IoM 18: The Brutal Sailors PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Homlea Jarasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Poppy IV (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jarasco's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, warren peace made em this.. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jarasco
vs
Poppy IV

205 cm
22
217 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

190 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Homlea Jarasco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Henry Poppy IV!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poppy IV misses with a straight right.
Homlea Jarasco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poppy IV scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Homlea Jarasco has been cut.
Jarasco tries to clinch
and Poppy IV counters with a nice uppercut.
Jarasco closes the distance but Poppy IV moves to the side
and Poppy IV connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Poppy IV cracks Jarasco with a good jab.
Jarasco tries to clinch up
enabling Poppy IV to counter with a crisp jab.
Jarasco wants to clinch but Poppy IV slips to the side
and Poppy IV counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Poppy IV throws a looping overhand right but Jarasco ducks down to avoid it.
Jarasco darts in trying to clinch
and Poppy IV counters with a straight right hand.
Poppy IV misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jarasco.
Jarasco tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Poppy IV to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poppy IV lands a jab to Jarasco's midsection.
A right-left combo lands from Poppy IV.

Jarasco is rocked!
Jarasco takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Jarasco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jarasco tries to clinch but Poppy IV moves away
and Poppy IV counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Poppy IV is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jarasco had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into p�t�.
Jarasco tries to clinch up
and Poppy IV counters with a left to the body.
Jarasco is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poppy IV Throws a clean left jab. Poppy IV Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Jarasco's chin! Jarasco crumbles to the ground and Poppy IV follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Poppy IV!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Henry Poppy IV!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reem Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Foster
vs
Overeem

183 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
26
215 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reem Overeem!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Foster counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Foster trying to control the position from guard on top but Overeem is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Foster is standing up over Overeem. Overeem looks to escape but Foster dives into side control.
Foster is looking to take a break and control but Overeem is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Foster staying calm.
Overeem is not content to let Foster control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster moves into full mount!
Foster tries to control but Overeem wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Foster throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Foster tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Foster looking to control but Overeem is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Foster throwing strikes here but Overeem is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Foster sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Overeem wants to control but Foster is having none of it.
Foster controlling the position easily from mount.

Foster stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Overeem looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Foster moves into the clinch.

Foster escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice jab there from Overeem.
Overeem with a lazy takedown attempt

and Foster counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Foster.
Overeem looks gassed!
Foster prevents the takedown attempt.
Tyler Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reem Overeem.

Foster ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Foster no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Foster is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Foster breaks the clinch.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Foster.

Foster scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Overeem is not content to let Foster control the position.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Foster dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Overeem misses with a takedown attempt

and Foster counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Overeem!
Foster trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Foster content just to control the position here.
Overeem is breathing heavily.

Foster with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Foster swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Overeem is now in Foster's guard. A big mistake from Foster there, giving up the dominant position!
Overeem keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Foster's head.

Foster kicks Overeem off and gets to his feet.
Overeem throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem misses with a takedown

and Foster counters with a shoot takedown. Overeem fights it but they end up in guard.

Foster decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Foster drives through with a takedown into Overeem's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Foster stands and throws Overeem's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Overeem is not content to let Foster control the position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Foster here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A lull in the action here as Foster stalls from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster trying to control the action but Overeem is working from the bottom.

Foster stands up and beckons Overeem to his feet.

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.

Foster scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Foster working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Foster controls the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Overeem is trying to buck Foster off.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Foster dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Foster gets a double leg takedown into Overeem's guard.
Foster wants to control from the top but Overeem keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Foster cracks Overeem with a solid left hand.
Overeem takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Foster lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Foster trying to control but Overeem is working from the bottom.
Foster slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Tyler Foster wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Foster decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Foster passes the guard and advances to mount!
Foster trying to control but Overeem is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem taking shots to the head.

Foster is working for a guillotine from mount but Overeem frees his head quite easily.
Foster punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Foster is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Overeem is surviving well by controlling Foster's body position as best he can.

Foster is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Overeem to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Overeem shrugs it off.
Foster trying to control but Overeem is having none of it.
Foster controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Foster stands up from mount. Strange move.

Foster has managed to clinch.

Foster gets control of Overeem's arms and successfully pulls guard. Foster will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Foster is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Reem Overeem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyler Foster is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Overeem trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Foster showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Foster, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Foster!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Silva has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bash
vs
Silva

189 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Bash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, David Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bash cracks Silva with a good jab.
Bash throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bash counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva looks for a takedown but Bash sprawls well.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bash swivels and escapes.
Billy Bash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Silva.
Bash throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bash!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bash is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva punching from mount but Bash doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bash working to try and regain half guard.

Silva is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bash has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bash!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position.

Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bash defends well.

Bash avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Bash got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bash has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
Silva looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bash doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bash manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Bash is proving a slippery customer.
Bash trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva has his foot on Bash's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bash works his way back into a safe position though.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bash knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bash gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Bash lands with a right hand.
Bash just misses with a punch to the body.
Bash misses with a series of wild punches.
Bash scores with a jab to the head.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Bash counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Bash.
Bash lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Bash dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bash dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Oooooh!!! Bash has knocked Silva down with a huge combo! Bash steps away and waves a wobbly Silva back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Silva is rocked!

It looks like David Silva has been cut.
Bash fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bash takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

Bash cracks Silva with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Silva looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away� can Bash finish him?
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Bash finish him?
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Bash feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Silva sprawling to the canvas! Silva rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bash finish him?!
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Bash connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bash ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bash throws a shot to the body.
Bash takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Bash misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bash looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Bash throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Bash throws a combination that misses

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bash does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bash moves into full guard.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Bash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bash wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Bash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Bash is retaining full guard.
Bash wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.

