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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Gionathan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armin Merkel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gionathan comes into the arena with Limp Bizkit - Rollin blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Merkel's choice of entrance music: Waidmanns Heil. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lorenzo Gionathan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Armin Merkel!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Merkel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gionathan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Merkel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Merkel throws an overhand right that lands on Gionathan's shoulder, as Gionathan tries to avoid the shot.
Gionathan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Merkel cracks Gionathan with an open hand slap.
Gionathan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Merkel.
A looping hook to the body misses from Merkel. Gionathan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gionathan throws a sloppy body shot
and Merkel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gionathan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gionathan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Merkel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Armin Merkel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Merkel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gionathan moves away.
Merkel misses with an uppercut. Gionathan saw that one coming.
Gionathan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Merkel misses with a two punch combination.
Merkel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gionathan.
Merkel throws a lazy right hand but Gionathan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Merkel misses with a hook to the body
and Gionathan counters with an outside leg kick.
Merkel looks to score with a jab to the body but Gionathan is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Merkel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Merkel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gionathan.
Gionathan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Merkel.
Gionathan works the jab nicely.
Gionathan throws and low kick but Merkel moves out of range easily.
Merkel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Armin Merkel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gionathan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gionathan. Merkel does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merkel swings for the body but Gionathan moves out of range.
Gionathan is looking to slow Merkel down with leg kicks.
Merkel misses with a shot to the body
and Gionathan counters with a good low kick that Merkel was not able to check.
Gionathan slips under a jab.
Merkel misses with a shot to the body
and Gionathan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gionathan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gionathan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Merkel knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Still in half guard, Gionathan seems content to control.
Merkel is staying active underneath Gionathan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gionathan is working for a submission of some sort.
Merkel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gionathan.
Merkel is trying to control but can't.
Gionathan throwing shots but Merkel is blocking nicely.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Merkel throws a body punch but Gionathan moves out of range.
Merkel misses with a combination
letting Gionathan counter with a right hand.
Merkel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Merkel misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A big left from Merkel misses.
Merkel misses with a two punch combination.
Merkel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gionathan moves away.
Merkel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Merkel is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gionathan rather than just go for the knockout.
Gionathan shoots in for a double leg but Merkel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Merkel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gionathan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Merkel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Merkel swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Gionathan to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Merkel.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Merkel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gionathan moves away.
Merkel throws a jab but it's blocked by Gionathan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Gionathan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gionathan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Merkel.
Merkel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Gionathan.
Gionathan loads up on a big right hand but Merkel slips the punch.
Merkel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gionathan.
Merkel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gionathan.
Merkel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gionathan takes one to the chin there.
Merkel misses with a double jab
and Gionathan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gionathan tried to score with a low kick but Merkel checks it.
Gionathan throws a series of punches but Merkel avoids them all with ease.
Gionathan missing with a left hand there. Merkel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Merkel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gionathan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gionathan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Merkel as he jumps to the side.
Gionathan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Merkel.
Merkel misses with a body shot.
Gionathan takes a swing at Merkel's ribcage but misses.
Gionathan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Merkel misses the jab.
Merkel throws out a loose jab but Gionathan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merkel thows a body shot but no joy.
Merkel throws a hook but Gionathan avoids it easily.
Merkel misses with a jab to the body
and Gionathan counters with a takedown into side control.
Merkel is looking to regain half guard here but Gionathan keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Gionathan.
Merkel manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Gionathan tries to pass to full mount but Merkel defends it.
Gionathan trying to control from half guard but Merkel is working away.
Gionathan is working for a submission of some sort.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gionathan misses with a hook. Merkel ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merkel misses with a series of wild punches.
Merkel with a hook.
Gionathan walks into a jab.
Merkel connects with a jab.
Merkel lands a jab-cross combination.
Lorenzo Gionathan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Merkel falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Merkel thows a body shot but no joy.
Gionathan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Merkel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gionathan shoots in for a takedown but Merkel shows good takedown defense.
Merkel jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Gionathan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Merkel lands a jab to the head.
Merkel connects with a nice looking jab.
Merkel thuds a left hand into Gionathan's body.
Gionathan slips a jab from Merkel.
Merkel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gionathan misses with a leg kick.
Gionathan moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Merkel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gionathan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Merkel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armin Merkel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Merkel throws a big shot that misses.
Gionathan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gionathan is looking for a kimura but Merkel is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gionathan to get the leverage.
Gionathan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Merkel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Merkel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gionathan.
Merkel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gionathan.
Merkel kicks Gionathan off and gets back to his feet.
Merkel throws a combination that misses
and Gionathan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Merkel cracks Gionathan with an open hand slap.
Gionathan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Merkel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Merkel lands a glancing blow to the side of Gionathan's head.
Armin Merkel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gionathan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gionathan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Merkel throws out the jab.
Gionathan misses the body punch
and Gionathan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Merkel misses the shot to the body.
Gionathan throws a shot from downtown. Merkel moves away and avoids it.
Merkel misses with a wild body shot.
