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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Barnhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Hill has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hank Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronnie Barnhardt!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barnhardt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Hill decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hill trying to mount his opponent but Barnhardt defends it.
Barnhardt is trying to control Hill's posture. Hill takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Barnhardt! Hill is rotating here... this could be the end... Barnhardt is out! Hill has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Hank Hill!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Barrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Barrock!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Clark slaps away a takedown attempt from Barrock, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Clark lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barrock's sensitive parts.
Clark lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Clark lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barrock shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Clark defends it nicely.
Barrock fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Taylor Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Barrock.
Clark lands a big head kick that sends Barrock tumbling to the mat! Clark takes a step backwards and waves Barrock back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Barrock is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barrock fails to land the takedown.
Barrock is still on wobbly legs! Can Clark finish him?
Clark stuffs the takedown.
Barrock looks gassed!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Clark! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Taylor Clark!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Rowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amsterdam Vallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Rowles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amsterdam Vallon!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rowles throws a leg kick but Vallon checks it.
Rowles tries to clinch there but Vallon circles away.
Vallon throws a body kick that misses.
Donk. Rowles catches Vallon right on the button with a cross.
A solid body kick from Rowles.
Vallon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vallon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rowles.
Vallon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rowles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vallon 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 Rowles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rowles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crunch! Vallon slams his shin into Rowles's torso.
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!
A head kick misses from Vallon.
Vallon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rowles walks forward, straight into a front kick from Vallon.
Rowles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rowles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vallon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vallon looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Vallon.
Vallon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rowles blocks the body kick.
Vallon throws a sloppy head kick and Rowles moves out of range easily.
Rowles connects with a right hand. Vallon shakes it off.
A clash of legs there as Rowles blocks the low kick.
Rowles lands a nice looking body shot.
Rowles will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rowles throws a leg kick but Vallon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rowles cracks Vallon with an open hand slap.
Vallon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rowles to score with a decent uppercut.
Vallon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vallon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Vallon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rowles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vallon's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rowles feints and then cracks Vallon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vallon down.
Vallon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rowles. Rowles obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rowles lands a nice shot that snaps Vallon's head back.
Vallon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rowles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rowles just misses with a punch to the body.
Vallon walks into a straight right hand from Rowles.
Vallon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rowles throws a shot to the body.
Rowles scores with a shot to the body.
Rowles is looking to wear down Vallon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vallon walks into a stiff left hand from Rowles.
Rowles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Good exchange - Rowles coming out on top.
Vallon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rowles throws a good cross that connects.
Rowles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vallon.
Vallon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rowles can pounce on him.
Rowles finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rowles throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Amsterdam Vallon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick from Vallon misses.
Good leg kick by Rowles there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vallon thows a leg kick but Rowles checks it
and Rowles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rowles connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rowles jabs at Vallon's body.
Rowles chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vallon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That kick from Rowles tenderised Vallon's leg. Vallon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vallon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rowles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vallon's sensitive parts.
Rowles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rowles connects with a looping right hand.
Rowles moves into the clinch.
Rowles manages to break the clinch.
Rowles scores with a decent looking hook.
Jab, jab by Rowles - just one landing.
A lazy body kick from Vallon
and Rowles counters with a left to the body.
Rowles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rowles fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vallon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Rowles finds it's way through Vallon's defenses.
Rowles scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick by Vallon misses
and Rowles counters with a straight right hand.
Rowles connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vallon's hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Rowles dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rowles digs a good hook to Vallon's body.
Vallon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vallon tries to land a front kick but Rowles steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A leg kick checked by Rowles.
Rowles moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Paul Rowles is winning the standup battle so far.
Rowles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rowles throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Paul Rowles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rowles blocks a head kick by Vallon.
Vallon walks into a straight right hand from Rowles.
Rowles scores with the left hand. Vallon knows he should have avoided that one.
Rowles connects with a solid leg kick.
Rowles lands with a nice body punch.
Rowles darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rowles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Rowles there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rowles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vallon can do to turn this around?
Vallon is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rowles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Rowles lands.
Rowles closes the distance and clinches.
Vallon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vallon tries to break free but Rowles pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Rowles.
Rowles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vallon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vallon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rowles cracks the inside of Vallon's front leg.
Rowles throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rowles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rowles scores with a leg kick.
Rowles jabs Vallon right on the nose. Vallon blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rowles moves into range and clinches up with Vallon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallon is trying to break free.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rowles lands a right hand.