Silva has gone for a leg lock! Bash slips out almost immediately though and dives into Silva's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bash trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Bash is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bash defends well.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Bash dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bash throws a predictable looking body shot

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Bash defends the submission attempt.
David Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bash is looking to escape.
Bash on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bash tries to get out of the position.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bash has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bash is doing well to control the position and prevent Silva from advancing to side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bash sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to control but Bash is keeping him busy.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Bash is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.

Silva seems to be looking for submissions.

Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva tries to stand and escape but Bash is controlling the position.
Silva wants to take a breather but Bash is having none of it.
Bash is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bash has managed to free his arm - good work.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bash is concentrating on defense, preventing Silva from advancing position.

Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bash doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bash defends it well.
Billy Bash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bash wants to get back to his feet.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Bash!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
73%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hector Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prime Tyme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hill
vs
Tyme

188 cm
26
197 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hector Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Prime Tyme!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tyme to score with a decent uppercut.
Tyme goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tyme lands a jab to the nose.
Tyme scores with a head kick. Hill tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sloppy strikes from Hill. Those never looked like landing.
Hill missing with a left hand there. Tyme was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hill throws a sloppy head kick and Tyme moves out of range easily.
Hill shoots in but no luck this time.
Tyme scores with a head kick. Hill tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tyme misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tyme.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyme misses with a left hand
and Hill counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyme scores with a nice right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Tyme as Hill shoots in.
Hill misses with a series of wild punches.
Tyme looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill looks to land a combination but Tyme avoids it well.
Hill swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tyme counters with a right hand to the body.
Tyme is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tyme misses the shot to the body.
Tyme lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A jab from Hill misses.
Tyme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tyme misses with a body shot.
Prime Tyme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyme loads up on a big right hand but Hill slips the punch.
Hill scores with a three punch combo!
Tyme explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hill takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hill tries for a takedown but Tyme sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hill is breathing heavily.
Hill misses with a combination
and Tyme counters with a good, hard body kick but Hill shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyme fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hill.
Hill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyme connects with a right hand. Hill shakes it off.
Hill moves out of range of the body kick from Tyme.
Tyme connects with a solid leg kick.
Hill dodges the punch combination from Tyme.
Prime Tyme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Tyme there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tyme dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hill. That did some damage!
Tyme lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tyme throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hill on the side of the head.
Tyme lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hill stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tyme.
Tyme fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyme throws a right and a left that Hill avoids nicely.
Hill is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tyme looks to land a combination but Hill avoids it well.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tyme.
Tyme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tyme scores with a push kick.
Tyme tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyme throws a series of punches but Hill moves out of range.
Hill throws a series of punches but Tyme moves out of range.
Tyme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Hill counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tyme!
Tyme bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hill controls Tyme momentarily but Tyme frees himself.
Tyme pushing down on Hill's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyme throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tyme tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Tyme with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tyme blocks the strikes from Hill.

Hill is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tyme pulls his head out easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyme stops Hill from getting back to his feet.

Hill is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tyme pulls his head out easily.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Prime Tyme 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.

Tyme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Hector Hill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tyme throws a nice looking combination but Hill bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hill takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tyme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tyme misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hill checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tyme.
Hill takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tyme misses with a looping left.
Tyme throws a sloppy head kick and Hill moves out of range easily.
Tyme is looking to chop away at Hill's legs.
Hill fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tyme pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyme throws a right and a left that Hill avoids nicely.
Hill moves out of range of the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Hill.
Hill closes the distance and clinches up with Tyme, looking for a takedown. Hill pushes Tyme against the cage but Tyme circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tyme swinging wildly here.
Tyme lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hill backs up against the cage.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Tyme.
A cross from Tyme lands.
Tyme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hill was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyme.
Tyme throws a right hand that misses

and Hill counters with a takedown into side control.
Tyme manages to get back to half guard.
Hill is trying to control. Tyme wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hill is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tyme sees it coming and defends easily.
Tyme looks like he's trying to stand up.

Hill is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Hill is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hill stalling away here and it's allowed Tyme to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyme working a defensive guard here.
Tyme keeping moving, preventing Hill from controlling successfully.

Hill postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Tyme is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hill, into his guard.

Tyme stands and steps away. Hill gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyme shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Hill scores a takedown into full mount!

Hill is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tyme has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tyme!
Hill trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Tyme must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tyme is looking to work some ground and pound but Hill has wrist control.
Tyme stopping the sweep attempt from Hill.
Tyme works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Prime Tyme showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A big right from Tyme misses.
A punch combination from Tyme misses.
Tyme jabs Hill to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tyme ducks under a wild hook from Hill.
Tyme misses with a straight left.
Tyme lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tyme.
Tyme tries a head kick but it misses.
Hill dodges the punch combination from Tyme.
Hill throws a series of punches but Tyme moves out of range.
Prime Tyme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid body kick from Tyme.
Hill tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hill showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyme.
Hill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tyme. Tyme obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyme throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hill.
Tyme lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hill shoots in and drives through. Tyme sprawls well.
Hill avoids the head kick by Tyme.
Tyme gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hill.
Tyme throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hill makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tyme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hill counters with a nice uppercut.
Tyme has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tyme throws a series of punches but Hill avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Tyme does it's job there.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Tyme throws a looping overhand right but Hill ducks down to avoid it.
Tyme throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tyme moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyme scores with the left hand. Hill knows he should have avoided that one.
Hill slips a straight right by Tyme.
Tyme tries to land a leg kick but Hill saw it coming and moves away.
Hill blocks the body kick.
Hill throws a sloppy head kick and Tyme moves out of range easily.
Hill fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Tyme.
Tyme throws a head kick that half lands.

Hill shoots in and bounces Tyme off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hill wants to control from the top but Tyme keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hill preventing the sweep.

