Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: CEC 573
Date: Mar 07, 2018

#R1##CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A shot in the inside from Joseph.
Joseph definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Joseph tries to work over Drama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Drama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Drama fails to land.
Joseph is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drama.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Drama misses with some punches.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Drama misses with the head strike.
Drama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph lands a body shot in the clinch.
Drama has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drama keeps control of Joseph as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drama throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Drama takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Joseph. #T1#
Drama misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph cracks Drama with a nice body shot.
Drama looks winded!
Joseph scores with a shot to the side of Drama's head.
Joseph misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Joseph.
Drama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drama throws a head punch that misses.
Drama throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Joseph misses with a body punch.
Drama has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Drama misses with the head strike.
Drama throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drama takes a shot to the head.
Joseph digs a right hand underneath Drama's ribcage. Drama let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joseph lands an uppercut.
A short right from Drama.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drama misses with a punch on the inside.
Drama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T2#
Joseph avoiding damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Joseph creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Joseph.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Drama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Drama avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Drama lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Drama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Drama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drama has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Joseph lands a body punch. #BC#
Joseph breaks from the clinch.
Joseph cracks a nice hook into Drama's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Joseph. That snapped Drama's head back.
Drama wants to clinch.#T3#
The fight stays on the outside here - Drama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drama tries to clinch but Joseph is having none of it. #CL#
Joseph moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Drama swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Drama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drama's elbow.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drama working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Drama throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
A short right from Joseph.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Joseph is leaning against Drama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Joseph misses with some punches.
Drama avoiding damage as Joseph throws knees to the body.
Drama misses with some punches. #T4#
Joseph lands a nice knee to the body.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Joseph lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drama working aggressively here.
Joseph presses Drama against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Drama controls his hands.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph leaning against his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head. #BC#
Joseph's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joseph scores with a hook to the body. Drama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Drama looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Joseph scores with a jab to the head.
Joseph scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joseph lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Joseph scores with a three punch combo!
Joseph scores with a hook to the body. Drama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Joseph connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#ROC#
Drama is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that round.
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.
#R2#
Joseph dances in with a quick combination. Drama is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Joseph snaps Drama's head back. Drama stumbles backwards against the cage. Joseph steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Drama's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Drama just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Anthony Joseph!
Our winner, Anthony Joseph, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: CEC 566
Date: Jan 31, 2018

#R1#
Maximus checks a low kick from Joseph.
Joseph rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Maximus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maximus has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Maximus avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Joseph lands a slapping body shot.
Maximus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donk. Maximus catches Joseph right on the button with a cross.
Maximus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joseph bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maximus's head backwards.
The crowd cheers as Joseph lands an impressive looking overhand right. Maximus doesn't seem phased though.
Maximus throws an overhand right that lands on Joseph's shoulder, as Joseph tries to avoid the shot.
A left lands for Maximus.
Maximus connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph throws a head kick that half lands.
Maximus throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
A bone on bone clash there as Maximus blocks the leg kick.
Joseph misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joseph. That's going to slow Maximus down. #T1#
Maximus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joseph lands a nice looking body shot.
Maximus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Joseph pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Maximus misses the target.
Maximus misses the jab.
Joseph ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joseph lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maximus's sensitive parts.
Maximus scores with a nice strike.#CUT#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.#KD#
Maximus cracks Joseph with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Joseph looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Maximus finish him? #ROC#
Joseph is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maximus misses with a right hand
and Joseph counters with an inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Joseph - just one landing. #KD#
Maximus cracks Joseph with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Maximus has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Joseph to stand back up!
Joseph is still on wobbly legs! Can Maximus finish him?
Maximus lands a slapping body shot.
Maximus looks to land a right hand but Joseph moved out of range.
Maximus lands a right hook to the body.
Joseph looks winded!
Maximus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Joseph seems to have recovered his senses.#KD#
Maximus lands a big uppercut and Joseph crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Joseph looks OK. Maximus waves Joseph back to his feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Maximus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T2#
Joseph leaves his chin hanging out and Maximus seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Joseph crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). DJ Maximus!
A less than humble DJ Maximus misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.

Event: AD515
Date: Jan 03, 2018

#R1#
Joseph changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Blaylock takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joseph bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.#CL2#
Blaylock closes the distance and clinches.#BC#
Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaylock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blaylock scores with a body shot.
We've been informed that Blaylock has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Joseph paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Joseph misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaylock.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joseph sets himself, and Blaylock steps forward looking for the clinch! Joseph avoids it this time.
A slow jab from Joseph misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaylock. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.#CL2#
Blaylock has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Blaylock. #T1#
Joseph looking to slow down the pace here.
Blaylock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Joseph.
Blaylock misses with a punch to the body.
Blaylock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Joseph slowing the pace effectively.
A short uppercut from Joseph.
Joseph lands a nice knee to the body.
Joseph is trying to maintain a safe position but Blaylock gets an underhook and turns Joseph into the cage.
Blaylock misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph tries a body shot but Blaylock blocks it.
Blaylock blocks a body shot from Joseph. #BC#
Joseph manages to break the clinch.
Blaylock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joseph manages to avoid it.
Blaylock wants to clinch.
A quick step to the side and Joseph tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.#T2#
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blaylock closes the distance but Joseph moves to the side
and Joseph counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Joseph.
Blaylock misses with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blaylock is looking to clinch but Joseph is avoiding it.
Joseph went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Blaylock takes one to the side of the head. #CUT#
It looks like Mookie Blaylock has been cut.
Joseph is looking to wear down Blaylock with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blaylock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph misses the jab.
Blaylock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joseph buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick. #T3#
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaylock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Blaylock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joseph clobbers Blaylock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mookie Blaylock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaylock tries to close the distance and clinch but Joseph swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaylock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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.
A solid body kick from Joseph.
Joseph scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blaylock doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice shot by Joseph.#CL2#
Joseph tries to keep at a distance but Blaylock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blaylock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaylock.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #T4#
A short body shot lands from Joseph as the two fighters clinch.
Blaylock avoiding damage.
Joseph lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaylock.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Joseph misses with a body punch.
Blaylock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blaylock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Josephs head.
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaylock.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blaylock backwards. #ROC#
Blaylock is rocked!
Joseph throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blaylock is still on wobbly legs! Can Joseph finish him?
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joseph misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mookie Blaylock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Blaylock avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Blaylock seems to have recovered his senses.
Joseph keeps the fight on the outside.
Joseph connects with a nice looking jab.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaylock swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blaylock can do to turn this around?
Blaylock moves in looking to clinch but Joseph pushes him off.
Joseph digs a good body shot into Blaylock's ribs.#CL2#
Blaylock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Joseph digs a right hand into Blaylock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaylock's gas tank.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Blaylock.
Nice body punch from Blaylock.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaylock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blaylock tries a body shot but Joseph blocks it.
Blaylock lands with a right to the head.
Blaylock prevents a body shot from Joseph.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaylock.
Anthony Joseph has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T1#
Blaylock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.
Blaylock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph slowing the pace effectively.
Blaylock lands a left hand.
Blaylock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaylock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blaylock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joseph's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Joseph fails to land.
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Blaylock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blaylock pushes Joseph back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Joseph. #T2#
Joseph misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaylock misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Joseph.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left hand lands to the body for Joseph.
Blaylock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaylock. #BC#
Joseph manages to break the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Joseph here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
No luck for Blaylock with that takedown attempt.
Joseph is looking to counter the offense by Blaylock and move into the clinch.
Blaylock swinging wildly here.
Blaylock closes the distance looking to clinch
and Joseph counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Blaylock thinking.
Joseph avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blaylock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. #T3#
Joseph punishes Blaylock's body with a nice straight punch.
Joseph scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blaylock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joseph steps in with a hook that catches Blaylock right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Joseph follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Blaylock looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
A very excited looking Anthony Joseph made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: AD511
Date: Dec 23, 2017

#R1#
Pelle lands a high kick! #CUT#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph dodges the punch combination from Pelle.
Joseph tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pelle misses the body punch
and Joseph counters with a right hand to the body.
Joseph connects with a body shot that sends Pelle's belly button to the back.
Joseph has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Joseph changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph lands a jab.
Joseph avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pelle misses with a right hand
and Pelle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pelle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#KD2#
Joseph lands a big head kick that sends Pelle tumbling to the mat! Joseph takes a step backwards and waves Pelle back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC2#
Pelle is rocked!#CL2#
Joseph clinches with his opponent.
Oh Pelle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pelle can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action. #KD2#
Joseph drops Pelle onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Pelle is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Pelle misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph is muscling Pelle up against the cage and as Pelle bounces back off, Joseph cracks him with a huge right hand! Pelle crumples to the mat - he's out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Joseph!
Anthony Joseph thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: AD505
Date: Dec 02, 2017

#R1#
A swing and a miss from Joseph.
O Rangers needs to keep his hands up - Joseph had a free shot at his head there.
O Rangers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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.
Joseph throws a leg kick but O Rangers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for O Rangers. That snapped Joseph's head back.
O Rangers works over Joseph's head and body with a nice combination.#CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
O Rangers swings away with a body shot that misses #CL#
and Joseph counters by clinching up.
The referee is keeping an eye on O Rangers - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Joseph taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for Joseph.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Rangers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joseph throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys. #T1#
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Rangers slowing the pace effectively.
O Rangers can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
Joseph misses with some punches.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by O Rangers.
Joseph blocks a body shot from O Rangers.
Good body shot from O Rangers.
Joseph misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Rangers is working Joseph over against the cage.
Joseph misses with some punches.
Joseph works on O Rangers's body with a couple of short punches.
O Rangers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joseph is trying to push O Rangers away but O Rangers has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
O Rangers blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T2#
Joseph throws a head punch that misses. #BC2#
O Rangers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Rangers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Joseph to score with a decent uppercut.
Joseph walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
O Rangers has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
O Rangers scores with a body shot.
A low kick from Joseph is predictable there #TD2#
so O Rangers counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
O Rangers sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Joseph is trying to hold O Rangers in close to prevent damage but O Rangers has managed to pass into half guard. #T3#
Joseph wants to control but O Rangers is keeping busy and won't allow it.
O Rangers looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #SUB2#
O Rangers is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Joseph doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time O Rangers.
O Rangers wants to take a breather but Joseph is having none of it. #T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Joseph blocking the ground and pound attempt from O Rangers.
O Rangers passes into side control, despite Joseph's attempt to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Rangers in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Joseph is trying to control O Rangers's posture but O Rangers avoids it.
O Rangers throws an elbow but Joseph slips to the side and avoids it well.#SUB2#
O Rangers thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph is being controlled here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony O Rangers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
O Rangers scores with a body shot.
O Rangers has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Joseph.
O Rangers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from O Rangers.
O Rangers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joseph.
O Rangers misses with a straight left.
O Rangers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Joseph rather than just go for the knockout.
Joseph misses with an uppercut.
Joseph uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Rangers.
Joseph throws a right and a left that O Rangers avoids nicely. #TD2#
O Rangers shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Joseph's guard.
O Rangers wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph managing to control the position. #T1#
Joseph wants to sweep but no luck.
O Rangers postures up.
Joseph is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
O Rangers is staying active underneath Joseph, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Joseph prevents O Rangers from improving his position.
O Rangers moves into full guard.
O Rangers looking to control.
O Rangers keeping full guard, as Joseph tries to pass. #T2#
O Rangers trying to control the position.
Joseph trying to control but O Rangers is working from the bottom.
Joseph stopping the sweep attempt from O Rangers.
Joseph has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
O Rangers has his hands on Joseph's head, controlling the position.
O Rangers controls Joseph momentarily but Joseph frees himself.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Joseph trying to control but O Rangers is working from the bottom. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#T3#
O Rangers connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Joseph momentarily.
A right-left combo lands from O Rangers.
O Rangers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Joseph cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Rangers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Joseph connects with a crisp jab.
O Rangers throws a body punch but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph looks to land a body kick but O Rangers moved away.
O Rangers takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
O Rangers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joseph.
O Rangers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
O Rangers throws a body shot but no joy.
Tony O Rangers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Joseph avoids the body shot from O Rangers.
Joseph lands with a nice body punch.
Joseph is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.#T4#
O Rangers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from O Rangers.
Joseph appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
O Rangers lands a nice shot to the body.
We've been told by Joseph's head coaches at The Furnace that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
O Rangers looks to score with a jab to the body but Joseph is just out of range.
O Rangers lands an overhand right.
Joseph waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Rangers.
Joseph is looking to slow O Rangers down with leg kicks.
O Rangers with a lazy takedown attempt
and Joseph counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joseph throws a shot to the body.
Tony O Rangers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
O Rangers throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Joseph on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
O Rangers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joseph.
O Rangers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joseph throws the left hand but O Rangers avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - O Rangers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joseph is looking to counter punch.
O Rangers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Joseph misses its target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Anthony Joseph will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Joseph blocks a jab.
O Rangers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
O Rangers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by O Rangers.
Joseph throws a big shot that misses.
Joseph cracks O Rangers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
O Rangers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joseph manages to avoid it.
Joseph throws a leg kick that misses.
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Rangers misses with a body shot.
O Rangers moves out of range of the strikes.
O Rangers misses with a body shot
and Joseph counters with a straight right hand.
Joseph lands the left hand.
Joseph fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. O Rangers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.#T1#
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but O Rangers is just out of range.
O Rangers misses with a wild body shot.
O Rangers throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
Joseph misses with an uppercut
and O Rangers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Joseph tries to score with a low kick but O Rangers moves his leg out of the way.
A clash of legs there as O Rangers blocks the low kick.
Joseph misses with an uppercut.
O Rangers with a poor takedown
and Joseph counters with a stiff right hand.
Joseph connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
O Rangers throws an ugly left hook that misses #CL#
and Joseph counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Joseph lands a right hand.
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from O Rangers. #T2#
O Rangers blocking some punches.
O Rangers is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Joseph prevents a takedown attempt there.
Joseph tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Rangers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
O Rangers has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Joseph avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Anthony Joseph has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony O Rangers.
O Rangers misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for O Rangers.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Rangers lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from O Rangers. #T3#
O Rangers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.#TD2#
O Rangers gets a trip takedown into half guard.#SUB2#
O Rangers is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Joseph has managed to free his arm - good work.
O Rangers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Joseph trying to control here.
O Rangers working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Joseph's thigh. Joseph counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Joseph keeping full guard, as O Rangers tries to pass. #T4#
Joseph keeping moving, preventing O Rangers from controlling successfully.
Joseph tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Joseph can't keep his opponent in guard - O Rangers advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Joseph controlling the leg, holding on to half guard. #SUB2#
O Rangers is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Anthony Joseph.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Anthony Joseph!
An out of breath Anthony Joseph thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: AD499: PRIDE never die
Date: Nov 11, 2017