Vallon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Rowles.
Rowles slows down the pace here.
Vallon is trying to force a seperation but Rowles has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rowles lands with a light punch inside.
Rowles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vallon.
Rowles lands a shot to the body.
Rowles lands a shoulder strike.
Rowles scores with a hook to the body.
Rowles digs a right hand underneath Vallon's ribcage. Vallon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rowles working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Come on Rowles - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rowles breaks the clinch.
Rowles looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rowles tries to land a body kick
and Vallon makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rowles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rowles pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rowles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rowles takes a swing at Vallon's ribcage but misses.
Vallon scores with a spinning back kick!
Rowles misses with a looping right.
Rowles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Vallon sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Good leg kick by Vallon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vallon feints and then cracks Rowles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rowles down.
Vallon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rowles throws a leg kick
and Vallon counters with an outside leg kick.
A low kick from Rowles is predictable there
and Vallon counters with a body kick that stops Rowles in his tracks momentarily.
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!
An inside leg kick lands from Vallon.
A head kick by Vallon misses
enabling Rowles to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Rowles dominated that second round.
That's time! Rowles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Rowles avoids the head kick by Vallon.
Vallon is looking to chop away at Rowles's legs.
Vallon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice sprawl there from Vallon as Rowles shoots in.
Rowles misses with a shot to the body
and Vallon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vallon blocks the body kick.
Vallon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vallon misses with a head kick.
Vallon connects with a leg kick. Rowles looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vallon connects with a solid leg kick.
Rowles misses with a straight right.
Vallon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vallon throws a body kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rowles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vallon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A low kick from Rowles is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vallon misses with a low kick as Rowles jumps back.
Vallon stuffs the takedown attempt from Rowles. Rowles gets slowly back to his feet.
Rowles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vallon scores with a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vallon.
Rowles takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Vallon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rowles blocks a head kick by Vallon.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vallon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallon loads up on a big right hand but Rowles slips the punch.
Vallon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Vallon misses with a head kick.
Vallon throws a leg kick
and Rowles counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vallon's knee momentarily.
Rowles jabs at Vallon's body.
Rowles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rowles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vallon misses with a kick to the body.
Rowles fails to land with a series of punches.
Vallon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vallon misses with a head kick.
Vallon throws a leg kick
and Rowles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the liver by Rowles. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rowles lands a body shot.
Rowles scores with a punch to the head.
Vallon walks into a stiff left hand from Rowles.
Vallon misses with a head kick.
A left lands for Rowles.
Vallon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rowles throws a low kick but it's checked well by Vallon.
A bone on bone clash there as Rowles blocks the leg kick.
Vallon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rowles.
Vallon misses with a kick to the body
and Rowles makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Amsterdam Vallon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rowles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rowles digs a good body shot into Vallon's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rowles throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Vallon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rowles throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vallon throws a leg kick
and Rowles counters with an inside leg kick.
Paul Rowles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rowles, right into the meat.
Rowles jabs Vallon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rowles thuds a left hand into Vallon's body.
Donk. Rowles catches Vallon right on the button with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rowles.
Vallon throws a sloppy head kick
and Rowles counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vallon's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rowles connects with a leg kick. Vallon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vallon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Rowles.
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 Paul Rowles.
Well Rowles 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Rowles!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Weed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Striker Grappling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Weed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Striker Grappling!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weed throws a jab when Grappling was well out of range.
Grappling misses with a body kick.
Weed 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.
Weed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grappling.
Grappling throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weed.
Grappling takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Weed misses with a body shot.
Grappling chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Weed lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Weed swings for the body but Grappling moves out of range.
Weed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A lazy left from Weed finds it's target.
Weed dives in and grabs Grappling's left leg, looking for a takedown. Grappling pushes down on Weed's head and hops out.
Grappling throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grappling fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Weed.
Weed lands with an uppercut that bounces Grappling off the cage and back into rage.
Weed swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Grappling connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grappling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Weed.
Weed throws a hook but Grappling blocks it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Grappling darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Weed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grappling was well out of range. Poor timing from Weed.
Striker Grappling is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Weed throws a series of punches but Grappling moves out of range.
Weed is looking to chop away at Grappling's legs.
A swing and a miss from Weed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed's corner calls for a 1-2. Weed obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Weed misses with a straight left.
Grappling throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Weed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grappling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Weed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grappling ducks under a wild hook from Weed.