Hill stands up from Tyme's guard - Hill perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tyme looks to land a combination but Hill avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Tyme.
Tyme throws out a loose jab but Hill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyme misses with a double jab
and Hill counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tyme slaps away a takedown attempt from Hill, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hill takes one to the chin there.
Tyme scores with a push kick.
Tyme misses with a low kick.
Hill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyme was well out of range. Poor timing from Hill.
Hector Hill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyme manages to avoid it.
Tyme misses with a wild combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tyme, right into the meat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hill looks to score with a jab to the body but Tyme is just out of range.
Hill dodges the punch combination from Tyme.
Tyme chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Prime Tyme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tyme 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Prime Tyme!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
95%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martial Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drillo Dos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Law comes to the cage accompanied by Go Hard. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Law
vs
Dos

188 cm
25
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

189 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martial Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Drillo Dos!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Law misses

and Dos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Law won't be happy with that.
Dos creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Law sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Law is trying to improve his position.
Dos working the ground and pound but Law is defending the strikes.
Dos is looking to take a break and control but Law is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Law tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Law is pushing Dos's head away, looking to escape. Dos manages to hold on to the position though.

Dos stands up and beckons Law to his feet.
Dos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Law counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Law misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Dos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Law scores with a takedown into Dos's guard.
Dos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Law looking to pass the guard.
Dos keeping moving, preventing Law from controlling successfully.
Dos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Law prevents Dos from getting back to his feet.
Law 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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Law shoots for a double leg takedown but Dos sprawls well. He's pushed Law's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dos avoids the head kick by Law.
Dos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Law counters with a left and a right that stings Dos.
Dos looks gassed!
Law misses with a jab, cross combination.

Law has closed the distance and engaged Dos in a clinch.
Dos misses with an elbow over the top.
Dos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Law gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Martial Law has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drillo Dos.
Law looking for a takedown.
Law tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dos gets underhooks to prevent Law's takedown attempt.

Dos has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Law uses from the top position.
Dos trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos trying to keep a closed guard but Law is proving a slippery customer.
Law prevents Dos from getting back to his feet.
Law content to stall in guard here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Martial Law just wasn't active enough.
Nice sprawl there from Dos as Law shoots in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Dos moves into the clinch successfully.
Law has Dos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dos - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Law looking for a takedown.
Dos stalls.
Law fails to pull guard.
Law tries for a takedown. No joy.
Law takes an elbow to the forehead.

Dos ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Dos no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Dos working a defensive guard here.
Law wants to control from the top but Dos keeps moving.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Drillo Dos 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.

Law pushes Dos up against the cage in a clinch.
Dos is pressed up against the cage. Law has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dos down to the mat. Dos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dos dives in and grabs Law's left leg, looking for a takedown. Law pushes down on Dos's head and hops out.

Dos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dos taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Law is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Law is not content to let Dos control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Drillo Dos has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dos.
Law shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos as he jumps to the side.
Law throws a lazy head kick

and Dos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Law's guard now.
Law pulls Dos in close to prevent any damage.
Dos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dos wants to pass the guard but Law is keeping the position.
Dos wants to control from the top but Law keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Drillo Dos was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Law gets a clinch.
Dos tries to circle away but Law has him pinned against the cage.
Law looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martial Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Dos.
Law jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dos walks away with a smile on his face. Law gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dos shoots in but no luck this time.

Law rushes Dos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Law tries to pull guard but Dos holds him up against the cage and eventually Law drops back down to his feet.
Law working hard to break the clinch.
Dos is looking to break free of the clinch but Law has double underhooks.
Dos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos wants to get back to striking at distance but Law won't allow it.
Law prevents Dos from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dos jumps into guard, dragging Law to the mat.
Law lands a couple of elbows.
Dos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Law is controlling him.
Dos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Law sitting in guard here, content to control.
Law looking to pass the guard.
Dos wants to stand up but Law is controlling him.
Dos trying to keep a closed guard but Law is proving a slippery customer.

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.

Martial Law has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Law takes the fight into the clinch.
Dos prevents the takedown attempt.
Dos throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Dos has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Law clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

Dos has his opponent's back but Law is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Dos.
Dos stuffs the takedown attempt from Law. Law gets slowly back to his feet.
Dos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Drillo Dos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Law throws a jab when Dos was well out of range.
Horrible takedown by Dos or perhaps it was just good defense by Law which made him look bad.
Law thows a leg kick but Dos checks it
and Dos counters with a stiff right hand.

Dos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dos tries to pull guard but Law won't allow it.

Law pulls guard successfully.
Law wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dos wants to pass the guard but Law is keeping the position.

Law has his feet on Dos's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Law closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Law trying to control the action but Dos is working from the bottom.
Dos moves into full guard.
Dos keeping moving, preventing Law from controlling successfully.
Law postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos has control of Law's left arm, preventing Law from doing any damage.
Dos is trying to keep Law in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Law preventing the sweep.

Law gets to his feet - Dos follows without any prompting.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Law has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dos uses from the top position.
Law wants to sweep but no luck.
Law keeping full guard, as Dos tries to pass.
Dos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Law has his feet on Dos's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos has his takedown stuffed

and Law counters by clinching up.
Martial Law has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drillo Dos.
Dos can't get the takedown.
Dos stops a takedown attempt from Law.
Dos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Law is pressed up against the cage. Dos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Law down to the mat. Law avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dos misses with a takedown attempt - Law sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Law throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Law throws a push kick but Dos slaps the foot to one side.
Martial Law seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

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.
Law looks to throw a body kick

and Dos counters by moving into the clinch.
Dos landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Dos manages to break the clinch.
A head kick by Law misses

and Dos moves into the clinch.
Law has had enough of the clinch but Dos keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Law.
Dos tries to pull guard but Law won't allow it.
Dos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dos prevents a takedown attempt there.