#R1#
Joseph cracks the inside of Blaylock's front leg.
Blaylock scores with a jab to the body.
Blaylock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joseph makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blaylock moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaylock moves in looking to clinch but Joseph pushes him off.
Joseph has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Furnace in the buildup to the fight.#CL2#
Blaylock has closed the distance and engaged Joseph in a clinch.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaylock avoids it.
Blaylock prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Blaylock struggles to land a body shot inside as Joseph controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Joseph.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.
Joseph digs a right hand into Blaylock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaylock's gas tank.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Joseph scores with a shot to the side of Blaylock's head.
Blaylock misses with a body punch.
Blaylock swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph works on Blaylock's body with a couple of short punches.#T1#
Joseph pushes Blaylock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaylock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Joseph tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaylock blocks a body shot from Joseph.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blaylock.
Joseph will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Blaylock up against the cage.
Joseph tries to work over Blaylock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaylock.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Blaylock.
Blaylock leaning against his opponent.
Blaylock throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaylock.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the head but misses. #T2#
Joseph misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaylock misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Blaylock.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaylock can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
Blaylock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've been informed that Blaylock has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Blaylock controls his hands.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joseph's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blaylock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blaylock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blaylock misses with a punch to the body.
Blaylock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blaylock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaylock tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Blaylock.
Joseph leaning his opponent against the cage.#T3#
Blaylock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joseph misses with a body punch.
Joseph stalling against the cage.
Blaylock lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaylock.
Blaylock blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph trying to stall but Blaylock improves his position.
Joseph tries to work over Blaylock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph stalling.
Joseph is leaning against Blaylock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock misses with a punch to the body. #T4#
Blaylock tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blaylock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Joseph working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blaylock throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaylock tries to throw a body punch but Joseph avoids it by throwing Blaylock back against the cage.
Blaylock misses with a body punch.
Blaylock takes a shot to the head.
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
Blaylock managing to block the knees to the body from Joseph.
Blaylock can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Blaylock.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blaylock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joseph tries to circle away but Blaylock has him pinned against the cage.
Joseph tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joseph misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Joseph will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Decent striking displayed by Blaylock there.#CL2#
Blaylock clinches with his opponent.
Blaylock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blaylock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaylock swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph gets through Blaylock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joseph lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaylock backwards.
Joseph's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joseph is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#BC#
Joseph breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mookie Blaylock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaylock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaylock scores with a leg kick.
Joseph lands a right hook to the body.
Joseph fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blaylock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaylock walks forward, straight into a front kick from Joseph.#T1#
Joseph scores with the left hand. Blaylock knows he should have avoided that one.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joseph with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blaylock throws a nice head kick! #CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaylock was well out of range. Poor timing from Joseph.
Joseph tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaylock was well out of range. Poor timing from Joseph.
Blaylock looks to score with a jab to the body but Joseph is just out of range.#CL2#
Blaylock clinches with his opponent.
Blaylock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blaylock lands a shoulder strike. #BC#
Joseph's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joseph swings for the body but Blaylock moves out of range.
Joseph is looking to wear down Blaylock with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blaylock lands a nice hook to Joseph's body. Joseph takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaylock wants to clinch
and Joseph counters with an outside leg kick. #T2#
Blaylock scores with a nice head shot.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Blaylock is just out of range.
Joseph ducks right into an uppercut from Blaylock. #KD2#
Blaylock cracks Joseph with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Blaylock has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Joseph to stand back up!#ROC2#
Joseph is rocked!
Joseph doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blaylock tries to clinch up but Joseph circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaylock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joseph fires out a quick counter leg kick but Blaylock just manages to avoid it.#CL2#
Blaylock takes the fight into the clinch.
Blaylock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Joseph is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blaylock is defending well for now.
Blaylock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Joseph or not.
Blaylock lands a hook to the side of the head.#T3#
Blaylock lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#BC2#
Blaylock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking. #CL2#
Blaylock closes the distance and pushes Joseph back into the cage.
Blaylock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Joseph is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blaylock working aggressively here.
Joseph seems to have got his legs back now.
Blaylock lands a nice uppercut.
Blaylock blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Blaylock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaylock tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blaylock can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action. #BC2#
Blaylock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaylock digs a good body shot into Joseph's ribs.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaylock misses with a series of wild punches. #CL2#
Blaylock clinches up against the cage.#T4#
A short uppercut from Blaylock.
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!
Blaylock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Joseph is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blaylock tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Joseph.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Blaylock controls his hands.
Blaylock wants a takedown but no success here.
Joseph pushes Blaylock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mookie Blaylock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Blaylock being controlled against the cage.
Joseph tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaylock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mookie Blaylock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Joseph tried to score with a low kick but Blaylock checks it.
Blaylock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Joseph doesn't seem bothered though.
Blaylock connects with a body shot.
Blaylock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joseph swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Blaylock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Joseph avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blaylock wants to clinch.
Blaylock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaylock moves in looking to clinch but Joseph pushes him off.#CL2#
Blaylock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Blaylock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs. #T1#
Joseph tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaylock avoids the damage to the body.
Blaylock avoids the elbow strike from Joseph, against the cage.
Blaylock gets through Joseph's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blaylock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blaylock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph tries a body shot but Blaylock blocks it.
Blaylock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock leaning his opponent against the cage.
Blaylock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaylock lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blaylock working aggressively here. #BC2#
Blaylock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaylock lands with a straight right. Joseph didn't see that one coming.#T2#
Blaylock steps in with a hook that catches Joseph right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Blaylock follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Joseph looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mookie Blaylock!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mookie Blaylock waved his t-shirt featuring Red Light Coffeeshop's logo in front of the cameras.

Event: AD494: Right Leg Hospital
Date: Oct 22, 2017

#R1#
Urquhart throws a poor cross that misses
and Joseph counters with a leg kick.
Joseph has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Furnace in the buildup to the fight.
Joseph throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Urquhart throws out a loose jab but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph misses with an uppercut. Urquhart saw that one coming.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Urquhart is just out of range.
Urquhart clobbers Joseph with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. #CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Urquhart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Urquhart is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Urquhart.
Joseph defending well as Urquhart loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut there from Urquhart.
Joseph slips under a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urquhart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Urquhart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joseph feints and then cracks Urquhart's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Urquhart down.
Urquhart throws a lazy right hand but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#T1#
Urquhart thows a left - swing and a miss!
Urquhart on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Urquhart throws a looping overhand right but Joseph ducks down to avoid it.
Urquhart throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joseph counters with a nice body shot.
Joseph displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Urquhart throws out the jab.
Joseph comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Joseph lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Joseph throws a sloppy head kick
letting Urquhart counter with a right hand.
Joseph tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Urquhart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph slips a jab from Urquhart.
Joseph is looking for a counter combo.
Urquhart moves forwards but Joseph connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Joseph scores with a nice head shot.#ROC#
Urquhart is rocked!
A nice leg kick lands there from Joseph.
Urquhart is still on wobbly legs! Can Joseph finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Urquhart has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Joseph.
Urquhart seems to have recovered his senses.
Joseph throws a leg kick which misses Urquhart's front leg but catches the back leg as Urquhart tries to avoid it.
Urquhart throws out a loose jab but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Urquhart throws a lazy uppercut
and Joseph counters with a big right hand! Oh Urquhart is in trouble here! Joseph follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
Anthony Joseph decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: AD486: In the shadow
Date: Sep 24, 2017

#R1#
Joseph walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barakat checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Barakat misses with a leg kick.
We've been told by Joseph's head coaches at The Furnace that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Joseph listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barakat lands a slapping body shot.
Barakat scores with the left hand. Joseph knows he should have avoided that one.
Joseph thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barakat if he has to take too many more of those.
Barakat takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good shot there by Barakat.#CL2#
Barakat gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Barakat scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
A short uppercut from Joseph.
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 misses with a body punch.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Barakat controls his hands.
Barakat blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Barakat. #CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Barakat blocks an uppercut.
Barakat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #T1#
Barakat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joseph blocks it with crossed arms.
Barakat prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Barakat misses with a punch to the body.
Barakat letting Joseph take a breather here.
Joseph takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short body shot lands from Joseph as the two fighters clinch.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Joseph.
A nice left hand lands by Joseph.
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barakat avoids it.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Barakat avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barakat lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs. #BC2#
Barakat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barakat looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barakat scores with a punch to the head.#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Joseph keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph lands with a shot to the body.
Barakat goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barakat blocks a head kick by Joseph.
Barakat is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Joseph with a body shot.
Barakat stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Barakat.
Barakat misses with a body kick.
Joseph misses with a hook. Barakat ducked under it nicely.
Barakat throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Joseph on the side of the head.
Qasim Barakat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barakat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Barakat is just out of range.
Barakat on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Joseph. Joseph obviously looking to wear him down.
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T3#
Joseph takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barakat throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
Barakat thows a body kick. Joseph tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Joseph takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Joseph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barakat.
Joseph takes a swing at Barakat's ribcage but misses.
Barakat throws a hook but Joseph blocks it.
Barakat avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Barakat checks a low kick from Joseph.
Joseph works Barakat's body with a nice hook.
Joseph works Barakat's body with a nice hook.
Joseph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slow jab from Barakat misses its intended target.
Barakat swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Barakat throws an off balance right hand
and Joseph counters with an inside leg kick. #T4#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot by Joseph.
Barakat scores with the left hand. Joseph knows he should have avoided that one.
Barakat checks a leg kick.
Joseph takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barakat wants to clinch
and Joseph cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barakat swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Barakat slips a jab from Joseph.#CL#
Joseph drives through and clinches with Barakat against the cage.
Barakat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joseph blocks it with crossed arms.
Joseph lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barakat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barakat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barakat.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Barakat blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Joseph will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Joseph stuns Barakat with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barakat.
Joseph is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barakat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Barakat.
A quick step to the side and Joseph tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joseph is looking to wear down Barakat with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barakat 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.
Barakat throws a nice outside leg kick.
Joseph avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Joseph swings for the body but Barakat moves out of range.
Joseph throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barakat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barakat fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Joseph is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Joseph, right into the meat.
Joseph takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barakat connects with a body shot.
Barakat thuds his shin into the meat of Joseph's side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joseph. That's going to slow Barakat down. #T1##CL#
Joseph moves into the clinch.
Joseph managing to block the knees to the body from Barakat.
Barakat lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Joseph creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joseph takes a shot to the head.
Barakat misses with a punch to the body.
Barakat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joseph blocks it with crossed arms.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barakat's elbow.
Barakat misses with a knee strike.
Barakat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Barakat.
Barakat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joseph lands a body punch.
Barakat is breathing heavily.
Joseph is struggling to control the position.
Barakat misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Joseph. #T2#
A right hook to the body lands for Joseph.
Barakat takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph tries to work over Barakat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Joseph.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joseph tries to work over Barakat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph scores with a shoulder strike.
Joseph landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
Joseph lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joseph lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Joseph.
A knee to the head by Joseph.
Joseph lands a nice knee to the body.
Joseph dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Barakat takes a shot to the head. #T3#
Joseph tries to land knees in the clinch but Barakat avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Joseph. #ROC#
Barakat is rocked!
Joseph lands a body shot.
Barakat is still on wobbly legs! Can Joseph finish him?
Joseph dips a shoulder and cracks Barakat with a mighty uppercut! Barakat falls back against the cage and Joseph unloads with a barrage of strikes! Barakat is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Joseph screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
A relieved looking Anthony Joseph thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: AD481: Land of the Rising Sun
Date: Sep 09, 2017

