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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slim Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Easton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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185 lbs
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194 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slim Charles!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Easton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Easton forces Charles back against the cage and clinches.
Easton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Charles avoids it.
Charles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easton avoids it.
Charles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Easton has Charles pressed against the cage, preventing Charles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easton controlling the action here for a moment.
Charles looking to throw knees to the head but Easton is blocking nicely.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
Easton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles blocks an uppercut.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from Easton.
Charles looking to throw knees to the head but Easton is blocking nicely.
Easton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Charles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Easton misses with an elbow over the top.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Easton digs a right hand into Charles's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Charles's gas tank.
Easton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Charles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles dodges an elbow strike from Easton.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Easton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
Charles looking to stall.
Charles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Charles tries a knee to the head but Easton blocks it.
Easton managing to block the knees to the body from Charles.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Charles tries to land knees in the clinch but Easton avoids the damage to the body.
Charles is breathing heavily.
Easton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Charles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easton blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Easton lands a shot to the body.
Charles avoiding damage as Easton throws knees to the body.
Easton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Charles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Easton is keeping busy.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
Easton trying to land knees to the body.
Charles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easton blocks it with crossed arms.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Easton tries to land knees in the clinch but Charles avoids the damage to the body.
Charles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Easton throws an elbow but misses.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Easton lands a left hand.
Easton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Easton missing with knees to the body.
Easton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Easton using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Charles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Easton is defending well for now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Easton is defending well for now.
Easton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Easton is stalling here.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Easton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
Easton landing knees to the body.
Easton throws an elbow but it misses.
Easton lands a nice uppercut.
Easton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Easton lands an elbow just above Charles 's eye.
Easton stalling.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Easton lands an elbow inside.
Easton has Charles pressed against the cage, preventing Charles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Charles blocks an elbow strike.
Charles throws an elbow but it misses.
Charles avoids a wild elbow strike from Easton.
Easton throws an elbow that misses.
Easton throws an elbow but it misses.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from Easton.
Charles takes an elbow to the forehead.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
Easton avoiding damage as Charles throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Easton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton lands a damaging elbow.
Easton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Charles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Charles lands an elbow inside that Easton shrugs off.
Easton just leaning against Charles, taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easton avoiding damage as Charles throws knees to the body.
Easton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Easton.
Easton slowing the pace effectively.
Easton managing to block the knees to the body from Charles.
Easton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Charles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easton avoids it.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Easton throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
Easton looking to stall.
Easton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Easton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Charles.
Charles missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Easton.
Easton lands an elbow inside that Charles shrugs off.
Easton misses with an elbow over the top.
Easton pressing his opponent against the cage.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Easton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Easton lands an elbow just above Charles 's eye.
Charles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Easton is defending well for now.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Easton takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Easton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Easton stalling in the clinch.
Charles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Easton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Charles.
Charles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easton avoids it.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but Easton blocks with his arms.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Stalling in the clinch from Easton.
Easton misses with an elbow strike.
Easton tries to stall but Charles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Easton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Easton lands a nice elbow.
Easton blocks an elbow strike.
Easton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Easton lands a nice elbow.
Easton blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Easton misses with an elbow strike.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Easton.
Easton lands a nice elbow.
Charles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easton avoids it.
A short left from Easton.
Charles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Easton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles avoids the head kick by Easton.
Easton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Easton dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Easton tries to clinch there but Charles circles away.
Charles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Easton doesn't manage to clinch there - Charles circles away.
Easton lands a big head kick that sends Charles tumbling to the mat! Easton takes a step backwards and waves Charles back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Charles is rocked!
Slim Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Easton forces Charles back against the cage and clinches.
Oh Charles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charles blocks the elbow strike.
Charles with a knee to the head.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easton is trying to maintain a safe position but Charles gets an underhook and turns Easton into the cage.
Charles seems to have got his legs back now.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Charles misses with an elbow strike.
Charles has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Charles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Easton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Easton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
Charles lands a nice elbow.
Easton lands a nice elbow.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Easton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Easton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Easton.
Charles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easton blocks it with crossed arms.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Charles misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles throws an elbow but it misses.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Easton throws an elbow but misses.
Charles takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Easton throws an elbow but misses.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Easton.
Brad Easton seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Easton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Easton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Charles lands an elbow inside.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Charles lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Easton using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Easton blocks an elbow strike.
Charles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Easton avoids a wild elbow strike from Charles.
Nice elbow from Easton.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Charles throws an elbow but misses.
Charles lands an elbow inside that Easton shrugs off.
Easton just leaning against Charles, taking a breather.
Easton lands a damaging elbow.
Charles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Easton.
Charles blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Easton throws an elbow but misses.
Easton misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Easton's defenses.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Easton blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Charles scores with a knee to the head.