Weed doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Weed tries to land a front kick but Grappling steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Weed falls off balance throwing a combination
and Grappling counters with a one-two to the body.
Grappling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grappling uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weed.
Weed is looking to slow Grappling down with leg kicks.
Weed misses with a straight left.
Weed looks for the body kick but Grappling saw that one coming.
Weed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grappling.
Weed looks to throw a body kick
and Grappling counters with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Grappling misses
and Weed counters with a nice body shot.
Grappling pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grappling misses with a wild combination.
Weed misses with a takedown attempt - Grappling sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grappling takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grappling counters with a nice leg kick.
Weed swings for the body but Grappling moves out of range.
Grappling throws a solid leg kick but Weed takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Grappling.
Weed scores with a jab to the body.
Weed fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grappling looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Weed connects with a nice looking jab.
Grappling displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Weed throws out the jab.
Grappling explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Grappling fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Weed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grappling scores with a hook to the body. Weed takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Weed dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Grappling avoids the head kick by Weed.
Weed misses with a looping left.
Weed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grappling.
Grappling missing with a left hand there. Weed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Weed throws a head kick that misses
and Grappling counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grappling blocks a leg kick.
Weed misses with a low kick.
Grappling blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Grappling there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Grappling ducks under a wild hook from Weed.
A jab from Grappling does it's job there.
Grappling lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weed jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jonathan Weed is winning the standup battle so far.
Grappling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grappling moves out of range as Weed strikes.
Weed tries to land a leg kick but Grappling saw it coming and moves away.
Grappling works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Weed misses with a low kick.
Grappling fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Weed checks it well.
Weed fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grappling looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A combination from Grappling does no damage.
The fighters circling - Weed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grappling lands a nice shot that snaps Weed's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed throws a hook to the side of Grappling's head but Grappling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grappling scores with a nice strike.
Grappling throws a nice looking combination but Weed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grappling avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weed throws a head kick but Grappling moves out of range.
Weed ducks under a wild hook from Grappling.
Grappling with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Weed to score with a decent uppercut.
Grappling looks to score with a jab to the body but Weed is just out of range.
Grappling throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Weed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Weed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Weed tries to bum rush Grappling with a series of wild strikes but Grappling uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grappling throws a right hand that Weed ducks under and follows up with a left that Weed also avoids with ease.
Weed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grappling was well out of range. Poor timing from Weed.
Weed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grappling throws out the jab.
Weed is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grappling sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Weed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Weed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Weed takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Weed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grappling.
Weed shoots in but Grappling avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grappling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weed.
Weed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grappling sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Weed throws a head kick that misses
and Grappling counters with a stiff right hand.
Weed misses the body punch
and Grappling counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Weed fails in his attempt to clinch.
Weed throws a shot from downtown. Grappling moves away and avoids it.
Grappling works Weed's body with a nice hook.
Grappling wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grappling swings for the body but Weed moves out of range.
Weed thows a leg kick but Grappling checks it
and Grappling counters with a stiff right hand.
Weed throws a right hand that Grappling ducks under and follows up with a left that Grappling also avoids with ease.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A jab from Grappling does it's job there.
Grappling buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grappling misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Striker Grappling showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Grappling looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grappling doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Weed shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Grappling throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grappling cracks a nice hook into Weed's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Grappling misses the target.
Grappling ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grappling throws a left and a right that both miss
and Weed counters with a right hand to the body.
Grappling keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grappling slips a jab from Weed.
Grappling chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Weed throws a lazy right hand but Grappling sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weed throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grappling throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Weed thows a body shot but no joy.
Grappling defending well as Weed loads up on a big left hand.
Weed misses with a body punch
and Grappling counters with an outside leg kick.
Grappling keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Grappling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weed.
Weed misses with a leg kick
and Grappling counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Weed lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grappling circles away quickly and effectively.
Grappling ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grappling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grappling throws a leg kick but Weed sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Weed motions for Grappling to come forward. Weed throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grappling misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grappling misses with a hook. Weed ducked under it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grappling.
A big right from Weed misses.
Weed slips a straight right by Grappling.
Weed throws a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Weed.
Grappling misses the jab.
Weed looks to throw the jab but Grappling is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed misses the body punch
and Grappling counters with a good low kick that Weed was not able to check.
Grappling fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Weed checks it well.
Weed connects with a leg kick. Grappling looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Weed. Grappling does a little dance to reset his feet.
Weed fails with the takedown.
Grappling blocks a low kick nicely.