#R1#
Joseph lands with a nice body kick.
Raginis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joseph circles away quickly and effectively.
Joseph is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Raginis with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Raginis.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Raginis throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
Joseph let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Joseph keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Raginis cracks Joseph with an open hand slap.
Joseph lands with a straight right. Raginis didn't see that one coming.
Raginis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A good leg kick by Raginis. #TD#
Raginis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Joseph was covering up waiting for the punch and Raginis finishes the takedown easily into guard.
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 is pulling down on Raginis's head. It's preventing any offense from Raginis, at least for the moment.
Raginis throwing strikes but missing. #T1#
Joseph trying to keep a closed guard but Raginis is proving a slippery customer.
Joseph seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Joseph lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Raginis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph is stalling in the full guard. #SUB#
Joseph avoids a guillotine attempt easily. #T2#
Joseph trying to control the position from guard on top but Raginis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joseph passes into half guard.
Raginis tries to get to full guard but Joseph has control of the leg.
Raginis is not content to let Joseph control the position.
Joseph takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Raginis is refusing to be controlled, as Joseph sits in half guard. #T3#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Raginis is trying to control but can't.
Raginis is looking for a sweep. Joseph is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Raginis makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Raginis.
Raginis wants to improve his position but instead Joseph has moved into half guard.
Joseph is trying to control. Raginis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Raginis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Joseph sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Joseph trying to control the action but Raginis is working from the bottom.
Raginis wants to improve his position but Joseph is controlling well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Joseph slips a nice elbow through Raginis's hands, connecting with Raginis's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Anthony Joseph will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2##CL#
Raginis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Raginis has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Raginis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Joseph is defending well.
Raginis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by Raginis.
Joseph tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raginis working aggressively here.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Raginis controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Raginis.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raginis lands a right hand.
Raginis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph lands a body punch.
Raginis is looking to control Joseph's arms but Joseph gets an underhook and turns him. Now Raginis has his back to the cage.
Raginis lands a shoulder strike.
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Raginis controls the action.
Joseph is stalling here. #T1#
Raginis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Raginis lands a nice uppercut.
Joseph controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Joseph.
Raginis lands a nice uppercut.
Raginis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Joseph avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Joseph pushes Raginis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#CUT2#
It looks like Wladyslaw Raginis has been cut.
Raginis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joseph lands with a left to the head.
Raginis swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joseph.
Joseph gets underhooks to prevent Raginis's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wladyslaw Raginis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raginis prevents a body shot from Joseph. #T2#
Raginis misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joseph lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Raginis controls his hands.
Raginis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Joseph pulls his leg out and moves away.
Raginis misses with a takedown attempt - Joseph sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Joseph tries to clinch but Raginis is having none of it.
Raginis just misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph scores with a sloppy right hand. Raginis should have avoided that one.
A low kick from Raginis misses
and Joseph connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Raginis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joseph keeps the fight on the outside.#T3#
Joseph connects with the punch.
Raginis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Joseph.
Raginis misses with a takedown attempt
and Joseph counters with a stiff right hand. #ROC2#
Raginis is rocked!#CUT2#
Wladyslaw Raginis's cut is getting worse.
Joseph connects with a body shot.
Joseph with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Joseph walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Raginis drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Joseph swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Raginis's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
A victorious Anthony Joseph thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: AD474: Break Boundaries
Date: Aug 16, 2017

#R1#
Cropp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joseph throws out the jab.
Cropp throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
Cropp fails to land the takedown.
Cropp connects with an inside leg kick.
Cropp has a takedown stuffed.
Joseph throws a front kick that sends Cropp stumbling back into the cage.
Joseph lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph feints and then cracks Cropp's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cropp down. #TD#
Cropp gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cropp in side control, throwing shots but Joseph defends.
Cropp creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Joseph sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cropp tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. #T1#
Joseph is looking to reverse the position.
Cropp cracks Joseph with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Cropp misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cropp looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Joseph is avoiding damage well.
Cropp with the ground and pound but Joseph regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Cropp is trying to control. Joseph wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cropp lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. #CUT#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cropp throwing shots but Joseph is blocking nicely.
Joseph regains full guard. Nicely done.
Joseph keeping moving, preventing Cropp from controlling successfully.
Cropp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joseph works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cropp working some strikes from top position.
Cropp landing with the ground and pound. #T2#
Cropp trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Joseph is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Cropp trying to control the position from guard on top but Joseph is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cropp throws a big right hand that misses.
Cropp throwing strikes from guard but Joseph blocks nicely.
Joseph seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Let's hope that Joseph has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Cropp postures up. #T3#
Joseph working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cropp.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cropp scoring with some ground and pound.
Cropp preventing the sweep.
Joseph looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cropp accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cropp 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.
Cropp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cropp lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Joseph wants to stand and escape but Cropp is having none of it.
Cropp throwing strikes but missing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Joseph is on top in guard. #REVB#
Joseph stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cropp swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Joseph is in close to Cropp's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cropp is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.#T4#
Joseph postures up.
Joseph stays in close to Cropp's body and controls the position.
Cropp tries to strike from the bottom.
Joseph preventing the sweep.
Cropp trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Joseph wants to pass the guard but Cropp is keeping the position.
Joseph is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cropp looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joseph is one step ahead there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Joseph trying to control the position from guard on top but Cropp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Karol Cropp will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's time! Cropp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Cropp missing with a left hand there. Joseph was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joseph throws a wild hook but Cropp just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Joseph gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Cropp raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karol Cropp!
Karol Cropp really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Aspire Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.

Event: AD466: My precious
Date: Jul 22, 2017

#R1#
Joseph tries to work over Kolmas's front leg with a kick but Kolmas checks it.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kolmas.
Kolmas pushes Joseph away with a front kick.
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 cheers as Joseph lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kolmas doesn't seem phased though.
Kolmas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kolmas seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kolmas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kolmas walks into a left hand.
Kolmas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kolmas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kolmas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Joseph stuffs the takedown.
Kolmas misses with a kick to the body
and Joseph connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joseph throws a push kick but Kolmas slaps the foot to one side. #T1#
Joseph scores with a leg kick.
Joseph connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Joseph avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Joseph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. #TD#
Kolmas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Joseph napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kolmas misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Joseph avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kolmas.
Kolmas sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Joseph is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Joseph stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Joseph is looking to regain half guard here but Kolmas keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well. #T2#
Joseph is trying to control Kolmas's posture but Kolmas avoids it.
Sloppy strikes there by Kolmas.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#SUB#
Kolmas is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Joseph is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Joseph is trying to get back to half guard.
Joseph felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Joseph prevents Kolmas from improving position.
Kolmas controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kolmas advances to mount. #T3#
Kolmas trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kolmas with shots to the head and body - Joseph looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kolmas with good strikes from the mount here!
Joseph tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kolmas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Joseph manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Kolmas trying to control the action but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Joseph avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kolmas. #T4#
Joseph has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kolmas is working away from the top position though.#SUB2#
Joseph looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Joseph is looking to improve his position.
Kolmas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kolmas drops an elbow to the side of Joseph's head.
Kolmas slips a nice elbow through Joseph's hands, connecting with Joseph's forehead.
Kolmas trying to pass the guard but Joseph defending well.
Joseph manages to get to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramses Kolmas dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Joseph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kolmas takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kolmas tries a low kick but Joseph avoids it.
Kolmas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ramses Kolmas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
Kolmas clinches up with Joseph and pushes him back against the cage.
Kolmas lands with a light punch inside.
Joseph dodges an elbow strike from Kolmas. #TD#
Kolmas gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Joseph is doing well to control the position and prevent Kolmas from advancing to side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kolmas lands a nice short elbow.#SUB#
Kolmas is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Joseph defends it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kolmas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Joseph defending well though. #T1#
Joseph manages to get to full guard.
Joseph keeping moving, preventing Kolmas from controlling successfully.
Joseph looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kolmas is one step ahead there.
Kolmas trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Kolmas landing some decent shots from guard.
Kolmas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Joseph has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kolmas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Joseph keeping moving, preventing Kolmas from controlling successfully.
Joseph looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kolmas is one step ahead there.
Joseph keeping moving, preventing Kolmas from controlling successfully.
Kolmas chips away with some ground and pound.
Kolmas with a flurry of punches that miss. #T3#
Joseph working a defensive guard here.
Kolmas 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.#SUB#
Kolmas drops back looking for a leg! Joseph is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Joseph manages to kick Kolmas off! Kolmas jumps back into Joseph's guard.
Kolmas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Joseph is adopting a defensive guard.
Kolmas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kolmas preventing the sweep. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Joseph keeping moving, preventing Kolmas from controlling successfully. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kolmas tries to clinch there but Joseph circles away.
Kolmas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Kolmas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Joseph on the side of the head.
Kolmas blocks the body kick.
Kolmas swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Kolmas closes the distance but Joseph moves to the side
and Joseph counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kolmas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joseph avoids the head kick by Kolmas.
Joseph tries to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Joseph stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kolmas lands an overhand right.
Kolmas throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramses Kolmas dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Kolmas tries to clinch but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph tries to counter with a clinch but Kolmas shakes him off and moves away.
Joseph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kolmas manages to avoid it.
Joseph scores with a push kick.
Good exchange - Kolmas coming out on top.
Joseph lands a high kick!
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Kolmas.
It seemed like Joseph was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kolmas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A little jabbing left from Joseph on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joseph leaves Kolmas with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kolmas.
Kolmas wants to clinch
and Joseph connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#T1#
A solid leg kick lands there for Joseph.
Kolmas throws a lazy head kick
and Joseph counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joseph lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kolmas shoots for a double leg takedown but Joseph sprawls well. He's pushed Kolmas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramses Kolmas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kolmas misses with a kick to the body. #CL#
Joseph tries to keep at a distance but Kolmas has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kolmas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joseph's brow.
Kolmas misses with a knee strike.
Joseph avoids the elbow strike from Kolmas, against the cage.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kolmas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kolmas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joseph's defenses.
Kolmas misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Joseph.
Anthony Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joseph.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph lands a damaging elbow.
Kolmas blocks an uppercut.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kolmas's elbow.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Kolmas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Joseph avoids it.
I was talking to Kolmas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
Joseph working aggressively here.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike.
Kolmas scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
Joseph has had enough of the clinch but Kolmas keeps him there for the moment.
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike from Kolmas. #BC2#
Joseph breaks the clinch.
Joseph slips under a jab from Kolmas.
Kolmas shoots in for a double leg but Joseph sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kolmas moves out of range of the leg kick from Joseph.#T3#
Joseph has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kolmas.
Ramses Kolmas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kolmas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Joseph thinks about the counter body kick.
Kolmas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joseph.
Kolmas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kolmas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Joseph counters with a nice uppercut. #CUT2#
It looks like Ramses Kolmas has been cut.
Joseph scores with a jab to the head.
Joseph throws a body punch but Kolmas moves out of range.
Kolmas throws a wild body kick that Joseph sees coming a mile off.
Joseph with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joseph scores with a slapping inside leg kick.#T4#
An inside leg kick from Joseph misses.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. Kolmas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kolmas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joseph swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kolmas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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 throws a push kick but Kolmas slaps the foot to one side.
Kolmas changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Kolmas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joseph.
Kolmas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.#TD#
Kolmas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kolmas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Joseph defending well though.
Kolmas perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Joseph comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kolmas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramses Kolmas!
After the fight, Ramses Kolmas was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Anthony Joseph stepped up to the mic, saying 'Mario is trying to end my career, but I'll be back!'.