Easton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Easton.
Charles tries a knee to the head but Easton blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Easton throws an elbow but misses.
Easton managing to block the knees to the body from Charles.
Easton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Easton.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Easton.
Easton throws an elbow that misses.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Easton blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Easton misses with an elbow over the top.
Easton dodges an elbow strike from Charles.
Easton lands an elbow just above Charles 's eye.
Charles misses with a knee strike.
Easton scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Easton lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Easton throws an elbow but misses.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Easton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Charles looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Easton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Charles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Easton's defenses.
Easton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Easton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Easton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Easton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Easton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Easton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
Easton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but Easton blocks with his arms.
Charles takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right from Easton on the inside.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Easton utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Easton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Easton.
Easton blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Easton avoids a wild elbow strike from Charles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Easton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
Easton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Easton lands a knee to the body.
Easton blocks the elbow strike.
Easton swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Charles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Charles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Charles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Charles.
Charles throws a good cross that connects.
Charles is looking to clinch.
Easton tries to close the distance and clinch but Charles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Charles with a hook.
Charles keeps the fight on the outside.
Charles lands with a good body shot.
Charles throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Easton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Easton moves forwards but Charles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Charles scores with a leg kick.
Charles tries to clinch
and Easton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Easton.
Charles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Charles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Easton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Charles blocks a head kick by Easton.
Charles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Charles throws a head kick but Easton moves out of range.
Charles finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Easton closes the distance and clinches.
Easton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Easton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Easton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Charles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easton blocks it with crossed arms.
Easton throws an elbow that misses.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Charles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Easton.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Easton.
Easton scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Charles throws an elbow but misses.
Easton scores with a shoulder strike.
Easton trying to stall but Charles improves his position.
Easton dodges an elbow strike from Charles.
Charles working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easton avoids the elbow strike from Charles, against the cage.
Easton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Charles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Charles tries to break the clinch but Easton is controlling the position.
Charles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Charles blocks the elbow strike.
Easton blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
Easton lands an elbow inside that Charles shrugs off.
Charles landing knees to the body.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Easton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Easton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Easton lands a damaging elbow.
Easton blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Charles dodges an elbow strike from Easton.
Easton managing to block the knees to the body from Charles.
Easton looking to slow down the pace here.
Easton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Easton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Charles misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Easton.
Charles misses with an elbow over the top.
Charles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the fighters up against the cage, Easton throws an elbow but misses.
Charles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Charles throws an elbow but misses.
Easton blocks the elbow strike.
Easton managing to block the knees to the body from Charles.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Easton.
Charles takes a shot to the head.
Charles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Charles throws an elbow but it misses.
Charles wants to get back to striking at distance but Easton won't allow it.
Easton lands with a left to the head.
Charles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Easton.
Easton lands an elbow inside that Charles shrugs off.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Easton looking to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Charles misses with an elbow strike.
Easton lands a shoulder strike.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Easton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Easton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A knee to the head by Charles.
Easton lands an elbow just above Charles 's eye.
Easton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Charles lands a nice elbow.
Easton avoiding damage as Charles throws knees to the body.
Easton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Easton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Easton stalling in the clinch.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
Charles lands an elbow just above Easton 's eye.
Easton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Easton looking to slow down the pace here.
Charles lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Easton blocks an elbow strike.
Charles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Easton lands a right hand.
Charles lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles throws an elbow but it misses.
Easton lands with a left to the head.
Charles misses with a knee strike.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Easton lands a damaging elbow.
Easton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Charles avoids the elbow strike from Easton, against the cage.
Charles connects with a knee to the head.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Charles wants to get back to striking at distance but Easton won't allow it.
Charles throws an elbow but it misses.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Easton wants to stall.
Easton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Charles lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Easton tries to land a knee to the head but Charles blocks with his arms.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles throws an elbow that misses.
Easton blocks the elbow strike.
Easton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Easton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Easton lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Easton really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Charles.
Easton throws a head kick but Charles moves out of range.
Easton tries to clinch up.
Easton moves in looking to clinch but Charles pushes him off.
Charles lands a nice shot that snaps Easton's head back.
Easton drives through and clinches with Charles against the cage.
Charles avoids the elbow strike from Easton, against the cage.
Charles lands an elbow inside that Easton shrugs off.
Charles is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
Charles lands a knee to the body.
Charles lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Charles landing knees to the body.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Charles landing knees to the body.
Charles lands an elbow just above Easton 's eye.
Easton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Charles dodges an elbow strike from Easton.
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Easton misses with a knee strike.
Easton lands an elbow just above Charles 's eye.
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Easton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
Charles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Charles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Easton's defenses.
Charles lands an elbow inside.
Charles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Easton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Charles, pushing him back against the cage.