Dos manages to break the clinch.
Dos misses with a takedown
and Law counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Martial Law has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drillo Dos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Law throws a body kick the misses

and Dos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Law's guard now.

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 Martial Law.
I think Dos 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drillo Dos!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
56%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabranth Vaan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Amade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vaan
vs
Amade

187 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
285 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabranth Vaan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Amade!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amade throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vaan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Amade throws a body punch but Vaan moves out of range.
Amade misses with an uppercut
enabling Vaan to counter with a crisp jab.
Vaan lands with a straight right. Amade didn't see that one coming.
Amade misses with a combination
and Vaan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A decent looking cross lands there for Vaan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vaan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vaan avoids the head kick by Amade.
Amade misses with a series of wild punches.
Amade throws the kick towards the body but Vaan avoids it.
Amade scores with a hook to the body. Vaan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Amade lands with a nice body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Amade.
Vaan throws a hook to the side of Amade's head but Amade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amade scores with a push kick.
Amade throws a combination that misses
enabling Vaan to counter with a crisp jab.
Amade lands with a shot to the body.
Vaan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amade moves away.
Vaan throws an overhand right that lands on Amade's shoulder, as Amade tries to avoid the shot.
Amade throws the kick towards the body but Vaan avoids it.
Vaan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Amades jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Amade plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Vaan blocks a head kick by Amade.
Vaan throws a lazy right hand but Amade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Andre Amade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Amade throws a combination that misses
enabling Vaan to counter with a crisp jab.
Vaan avoids the head kick by Amade.
Amade goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Amade scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vaan misses with a hook
and Amade counters with a solid body kick.
Vaan loads up on a big right hand but Amade slips the punch.
Amade lands a head kick. Vaan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Gabranth Vaan has been cut.
Amade tries a head kick but it misses.
Amade lands a head kick!
Vaan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vaan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Amade.
Amade goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Amade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vaan moves out of range of the body kick from Amade.
Vaan looks to throw the jab but Amade is out of range.
Vaan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Amade to score with a decent uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Amade.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Amade in his tracks.
Amade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vaan looks to throw the jab but Amade is out of range.
Amade chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Amade scores with a kick to the body.
Amade feints and then cracks Vaan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vaan down.
Amade scoring well with a low kick there.
Vaan is breathing heavily.
Amade misses with a right hand
and Vaan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Amade throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vaan counters with a right hand to the body.
Vaan slips a jab and a cross from Amade.
Vaan moves out of range as Amade throws a body kick.
Amade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vaan was well out of range. Poor timing from Amade.
Amade throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amade swinging wildly here.
Vaan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Vaan avoids a kick to the body.
Amade throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vaan throws a series of punches but Amade moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Amade.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amade takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vaan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Amade.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Amade throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Amade throws a combination that misses
and Vaan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Amade lands a body shot.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Amade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabranth Vaan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A head kick from Amade lands but Vaan takes it in his stride.
The fighters circling - Vaan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Amade staying out of range there.
Vaan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Amade throws a head kick that misses.
Amade walks into a stiff left hand from Vaan.
Vaan staying out of range there.
Andre Amade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vaan misses with a looping right.
Amade throws a combination that misses
and Vaan counters with a left and a right that stings Amade.
Amade throws a head kick that Vaan semi-blocks.
Amade on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Amade throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Amade is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vaan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amade.
Amade connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vaan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaan misses with an uppercut.
Vaan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Amade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Amade throws a quick inside leg kick.
Amade has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Amade thuds his shin into the meat of Vaan's side.
Vaan moves away from the strike by Amade.
Amade slips under a jab.
Amade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vaan.
Amade lands with a slapping head kick.
Amade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vaan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Amade misses with a head kick.
Amade rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vaan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vaan tries to clinch up.
Amade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Vaan.
Vaan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amade throws a leg kick but Vaan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Amade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vaan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Amade throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Amade misses with a hook
and Vaan counters with a three punch combo that has Amade backing up. Amade nods at Vaan to acknowledge the strikes.
Amade lands with a nice body kick.
Amade throws a head kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Vaan misses the target.
Vaan scores with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Vaan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vaan.
Amade walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Vaan lands a left and a right that send Amade crashing to the mat, dazed. Vaan thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
A slow jab from Vaan misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amade swats away the attempt to clinch by Vaan.
Amade shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vaan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vaan.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vaan.

Amade is rocked!
Amade walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Amade limp body while Vaan jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gabranth Vaan!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saso Murko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dixon Tudeep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tudeep has chosen Survival of the Fitttest as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Murko
vs
Tudeep

175 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
208 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Saso Murko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Dixon Tudeep!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tudeep throws a looping overhand right but Murko ducks down to avoid it.
Tudeep scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tudeep misses with a leg kick
letting Murko counter with a right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Murko as Tudeep shoots in.
Tudeep throws a combination that misses
and Murko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tudeep misses with a combination
and Murko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Tudeep forces Murko back against the cage and clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Murko.
Tudeep is trying to break the clinch but Murko has him pressed against the cage.
Tudeep tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murko avoids it.
Murko is leaning against Tudeep and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tudeep pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tudeep drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tudeep has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Murko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Saso Murko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dixon Tudeep.
Murko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murko presses Tudeep against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tudeep is trying to push Murko away but Murko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murko.
Tudeep looks gassed!
Murko slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Murko.
Tudeep is trying to force a seperation but Murko has the dominant position.
Murko is leaning against Tudeep and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Murko.
Murko lands a nice shot to the body.
Murko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko lands a hook that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko pushes Tudeep back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Murko.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Murko seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A hook to the body from Murko.
Murko slows down the pace here.
Murko lands a nice shot to the body.
Murko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tudeep up against the cage.
Murko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murko stalling.
Murko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tudeep tries to break free but Murko pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Murko.
Murko pushes Tudeep back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Murko.
Murko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murko just leaning against Tudeep, taking a breather.
Tudeep has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tudeep up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Saso Murko.
Murko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Murko as he connects with a hook.
Murko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tudeep on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tudeep misses with a right hand
and Murko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Murko closes the distance and clinches.
Murko pushes Tudeep back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tudeep trying to land knees to the body.
Murko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko scores with a hook to the body.
Tudeep's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Murko pushes Tudeep back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Murko works on Tudeep's body with a couple of short punches.
Murko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Murko.
Murko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tudeep up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murko pushes Tudeep back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Murko.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tudeep's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murko lands a shot to the body.
Murko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Murko presses Tudeep against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murko gets through Tudeep's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murko lands a body punch.
Murko is leaning against Tudeep and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A hook to the body from Murko.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Murko on the inside.
Murko stalling against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murko.
Murko lands a left hand.
Tudeep wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Saso Murko dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tudeep walks into a jab.
Tudeep falls off balance throwing a combination
and Murko counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Murko has closed the distance and engaged Tudeep in a clinch.
Murko keeps control of Tudeep as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tudeep drops down looking for an ankle pick but Murko pulls his leg out and moves away.