Grappling takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A slapping body kick lands there for Grappling.
Grappling throws a lazy head kick
and Weed counters with a stiff right hand.
Weed misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grappling manages to avoid it.
Grappling fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Weed is out of range.
Weed missing with a left hand there. Grappling was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grappling throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grappling needs to keep his hands up - Weed had a free shot at his head there.
Weed misses with a jab to the body
and Grappling counters with a stiff right hand.
Weed throws a leg kick that is checked
and Grappling counters with a nice body shot.
Grappling uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Weed.
Grappling throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weed tries to bum rush Grappling with a series of wild strikes but Grappling uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Weed lands a head kick. Grappling smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Striker Grappling.
Well Grappling has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Striker Grappling!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Blasko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen Kreator - Extreme Aggressions as his entrance music. John Blasko had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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26
195 lbs
14 - 13 - 0 |
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192 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Blasko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blasko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blasko gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Blasko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Blasko blocks the body kick.
Blasko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thompson.
Blasko decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Blasko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thompson is staying active underneath Blasko, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Blasko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Blasko is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Blasko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasko slips a nice elbow through Thompson's hands, connecting with Thompson's forehead.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet.
Blasko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thompson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Blasko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thompson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thompson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blasko.
Blasko slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blasko looking to sit in guard and control but Thompson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Thompson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Thompson won't allow Blasko to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasko is looking to stand up but Thompson isn't so interested in that idea.
Blasko wants to sweep here but Thompson controlling him for the moment.
Thompson postures up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thompson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Blasko wants to clinch.
Thompson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thompson slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Thompson.
Blasko fails with the takedown.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head kick misses from Thompson.
Blasko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blasko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Blasko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thompson tests Blasko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thompson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blasko avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Blasko shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nick Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blasko bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Thompson is trying to control Blasko's posture but Blasko avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nick Thompson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Blasko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Thompson throws a head kick but Blasko moves out of range.
Thompson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blasko wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Blasko shrugs off.
Blasko avoids a wild elbow strike from Thompson.
Blasko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thompson scores with a shot to the side of Blasko's head.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blasko.
A body shot lands from Thompson.
Thompson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blasko looking for a takedown.
Blasko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blasko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right hand to the body from Thompson.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blasko.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Blasko 's eye.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blasko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Blasko in his tracks for a moment.
Blasko managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Blasko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thompson is keeping busy.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Blasko avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Blasko avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Thompson.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blasko is defending well for now.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blasko fails to pull guard.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Blasko jumps into guard, dragging Thompson to the mat.
Thompson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blasko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Thompson has managed to get both his arms back between Blasko's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blasko wants to sweep here but Thompson controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson wants to control from the top but Blasko keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blasko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Blasko working for a triangle but Thompson defends it easily.
Thompson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thompson wants to control from the top but Blasko keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasko is trying to control the position but Thompson postures up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Blasko tries to strike from the bottom.
Blasko wants to sweep here but Thompson controlling him for the moment.
Blasko working for a triangle but Thompson defends it easily.
Blasko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Blasko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Thompson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Blasko keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thompson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Thompson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Blasko fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thompson avoids it really well and circles away.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Blasko keeps it at a distance.
Thompson swinging wildly here.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blasko's defenses.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thompson lands a nice uppercut.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blasko takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Thompson.
Thompson gets through Blasko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Blasko 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blasko avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thompson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blasko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Thompson lands with a right to the head.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Blasko won't want to take too many of those.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Blasko won't want to take too many of those.
Blasko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thompson is keeping busy.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blasko's defenses.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blasko avoids it.
Blasko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson is leaning against Blasko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thompson obliges.
Blasko wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Blasko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thompson.
Blasko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blasko takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson misses with a body punch.
Blasko pushes off an throws an elbow but Thompson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson misses with a body punch.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blasko avoids it.
Thompson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Blasko tries to pull guard but Thompson holds him up against the cage and eventually Blasko drops back down to his feet.
Blasko blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Blasko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crunch! Thompson slams his shin into Blasko's torso.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
Blasko misses with a combination
and Thompson counters with a good, hard body kick but Blasko shrugs it off.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Blasko.
Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blasko blocks it with crossed arms.
Blasko blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Blasko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blasko dodges an elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.
Blasko breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Blasko is defended easily by Thompson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Blasko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson throws a front kick aimed at Blasko's knee but Blasko avoids it well.
John Blasko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blasko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nick Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thompson.