Event: AD457: KOP
Date: Jun 21, 2017

#R1#
Ysengrin lands the left hand.
Ysengrin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joseph.
Joseph walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ysengrin lands a nice shot to the body.
Ysengrin misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Ysengrin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ysengrin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joseph.
Joseph fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ysengrin.
Joseph moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ysengrin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joseph has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ysengrin lands with a hook. Joseph tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
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!
Ysengrin throws a body shot but no joy.
Ysengrin avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Ysengrin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've been told by Ysengrin's head coaches at Jacks Fight Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin checks the leg kick nicely there. #T1#
Ysengrin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joseph manages to avoid it.
Ysengrin swings widly with a right hand
and Joseph connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Ysengrin.
Joseph bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ysengrin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ysengrin ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
Joseph digs a good body shot into Ysengrin's ribs.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Ysengrin looks for the body kick but Joseph saw that one coming.
Ysengrin throws a looping overhand right but Joseph ducks down to avoid it.
Ysengrin misses with a leg kick #CL2#
and Joseph holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ysengrin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ysengrin tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T2#
Ysengrin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Joseph has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ysengrin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Joseph.
A short left from Ysengrin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Ysengrin lands a knee to the head. #CUT#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joseph tries a body shot but Ysengrin blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin tries to land knees in the clinch but Joseph avoids the damage to the body.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ysengrin blocks an uppercut.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ysengrin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Joseph avoids it.#BC2#
Joseph manages to break the clinch.
Ysengrin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joseph takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Joseph throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.#T3#
Ysengrin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Joseph's sensitive parts.
Ysengrin throws a body kick that misses
and Joseph cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joseph jabs at Ysengrin's body.
Ysengrin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Joseph counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Joseph lands a jab to the head.
Joseph jabs at Ysengrin's body.
Ysengrin avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Joseph throws a nice inside leg kick.
Joseph displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ysengrin throws out the jab.
Ysengrin throws a half hearted mid kick.#TD#
Ysengrin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph wants to sweep but no luck.
Joseph lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB##T4#
Joseph looking to sit in guard and control but Ysengrin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Ysengrin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ysengrin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#SUB2#
Joseph is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ysengrin tries to free his leg and advance position but Joseph is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cearul Ysengrin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's time! Ysengrin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Joseph moves away from the strike by Ysengrin.
Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ysengrin thows a body kick. Joseph tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ysengrin connects with an inside leg kick.
Joseph lands a front kick.
Ysengrin ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ysengrin. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joseph keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Joseph 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ysengrin checks a leg kick.
Ysengrin is looking to counter punch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Joseph in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin misses with a wild body shot.
Ysengrin throws a hook but Joseph blocks it.
Ysengrin misses the body punch
and Joseph counters with a body kick that stops Ysengrin in his tracks momentarily.
Joseph is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ysengrin rather than just go for the knockout.
Joseph uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ysengrin.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.#T1#
Joseph checks the leg kick.
Ysengrin tries to work over Joseph's front leg with a kick but Joseph checks it. #CL#
Ysengrin has managed to clinch.
Ysengrin tries a knee to the head but Joseph blocks it.
Ysengrin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ysengrin tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph avoiding damage.
Joseph swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ysengrin tries to land knees in the clinch but Joseph avoids the damage to the body.
Joseph's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joseph throws an elbow that misses.
Ysengrin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ysengrin working Joseph over with knees to the body.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Ysengrin avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Ysengrin.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#T2#
Joseph tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ysengrin with an attempt at a knee that misses. #BC2#
Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That kick from Ysengrin tenderised Joseph's leg. Joseph is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ysengrin throws a head kick but Joseph moves out of range.
Ysengrin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ysengrin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Joseph takes a step back to recover.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ysengrin.
Cearul Ysengrin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Joseph looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Joseph circles away from the clinch attempt
and Joseph counters with a left to the body. #T3#
Ysengrin avoids a kick to the body.
Ysengrin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Joseph will feel that in the morning.
Joseph with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ysengrin to score with a decent uppercut.
Joseph walks into a stiff left hand from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin slips under a jab.
Cearul Ysengrin is winning the standup battle so far.
Ysengrin catches Joseph with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ysengrin scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Joseph checks a leg kick.
Ysengrin misses with a body kick.
Ysengrin misses with a leg kick
and Joseph counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ysengrin is looking to chop away at Joseph's legs.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ysengrin moves away.
Ysengrin appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joseph.
Ysengrin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Joseph scores with a jab to the jaw.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ysengrin throws a leg kick
and Joseph counters with a nice uppercut.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Ysengrin.
Joseph fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ysengrin checks it well.
Ysengrin lands a jab to Joseph's midsection.
Ysengrin moves out of range of the body kick from Joseph.
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Ysengrin.
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ysengrin has time to react.
Joseph has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Joseph bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ysengrin's head.
Joseph misses with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Joseph digs a good hook to Ysengrin's body.
Ysengrin throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cearul Ysengrin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
#R3#
Ysengrin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Joseph takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ysengrin misses with a shot to the body
and Joseph counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ysengrin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Joseph misses with a leg kick.
Ysengrin swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Ysengrin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick. #CL#
Ysengrin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ysengrin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joseph swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joseph tries a body shot but Ysengrin blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph misses with some punches.
Joseph's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Joseph tries to work over Ysengrin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ysengrin tries a knee to the head but he's missed. #T1#
Ysengrin throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ysengrin connects with a knee to the head.
Ysengrin tries to land a knee to the head but Joseph blocks with his arms.
Ysengrin tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph scores with a shoulder strike.
Joseph pushes Ysengrin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joseph tries a body shot but Ysengrin blocks it.
Ysengrin prevents a body shot from Joseph.
A frustrated look appears on Joseph's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ysengrin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Joseph has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ysengrin tries a knee to the head but Joseph blocks it.
Joseph lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #BC2#
Joseph breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ysengrin misses with a head kick.
Ysengrin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anthony Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Joseph tried to score with a low kick but Ysengrin checks it.
Ysengrin misses with a wild body shot.
Ysengrin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph misses with a kick to the body
and Ysengrin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ysengrin looks to throw a body kick
and Ysengrin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joseph displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ysengrin throws out the jab.
Joseph follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Ysengrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin misses with a hook to the body
and Joseph counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ysengrin's knee momentarily.#KD2#
Joseph drops Ysengrin with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Ysengrin looks back up at him and smiles so Joseph waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed. #CUT2#
It looks like Cearul Ysengrin has been cut.
Joseph scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph lands a jab to Ysengrin's midsection.
Joseph jabs at Ysengrin's body.
Ysengrin gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Joseph gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
During a confident post fight interview, Anthony Joseph thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: AD452: The Truth #34
Date: Jun 03, 2017

#R1#
Satanae takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Joseph bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Satanae's head.
Joseph connects with a body shot that sends Satanae's belly button to the back.
Joseph throws a jab but it's blocked by Satanae.
Satanae looks to clinch
and Joseph counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Satanae showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joseph.
Joseph has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Furnace in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Satanae keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Joseph throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.#T1#
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Satanae has time to react.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joseph.
Joseph with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Satanae throws an overhand right that lands on Joseph's shoulder, as Joseph tries to avoid the shot.
Satanae takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Satanae avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Satanae steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joseph.
Joseph misses with a hook #CL2#
and Satanae holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Satanae keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Joseph's efforts to push away.
Joseph takes a knee right on the jaw! #CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.#T2#
Satanae is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Joseph is defending well for now.
Joseph is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Satanae is defending well for now.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Satanae leaning against his opponent.
Joseph avoiding damage as Satanae throws knees to the body.
Satanae looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The referee calls for Joseph to work.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joseph tries to work over Satanae's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Satanae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Satanae misses with a knee to the head.
Satanae pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Satanae trying to land knees to the body.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Satanae's elbow.
Satanae fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Satanae utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Satanae tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Joseph avoids it.#T3#
Satanae throws a knee to the head but misses.
Satanae tries to land a knee to the head but Joseph blocks with his arms.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Satanae controls his hands.
Joseph lands an uppercut.
Satanae takes an elbow to the forehead. #CUT#
It looks like Tigellinus Satanae has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Joseph creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joseph is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Satanae prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph lands a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Joseph.
Satanae scores with a knee to the head.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Satanae takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph pushes Satanae back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph digs a right hand into Satanae's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Satanae's gas tank. #T4#
Satanae tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Joseph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Satanae trying to control the position but instead, Joseph has worked for underhooks and has pushed Satanae into the cage.
Joseph lands an elbow just above Satanae 's eye. #CUT#
That has opened up Tigellinus Satanae's cut even more.
Satanae looks to throw an elbow but misses. #BC#
Joseph manages to break the clinch.
Satanae tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Satanae ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Satanae steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joseph.
Joseph throws a left and a right that both miss #CL2#
and Satanae moves into the clinch.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Joseph's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Satanae takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Satanae tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Joseph manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Joseph throws a low kick but Satanae avoids it.
Satanae tries to counter with a clinch but Joseph shakes him off and moves away.
Joseph is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Satanae takes a jab right on the kisser.
Joseph throws a solid leg kick but Satanae takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joseph.
Satanae tries to counter by closing the distance.
Satanae staying out of range there.
Satanae wants to counter the offense by Joseph and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joseph tried to score with a low kick but Satanae checks it.
Satanae tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.#T1#
Joseph lands with a thumping leg kick.
Satanae ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joseph misses with a kick to the body.
Satanae steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joseph.
Joseph lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.#CL2#
Satanae rushes Joseph and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph is trying to break free.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Satanae controls his hands. #BC#
Joseph breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Satanae tries to counter by closing the distance.
Satanae on the wrong end of a kick to the body. #T2##CL2#
Satanae drives through and clinches with Joseph against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satanae obliges.
Joseph is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Satanae can do to turn this around?
Joseph effectively controlling the action here.
Satanae landing knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joseph. #CUT#
The cut above Tigellinus Satanae's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satanae lands with a light punch inside.
Satanae using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Joseph has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Satanae stalling in the clinch but Joseph improves position.
Satanae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Satanae softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Joseph tries to land knees in the clinch but Satanae avoids the damage to the body.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Joseph avoiding damage as Satanae throws knees to the body. #T3#
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Satanae controls his hands.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph is pushing Satanae up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tigellinus Satanae seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Joseph throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Satanae is breathing heavily.
Satanae is looking to control Joseph's arms but Joseph gets an underhook and turns him. Now Satanae has his back to the cage.
Satanae on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Satanae just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joseph's brow.
Joseph swings wildly with an uppercut but Satanae uses good head movement to avoid it.
Satanae tries to land a knee to the head but Joseph blocks with his arms.
Satanae working aggressively here.
Joseph stalling in the clinch but Satanae improves position.
Satanae with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joseph scores with a hook to the body.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Satanae looking to throw knees to the head but Joseph is blocking nicely. #T4#
Good body shot from Joseph.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Satanae's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Joseph takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Joseph slows down the pace here.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Satanae prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Satanae lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Joseph.
Satanae takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Joseph.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joseph. #BC#
Joseph breaks from the clinch.
Joseph with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Joseph circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joseph misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Satanae.
Satanae wants to counter the offense by Joseph and move into the clinch position.
Good leg kick by Joseph there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anthony Joseph is winning the standup battle so far.
Joseph scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Joseph misses with a hook. Satanae ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Satanae instigates a clinch.
Satanae tries a body shot but Joseph blocks it.
Joseph lands a right hand that snaps the head of Satanae backwards.
Satanae blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T1#
Joseph creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Satanae with a big uppercut! Satanae tries to clinch up but Joseph pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Satanae to the mat! Satanae covers up and Joseph unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Anthony Joseph!
Anthony Joseph thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: AD443: Second trip
Date: May 05, 2017