Murko has managed to clinch.
Murko stalling.
Murko gets through Tudeep's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saso Murko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murko lands a nice shot to the body.
Murko lands a body shot.
Murko slowing the pace effectively.
Tudeep takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Murko.
Tudeep is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Murko.
Murko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tudeep can do to turn this around?
Murko lands with a short shot to the head.
Murko pushes Tudeep back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murko is working Tudeep over against the cage.
Murko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Murko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Murko - that landed with a thud.
Murko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tudeep.
Murko taking a breather.
Tudeep can't get the takedown.
Murko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko lands with a left to the head.
Murko works on Tudeep's body with a couple of short punches.
A shot in the inside from Murko.
Murko lands a shot to the body.
Murko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tudeeps head.
Murko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tudeep misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Murko is leaning against Tudeep and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murko stalling against the cage.
Tudeep with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murko controlling the action here for a moment.
Murko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murko.
Murko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murko lands a nice uppercut.
Murko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Murko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murko pushes Tudeep back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murko effectively controlling the action here.
A hook to the body from Murko.

Tudeep ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tudeep no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Murko might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tudeep looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murko wants to stand but Tudeep is controlling his posture from full guard.
Murko won't allow Tudeep to sweep him here.

Tudeep looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tudeep on the ground.
Tudeep looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murko is one step ahead there.
Tudeep not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tudeep keeping moving, preventing Murko from controlling successfully.
Murko wants to get up but he can't break Tudeep's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Tudeep keeping moving, preventing Murko from controlling successfully.
Murko 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.
Murko has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Saso Murko wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Tudeep closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Saso Murko dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tudeep is looking to land body kicks.
Tudeep looks to land a body kick but Murko moved away.
Dixon Tudeep is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Murko gets tackled into the cage by Tudeep. Tudeep maintains the clinch.
Tudeep wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tudeep has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murko avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Murko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Murko.
Tudeep tries to circle away but Murko has him pinned against the cage.
Tudeep is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Murko pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Murko lands with a right to the head.
Murko lands a shoulder strike.
Tudeep goes for a takedown attempt but Murko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Saso Murko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dixon Tudeep.
Tudeep takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tudeep takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice cross by Murko.
Tudeep throws a combination that misses
and Murko counters with a nice uppercut.
Saso Murko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murko feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tudeeps jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tudeep is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murko lands a nice looking body shot.

Tudeep moves into the clinch.
Murko presses Tudeep against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murko lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Murko.
Murko scores with a hook to the body.
Murko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tudeep tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murko avoids it.
Murko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

It looks like Dixon Tudeep has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Murko.
Murko is stalling here.
Murko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tudeep.
Murko digs a right hand underneath Tudeep's ribcage. Tudeep let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Murko - that landed with a thud.
Saso Murko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko lands with a right to the head.
Good body shot from Murko.
Murko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
Murko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tudeep backwards.
A right hand to the body from Murko.
Murko keeps control of Tudeep as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tudeep.
Tudeep is working for takedown but Murko is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tudeep tries to break the clinch but Murko is controlling the position.
Tudeep tries to break the clinch but Murko is controlling the position.
Murko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Murko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murko taking a breather.
Murko scores with a hook to the body.
Tudeep is looking to break free of the clinch but Murko has double underhooks.
Murko controlling the action here for a moment.
Murko lands a nice uppercut.
Tudeep tries for a takedown. No joy.
Murko has Tudeep pressed against the cage.
Tudeep is trying to force a seperation but Murko has the dominant position.
Murko stalling in the clinch.

Tudeep has Murko pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tudeep pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Murko tumbling to the mat - Tudeep dives into Murko's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tudeep is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Tudeep prevents Murko from getting back to his feet.
Tudeep trying to control the position from guard on top but Murko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murko trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saso Murko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Murko, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saso Murko!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
70%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RIck Brandford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Morales
vs
Brandford

187 cm
20
194 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

182 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pablo Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, RIck Brandford!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales misses with the combination.
Morales wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brandford explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Brandford closes the distance and clinches.
Brandford stalling the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brandford dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brandford continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Morales lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Morales.
Brandford is working for takedown but Morales is calmly controlling the position for now.
The referee calls for Brandford to work.