Blasko takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Thompson thumps Blasko with a low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Thompson!
Thompson misses with a wild combination.
Thompson thows a body shot but no joy.
Thompson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nick Thompson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blasko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blasko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thompson lands a body shot.
Blasko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thompson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Thompson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thompson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Thompson!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kavon Lovve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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25
185 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kavon Lovve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Prime!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Kavon Lovve has been cut.
Prime stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Prime wants it to stay on the feet.
Prime fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lovve is breathing heavily.
Prime throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lovve on the side of the head.
That kick from Prime tenderised Lovve's leg. Lovve is trying to keep his angry face on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovve takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lovve chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Prime can pounce on him.
Lovve takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Prime scores with a shot to the body.
Prime drops Lovve with a big left hand! Lovve is injured, injured bad! Prime jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Prime!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nisse Blockson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jorge Cruz was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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281 lbs
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28
228 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nisse Blockson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorge Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Blockson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blockson walks into a straight right hand from Cruz.
Cruz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blockson backs up against the cage.
Blockson slips a straight right by Cruz.
Cruz sizes up Blockson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blockson missing with a left hand there. Cruz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cruz lands a left and a right that send Blockson crashing to the mat, dazed. Cruz thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Blockson is rocked!
Cruz slips a straight right by Blockson.
Oh Blockson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jorge Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blockson dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Blockson seems to have got his legs back now.
Blockson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cruz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cruz defending well as Blockson loads up on a big left hand.
Blockson misses with a wild combination.
Cruz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Blockson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz missing with a left hand there. Blockson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
Cruz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Blockson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blockson works on Cruz's body with a couple of short punches.
Blockson lands a damaging elbow.
Blockson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cruz looks gassed!
Blockson prevents Cruz from breaking the clinch.
Blockson lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blockson.
Blockson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Nice elbow from Blockson.
Blockson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Blockson.
Blockson lands an elbow inside.
Blockson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Blockson scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Blockson.
Blockson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blockson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blockson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blockson working Cruz over with knees to the body.
Blockson lands a damaging elbow.
A short uppercut from Blockson.
Blockson scores a nice knee to the body.
Blockson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cruz is defending well for now.
Blockson lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from Blockson.
Blockson lands a shoulder strike.
Blockson lands a nice elbow.
Blockson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blockson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blockson lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
Blockson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blockson misses with an elbow strike.
Blockson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blockson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cruz's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blockson scores with a shot to the side of Cruz's head.
Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Blockson.
Blockson lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blockson.
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blockson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blockson lands a nice elbow.
Blockson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Blockson.
Blockson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Blockson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blockson lands an elbow inside.
A shot in the inside from Blockson.
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
Blockson digs a right hand into Cruz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cruz's gas tank.
Blockson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blockson scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blockson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Nice elbow from Blockson.
Blockson misses with an elbow over the top.
Blockson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blockson is leaning against Cruz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Cruz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blockson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blockson lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Blockson.
Blockson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blockson lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blockson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Blockson.
Blockson lands with a right to the head.
Blockson is leaning against Cruz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nisse Blockson dominated that round.
That's time! Blockson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Blockson throws a one two combo.
Blockson tries to clinch but Cruz is having none of it.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Blockson slips the punch.
Blockson throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blockson throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz throws out a loose jab but Blockson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blockson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blockson with a hook.
A good leg kick by Blockson.
Blockson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Cruz's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Cruz misses with a double jab
and Blockson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blockson takes the fight into the clinch.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Blockson on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blockson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blockson has Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cruz tries to circle away but Blockson has him pinned against the cage.
Blockson lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Blockson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blockson lands an elbow inside.
A nice left hand lands by Blockson.
Blockson 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.
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blockson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blockson gets through Cruz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blockson.
Blockson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blockson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Blockson.
Blockson lands an elbow inside.
Cruz is rocked!
It looks like Jorge Cruz has been cut.
Blockson lands an elbow inside that Cruz shrugs off.
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Blockson finish him?
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
Cruz seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blockson lands a nice elbow.
Blockson lands a left hand.
Blockson throws an elbow that misses.
Blockson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cruz is defending well for now.
Blockson lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
Cruz is trying to break free.
Blockson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cruz's efforts to push away.
Blockson scores with a shoulder strike.
Blockson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blockson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blockson lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blockson.
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
Blockson lands an uppercut.
Blockson works on Cruz's body with a couple of short punches.
Blockson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blockson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blockson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blockson lands a right hand.