#R1#
Joseph throws out a powerful jab.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Ysengrin misses its target.
Ysengrin slips under a jab.
Joseph connects with a right hand. Ysengrin shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Joseph misses the target.
Joseph moves out of range as Ysengrin throws a body kick.
Joseph fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Ysengrin scores with a four punch combination!#CUT#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Cearul Ysengrin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ysengrin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Joseph tries to land a front kick but Ysengrin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ysengrin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joseph checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ysengrin fails to land with a series of punches.
Ysengrin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!#TD#
Ysengrin gets a double leg takedown into Joseph's guard.
Joseph looking for a sweep. Not yet Joseph, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph is adopting a defensive guard.
Ysengrin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#T1#
Ysengrin looking to pass the guard.
Ysengrin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ysengrin looking to control the position here, rather than advance. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ysengrin throws an elbow that misses. Joseph uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ysengrin's guard. Nice move by Joseph!#REVB#
Ysengrin has his hands on Joseph's head, controlling the position.
Joseph won't allow Ysengrin to sweep him here.
Joseph sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ysengrin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ysengrin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#T3#
Joseph controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ysengrin looking for a sweep. Not yet Ysengrin, not yet.
Joseph is fighting to break Ysengrin's control of his arms but Ysengrin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Joseph thumps Ysengrin with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Ysengrin.
Joseph has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joseph there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Ysengrin.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ysengrin, as that shot connected.
Joseph feints and then cracks Ysengrin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ysengrin down.
Ysengrin connects with a solid leg kick.
Joseph blocks a jab.
Joseph moves out of range as Ysengrin strikes.#T4#
Joseph throws a leg kick but Ysengrin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ysengrin scores with a punch to the head.
Ysengrin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Joseph scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin misses the shot to the body.
Joseph was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joseph misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ysengrin shoots in and drives through. Joseph sprawls well.
Ysengrin scores with a spinning back kick!
Joseph throws a low kick but Ysengrin avoids it.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Ysengrin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joseph throws the kick towards the body but Ysengrin avoids it.
Joseph throws the kick towards the body but Ysengrin avoids it.
And Ysengrin counters with a quick kick to the body but Joseph blocks it.
Ysengrin throws a front kick that sends Joseph stumbling back into the cage.
Ysengrin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joseph has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joseph throws a leg kick
and Ysengrin counters with a nice uppercut.
Ysengrin misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cearul Ysengrin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Joseph throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ysengrin delivers a nice body kick.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Joseph looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Joseph in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.#TD#
Ysengrin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ysengrin showed some decent athleticism there.
Ysengrin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Joseph does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ysengrin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph tries to roll over but Ysengrin keeps him under control.
Ysengrin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. #T1#
Joseph is staying active underneath Ysengrin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ysengrin controlling the pace.
Joseph is pressing down on Ysengrin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Joseph trying to control the position. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ysengrin slips a jab from Joseph.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ysengrin. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ysengrin fails with the takedown.
A good leg kick by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin tries to clinch up.
Joseph chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ysengrin can pounce on him.
Joseph keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph throws a leg kick which misses Ysengrin's front leg but catches the back leg as Ysengrin tries to avoid it.
Joseph drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ysengrin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joseph slips under a jab.
Ysengrin moves out of range as Joseph strikes.
Cearul Ysengrin is winning the standup battle so far.#T3#
Ysengrin works the jab nicely.
Joseph scores with a leg kick.
Joseph blocks the body kick.
Ysengrin misses with a body shot.
Joseph swings widly with a right hand
and Ysengrin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joseph with a hook.
Joseph walks into a left hand.
Joseph connects with an inside leg kick.
Ysengrin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Joseph stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Joseph misses with a hook.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ysengrin.
Anthony Joseph is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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 misses with a hook. Ysengrin ducked under it nicely. #T4#
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Ysengrin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joseph checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ysengrin throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joseph's head backwards.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
Ysengrin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
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 Ysengrin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ysengrin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joseph looks to land a right hand but Ysengrin moved out of range.
Ysengrin throws a poor cross that misses
and Joseph counters with a low kick, right behind Ysengrin 's knee.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ysengrin punishes Joseph's body with a nice straight punch.
Ysengrin ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Ysengrin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph counters with a body kick.
Ysengrin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ysengrin takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
Joseph takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cearul Ysengrin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Joseph checks a low kick from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ysengrin's corner calls for a 1-2. Ysengrin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ysengrin defending well as Joseph loads up on a big left hand.
A clash of legs there as Ysengrin blocks the low kick.
Ysengrin digs a good body shot into Joseph's ribs.
Ysengrin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Ysengrin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Joseph momentarily.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph throws a body kick despite being completely out of range#TD#
and Ysengrin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ysengrin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. #T1#
Joseph is trying to keep Ysengrin in close.
Ysengrin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Joseph looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Anthony Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Joseph looking to control. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd cheers as Joseph lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ysengrin doesn't seem phased though.
Ysengrin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ysengrin slips under a jab from Joseph.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joseph.
Joseph scoring well with a low kick there.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joseph.
Joseph paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ysengrin lands a nice shot to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Joseph crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ysengrin - the referee stops the clock and Joseph gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ysengrin. Joseph manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Joseph takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T3#
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joseph.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ysengrin tries to clinch there but Joseph circles away.
Ysengrin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ysengrin fails in his attempt to clinch. #CL#
Ysengrin has closed the distance and engaged Joseph in a clinch.
Ysengrin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ysengrin blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ysengrin misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ysengrin tries to land knees in the clinch but Joseph avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ysengrin.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ysengrin's elbow.
Ysengrin blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T4#
Ysengrin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin working Joseph over with knees to the body.
Ysengrin presses Joseph against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ysengrin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joseph takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ysengrin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ysengrin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Joseph lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ysengrin connects with a knee to the head.
Ysengrin lands a knee to the body.
Ysengrin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ysengrin digs a right hand into Joseph's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Joseph's gas tank.
Ysengrin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ysengrin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Joseph avoids it.
Ysengrin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Ysengrin.
A shot in the inside from Ysengrin. #TD#
Ysengrin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Joseph can't fight it off and eventually Ysengrin manages to take the fight to the floor. Joseph looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cearul Ysengrin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ysengrin cracks Joseph with a solid left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cearul Ysengrin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ysengrin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cearul Ysengrin!
An out of breath and clearly excited Cearul Ysengrin thanked Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).

Event: AD436: Starting Quarter
Date: Apr 12, 2017

#R1#
Duberry throws a shot from downtown. Joseph moves away and avoids it.
Joseph feints and then cracks Duberry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Duberry down.
Joseph cracks Duberry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Duberry connects with a leg kick. Joseph looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Duberry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duberry lands with a kick to the temple. Joseph shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A lazy left from Duberry finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duberry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joseph counters with a stiff right hand.
Joseph scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Duberry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. #T1#
Duberry on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Duberry tries to move into range but Joseph moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Duberry slips a jab from Joseph.
Joseph tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Duberry is able to avoid easily.
Duberry stuns Joseph with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Duberry ducks right into an uppercut from Joseph. #CUT#
It looks like Fidel Duberry has been cut.
Joseph jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duberry counters with a body kick.
Duberry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joseph has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head kick from Duberry lands but Joseph takes it in his stride. #T2#
Good leg kick by Joseph there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slow jab from Joseph misses its intended target.
Duberry feints the counter takedown.
Joseph does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Joseph cracks Duberry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duberry moves away.
Joseph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duberry stalks Joseph and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Joseph's face. Joseph staggers backwards, shaken.
A low kick from Joseph misses #TD2#
and Duberry counters with a shoot takedown. Joseph fights it but they end up in guard.
Joseph is controlling Duberry's posture.#T3#
Duberry is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Joseph is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've been informed that Duberry has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Joseph controlling the position.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.#SU2#
Duberry gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Joseph throws a body kick that misses.
Joseph tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Duberry is able to avoid easily.
Anthony Joseph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Joseph.
Joseph takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duberry misses with a head kick.
Joseph misses with an uppercut #TD2#
and Duberry counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Duberry.
Joseph wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Duberry manages to pass to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fidel Duberry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fidel Duberry's cut.
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.
#R2#
Joseph scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Joseph misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duberry changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Joseph wants to land a leg kick but Duberry is out of range.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joseph takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Duberry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joseph checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Joseph throws a quick counter head kick but Duberry was just out of range.#T1#
A kick lands to the mid section there for Joseph.
Duberry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anthony Joseph is winning the standup battle so far.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duberry feints the counter takedown.
Joseph throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duberry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Joseph keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Duberry backs away, Joseph returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Duberry checks a leg kick.
Duberry with the counter takedown but Joseph avoids it easily.
Joseph lands a nice leg kick that just misses Duberry's sensitive parts.
Joseph steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duberry.#T2#
Joseph misses with a looping left.
Duberry with the counter takedown but Joseph avoids it easily.
Duberry pivots, looking for a leg kick but Joseph is out of range and Duberry settles back down.
Joseph throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anthony Joseph is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Joseph moves away from the strike by Duberry.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joseph. Duberry shrugs it off though.
Joseph misses with a leg kick #TD2#
and Duberry counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Joseph here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph controlling the position for now.
Duberry working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Joseph's thigh. Joseph counters though and makes it back to full guard. #T3#
Joseph has Duberry pulled in close to control his posture. #SU2#
Duberry gets to his feet - Joseph follows without any prompting.
Joseph punishes Duberry's body with a nice straight punch.#KD#
Joseph lands a big head kick that sends Duberry tumbling to the mat! Joseph takes a step backwards and waves Duberry back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph punishes Duberry's body with a nice straight punch.
Joseph is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duberry can do to turn this around?#T4#
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Joseph, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joseph throws a leg kick but Duberry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Duberry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph throws a low kick but Duberry avoids it.
Joseph misses with a low kick.
Duberry scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joseph jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Duberry misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fidel Duberry's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Joseph scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joseph wants to slow Duberry down by chopping away at his legs.
Joseph circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duberry is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Joseph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duberry manages to avoid it.
Joseph cracks Duberry with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph thuds a left hand into Duberry's body.
Duberry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joseph.
Duberry drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Joseph defends it well.
Joseph loads up on a big right hand but Duberry slips the punch.#T1#
Duberry tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duberry goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Joseph throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duberry.
And Duberry tries to counter it with a takedown but Joseph pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Joseph misses with a straight left.
Duberry drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Joseph defends it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duberry, right into the meat.
Nice cross by Joseph.
Joseph is looking to land body kicks.
Duberry tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Duberry lands a jab to the nose.
Duberry walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.#T2#
Joseph keeps Duberry at a distance using the push kick.
Joseph throws a jab but it's blocked by Duberry.
Joseph throws a hook but Duberry avoids it easily.
Duberry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph tries to score with a low kick but Duberry moves his leg out of the way.
And Duberry tries to counter it with a takedown but Joseph pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Duberry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Duberry tries to clinch but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body. #T3#
Joseph pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Duberry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
As Duberry backs away, Joseph returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Joseph thuds a left hand into Duberry's body.
Duberry blocks a jab.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Duberry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joseph throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joseph. Duberry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duberry throws a sloppy head kick and Joseph moves out of range easily. #T4#
Duberry with a lazy takedown attempt
and Joseph counters with a straight right hand.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joseph thumps Duberry with a low kick.
Duberry checks a leg kick.
Duberry feints the counter takedown.
Joseph throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Joseph feints and then cracks Duberry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Duberry down.
Duberry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Duberry tries to close the distance and clinch but Joseph swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joseph misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duberry.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Joseph showed his dominance in that final round.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Joseph!
A victorious Anthony Joseph thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Fidel Duberry stepped up to the mic, saying 'Bidel Fuberry'.