Brandford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brandford.
Morales throws a series of punches but Brandford moves out of range.
Brandford lands a nice looking kick to the body. Morales takes a step back to recover.
Morales lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Morales misses with a double jab.
Morales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brandford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morales moves out of range as Brandford throws a body kick.
Morales fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Morales misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brandford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A solid body kick from Brandford.
Morales misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Morales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Brandford.
Brandford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morales scores with a body shot.
Brandford looks to land a body kick but Morales moved away.
Brandford has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Brandford scores with a spinning back kick!
Morales lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Brandford slips a straight right by Morales.
Brandford swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morales misses with a combination
and Brandford counters with a solid body kick.
Morales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brandford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morales keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brandford misses with a body kick.
Morales throws a series of punches but Brandford avoids them all with ease.
Morales has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Brandford.
Brandford lands a nice looking body kick.
Brandford darts in trying to clinch
and Morales counters with a series of strikes. Brandford will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brandford.
Brandford lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales throws an off balance right hand
and Brandford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brandford shoots in for a double leg but Morales sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brandford moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Morales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brandford makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Morales will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Morales is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Morales. Those never looked like landing.
Brandford looks to clinch
and Morales counters with a straight right hand.
Brandford connects with a crisp jab.
Morales with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Brandford to score with a decent uppercut.
Morales misses with a two punch combination.
Brandford fakes the leg kick and cracks Morales in the body.
Brandford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Brandford scores with a spinning back kick!
Brandford buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brandford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morales walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brandford.
Morales fails to land with a series of punches.
RIck Brandford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales throws a hook but Brandford avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandford throws an off balance right hand
and Morales counters with a two punch combo.
Brandford connects with a body shot that sends Morales's belly button to the back.
Morales 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.
Brandford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Brandford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brandford fakes the leg kick and cracks Morales in the body.
Morales on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brandford thows a body kick. Morales tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Morales has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Brandford.
Morales takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brandford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
Brandford lands a body shot.
Brandford is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morales rather than just go for the knockout.
Brandford lands with a kick to the ribs.
A solid body kick from Brandford.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Brandford closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Morales's guard.
Brandford passes into half guard.
Morales is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brandford scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brandford lands with a punch from half guard.
Morales wants to improve his position but Brandford is controlling well.
Brandford lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandford is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brandford drops an elbow to the side of Morales's head.
Morales blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brandford.
Morales wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morales is pressing down on Brandford's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morales wants to sweep here but Brandford controlling him for the moment.
Brandford is looking to work some ground and pound but Morales has wrist control.
Brandford landing some decent shots from guard.
Brandford stands up over Morales, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brandford working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morales lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brandford!
Morales landing punches.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

RIck Brandford dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brandford thumps Morales with a low kick.
Brandford connects with a body shot.
Brandford shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morales sprawls well. Morales wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brandford gets slowly back to his feet.
Brandford waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morales.
Morales throws a nice looking combination but Brandford bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice uppercut there from Brandford.
Morales misses with a two punch combination.
Morales takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Morales misses with a wild combination.
Morales misses with a series of wild punches.
Morales misses with the combination.
Brandford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morales throws a right and a left that Brandford avoids nicely.
Morales misses with a combination
letting Brandford counter with a right hand.
RIck Brandford seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morales takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Brandford is looking to slow Morales down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brandford drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morales taking a bit of punishment here - Brandford scoring with strikes.
Morales throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Brandford working away.
Brandford is chipping away with strikes.
Morales regains half guard.
Brandford wants to pass the guard but Morales is defending well.
Morales tries to get to full guard but Brandford has control of the leg.
Morales trying to control but Brandford postures up.
Brandford blocks the strikes from Morales.
Morales moves into full guard.
Morales has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brandford cracks Morales with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Brandford stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morales swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brandford scoring with some ground and pound.
Brandford in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morales manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Brandford blocking the ground and pound.
Morales trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morales raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales wants to control the pace but Brandford is squirming around nicely.
Morales looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morales throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Morales thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Morales throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Morales with a couple of short strikes.
Morales connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales looking to ground and pound but Brandford is blocking nicely.
Morales breaks from Brandford's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morales tries to control but Brandford wriggling away.
Morales throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Brandford avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morales.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales throws some wild stikes that Brandford manages to avoid easily.
Brandford is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
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 Pablo Morales will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Brandford slips a jab and a cross from Morales.
Morales throws a right and a left that Brandford avoids nicely.
Brandford moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brandford.
Brandford explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brandford shoots in for a takedown but Morales shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morales misses with a double jab.
Morales tries to bum rush Brandford with a series of wild strikes but Brandford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brandford walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Morales lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brandford circles away quickly and effectively.
Morales lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brandford circles away quickly and effectively.
Brandford scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morales doesn't seem bothered though.
Morales darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pablo Morales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morales uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brandford.
Morales lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brandford circles away quickly and effectively.

Morales moves into range and clinches up with Brandford.
Morales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brandford prevents a body shot from Morales.
Brandford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brandford trying to stall but Morales improves his position.
Brandford will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morales up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morales misses with a punch to the body.
Morales lands with a short shot to the head.
Morales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Brandford.
Morales is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by RIck Brandford.
Morales fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pablo Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morales throws a nice looking combination but Brandford bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brandford shoots in and drives through. Morales sprawls well.
Morales lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morales.

Morales has closed the distance and engaged Brandford in a clinch.
Morales is pressed up against the cage. Brandford has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morales down to the mat. Morales avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pablo Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of RIck Brandford.
Brandford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morales lands a slapping body shot.
Brandford is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morales.
Morales throws a series of punches but Brandford moves out of range.
Brandford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morales throws a right hand that Brandford ducks under and follows up with a left that Brandford also avoids with ease.
Morales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brandford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Brandford. Beautiful body shot.
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Morales misses with the combination.