Charles tries to land knees in the clinch but Easton avoids the damage to the body.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Charles is defending well for now.
Charles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Charles lands an elbow just above Easton 's eye.
Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Easton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Easton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Charles doesn't manage to clinch there - Easton circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Charles.
Easton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Easton is looking to clinch but Charles is avoiding it.
Easton swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Charles moves into the clinch.
Charles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Easton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Charles throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easton landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Easton.
Easton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles tries a knee to the head but Easton blocks it.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Charles tries to break free but Easton pushes him back against the cage.
Easton connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Easton.
Easton blocks an elbow strike.
Easton trying to stall but Charles improves his position.
Easton blocks the elbow strike.
Charles looking to throw knees to the head but Easton is blocking nicely.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Easton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easton dodges an elbow strike from Charles.
Charles blocks an uppercut.
Charles breaks from the clinch.
Charles is looking to clinch but Easton is avoiding it.
Easton ducks right into an uppercut from Charles.
Charles tries to clinch up.
Easton tries a head kick but it misses.
Slim Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Easton misses with an attempted mid kick.
Charles connects with a body shot.
Charles tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Easton circles away quickly and effectively.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Charles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Charles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Easton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Easton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Charles wants to clinch.
Charles clinches but Easton breaks the clinch
and Easton counters with a head kick. That will keep Charles thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
It looks like Slim Charles has been cut.
Easton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Charles tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Easton counters with a nice leg kick.
Easton clinches up against the cage.
Easton blocks the elbow strike.
Charles breaks the clinch.
Easton slips a jab from Charles.
Charles gets a clinch.
Easton blocks the elbow strike.
Charles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easton blocks it with crossed arms.
Easton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Easton.
Charles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles wants to break free but Easton has control.
Charles with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Easton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A frustrated look appears on Charles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Charles tries to land knees in the clinch but Easton avoids the damage to the body.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Easton pushes Charles back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Easton blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Easton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Easton lands a nice elbow.
Charles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Charles missing with knees to the body.
Charles is looking to control Easton's arms but Easton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Charles has his back to the cage.
Easton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Easton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Charles is defending well for now.
The referee is keeping an eye on Charles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Charles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easton misses with an elbow over the top.
Charles lands a nice elbow.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Slim Charles will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Slim Charles's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Charles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Charles rushes Easton and presses him up against the cage.
Charles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Easton's defenses.
Charles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton keeps control of Charles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Charles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Easton leaning against his opponent.
Charles can't break the clinch.
Easton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Easton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Charles's efforts to push away.
Easton dodges an elbow strike from Charles.
With the fighters up against the cage, Charles throws an elbow but misses.
Easton blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Easton dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Charles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Easton as Charles tries to tie him up.
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.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Easton lands a damaging elbow.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easton cracks Charles with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easton avoids it.
Easton lands an elbow inside that Charles shrugs off.
Easton avoids a wild elbow strike from Charles.
Charles avoids a wild elbow strike from Easton.
Still in the clinch, Easton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Easton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Easton lands a nice elbow.
Charles misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Charles has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Easton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton connects with a knee to the head.
Easton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Easton.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
Easton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Easton.
Easton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Charles is defending well for now.
Easton misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Charles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles takes an elbow to the forehead.
Easton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Charles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easton looking to throw knees to the head but Charles is blocking nicely.
Easton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Charles lands an elbow inside.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Easton misses with a knee strike.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but Easton blocks with his arms.
Easton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Charles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easton blocks it with crossed arms.
Charles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easton avoids it.
Easton lands an elbow that stopped Charles in his tracks for a moment.
Charles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Easton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Easton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Easton avoids the elbow strike from Charles, against the cage.
Charles is trying to break the clinch but Easton has him pressed against the cage.
Easton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Slim Charles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easton throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
Charles lands an elbow that stopped Easton in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Charles throws an elbow but misses.
Easton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Charles lands a nice elbow.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles taking a breather.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Charles avoids the elbow strike from Easton, against the cage.
Easton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Easton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Easton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Charles's face.
Charles looking to throw knees to the head but Easton is blocking nicely.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Charles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Charles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Charles lands an elbow inside.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Easton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton avoiding damage as Charles throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A nice right hand lands inside from Easton.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Easton avoids the elbow strike from Charles, against the cage.
Easton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Charles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Charles landing knees to the head.
Easton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Easton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Charles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Charles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Easton lands a hook that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
Easton avoids a wild elbow strike from Charles.
A knee to the head by Easton.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Charles as Easton tries to tie him up.
Easton avoids a wild elbow strike from Charles.
Charles lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Easton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Easton blocks the elbow strike.
Easton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brad Easton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Charles scores a nice knee to the body.
Charles is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Easton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Easton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 46:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 46:49
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Easton!
Brad Easton is the new middleweight champion!
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