Event: AD430: Tick tick tick
Date: Mar 25, 2017

#R1#
Snead avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Snead keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snead looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joseph. Snead does a little dance to reset his feet.
Snead now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A punch lands to the side of Snead 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Snead misses with a right hand
and Joseph counters with a straight right hand.
Snead scores with a jab.#CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joseph throws a leg kick which misses Snead's front leg but catches the back leg as Snead tries to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Snead blocks the leg kick.
Snead tries to score with a low kick but Joseph moves his leg out of the way.
Joseph throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Joseph lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Snead throws out a loose jab but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.#T1#
Joseph jabs Snead right on the nose. Snead blinks but takes it well.
Joseph moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joseph steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Snead.
Joseph lands with an overhand left.
Snead throws a shot from downtown. Joseph moves away and avoids it.
As Snead backs away, Joseph returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Snead throws a body punch but Joseph moves out of range.
Snead jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Snead lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Snead.
Snead throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joseph fires out a quick counter leg kick but Snead just manages to avoid it.
Snead with a hook.
Snead throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
Joseph seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Joseph misses with a low kick.
Joseph throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Snead.#T2#
Joseph lands a jab to the head.
Snead has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A low kick from Joseph is predictable there
and Joseph takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joseph moves out of range as Snead strikes.
Joseph scores with a punch to the head.
Snead throws a predictable looking body shot
and Joseph counters with a nice kick to the body.
Joseph chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Joseph lands a nice looking kick to the body. Snead takes a step back to recover.
Joseph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Snead throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joseph scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Joseph connects with a high kick. #CUT#
It looks like Sam Snead has been cut.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Joseph scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph chopping away at his opponent's legs. #T3#
The crowd cheers as Snead lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joseph doesn't seem phased though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joseph. That's going to slow Snead down.
Joseph wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donk. Joseph catches Snead right on the button with a cross.
A solid leg kick lands there for Joseph.
Joseph scores with a jab to the jaw.
Snead rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joseph cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
An inside leg kick lands from Joseph.
Joseph scores with a hook.
Joseph is looking to score with low kicks.
Joseph will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Joseph misses with a kick to the body.
Joseph is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Joseph slips under a jab.
Snead's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.#T4#
An inside leg kick from Snead misses.
Joseph is looking to counter punch.
Joseph lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph moves away from the strike by Snead.
Joseph is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Joseph lets loose with a powerful body kick. Snead will feel that in the morning.
A jab from Joseph does it's job there.
Snead swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Snead looks winded!
Joseph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Snead on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Joseph fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Snead scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph lands a really nice looking cross but Snead seems unphased.
Joseph avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Snead throws a body punch but Joseph moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Snead has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Joseph.
Joseph digs a good hook to Snead's body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Snead might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Joseph has got the better of the exchanges.
Joseph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snead manages to avoid it.
Joseph scores with a spinning back kick!
Joseph lands with an overhand left.
Snead on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Joseph. Joseph obviously looking to wear him down.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Joseph, as that shot connected.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joseph lands a nice leg kick that just misses Snead's sensitive parts.
Joseph connects with a nice looking jab.
Joseph is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joseph thuds a left hand into Snead's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joseph thuds a left hand into Snead's body.
Snead is breathing heavily.
Snead stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joseph.
Joseph lands a slapping body shot. #T1#
Joseph scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Snead throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joseph counters with a nice low kick that buckles Snead's knee momentarily.
Joseph fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Snead has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joseph lets loose with a powerful body kick. Snead will feel that in the morning.
Joseph looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Joseph!
Crunch! Joseph slams his shin into Snead's torso.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Snead. That did some damage!
Joseph looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Joseph here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Joseph lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Snead throws out the jab.
Joseph stalks Snead and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Snead's face. Snead staggers backwards, shaken.
Snead takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anthony Joseph is winning the standup battle so far.#T2#
Joseph throws a shot to the body.
Snead takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joseph feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Snead's calf.
Joseph connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Joseph takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Joseph cracks the inside of Snead's front leg.
Snead has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Joseph.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Snead. That did some damage!
Joseph lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Snead throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Snead loads up on a big right hand but Joseph slips the punch.
It looked like Joseph was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Snead.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick. #T3#
A jab from Joseph finds it's way through Snead's defenses.
Joseph fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Snead.
Joseph cracks a nice hook into Snead's ribs.
Joseph scores with a jab to the jaw.
Joseph misses with a body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Joseph.
Joseph lands with a nice body punch.
Joseph turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Joseph bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Snead's head backwards.
Snead drops his hands momentarily and Joseph takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joseph connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snead takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Joseph moves out of range as Snead strikes.
Snead swings away with a body shot that misses
and Joseph cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#T4#
Joseph misses with a body punch
letting Snead counter with a right hand.
Joseph connects with a solid leg kick.
Snead misses the body punch
and Joseph counters with an inside leg kick.
Snead on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Joseph. Joseph obviously looking to wear him down.
Snead doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Snead doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Snead stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joseph.
Joseph bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Snead takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Snead is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Snead crumples to the floor! Joseph milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anthony Joseph!
A victorious Anthony Joseph thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: AD423: Less is more
Date: Mar 01, 2017

#R1#
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parantainen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Parantainen throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
Joseph throws a body punch but Parantainen moves out of range.
Parantainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joseph swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Parantainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Parantainen shoots in looking for a takedown but Joseph manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Parantainen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Parantainen dives in and grabs Joseph's left leg, looking for a takedown. Joseph pushes down on Parantainen's head and hops out.
Parantainen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Joseph as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jaakko Parantainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parantainen fails with the takedown
and Joseph counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph lands the left hand.
Joseph scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joseph lands a nice hook to Parantainen's body. Parantainen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Parantainen is breathing heavily.
Joseph scores with a spinning back kick!#T1##KD2#
Joseph lands a left and a right that send Parantainen crashing to the mat, dazed. Joseph thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!#CUT2#
It looks like Jaakko Parantainen has been cut.#KD2#
Joseph cracks Parantainen with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Parantainen looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Joseph finish him? #ROC2#
Parantainen is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joseph. Parantainen shrugs it off though.
Oh Parantainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Joseph weaves into range and cracks Parantainen right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Parantainen goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Joseph is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Joseph!
During a confident post fight interview, Anthony Joseph thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: AD417: Likecoholic
Date: Feb 08, 2017

#R1#
Scorpion misses with a looping left.
Anthony Joseph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scorpion takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Joseph buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Scorpion lands with a slapping head kick. #CUT#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Scorpion punishes Joseph's body with a nice straight punch.
Joseph misses with a body kick.
Scorpion has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joseph.
Scorpion lands a jab to Joseph's midsection.
Scorpion cracks a nice hook into Joseph's ribs.
Joseph lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Joseph 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.
Scorpion lands a nice hook to Joseph's body. Joseph takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Scorpion throws a shot to the body.
Scorpion has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Scorpion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joseph can pounce on him. #T1#
Joseph throws a hook but Scorpion avoids it easily.
Scorpion cracks Joseph with a good jab.
Scorpion changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Scorpion throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Scorpion misses with a body punch
and Joseph counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Scorpion is looking to wear down Joseph with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Joseph swinging wildly here.
Joseph closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Scorpion takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
Scorpion has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joseph.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scorpion. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.#T2#
Joseph looks for the body kick but Scorpion saw that one coming.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Scorpion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Scorpion throws a nice looking combination but Joseph bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice side step and Joseph releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scorpion throws a head kick but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph scores with a hook to the body. Scorpion takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Scorpion lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Joseph at a distance.
Scorpion tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scorpion. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scorpion swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Scorpion scores with a nice strike.
Scorpion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joseph can pounce on him.
Scorpion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joseph.
Scorpion throws a right hand that Joseph ducks under and follows up with a left that Joseph also avoids with ease.
Scorpion is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.#T3#
Scorpion throws a series of strikes that have Joseph backpedaling.
Scorpion takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Scorpion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Joseph backs away, Scorpion returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Joseph throws a sloppy head kick and Scorpion moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Scorpion.
Scorpion ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Joseph swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Scorpion walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice uppercut lands for Scorpion. That snapped Joseph's head back.
Joseph lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joseph with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Scorpion closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scorpion doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.#T4#
Joseph misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a lunging right hand
and Joseph counters with a thumping low kick.
Scorpion misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joseph throws a leg kick #TD#
and Scorpion counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Joseph has Scorpion pulled in close to control his posture.
Joseph looking for a sweep. Not yet Joseph, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ranky Scorpion will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Joseph comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.#TD#
Scorpion shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Joseph napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Joseph regains half guard.
Well, if Scorpion is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Joseph tries to roll over but Scorpion keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Scorpion working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T1#
Joseph trying to control from the bottom.
Scorpion trying to control the action but Joseph is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joseph is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Joseph is not content to let Scorpion control the position.
Joseph controlling the position well.
Scorpion seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Joseph does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Joseph is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Scorpion wants to control but Joseph is keeping him busy. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Scorpion blocks a low kick nicely.
Scorpion misses with a wild body shot.
Joseph connects with a body shot that sends Scorpion's belly button to the back.
Scorpion misses with a wild body shot.
Scorpion scores with a jab. Joseph acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scorpion was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Joseph shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Joseph throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Joseph blocks the leg kick. #T3#
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses.
Joseph misses with an attempted mid kick.
Scorpion misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joseph.
Scorpion misses with a two punch combination.
Scorpion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph walks into a jab.
A slow jab from Scorpion misses its intended target.
Joseph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scorpion is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joseph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scorpion manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Joseph.
A jab from Joseph misses.
Some wild striking there from Joseph. #T4#
Scorpion checks a low kick from Joseph.
Scorpion misses with a straight right.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Scorpion. That did some damage!
Jab by Scorpion.
Scorpion takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph connects with a leg kick. Scorpion looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joseph thows a leg kick but Scorpion checks it
and Scorpion counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anthony Joseph seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joseph misses with a body shot.
Joseph throws a lazy head kick
and Scorpion counters with a right hand to the body.
Joseph lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses.
Scorpion takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Anthony Joseph will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
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. This is the final round!
#R3#
Scorpion tests Joseph's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Scorpion misses with a looping left.
Scorpion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Scorpion counters with a nice body shot.
Scorpion fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joseph let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Scorpion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joseph takes a swing at Scorpion's ribcage but misses.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Scorpion getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scorpion.
Joseph gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Scorpion scores with a three punch combo!
Scorpion's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.#T1#
Joseph gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joseph.
Joseph jabs at Scorpion's body.
Scorpion throws a hook but Joseph blocks it.
A head kick misses from Scorpion.
Joseph throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Scorpion dips to his left and cracks Joseph with an uppercut!
Joseph cracks the inside of Scorpion's front leg.
Scorpion lands with a nice body punch.
Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scorpion throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
Joseph misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely. #T2#
Scorpion misses with a hook. Joseph ducked under it nicely.
Scorpion moves out of range of the body kick.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Scorpion throwing a counter right hand but Joseph manages to avoid it.
Joseph throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Joseph misses with a left hand
and Scorpion connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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 throws a low kick but it's checked well by Scorpion.
Scorpion works the jab nicely.
Joseph takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A low kick from Joseph is predictable there
and Scorpion counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Joseph misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scorpion. That's going to slow Joseph down.
An inside leg kick lands from Joseph. #T3#
Scorpion takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Joseph releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Scorpion moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Scorpion.
Joseph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Joseph.
Joseph slips under a jab.
Joseph delivers a nice body kick.
Scorpion throws a hook but Joseph blocks it.
Scorpion keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Scorpion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joseph misses with a leg kick
and Scorpion counters with a leg kick. #T4#
Joseph throws a body kick that misses.
Joseph tries a low kick but Scorpion avoids it.
Joseph walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Scorpion checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A shot to the liver by Joseph. Beautiful body shot.
Scorpion staying out of range there.
Scorpion throws a body punch but Joseph moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scorpion checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Joseph connects with a body shot that sends Scorpion's belly button to the back.
Joseph connects with a crisp jab.
Scorpion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Scorpion checks the leg kick nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ranky Scorpion showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Scorpion has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ranky Scorpion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ranky Scorpion thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: AD410: Affinitas
Date: Jan 14, 2017

