PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jihadi Joseph (ranked 23 p4p, 167 weight class) and Violent Femme (ranked 3 p4p, 15 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Joseph
vs
Femme

175 cm
31
145
22 - 8 - 1

167 cm
30
140
21 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jihadi Joseph!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Violent Femme!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph connects with a good right hand that stumbles Femme. Femme circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Joseph throws the kick towards the body but Femme avoids it.
Femme throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
Joseph uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Femme.
Nice defenses there by Joseph.

Joseph drives through and clinches with Femme against the cage.
Femme misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Joseph.
Femme lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Joseph lands a left hand.

Femme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Femme misses with a looping left.
Femme throws a lazy right hand but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joseph staying out of range there.
Femme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joseph.
Joseph's corner calls for a 1-2. Joseph obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Joseph misses with a straight right.
Joseph 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 big right from Femme misses.
Joseph looks to throw the jab but Femme is out of range.
Femme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joseph cracks Femme with a good jab.
Joseph looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Femme moves away from the strike by Joseph.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
A big right from Joseph misses.
Femme misses with a hook. Joseph ducked under it nicely.
Joseph tries to work over Femme's front leg with a kick but Femme checks it.
Joseph moves away from the strike by Femme.
A looping hook to the body misses from Femme. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Femme avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Joseph throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Femme moves away from the strike by Joseph.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Femme.
Femme keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Joseph throws a looping overhand right but Femme ducks down to avoid it.
Femme misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Joseph counters with a nice low kick that buckles Femme's knee momentarily.
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Joseph misses the shot to the body.
Joseph blocks a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Femme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joseph sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joseph misses with a body kick.
Femme misses with a looping right.
Joseph attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Femme is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Joseph misses the target.
Femme blocks a jab.
Joseph connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph works Femme's body with a nice hook.
Femme cracks a nice hook into Joseph's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Femme avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Femme misses with a looping right.
Joseph displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Femme throws out the jab.
Femme scores with a nice right hand.
Femme sizes up Joseph with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Femme shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Joseph as he avoids it easily.
Joseph ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Femme misses with a hook. Joseph ducked under it nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Femme.
Femme bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Joseph lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice uppercut lands for Joseph. That snapped Femme's head back.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Femme moves away.
A big left from Femme misses.
Femme works the jab nicely.
Femme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joseph thuds a left hand into Femme's body.
Femme misses with a looping right.
Femme avoids a kick to the body.
Joseph comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Femme.
Joseph misses with a straight left.
Femme bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joseph's head backwards.
Joseph tries to close the distance and clinch up but Femme swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Joseph works the jab nicely.
Femme drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Joseph uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Femme.
Joseph tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Femme is able to avoid easily.
Joseph bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joseph keeps Femme at a distance using the push kick.
Femme scores with a nice head shot.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Joseph was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Violent Femme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph lands with a good body shot.
Joseph slips a jab from Femme.
Femme checks a low kick from Joseph.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph scores with the left hand. Femme knows he should have avoided that one.
Joseph scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joseph fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Femme is out of range.
Femme is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Joseph had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Femme looks to score with a jab to the body but Joseph is just out of range.
Femme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Femme gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Joseph.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Femme throws a hook to the side of Joseph's head but Joseph sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Femme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joseph counters with a left to the body.
Femme scores with a hook.
Joseph throws an overhand right that lands on Femme's shoulder, as Femme tries to avoid the shot.
Joseph throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Femme sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joseph thuds a left hand into Femme's body.
Joseph misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Femme.
A left lands for Femme.
Joseph slips under a jab from Femme.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Femme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joseph takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
An inside leg kick from Joseph misses.
Femme might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A big right from Femme misses.
Joseph doesn't manage to clinch there - Femme circles away.
Femme takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Femme misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph moves in looking to clinch but Femme pushes him off.
Joseph throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Femme moves out of range of the body kick from Joseph.
Femme throws a body shot but no joy.
Joseph throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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 Jihadi Joseph will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Femme misses with a looping left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joseph.
Joseph throws a looping overhand right but Femme ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Femme misses.
Femme throws a big shot that misses.
Joseph throws a front kick aimed at Femme's knee but Femme avoids it well.
Joseph is looking to clinch.
Joseph misses the shot to the body.
Femme misses with an uppercut
and Joseph counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joseph slips under a jab.
Joseph looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Joseph lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph misses with a head kick.
Joseph throws the left hand but Femme avoids the punch easily.
Femme throws a hook to the side of Joseph's head but Joseph sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Femme takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
Joseph looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
Femme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joseph staying out of range there.
Joseph scores with a jab. Femme acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Femme scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Joseph scores with a punch to the head.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Femme misses.
Joseph connects with a leg kick.
Joseph scores with the left hand. Femme knows he should have avoided that one.
Joseph jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joseph takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheers as Femme lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joseph doesn't seem phased though.
Femme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Femme waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joseph.
Joseph with the inside leg kick.
Joseph connects with a body shot.
Femme walks into a straight right hand from Joseph.
Joseph steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
As Femme backs away, Joseph returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Femme gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joseph throws a solid leg kick but Femme takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joseph.
Joseph tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Femme swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph throws a shot from downtown. Femme moves away and avoids it.
Femme looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joseph walks into a jab.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Femme bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Femme changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Femme's corner calls for a 1-2. Femme obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A slow jab from Joseph misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Femme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joseph tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Femme is able to avoid easily.
Femme throws a big shot that misses.
Joseph feints and then cracks Femme's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Femme down.
Femme loads up on a big right hand but Joseph slips the punch.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Femme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Femme.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
Femme lands with a cross.
Jihadi Joseph is winning the standup battle so far.
Joseph lands a jab to Femme's midsection.
Joseph misses with an attempted mid kick.
Joseph moves out of range as Femme strikes.
Joseph fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Femme looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Femme needs to keep his hands up - Joseph had a free shot at his head there.
Joseph slips under a jab from Femme.
Femme looks to land a right hand but Joseph moved out of range.
Joseph walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Femme scores with a jab. Joseph acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Femme moves out of range of the body kick from Joseph.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Femme.