Gionathan ducks under a wild hook from Merkel.
Gionathan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gionathan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Merkel throws the left hand but Gionathan avoids the punch easily.
Merkel misses with a straight right.
That's two 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.
A shot to the body from Merkel misses
and Gionathan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Merkel won't be happy with that.
Gionathan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Merkel is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gionathan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Merkel, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Merkel regains half guard there - taking advantage of Gionathan's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Gionathan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Merkel is just riding it out for now. Gionathan eventually gives up the hold.
Gionathan 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.
Merkel is trying to stand up here but Gionathan is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merkel is trying to control but can't.
Gionathan is keen to just control but Merkel is a slippery customer.
Merkel wants to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Merkel misses with a looping left.
Gionathan dodges the punch combination from Merkel.
Merkel slips under a jab from Gionathan.
Gionathan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Merkel is out of range and Gionathan settles back down.
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.
Merkel lands a nice shot to the body.
Merkel looks to land a combination but Gionathan avoids it well.
Merkel cracks Gionathan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gionathan looks to land a combination but Merkel avoids it well.
Merkel loads up on a big right hand but Gionathan slips the punch.
Merkel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gionathan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good leg kick by Gionathan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gionathan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gionathan moves into the clinch.
Merkel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gionathan prevents Merkel from breaking the clinch.
Gionathan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Merkel blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Gionathan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Gionathan clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Merkel throws a good cross that connects.
Merkel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gionathan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Merkel is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Merkel misses with a body shot.
Merkel moves out of range of the leg kick from Gionathan.
Gionathan misses with an uppercut. Merkel saw that one coming.
Gionathan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gionathan throws a chopping leg kick but Merkel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Merkel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gionathan.
Merkel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Merkel takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gionathan misses with a low kick.
Gionathan is looking to score with low kicks.
Gionathan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Merkel misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Gionathan.
Merkel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gionathan loads up on a big right hand but Merkel slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Merkel.
Gionathan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Merkel to score with a decent uppercut.
Merkel works the jab nicely.
Gionathan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Merkel moves away.
Merkel misses with a body punch
and Gionathan counters with a nice uppercut.
Merkel misses with a two punch combination.
Merkel swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gionathan counters with a nice leg kick.
Merkel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Merkel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Merkel is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merkel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gionathan moves away.
Jab from Gionathan.
Gionathan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gionathan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gionathan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Merkel gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Merkel keeping full guard, as Gionathan tries to pass.
Merkel kicks Gionathan off and gets to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gionathan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Merkel is looking to regain half guard here but Gionathan keeps moving and retains side control.
Merkel defending against the ground and pound.
Merkel defending against the ground and pound.
Gionathan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Merkel tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gionathan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Merkel wants to control but Gionathan postures up.
Merkel defending against the ground and pound.
Merkel gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gionathan goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Merkel is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gionathan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gionathan is working hard here to advance position.
Merkel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gionathan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Merkel has managed to get both his arms back between Gionathan's legs - danger averted.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gionathan is trying to hold Merkel in close to prevent damage but Merkel has managed to pass into half guard.
Gionathan wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Gionathan had his way with Armin Merkel in 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. This is the final round!
A nice combination there by Merkel.
Merkel missing with a left hand there. Gionathan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Merkel misses with a looping left.
Merkel drops his hands momentarily and Gionathan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gionathan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Merkel sizes up Gionathan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Merkel avoids the body shot from Gionathan.
Merkel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Gionathan misses.
Merkel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Merkel lands a nice hook to Gionathan's body. Gionathan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Merkel misses with a jab to the body
and Gionathan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gionathan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Merkel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gionathan.
Merkel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Merkel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gionathan.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Merkel.
Merkel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gionathan.
Merkel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gionathan manages to avoid it.
Merkel swings for the body but Gionathan moves out of range.
Merkel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gionathan's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Gionathan.
Merkel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Merkel thows a body shot but no joy.
Merkel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merkel misses with a looping right.
Gionathan throws an overhand right that lands on Merkel's shoulder, as Merkel tries to avoid the shot.
Gionathan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Merkel did well to prevent Gionathan getting side control.
Gionathan trying to control the action but Merkel is working from the bottom.
Merkel is trying to stand.
Gionathan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gionathan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Merkel manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gionathan throwing strikes from guard but Merkel blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gionathan throwing strikes from guard but Merkel blocks nicely.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Merkel holds on and takes a little breather.
Gionathan tries to free his leg and advance position but Merkel is retaining full guard.
Merkel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gionathan defends it easily.
Merkel is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gionathan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Merkel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lorenzo Gionathan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Gionathan wants to control from the top but Merkel keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Merkel checks a leg kick.
Gionathan shoots for a takedown but Merkel saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Armin Merkel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big left from Gionathan misses.
Merkel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gionathan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gionathan throws a looping overhand right but Merkel ducks down to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Armin Merkel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gionathan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 48:47
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 48:47
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Gionathan!
Lorenzo Gionathan retains his super heavyweight title!
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