#R1#
Lansky moves to clinch but Joseph breaks away
and Joseph counters with a left to the body.
Lansky closes the distance looking to clinch
and Joseph counters with a left to the body.
A head kick misses from Joseph.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lansky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joseph throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lansky tries to clinch up but Joseph circles away and keeps his distance.
Joseph misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lansky.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lansky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Joseph wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Lansky takes the fight into the clinch.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lanskys head.
Lansky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joseph backwards. #T1#
Lansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Lansky.
Joseph tries to land knees in the clinch but Lansky avoids the damage to the body.
Joseph can't break the clinch.
Joseph with a knee to the head.
Joseph avoiding damage.
Joseph lands a right hand.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
Lansky lands a right hand.
Lansky swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lansky working aggressively here. #T2#
Lansky swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Joseph scores with an uppercut up the middle.#CUT#
It looks like Meyer Lansky has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Lansky misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lansky lands a right hand.
Lansky lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
Joseph lands a body shot in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Joseph.
Joseph lands an elbow that stopped Lansky in his tracks for a moment.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.#T3#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Joseph taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lansky lands with a right to the head.
Lansky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Lansky.
Lansky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Joseph fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Joseph as the two fighters clinch.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Joseph manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lansky blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joseph lands with a left to the head.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T4#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Lansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lansky blocking some punches.
Joseph lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lansky backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lansky's elbow.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Lansky misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Joseph. #BC#
Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lansky tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Joseph counters with a thumping low kick. #CL2#
Lansky clinches.
Joseph lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Joseph will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Meyer Lansky's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Lansky tries to clinch but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph keeps the fight on the outside.
Lansky tries to close the distance and clinch but Joseph swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joseph throws a big counter combination but Lansky scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lansky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Joseph manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meyer Lansky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph keeps the fight on the outside.
A counter left hand to the body from Joseph misses its target.
Joseph circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lansky takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #CL2#
Lansky closes the distance and clinches.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Lansky misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer Lansky seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lansky working aggressively here.
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land. #T1#
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lansky throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lansky has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Lansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Lansky working aggressively here. #T2#
Lansky has Joseph pressed against the cage, preventing Joseph from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lansky prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Lansky scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lansky throws a head punch that misses.
Lansky misses with the head strike.
Lansky lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lansky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Lansky throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Lansky.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lansky avoids it.
Lansky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T3#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Lansky lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joseph displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lansky up against the cage.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Joseph - that landed with a thud.
Joseph is looking to control Lansky's arms but Lansky gets an underhook and turns him. Now Joseph has his back to the cage.
Lansky blocking some punches.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Lansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Lansky has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T4#
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
Lansky scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Lansky working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Joseph.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lansky misses with some punches.
Lansky misses with some punches.
Lansky lands an uppercut.
Joseph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Joseph blocks an uppercut.
Lansky pushes Joseph back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lansky lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meyer Lansky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Meyer Lansky's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Joseph avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lansky tries to clinch but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph keeps the fight on the outside.
Lansky is looking to clinch.
Lansky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph avoids the clinch attempt nicely. #CL2#
Lansky has Joseph up against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lansky avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Joseph swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lansky swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lanskys head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land. #T1#
Lansky working aggressively here.
Lansky swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it. #BC#
Joseph breaks the clinch.
BOOM! Joseph lands a beautiful left hook that drops Lansky. Lansky tries to recover but Joseph is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Lansky lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
After winning the bout, Anthony Joseph thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: AD405: Be like a Panda
Date: Dec 28, 2016

#R1#
Joseph lands a nice hook to Beijer's body. Beijer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beijer looks for a takedown but Joseph sprawls well.
Joseph throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beijer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Beijer just misses with a punch to the body.
Beijer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joseph avoids the head kick by Beijer.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joseph! But no joy.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Joseph fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beijer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Beijer misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beijer tries to land a leg kick but Joseph saw it coming and moves away.
Beijer tries to work over Joseph's front leg with a kick but Joseph checks it.
Beijer walks into a jab.
Joseph has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Beijer is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Joseph lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering. #CUT2#
It looks like Hans Beijer has been cut.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beijer. That did some damage!#T1#
Joseph motions for Beijer to come forward. Joseph throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beijer throws a sloppy head kick and Joseph moves out of range easily.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Beijer.
Joseph connects with an inside leg kick.
Beijer throws a wild body kick that Joseph sees coming a mile off.
Beijer looks to land a body kick but Joseph moved away.
Beijer connects with a body shot that sends Joseph's belly button to the back.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Beijer is just out of range.
Beijer wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Beijer lands a jab to Joseph's midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joseph.
Joseph connects with an inside leg kick.
Beijer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beijer throws a head kick that misses
and Joseph counters with an outside leg kick.
Joseph scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beijer doesn't seem bothered though.
Beijer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.#T2#
Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Joseph backs away, Beijer returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Beijer misses with a right hand
and Joseph counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick misses from Beijer.
Beijer misses with a head kick.
Beijer is breathing heavily.
That kick from Joseph tenderised Beijer's leg. Beijer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Beijer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joseph.
A solid body kick from Joseph.
Beijer misses with an uppercut
and Joseph counters with a stiff right hand.
Beijer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anthony Joseph is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from Joseph. No joy for Beijer on that attempt.
Joseph appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Beijer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An inside leg kick lands from Joseph.
Jab from Joseph.
Crunch! Joseph slams his shin into Beijer's torso.
Joseph jabs Beijer right on the nose. Beijer blinks but takes it well.#T3#
Both fighters circling a little - Joseph finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. #KD2#
Joseph feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Beijer sprawling to the canvas! Beijer rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Joseph finish him?! #ROC2#
Beijer is rocked!#CUT2#
Hans Beijer's cut is getting worse.
Beijer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oh Beijer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!#CUT2#
Hans Beijer's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Beijer misses the shot to the body.
Beijer seems to have got his legs back now.
Joseph fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beijer.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph throws a shot to the body.
Joseph paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Joseph throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Joseph throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. #KD2#
Joseph sends Beijer crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Joseph is motioning to the referee to let Beijer up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Joseph scores with a shot to the body.
Joseph feints and then cracks Beijer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beijer down.
Joseph turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Beijer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joseph is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Beijer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.#T4#
Beijer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Joseph changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beijer's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.#KD2#
Joseph cracks Beijer with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Joseph has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Beijer to stand back up!#CUT2#
Jeez, Hans Beijer's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hans Beijer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Anthony Joseph!
An out of breath Anthony Joseph thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: Ascension 1116
Date: Nov 16, 2016

#R1#
Joseph throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Watson.
Joseph flicks out a counter leg kick but Watson steps away.
Watson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing? #TD#
Watson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Joseph!
You can see the frustration on Joseph's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Joseph is looking for a sweep.
Watson working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Joseph's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Watson throws an elbow but Joseph slips to the side and avoids it well.
Watson lands a nice forearm strike.
Joseph is trying to control Watson's posture but Watson avoids it.
Joseph defending against the ground and pound.
Joseph is not content to let Watson control the position.
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!
Watson working the body and head with strikes. #T1#
Joseph is trying to control Watson's posture but Watson avoids it.
Joseph tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Watson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Joseph dodges the ground and pound from Watson.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watson 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.
Joseph tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Watson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Joseph's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Joseph can't do much from the bottom here. #T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Joseph is looking to regain half guard here but Watson keeps moving and retains side control.
Joseph struggling a bit here.
Joseph is looking to regain half guard here but Watson keeps moving and retains side control.
Watson in side control, throwing shots but Joseph defends.
Watson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Joseph is looking for a sweep.
Watson trying to control the action but Joseph is working from the bottom. #T3#
Joseph tries to improve position but can't.
An elbow from Watson crashes against the mat.
Joseph tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Joseph is trying to control Watson's posture but Watson avoids it.
Watson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Joseph looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Joseph wants to control but Watson postures up.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Joseph dodges the ground and pound from Watson.#T4#
The ground and pound from Watson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watson throws a strike aimed at the side of Joseph's head but Joseph avoids it well.
Joseph defending against the ground and pound.
Joseph is working to avoid the ground and pound but Watson connects with a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Joseph is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Joseph is looking to reverse the position.
Joseph struggling a bit here.
Watson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Joseph sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Joseph can't do much from the bottom here.
Joseph is trying to get back to his feet.
Watson cracks Joseph with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Watson dominated that round.
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.
#R2#
Watson misses with a straight right.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph lands a jab to Watson's midsection.
Joseph lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Joseph misses with a wild combination.
Watson loads up on a big right hand but Joseph slips the punch.#TD#
Watson scores with a takedown into Joseph's guard.
Watson postures up and lands a big shot to Joseph's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph is trying to control the position but Watson postures up.
Watson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Watson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Watson landing with the ground and pound. #T1#
Joseph pulls Watson in close to his closed guard and prevents Watson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Watson wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
Joseph utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Watson trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Joseph preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Watson wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sean Watson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joseph wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.#T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Watson wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Watson misses with a low kick.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Joseph throws a low kick, looking for Watson's leg but Watson calmly moves out of range.
Joseph punishes Watson's body with a nice straight punch.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Joseph thumps Watson with a low kick.
Joseph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Watson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Joseph defends it nicely.
Joseph bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.#T3#
Watson lands a jab to the head.
Anthony Joseph seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Joseph tries to avoid it but Watson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Joseph to the ground. Joseph escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Watson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watson wants to slow Joseph down by chopping away at his legs.
A little jabbing left from Joseph on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joseph connects with a good right hand that stumbles Watson. Watson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Watson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Joseph defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T4#
Joseph connects with a leg kick. Watson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Joseph scoring well with a low kick there.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Joseph.
The fighters circling - Watson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph takes a swing at Watson's ribcage but misses.
Watson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Joseph throws a low kick but Watson moves out of range easily.
Watson lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Watson.
Joseph uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph throws a head kick but Watson moves out of range.
Watson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joseph attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Watson moves out of range as Joseph throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Watson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joseph.
Joseph throws out a loose jab but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Joseph pinned against the cage. Joseph gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Watson throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
Joseph attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
No luck for Watson with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watson. That did some damage!
Watson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Joseph is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joseph. Watson shrugs it off though.
Joseph is looking to chop away at Watson's legs. #T1#
A big left from Joseph misses.
Joseph throws a leg kick that misses.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. Watson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Joseph throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
Joseph blocks a jab.
Watson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Watson lands a jab to the nose.
Watson needs to keep his hands up - Joseph had a free shot at his head there.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Joseph lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joseph lands a head shot.
Joseph throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Joseph. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Joseph cracks the inside of Watson's front leg. #T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#KD2#
Joseph drops Watson with a beautiful combination! Watson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Joseph is looking for the KO!#CUT2#
It looks like Sean Watson has been cut.
Joseph lands with a good body shot.
Joseph throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Joseph lands a slapping body shot.
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph sizes up Watson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joseph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Watson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.#ROC2#
Watson is rocked!
Joseph lands a leg kick that knocks Watson off balance momentarily.
Joseph misses with an attempted mid kick.
Watson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Joseph - that will leave a mark! #T3#
Joseph throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Joseph there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Joseph, right into the meat.
Anthony Joseph is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice cross by Joseph.
Watson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joseph can pounce on him.
Joseph connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Watson's hands.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watson. That did some damage!
Joseph walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Watson tries for a takedown but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.#KD2#
Joseph feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Watson sprawling to the canvas! Watson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Joseph finish him?!
Oh Watson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Joseph.
Joseph walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Watson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Joseph swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Watson's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
An out of breath Anthony Joseph thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: Ascension 1026
Date: Oct 26, 2016