Blockson lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blockson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Blockson.
Blockson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz can do to turn this around?
Blockson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Blockson.
Blockson digs a right hand underneath Cruz's ribcage. Cruz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blockson lands a damaging elbow.
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blockson lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blockson.
Blockson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blockson works on Cruz's body with a couple of short punches.
Blockson lands an elbow inside that Cruz shrugs off.
Blockson lands with a light punch inside.
Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Blockson has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blockson lands an uppercut.
Blockson presses Cruz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Blockson.
A short uppercut from Blockson.
Blockson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Blockson lands with a short shot to the head.
Blockson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blockson scores a nice knee to the body.
Blockson cracks Cruz with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Blockson - that landed with a thud.
Blockson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cruzs head.
Blockson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blockson lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blockson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blockson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blockson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nisse Blockson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Cruz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Blockson works over Cruz's head and body with a nice combination.
Blockson throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Nice shot lands for Cruz.
Cruz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blockson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A big right from Blockson misses.
Cruz lands with a shot to the body.
A big right from Cruz misses.
Blockson throws a body punch but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cruz misses with a combination
and Blockson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Blockson saw that one coming.
Blockson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Jorge Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Blockson slips the punch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blockson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a hook. Blockson ducked under it nicely.
Blockson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Blockson has him pressed against the cage.
Blockson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blockson lands a nice shot to the body.
Blockson scores a nice knee to the body.
Blockson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blockson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blockson scores with a knee to the head.
Blockson lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
Blockson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blockson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blockson scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Blockson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blockson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blockson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blockson lands a damaging elbow.
Blockson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blockson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cruzs head.
Blockson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Blockson on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cruz.
Blockson has Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blockson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short left from Blockson.
Blockson lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blockson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cruz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blockson lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Blockson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blockson landing knees to the body.
Blockson lands with a right to the head.
Blockson is leaning against Cruz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blockson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blockson lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blockson.
Blockson lands an elbow inside.
Blockson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cruz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blockson lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blockson lands a damaging elbow.
Cruz tries to break free but Blockson pushes him back against the cage.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Blockson.
Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Blockson has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Blockson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jorge Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blockson.
Blockson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blockson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blockson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
Knees to the body from Blockson.
Blockson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blockson misses with a knee strike.
Blockson lands a damaging elbow.
Blockson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blockson crunches a lovely knee into Cruz's ribcage.
Blockson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blockson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cruz.
Blockson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nisse Blockson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blockson.
Blockson lands with a light punch inside.
Blockson is leaning against Cruz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Blockson lands a nice elbow.
Blockson lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nisse Blockson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blockson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nisse Blockson!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craig Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Osbourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Judas Priest - Painkiller. Osbourne has chosen Dropkick Murphys - Warriors Code as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oleg Osbourne!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Osbourne on the side of the head.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Osbourne misses with a body shot.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Osbourne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Thomas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Osbourne doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Oleg Osbourne has been cut.
Osbourne changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Thomas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Osbourne tries to advance to mount but Thomas denies him.
Thomas is pushing Osbourne's head away, looking to escape. Osbourne manages to hold on to the position though.
Osbourne tries to advance to mount but can't.
Thomas is looking to reverse the position.
Osbourne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Thomas has escaped the position, nice work there.
Osbourne is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Thomas is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Thomas manages to work his way to half guard, despite Osbourne's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thomas is trying to maintain the position but Osbourne is very close to passing his half guard.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet.
Thomas is trying to control but Osbourne passes into side control!
Osbourne tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Osbourne goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Thomas has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Osbourne but great work by Thomas.
Osbourne wants to control but Thomas postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Osbourne is trying to get back to half guard.
Thomas moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Thomas is looking to take a break and control but Osbourne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Osbourne struggling a bit here.
Thomas stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Thomas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Osbourne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Thomas.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Osbourne misses with a straight right.
Thomas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thomas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Osbourne blocks a jab.
Osbourne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thomas throws the left hand but Osbourne avoids the punch easily.
Osbourne misses with a jab to the body
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Osbourne throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Osbourne just misses with a punch to the body.
Osbourne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Osbourne slips a jab from Thomas.
Osbourne is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thomas rather than just go for the knockout.
Thomas works Osbourne's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Osbourne.
Osbourne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Osbourne looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
Osbourne shoots for a double leg takedown but Thomas sprawls well. He's pushed Osbourne's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thomas takes a swing at Osbourne's ribcage but misses.