Joseph takes the fight into the clinch.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Femme controls his hands.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Femme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joseph lands a left hand that snaps the head of Femme backwards.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Femme controls his hands.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Femme tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Femmes head.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Femme lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Femme fails to land.
Joseph scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Joseph lands a right hand.
Joseph is leaning against Femme and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Femme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Femme looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joseph.
Femme blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Femme has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Joseph seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Femme can turn it around.
Femme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Femme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Femme blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Jihadi Joseph has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Joseph working aggressively here.
Femme misses with the head strike.
Femme can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
Femme's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Femme lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joseph lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Femme gets through Joseph's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Femme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joseph throws a head kick but Femme moves out of range.
Femme throws a shot from downtown. Joseph moves away and avoids it.
Femme throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
As Femme backs away, Joseph returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
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 Jihadi Joseph will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Femme.
Femme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joseph counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Joseph throws a leg kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Joseph.
Femme checks the leg kick.
Joseph keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Femme throws a big shot that misses.
Joseph keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Femme.
Joseph is looking to score with low kicks.
Joseph takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Femme chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joseph can pounce on him.
Joseph walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Joseph bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Femme takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Femme connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Joseph displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Femme throws out the jab.
Joseph tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Femme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joseph sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joseph fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Femme.
Some bone on bone action there as Femme checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Femme throws an overhand right that lands on Joseph's shoulder, as Joseph tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Femme avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Joseph tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Femme manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Femme checks a leg kick nicely.
Joseph scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joseph moves out of range as Femme strikes.
Joseph misses with an uppercut.
Femme swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Femme.
Femme lands a nice shot to the body.
Joseph pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joseph walks into a jab.
Joseph throws a chopping leg kick but Femme manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Femme let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Joseph lands with a thumping leg kick.
Femme throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
Joseph ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Femme connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Femme darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph staying out of range there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Femme darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joseph there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big left from Femme misses.
Femme works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Joseph looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Femme is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joseph.
Femme checks a low kick from Joseph.
Femme fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Joseph looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Femme throws a looping overhand right but Joseph ducks down to avoid it.
Joseph jabs Femme to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Femme misses with a straight right.
Joseph defending well as Femme loads up on a big left hand.
Femme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joseph counters with an inside leg kick.
Femme misses the shot to the body.
Femme misses with an uppercut.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice body kick from Joseph.
Femme throws a hook but Joseph blocks it.
Joseph is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Femme misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Femme.
Femme drops his hands momentarily and Joseph takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Femme uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joseph.
Femme throws out a counter right but Joseph avoids it with no problem.
Femme checks a low kick from Joseph.
Joseph keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Femme.
Joseph throws an overhand right that lands on Femme's shoulder, as Femme tries to avoid the shot.
Joseph throws a hook but Femme avoids it easily.
Femme throws a lazy right hand but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Femme checks a leg kick.
Femme avoids the head kick by Joseph.
Femme lands a nice hook to Joseph's body. Joseph takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Femme throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
Joseph looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Good exchange - Femme coming out on top.
Femme connects with a body shot.
Joseph lands a lovely overhand right.
Femme throws an overhand right that lands on Joseph's shoulder, as Joseph tries to avoid the shot.
Femme needs to keep his hands up - Joseph had a free shot at his head there.
Femme takes one to the side of the head.
Femme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Femme keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Joseph misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Femme misses with a right hand
letting Joseph counter with a right hand.
Joseph sizes up Femme with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joseph lands with a right hand.
Joseph fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Femme has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Femme swings widly with a right hand
and Femme takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Femme connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Joseph's hands.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Joseph tries to move into range but Femme moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Femme throws a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Femme misses the target.
Femme throws a body shot but no joy.
Joseph keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joseph.
Femme looks to throw the jab but Joseph is out of range.
Femme throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
A jab from Femme misses.
Femme swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Femme lands a lovely overhand right.
Femme slips under a jab from Joseph.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Violent Femme just about did enough to take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Femme looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Femme.
Femme looks to throw the jab but Joseph is out of range.
Femme avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Joseph is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joseph throws a big shot that misses.
Joseph with a hook.
Femme lands an overhand right.
Joseph lands a lovely overhand right.
Femme scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joseph fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Femme.
Joseph avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joseph moves out of range as Femme strikes.
Femme connects with a body shot.
Joseph scores with a push kick.
Joseph scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Femme looks to land a left hand but Joseph moved out of range nicely.
Joseph throws a lazy right hand but Femme sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joseph throws out a loose jab but Femme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joseph attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Femme takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Femme throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
Femme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joseph keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Femme.
Femme moves forwards but Joseph connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Femme avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Joseph misses with a leg kick.
Joseph misses with a hook. Femme ducked under it nicely.