Brandford manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Morales on his heels. He'll look to pass Morales's guard now, I'm sure.
Morales is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morales seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Brandford won't allow Morales to sweep him here.
Morales manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brandford manages to get himself to full guard.
Morales thows a big elbow that misses.
Morales throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morales accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brandford trying to control the position.
Morales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morales passes into half guard.
Morales sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morales missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morales thows a huge punch but Brandford dodges it nicely.
Brandford really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morales. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morales not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brandford is looking to escape.
Brandford is refusing to be controlled, as Morales sits in half guard.
Brandford is trying to stand.
Morales thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brandford's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Morales showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morales has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
88%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toni Turpa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgie Landis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turpa
vs
Landis

183 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
189 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toni Turpa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Georgie Landis!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turpa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Landis misses with a wild body shot.
Turpa shoots for a takedown but Landis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Landis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turpa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Landis scores with a nice strike.
A cross from Landis lands.
Landis throws the left hand but Turpa avoids the punch easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Turpa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Landis.

Landis cracks Turpa with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Turpa looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away� can Landis finish him?

Turpa is rocked!

It looks like Toni Turpa has been cut.
Landis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oh Turpa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turpa wants to clinch.
Turpa seems to have got his legs back now.
Turpa moves forwards but Landis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Landis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turpa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Landis misses with a hook
and Turpa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turpa defending well as Landis loads up on a big left hand.
Turpa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Landis swivels and escapes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Landis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turpa misses with a looping right.
A jab from Landis misses.
Turpa shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toni Turpa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Landis.
Landis slips a jab and a cross from Turpa.

Turpa throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Landis tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Turpa is in Landis's guard.
Turpa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Landis is controlling Turpa's posture.
Turpa trying to control but Landis is working from the bottom.
Turpa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Landis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Landis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Turpa is looking to work some ground and pound but Landis has wrist control.
Turpa trying to control the position from guard on top but Landis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Turpa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turpa shoots in for a double leg but Landis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Turpa moves out of range of the strikes.
Landis throws a hook to the side of Turpa's head but Turpa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Landis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Turpa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Landis ducks right into an uppercut from Turpa.
Turpa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Landis defends it nicely.
Turpa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Landis sizes up Turpa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Turpa throws the left hand but Landis avoids the punch easily.
Turpa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Landis is able to avoid easily.

Landis lands a big right hand that sends Turpa crashing to the mat! Landis stays standing though and waves Turpa back to his feet!
Landis might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landis throws a jab when Turpa was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Landis.
An inside leg kick from Landis misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Turpa misses the target.
Landis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turpa walks into a straight right hand from Landis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turpa closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Landis's guard.
Turpa looking to pass the guard.
Landis pulls Turpa in close to prevent any damage.
Turpa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Landis is keeping the position for now.
Landis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Turpa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Turpa stopping the sweep attempt from Landis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Landis manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Landis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Landis wants to take Turpa's back here but Turpa is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turpa is desperately trying to improve his position but Landis has a good base and remains in mount.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Georgie Landis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Toni Turpa's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Landis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Turpa.
Turpa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Turpa throws a jab when Landis was well out of range.
Landis misses with a straight right.
Turpa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Landis drops Turpa with a beautiful combination! Turpa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Landis is looking for the KO!
Turpa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Landis counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Georgie Landis!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamish McGibbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McGibbs
vs
Murphy

190 cm
26
222 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

188 cm
28
222 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hamish McGibbs!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kirk Murphy!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Murphy misses
and McGibbs counters with a slapping leg kick.
McGibbs misses with an attempted mid kick.
McGibbs throws a head kick that Murphy semi-blocks.

It looks like Kirk Murphy has been cut.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Horrible takedown by Murphy or perhaps it was just good defense by McGibbs which made him look bad.
Murphy fails with the takedown
and McGibbs counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murphy's knee momentarily.
Nice body kick there by McGibbs.
Murphy looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McGibbs.
McGibbs throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy 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.
McGibbs throws a nice head kick!
McGibbs throws a head kick that misses.
McGibbs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murphy. That did some damage!
McGibbs moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for McGibbs.
McGibbs punishes Murphy's body with a nice straight punch.
McGibbs is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGibbs connects with a leg kick. Murphy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McGibbs throws a front kick that sends Murphy stumbling back into the cage.
Crunch! McGibbs slams his shin into Murphy's torso.
A good leg kick by McGibbs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGibbs scoring well with a low kick there.
McGibbs lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McGibbs scores with a kick to the body.
Murphy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGibbs.
McGibbs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McGibbs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McGibbs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McGibbs scores with a push kick.
Murphy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from McGibbs.
McGibbs connects with an inside leg kick.
McGibbs scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murphy in his tracks.
McGibbs connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murphy momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGibbs thumps Murphy with a low kick.
McGibbs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGibbs.
Murphy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McGibbs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGibbs, right into the meat.
McGibbs lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
McGibbs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murphy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McGibbs. McGibbs obviously looking to wear him down.
McGibbs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murphy. That did some damage!
Murphy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice body kick there by McGibbs.
McGibbs throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murphy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGibbs scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice body kick there by McGibbs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Murphy.
Hamish McGibbs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk Murphy.
McGibbs lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murphy's sensitive parts.
McGibbs throws a head kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Murphy.
Good leg kick by McGibbs there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McGibbs lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McGibbs fakes the leg kick and cracks Murphy in the body.
McGibbs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McGibbs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McGibbs connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McGibbs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGibbs cracks Murphy with an open hand slap.
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McGibbs can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGibbs scores with a head kick. Murphy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
McGibbs scoring well with a low kick there.
Murphy misses with a takedown attempt - McGibbs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McGibbs feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
McGibbs lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick from McGibbs lands but Murphy takes it in his stride.
A good leg kick by McGibbs.
Murphy is trying desperately to land a takedown but McGibbs is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Murphy.
McGibbs explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGibbs lands a leg kick that knocks Murphy off balance momentarily.
McGibbs scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McGibbs thows a body shot but no joy.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamish McGibbs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Murphy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Both fighters circling a little - McGibbs finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Murphy misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McGibbs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Murphy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
McGibbs avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Murphy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McGibbs has got the better of the exchanges.
Murphy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McGibbs can pounce on him.
McGibbs throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
McGibbs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
McGibbs fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murphy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McGibbs throws a nice head kick!
Murphy blocks a head kick by McGibbs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McGibbs doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McGibbs on the side of the head.
McGibbs scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGibbs connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murphy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McGibbs turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McGibbs throws a leg kick which misses Murphy's front leg but catches the back leg as Murphy tries to avoid it.
Murphy avoids the head kick by McGibbs.
Murphy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGibbs.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
and McGibbs counters with a nice uppercut.
Murphy misses with a takedown
and McGibbs counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Murphy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
McGibbs lands a head kick. Murphy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kirk Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGibbs connects with a leg kick. Murphy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McGibbs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hamish McGibbs is winning the standup battle so far.
McGibbs cracks the inside of Murphy's front leg.
McGibbs connects with a solid leg kick.
McGibbs is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McGibbs. McGibbs obviously looking to wear him down.
McGibbs throws a quick inside leg kick.
McGibbs loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Nice sprawl there from McGibbs as Murphy shoots in.
Hamish McGibbs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk Murphy.
McGibbs lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murphy's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGibbs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McGibbs throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Murphy's head.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and McGibbs makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McGibbs throws a quick inside leg kick.
McGibbs takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by McGibbs.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
McGibbs moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McGibbs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. McGibbs moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGibbs with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hamish McGibbs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murphy moves forwards but McGibbs connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McGibbs.
Murphy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Murphy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGibbs.
Murphy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
McGibbs chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
McGibbs connects with a solid leg kick.
Murphy throws a leg kick
and McGibbs counters with a good low kick that Murphy was not able to check.
Murphy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by McGibbs. That's going to slow Murphy down.
A slapping leg kick lands for McGibbs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGibbs scores with a head kick. Murphy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murphy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGibbs, right into the meat.