Thomas lands with a straight right. Osbourne didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne wants to clinch
and Thomas counters with a crisp one two that drops Osbourne! Thomas thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Osbourne to his feet! Osbourne is in big trouble!
Osbourne is rocked!
Osbourne looks gassed!
Thomas fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Osbourne to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Osbourne looks to clinch but Thomas throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Osbourne taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Craig Thomas!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Juggernaut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Juggernaut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davi Silva!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juggernaut goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Juggernaut is looking to score with low kicks.
Juggernaut lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva avoids the head kick by Juggernaut.
Silva slips under a jab.
Juggernaut is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Juggernaut doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Juggernaut.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Johnny Juggernaut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva throws a head kick but Juggernaut moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Juggernaut counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Juggernaut goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Juggernaut throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva moves out of range as Juggernaut strikes.
Juggernaut throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silva.
Juggernaut cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva misses with a body shot
and Juggernaut counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Juggernaut to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Juggernaut counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Juggernaut throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Juggernaut throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Juggernaut.
Juggernaut dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut connects with a high kick.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Juggernaut throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Juggernaut throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Juggernaut's knee momentarily.
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!
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Juggernaut backpedaling.
It looks like Johnny Juggernaut has been cut.
Juggernaut misses with a straight left.
Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Juggernaut counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Juggernaut to acknowledge the strikes.
Juggernaut fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Juggernaut throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Juggernaut misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Juggernaut fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Juggernaut misses with a low kick.
Juggernaut throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Juggernaut throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Juggernaut throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Juggernaut tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva defending well as Juggernaut loads up on a big left hand.
Juggernaut takes one to the chin there.
A swing and a miss from Juggernaut.
Juggernaut chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Juggernaut throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Juggernaut lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Juggernaut lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Juggernaut manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Juggernaut shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Juggernaut misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Juggernaut counters with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Juggernaut checks the leg kick.
Juggernaut throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Juggernaut blocks the body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Juggernaut throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Juggernaut tries to clinch up.
Juggernaut goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davi Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Juggernaut's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Davi Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Juggernaut with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Juggernaut throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Juggernaut backing up. Juggernaut nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Juggernaut pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A telegraphed right hand from Juggernaut misses the target.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Juggernaut throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Juggernaut rather than just go for the knockout.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Juggernaut counters with a straight right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva slips under a jab from Juggernaut.
Juggernaut checks a low kick from Silva.
Juggernaut connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Juggernaut counters with a straight right hand.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Juggernaut.
Juggernaut changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juggernaut avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Juggernaut lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fighters circle momentarily. Juggernaut darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Juggernaut takes a step back to recover.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Juggernaut throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Juggernaut only half commits.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Silva misses.
Juggernaut takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Juggernaut tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Juggernaut is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva moves away from the strike by Juggernaut.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Juggernaut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Juggernaut tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Juggernaut pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Juggernaut misses.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Juggernaut had a free shot at his head there.
Juggernaut throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a right and a left that Juggernaut avoids nicely.
Juggernaut checks the leg kick.
Juggernaut fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Juggernaut doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Juggernaut checks a low kick from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Juggernaut checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Juggernaut counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Davi Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva avoids the head kick by Juggernaut.
Juggernaut connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Juggernaut dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Juggernaut getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva tries to work over Juggernaut's front leg with a kick but Juggernaut checks it.
Juggernaut throws a big shot that misses.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Juggernaut blocks a head kick by Silva.
A clash of legs there as Juggernaut blocks the low kick.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Juggernaut counters with a nice leg kick.
Juggernaut cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Juggernaut scores with a hook.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Juggernaut sees coming a mile off.
Silva throws a head kick but Juggernaut moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Juggernaut - just one landing.
Juggernaut lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Juggernaut checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva misses with a hook. Juggernaut ducked under it nicely.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Juggernaut tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
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 Johnny Juggernaut will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Juggernaut's cut.
That's time! Juggernaut's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Juggernaut is out of range.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Juggernaut gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Juggernaut.
Juggernaut connects with a high kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Juggernaut.
Juggernaut finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Juggernaut lands with a shot to the body.
Juggernaut tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Juggernaut moves out of range easily.
Juggernaut misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Juggernaut just misses with a punch to the body.
Juggernaut dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Juggernaut moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juggernaut looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Juggernaut sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Juggernaut gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Juggernaut is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva misses with a body shot
and Juggernaut counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Juggernaut blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Juggernaut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Juggernaut.
