from Ramirez.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick by Ramirez misses
and Cheese counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese looks to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cheese defending well as Ramirez loads up on a big left hand.
Cheese is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
Cheese scores with a jab.
Cheese has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese tries to clinch up.
Ramirez swinging wildly here.
Cheese swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
Ramirez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cheese finds it's way round the side to connect with Ramirez's head.
Ramirez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cheese checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cheese is looking to clinch.
Ramirez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cheese misses with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with a stiff right hand.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Ramirez circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese is looking to clinch.
Cheese fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramirez manages to avoid it.
Cheese tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ramirez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ramirez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cheese.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ramirez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cheese on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez throws a series of strikes that have Cheese backpedaling.
A combination from Cheese does no damage.
Ramirez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cheese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cheese misses with a few strikes there.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
Ramirez misses with a right hand
enabling Cheese to counter with a crisp jab.
Cheese wants to clinch up but Ramirez keeps it at a distance.
Cheese connects with the punch.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Ramirez circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramirez misses the target.
Ramirez lands a jab to Cheese's midsection.
Cheese tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ramirez misses with a hook.
Cheese swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Nacho Cheese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cheese lands a jab to Ramirez's midsection.
Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cheese rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramirez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cheese lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Ramirez can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Cheese and Ramirez drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Cheese.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nacho Cheese!
After the fight, Nacho Cheese was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phoenix Fury (ranked 4288 p4p, 4149 weight class) and Freaky Leo (ranked 239 p4p, 225 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phoenix Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freaky Leo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Leo.
Fury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leo manages to avoid it.
Leo throws a lazy right hand but Fury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fury lands with a shot to the body.
Fury is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fury tried to score with a low kick but Leo checks it.
A little jabbing left from Leo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Leo misses with a right hand
and Fury counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fury lands with a shot to the body.
Leo scores with a jab to the body.
Fury uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leo.
Freaky Leo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leo connects with a looping right hand.
Leo moves into range and clinches up with Fury.
Leo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fury wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Leo has him pressed against the cage.
Leo is struggling to control the position.
Leo stalls.
A short right from Leo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fury can't break the clinch.
Leo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
 Fury is rocked!
Leo is pushing Fury up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Oh Fury is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leo just leaning against Fury, taking a breather.
Leo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fury up against the cage.
Fury working hard to break the clinch.
Fury seems to have got his legs back now.
Fury is trying to push Leo away but Leo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Leo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Leo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Leo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Leo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Leo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Leo just leaning against Fury, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Freaky Leo.
Leo connects with a single shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Leo as he connects with a hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fury.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fury lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fury.
Fury tries to bum rush Leo with a series of wild strikes but Leo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fury lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Leo cracks Fury with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Fury tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Leo pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Fury is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Freaky Leo!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devon Gentry (ranked 4276 p4p, 4202 weight class) and Jerome Le Batard (ranked 200 p4p, 229 weight class). Gentry comes to the cage accompanied by Hot Boy. 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Devon Gentry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerome Le Batard!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Batard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gentry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Le Batard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gentry walks into a stiff left hand from Le Batard.
Le Batard ducks under a wild hook from Gentry.
Gentry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gentry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Le Batard looks to land a left hand but Gentry moved out of range nicely.
Gentry is looking to counter punch.
Gentry throws a looping overhand right but Le Batard ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Le Batard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Le Batard looks to throw the jab but Gentry is out of range.
Jerome Le Batard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Batard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Batard moves out of range as Gentry strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gentry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from Gentry misses.
Gentry throws the left hand but Le Batard avoids the punch easily.
Le Batard throws an overhand right that lands on Gentry's shoulder, as Gentry tries to avoid the shot.
Le Batard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Batard lands a jab to Gentry's midsection.
Le Batard jabs Gentry right on the nose. Gentry blinks but takes it well.
Le Batard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Le Batard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Le Batard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le Batard misses with a hook.
Le Batard takes a swing at Gentry's ribcage but misses.
Le Batard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gentry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Le Batard.
It looked like Gentry wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gentry lands with a right hand.
 It looks like Jerome Le Batard has been cut.
Le Batard misses with a looping right.
Le Batard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gentry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Le Batard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Le Batard scores with a nice head shot.
We've been told by Gentry's head coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Le Batard. Those never looked like landing.
Le Batard moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Le Batard.
Le Batard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gentry's corner calls for a 1-2. Gentry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Le Batard thuds a left hand into Gentry's body.
Gentry is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gentry lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Le Batard is looking to close the distance but Gentry sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Le Batard crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Le Batard is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Devon Gentry!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Price (ranked 4229 p4p, 4042 weight class) and Wei Chen (ranked 231 p4p, 217 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wei Chen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Chen lands in his opponent's guard.
Chen scoring with some ground and pound.
Chen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Chen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Price's head.
Price not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chen works over Price with some ground and pound from guard.
Price has momentary wrist control but Chen slips an elbow through the middle.
Chen landing with the ground and pound.
Price not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chen landing with the ground and pound.
Chen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Chen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Chen is working Price over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen lands a couple of digs.
Chen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Price working a defensive guard here.
Chen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Chen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Price has momentary wrist control but Chen slips an elbow through the middle.
Chen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chen stopping the sweep attempt from Price.
Price controls Chen momentarily but Chen frees himself.
Chen cracks Price with a solid left hand.
Price is rocked!
Chen working some strikes from top position.
Oh Price is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Chen arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Price's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Wei Chen!
A very excited looking Wei Chen 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baron Black (ranked 4133 p4p, 4043 weight class) and Great Barracuda (ranked 222 p4p, 218 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baron Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Great Barracuda!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barracuda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barracuda moves out of range as Black strikes.
Black takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Black tries to clinch there but Barracuda circles away.
Black uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barracuda has time to react.
Barracuda tests Black's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barracuda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Black clinches up with Barracuda and pushes him back against the cage.
Barracuda misses with some punches.
Black leaning his opponent against the cage.
Barracuda lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barracuda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Barracuda has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black slowing the pace effectively.
Black tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barracuda's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Black.
Barracuda is looking to break free of the clinch but Black has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barracuda misses with the head strike.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Barracuda avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.
Barracuda wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barracuda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Black darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barracuda swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Barracuda throws a counter combo.
Barracuda throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.
Black connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Black closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barracuda pushes Black back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Black blocking some punches.
Black misses with a hook to the ribs.
Black content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Black working aggressively here.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Barracuda.
Barracuda misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barracuda has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barracuda lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Barracuda.
Barracuda lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Barracuda.
Come on Black - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barracuda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barracuda scores with a three punch combo!
Barracuda's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Black connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barracuda scrambles back to his feet.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barracuda.
Black lands a jab to the head.
Barracuda lands with a cross.
Barracuda blocks a jab.
Barracuda takes one on the chin but seems OK.
 Barracuda is rocked!
Barracuda throws a hook but Black blocks it.
Barracuda is still on wobbly legs! Can Black finish him?
Black slips under a jab from Barracuda.
As Barracuda tries to get set, Black tries to push him back and clinch up but Barracuda manages to avoid the attempt.
Black knocks out Barracuda with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Black before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Black picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Baron Black!
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