Femme drives through with a takedown into guard.
Femme's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Femme is continuing to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The adventures of Femme the control monster continue. Boring.
Joseph trying to control the position here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Femme stays in close to Joseph's body and controls the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Joseph fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph swings for the body but Femme moves out of range.
Femme changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Femme fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Femme scores with a hook to the body. Joseph takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Femme looks to land a right hand but Joseph moved out of range.
Joseph is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Joseph misses with a hook. Femme ducked under it nicely.
Joseph misses with a body shot.
Femme tests Joseph's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Femme scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A swing and a miss from Joseph.
Joseph thuds his shin into the meat of Femme's side.
Femme tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Femme throws an off balance right hand
and Joseph counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph tries to close the distance and clinch but Femme swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joseph drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Femme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph looks to throw the jab but Femme is out of range.
Femme throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Femme throws a looping overhand right but Joseph ducks down to avoid it.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joseph waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Femme.
Joseph is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joseph walks into a stiff left hand from Femme.
A swing and a miss from Femme.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Femme misses with a straight left.
Femme misses with a lunging right hand
letting Joseph counter with a right hand.
Joseph misses with a head kick.
Femme throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
Joseph was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Femme digs a good hook to Joseph's body.
Nice shot lands for Femme.

Joseph clinches with his opponent.
Femme blocks an uppercut.
Joseph lands a left hand.
Femme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jihadi Joseph will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Joseph loads up on a big right hand but Femme slips the punch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joseph.
Joseph throws a leg kick which misses Femme's front leg but catches the back leg as Femme tries to avoid it.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Femme.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Femme checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Joseph as he connects with a hook.
Joseph moves out of range as Femme strikes.
Joseph will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Joseph misses with a kick to the body.
Femme moves out of range of the leg kick from Joseph.
Joseph misses with a low kick as Femme jumps back.
Joseph tried to score with a low kick but Femme checks it.
The crowd cheers as Femme lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joseph doesn't seem phased though.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Joseph was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joseph swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joseph throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Femme was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Joseph 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.
Femme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Joseph was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Femme misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph jabs Femme to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Joseph displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Femme throws out the jab.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Femme.
Femme takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Femme moved away.
Femme takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
Femme throws an overhand right that lands on Joseph's shoulder, as Joseph tries to avoid the shot.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Femme.
Joseph moves out of range as Femme strikes.
A big right from Femme misses.
Joseph keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Femme.
Joseph throws a low kick but Femme avoids it.
Femme throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
Femme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from Femme.
Femme checks the leg kick.
Joseph throws a head kick but Femme moves out of range.
Femme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joseph.
Femme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Donk. Joseph catches Femme right on the button with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph thumps Femme with a low kick.
Joseph moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Femme closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Femme lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Joseph was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joseph tried to counter with a leg kick but Femme avoided it.
Femme walks forward, straight into a front kick from Joseph.
Femme scores with a jab to the jaw.
Femme scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Joseph doesn't seem bothered though.
Joseph rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Femme moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Joseph waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Femme.
Femme misses with a wild body shot.
Joseph is looking to counter with a body kick.
Joseph throws a hook to the side of Femme's head but Femme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Femme misses.
A little feinted left hand from Joseph on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Femme loads up on a big right hand but Joseph slips the punch.
Femme scores with a shot to the body.
Femme jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joseph tries to clinch up but Femme circles away and keeps his distance.
Femme keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joseph.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Femme misses.
Joseph is looking for a counter combo.
Joseph walks into a jab.
Femme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Femme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Femme misses the jab.
Joseph fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Joseph takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Femme with a nice cross.
Femme tries to move into range but Joseph moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
A looping hook to the body misses from Femme. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Femme lands a nice shot to the body.
Femme changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Femme. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Femme lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses.
Femme has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Joseph.
Nice defenses there by Joseph.
Femme lands a jab to Joseph's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph slips a jab from Femme.
Joseph steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
Femme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Femme checks the leg kick.
Joseph scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joseph misses with a body kick.
Femme looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joseph.
Joseph tried to score with a low kick but Femme checks it.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Joseph was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joseph scores with a nice right hand.
A nice leg kick from Joseph, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph throws out a powerful jab.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
Femme connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joseph lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Femme has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Femme and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Femme throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
Femme misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Joseph on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Violent Femme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Femme misses with a looping left.
Femme throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Violent Femme.
I think Joseph 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 48:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Violent Femme!
Violent Femme is the new featherweight champion!