#R1#
Joseph uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nicolosi.
Nicolosi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nicolosi wants to clinch.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Nicolosi throws a quick counter kick to the body but Joseph avoids it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nicolosi. Joseph shrugs it off though.
Nicolosi throws a body kick that misses
and Joseph counters with a body kick.
We've been informed that Joseph has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Joseph throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nicolosi.
Joseph throws a body punch but Nicolosi moves out of range.
Nicolosi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Joseph misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolosi throws an off balance right hand
and Joseph counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joseph throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nicolosi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joseph lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A shot to the liver by Nicolosi. Beautiful body shot.#T1#
Joseph swings for the body but Nicolosi moves out of range. #CL2#
Joseph closes the distance and pushes Nicolosi back into the cage.
Nicolosi lands a body punch.
Joseph looks winded!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nicolosi.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nicolosi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nicolosi lands a nice elbow. #CUT#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph misses with a punch on the inside.
Joseph just leaning against Nicolosi, taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nicolosi controlling the action here for a moment.
Nicolosi keeps control of Joseph as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. #T2#
Nicolosi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nicolosi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Joseph has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Joseph is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nicolosi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nicolosi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Joseph up against the cage.
A short left from Nicolosi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nicolosi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nicolosi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nicolosi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Joseph or not.
Nicolosi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Joseph is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for Nicolosi.
Nicolosi prevents Joseph from breaking the clinch.
Nicolosi lands a body punch. #T3#
Nicolosi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nicolosi taking a breather.
Nicolosi trying to land knees to the body.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Nicolosi.
A short uppercut from Nicolosi.
Joseph trying to stall but Nicolosi improves his position.
Nicolosi is struggling to control the position.
Nicolosi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nicolosi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nicolosi lands with a light punch inside.
Nicolosi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Joseph is keeping busy.
Joseph is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Joseph tries to break free but Nicolosi pushes him back against the cage.#T4#
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Nicolosi controls the action.
Nicolosi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Nicolosi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nicolosi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joseph taking a breather.
Nicolosi lands a good knee to the midsection. Joseph won't want to take too many of those.
Nicolosi looking to throw knees to the head but Joseph is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Nicolosi - that landed with a thud.
Nicolosi can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
Nicolosi scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nicolosi as Joseph tries to tie him up.
Joseph misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolosi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph scores with a shot to the side of Nicolosi's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Nicolosi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Nicolosi doesn't manage to clinch there - Joseph circles away.
Joseph walks into a stiff left hand from Nicolosi.
Joseph avoids a kick to the body.
Nicolosi throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
Nicolosi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joseph.
Nicolosi misses with a hook. Joseph ducked under it nicely.
Nicolosi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Joseph's hands.
Nicolosi doesn't manage to clinch there - Joseph circles away. #CL2#
Joseph closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nicolosi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joseph's face.
Nicolosi works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph being controlled against the cage.
Nicolosi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nicolosi presses Joseph against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.#T1#
Nicolosi working Joseph over with knees to the body.
Joseph is breathing heavily.
Nicolosi is leaning against Joseph and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nicolosi lands with a light punch inside.
Nicolosi looking to throw knees to the head but Joseph is blocking nicely.
Nicolosi lands an elbow inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nicolosi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Joseph misses with an elbow over the top.
Nicolosi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Joseph swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nicolosi has Joseph pushed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hand to the body from Nicolosi. #T2#
Nicolosi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nicolosi is struggling to control the position.
Nicolosi is stalling here.
Nicolosi seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Nicolosi misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicolosi lands a damaging elbow.
Nicolosi stalling the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nicolosi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Nicolosi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nicolosi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Joseph swings wildly with an uppercut but Nicolosi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nicolosi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicolosi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Nicolosi. #T3#
Joseph wants to break free but Nicolosi has control.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi scores a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi tries to land a knee to the head but Joseph blocks with his arms.
Nicolosi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nicolosi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nicolosi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nicolosi lands a hook that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Nicolosi slows down the pace here.
Nicolosi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nicolosi works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nicolosi. #CUT#
That has opened up Anthony Joseph's cut even more.#T4#
Nicolosi lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nicolosi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nicolosi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nicolosi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nicolosi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Joseph lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nicolosi leaning against his opponent.
Nicolosi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Joseph pushes Nicolosi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph misses with some punches.
Nicolosi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Joseph or not.
Nicolosi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Nicolosi missing with knees to the body. #KD#
Nicolosi drops Joseph with a big knee straight up the middle! Joseph is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet! #ROC#
Joseph is rocked!#CUT#
The cut above Anthony Joseph's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nicolosi cracks a nice hook into Joseph's ribs.
Joseph is still on wobbly legs! Can Nicolosi finish him?#CL#
Nicolosi darts in and clinches Joseph up against the cage.
Nicolosi gets through Joseph's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Nicolosi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Nicolosi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Joseph's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Nicolosi moves in close and cracks Joseph with a massive right hand! Joseph, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Nicolosi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frank Nicolosi!
An out of breath and clearly excited Frank Nicolosi thanked Sun-Tzu for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).

Event: Ascension 353
Date: Jun 03, 2016

#R1#
Joseph misses with a low kick.
Joseph blocks the body kick.
Luatua misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Joseph counter with a right hand.
Luatua has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joseph.
Joseph throws a big shot that misses.
Luatua steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joseph.
Luatua is looking to clinch.
Joseph has been working on his boxing with his coaches at You call THAT wrestling?? in the buildup to the fight.
A clash of legs there as Joseph blocks the low kick.#CL2#
Joseph gets tackled into the cage by Luatua. Luatua maintains the clinch.
Luatua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by Luatua.
The referee calls for Joseph to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph swings wildly with an uppercut but Luatua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luatua has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Joseph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Luatua looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Luatua scores with a shoulder strike. #T1#
Luatua misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Luatua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luatua has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Luatua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Luatua.
Luatua misses with a punch to the body.
Luatua misses with some punches.
Luatua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Luatua cracks Joseph with a nice body shot.
Luatua misses with some punches.
Joseph controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Joseph throws an elbow but misses. #T2#
Luatua lands a body punch.
Joseph is looking to control Luatua's arms but Luatua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Joseph has his back to the cage.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Luatua.
Luatua misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Luatua fails to land.
Luatua lands a left hand.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Joseph stalling in the clinch but Luatua improves position.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
Luatua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luatua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luatua misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joseph taking a breather.
Joseph is trying to break the clinch but Luatua is controlling him.
Luatua prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Luatua working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.#T3#
Luatua lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Joseph.
Joseph working Luatua over with knees to the body.
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Luatua.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Luatua.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Luatua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Luatua.
Luatua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luatua has him pressed against the cage.
Luatua lands a shot to the body.
Joseph is breathing heavily.
Luatua lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luatua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Luatua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Luatua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luatua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Luatua - that landed with a thud. #T4#
Luatua pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luatua throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Josephs head.
Joseph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luatua lands an elbow inside.
Joseph is trying to stall.
Luatua tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Luatua on the inside.
A short uppercut from Luatua.
Luatua prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph works on Luatua's body with a couple of short punches.
Joseph takes a shot to the head.
Luatua scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Luatua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie Luatua dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Luatua misses with a straight left.
Joseph misses with an attempted mid kick.
Robbie Luatua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph throws a solid leg kick but Luatua takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joseph.
Luatua lands a nice looking body kick.
Luatua throws out a powerful jab.#CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Luatua throws a lazy right hand but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joseph has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Luatua delivers a nice body kick.
Luatua dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Luatua misses.
It looked like Joseph wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luatua throws a body punch but Joseph moves out of range.
Luatua cracks Joseph with a good jab.
Luatua throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
Joseph throws a lazy right hand but Luatua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luatua lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Luatua fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Joseph.#T1#
A low kick from Joseph misses
and Luatua counters with a good low kick that Joseph was not able to check.
Luatua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.#KD2#
Luatua feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Joseph sprawling to the canvas! Joseph rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Luatua finish him?!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Joseph crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Luatua - the referee stops the clock and Joseph gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Luatua. Joseph manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Luatua loads up on a big right hand but Joseph slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Luatua.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luatua closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Joseph out cold! Joseph corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Robbie Luatua!
A very excited looking Robbie Luatua rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

Event: EPL Semi-Final
Date: Apr 21, 2016

#R1#
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab by Sankari.
Joseph thuds a left hand into Sankari's body.
Sankari on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Joseph avoids the head kick by Sankari.
Sankari throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Joseph's head.
Sankari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph connects with a jab.
Sankari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joseph drops his hands momentarily and Sankari takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice body kick there by Joseph.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sankari throws a wild body kick that Joseph sees coming a mile off.
Joseph lands with an overhand left.
Joseph throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A solid leg kick lands there for Joseph.
Sankari has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.#CL2#
Sankari instigates a clinch. #T1#
Joseph tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sankari avoids it.
Joseph manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sankari is working Joseph over against the cage.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joseph.
Sankari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sankari has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Joseph is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Joseph looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sankari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A bit of stalling here from Joseph. #T2#
Joseph wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sankari tries a body shot but Joseph blocks it.
Sankari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sankari misses with a body punch.
A short right from Sankari on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Joseph.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Sankari throws a head punch that misses.
Sankari scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!#BC#
Joseph breaks the clinch.
Sankari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sankari throws a sloppy head kick and Joseph moves out of range easily.
Crunch! Sankari slams his shin into Joseph's torso.
No joy there for Sankari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot. #T3#
Sankari scores with a shot to the body.
Joseph does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick from Joseph misses
and Sankari counters with a straight right hand.
Sankari misses with a left hand
and Joseph counters with a body kick.
Sankari throws a lazy right hand but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sankari wants to clinch but Joseph slips to the side
and Joseph counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sankari defending well as Joseph loads up on a big left hand.
Sankari moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sankari throws a head kick but Joseph moves out of range.
Sankari takes a shot right to the bread basket.#CL2#
Sankari has Joseph up against the cage in a clinch.
Sankari throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T4#
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Sankari controls the action.
Sankari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#BC#
Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sankari is looking to land body kicks.
Joseph thinks about countering with a body kick.
Joseph throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sankari 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.
Joseph checks the leg kick.
Joseph seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sankari.
Sankari throws a hook to the side of Joseph's head but Joseph sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Joseph checks a leg kick.
Sankari throws a body kick that misses
letting Joseph counter with a right hand.
Sankari misses with a hook. Joseph ducked under it nicely.
Joseph blocks the body kick.
Joseph is looking to counter with a body kick.
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sankari has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sota Sankari will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Sankari scores with a hook.
Sankari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joseph.
Sankari swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Anthony Joseph is winning the standup battle so far.
Joseph lands with a kick to the temple. Sankari shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Joseph throws a push kick but Sankari slaps the foot to one side.
Joseph misses with a kick to the body.
Joseph slips a straight right by Sankari.
Sankari's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joseph under the eye.
A head kick by Sankari misses
and Joseph counters with a low kick, right behind Sankari 's knee.
Sankari looks to score with a jab to the body but Joseph is just out of range.#CL2#
Sankari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Joseph, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sankari gets through Joseph's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joseph avoiding damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Joseph working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.#T1#
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sankari.
A left hand lands to the body for Joseph. #BC#
Joseph breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joseph is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sankari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joseph tries to land a body kick
and Sankari counters with a left to the body.
Sota Sankari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sankari lands a jab.
Joseph slips under a jab from Sankari.
Sankari misses with an uppercut.
Sankari throws a head kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joseph. #CL2#
Sankari moves into the clinch successfully.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sankari's elbow.
Good body shot from Joseph.
Sankari blocks the elbow strike. #T2#
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sankari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joseph's brow.
Sankari working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sota Sankari seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short body shot lands from Joseph as the two fighters clinch.
Sankari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #CUT2#
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Sankari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Joseph swings wildly with an uppercut but Sankari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph slowing the pace effectively.
Sankari has Joseph pressed against the cage, preventing Joseph from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sankari blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Sankari blocks an elbow strike from Joseph.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sankari.
Sankari blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T3#
Joseph blocks the elbow strike. #BC#
Joseph breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Sankari.
Joseph throws an off balance right hand
and Sankari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joseph stuns Sankari with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sankari throws a front kick that sends Joseph stumbling back into the cage.
Sankari throws a right hand that Joseph ducks under and follows up with a left that Joseph also avoids with ease.
Joseph connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Joseph goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Joseph throws a nice head kick!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sankari 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 Joseph has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Joseph and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joseph scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Sankari wants to counter the offense by Joseph and move into the clinch position.
Nice defenses there by Joseph.
An attempted straight right counter from Joseph misses the target.#T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sankari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sankari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sankari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sankari throws a body kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Sankari.
Sankari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sankari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joseph throws a jab but it's blocked by Sankari. #KD#
Joseph lands a big head kick that sends Sankari tumbling to the mat! Joseph takes a step backwards and waves Sankari back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC#
Sankari is rocked!
Joseph drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Sankari's head, knocking him out cold! Joseph is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Joseph!
During a confident post fight interview, Anthony Joseph thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

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