Silva gets tackled into the cage by Juggernaut. Juggernaut maintains the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Juggernaut as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Juggernaut.
Juggernaut can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Silva misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Juggernaut. Juggernaut circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Juggernaut blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Juggernaut scores with a spinning back kick!
Juggernaut throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Juggernaut.
Juggernaut 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.
Juggernaut is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juggernaut 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.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Juggernaut moves out of range easily.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Juggernaut.
Juggernaut connects with a nice looking jab.
Juggernaut takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Juggernaut thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Juggernaut counters with a left to the body.
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Juggernaut.
Juggernaut tries a head kick but it misses.
Juggernaut lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Juggernaut lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Juggernaut moves into range and connects with a jab.
Juggernaut tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Juggernaut moves out of range of the body kick.
Juggernaut moves away from the strike by Silva.
Juggernaut missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Juggernaut misses with a looping left.
Juggernaut tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva throws a head kick but Juggernaut moves out of range.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Juggernaut's calf.
Juggernaut throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice cross by Juggernaut.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Juggernaut takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juggernaut pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva throws a lazy body kick
and Juggernaut counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Davi Silva.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davi Silva!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Dangle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knyto Gruffo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Dangle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Knyto Gruffo!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Gruffo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gruffo misses with an uppercut. Dangle saw that one coming.
Dangle shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gruffo pinned against the cage. Gruffo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gruffo is looking to clinch but Dangle is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Gruffo misses the target.
Dangle throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Gruffo misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dangle moves away from the strike by Gruffo.
Gruffo slaps away a takedown attempt from Dangle, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dangle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gruffo to score with a decent uppercut.
Gruffo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dangle.
Gruffo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dangle moves away.
The fighters circling - Gruffo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gruffo misses with a straight left.
Gruffo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gruffo looks to land a combination but Dangle avoids it well.
Gruffo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dangle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gruffo tries to work over Dangle's front leg with a kick but Dangle checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangle moves out of range of the strikes.
Gruffo throws a leg kick that misses.
Gruffo misses with a looping left.
Gruffo connects with a right hand. Dangle shakes it off.
Dangle closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gruffo quickly recovers to half guard.
Gruffo is looking to improve his position.
Gruffo wants to get back to his feet.
Gruffo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangle stops Gruffo from getting back to his feet.
Dangle looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gruffo tries to get to full guard but Dangle has control of the leg.
Gruffo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dangle looks to land a strike but Gruffo avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Gruffo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dangle manages to get himself to full guard.
Dangle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gruffo is one step ahead there.
Gruffo distracts Dangle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dangle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gruffo.
Gruffo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dangle has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gruffo has managed to get both his arms back between Dangle's legs - danger averted.
Gruffo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Knyto Gruffo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gruffo throws a hook to the side of Dangle's head but Dangle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gruffo misses with a straight left.
Gruffo lands with a right hand.
Gruffo throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gruffo misses with a straight right.
Dangle slips under a jab from Gruffo.
Dangle lands a right hook to the body.
Knyto Gruffo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gruffo misses with a body shot
and Dangle counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruffo wants to get back to his feet but Dangle is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dangle trying to control but Gruffo is working from the bottom.
Dangle won't allow Gruffo to get back to his feet.
Dangle with a nice head shot there.
Gruffo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dangle puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gruffo wants to control but Dangle is keeping busy.
Dangle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gruffo is trying to get back to full guard.
Gruffo moves into full guard.
Gruffo wants to get back to his feet but Dangle is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangle is in close to Gruffo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dangle postures up.
Gruffo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gruffo being controlled here, momentarily.
Gruffo will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gruffo wants to hit a switch here but Dangle passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Gruffo there!
Dangle putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dangle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gruffo is trying desperately to improve position.
Dangle with shots to the head and body - Gruffo looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Dangle dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gruffo misses with a looping left.
It looks like Knyto Gruffo has been cut.
Gruffo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dangle slips a jab from Gruffo.
Gruffo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy body kick from Gruffo
and Dangle counters with a single leg into guard. Gruffo didn't expect that.
Dangle won't allow Gruffo to sweep him here.
Gruffo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dangle's guard.
Gruffo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gruffo postures up in Dangle's guard and throws a big left but Dangle blocks it.
Dangle pushes a forearm under Gruffo's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Gruffo is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jim Dangle!
Jim Dangle is the new heavyweight champion!
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