McGibbs rushes Murphy and presses him up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGibbs lands an elbow inside that Murphy shrugs off.
Murphy is trying to drag McGibbs to the mat but McGibbs just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
McGibbs creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murphy's defenses.

That has opened up Kirk Murphy's cut even more.
McGibbs lands a shot to the body.
McGibbs lands a damaging elbow.
McGibbs scores with a shoulder strike.
McGibbs controlling the action here for a moment.
McGibbs tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGibbs landing knees to the body.
McGibbs gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McGibbs trying to land knees to the body.
McGibbs creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murphy's defenses.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamish McGibbs dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Murphy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McGibbs throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGibbs.
Murphy misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McGibbs swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut
and McGibbs counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Murphy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Murphy cracks McGibbs with a good jab.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

McGibbs gets caught napping as Murphy dives in and scores a takedown. McGibbs manages to retain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGibbs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McGibbs keeping full guard, as Murphy tries to pass.
McGibbs is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murphy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McGibbs is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throwing strikes but missing.
Murphy throws a strike but McGibbs rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Murphy wants to sweep here but McGibbs controlling him for the moment.
Murphy wants to improve his position but instead McGibbs has moved into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Murphy gets back to full guard.
Murphy wants to sweep here but McGibbs controlling him for the moment.
Murphy wants to improve his position but instead McGibbs has moved into half guard.
Murphy makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Murphy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
McGibbs is controlling Murphy's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Murphy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
McGibbs won't allow Murphy to pass to mount.
Murphy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy trying to mount his opponent but McGibbs defends it.
Murphy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGibbs defending well though.
Murphy is looking to stall here but McGibbs recovers full guard.
Murphy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murphy looking to pass the guard.
Murphy distracts McGibbs with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirk Murphy really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Murphy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Murphy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murphy checks a leg kick nicely.
McGibbs throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McGibbs is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
McGibbs throws a wild body kick that Murphy sees coming a mile off.
Murphy throws a combination that misses
and McGibbs counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy throws a looping overhand right but McGibbs ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy shoots in looking for a takedown. McGibbs tries to sprawl out of it but Murphy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGibbs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McGibbs defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
McGibbs digs a good body shot into Murphy's ribs.
Murphy is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGibbs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGibbs jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McGibbs feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Murphy's calf.
McGibbs stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McGibbs wants it to stay on the feet.
Hamish McGibbs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk Murphy.

McGibbs clinches up with Murphy and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McGibbs.
Murphy drops down looking for an ankle pick but McGibbs pulls his leg out and moves away.
McGibbs throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Murphy.
McGibbs throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Murphy.
McGibbs lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murphy 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.
Murphy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McGibbs pinned against the cage. McGibbs gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGibbs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McGibbs thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
McGibbs lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGibbs scores with a kick to the body.
McGibbs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

McGibbs clinches.
McGibbs lands a body shot.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McGibbs lands a nice elbow.
McGibbs controlling the action here for a moment.
McGibbs trying to land knees to the body.
McGibbs is pushing Murphy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Murphy takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above Kirk Murphy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McGibbs using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from McGibbs.
McGibbs lands an elbow inside that Murphy shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McGibbs.
McGibbs creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murphy's defenses.
McGibbs looking to slow down the pace here.
McGibbs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGibbs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McGibbs trying to land knees to the body.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy is trying to drag McGibbs to the mat but McGibbs just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
McGibbs lands an elbow inside that Murphy shrugs off.
McGibbs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Murphy tries for a takedown. No joy.
A right handed body shot lands from McGibbs.

Murphy lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Murphy is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

Murphy drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and McGibbs dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Murphy looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McGibbs puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Murphy has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, McGibbs escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by McGibbs!
McGibbs controls the position.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamish McGibbs had his way with Kirk Murphy in that round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Murphy's cut.
That's time! McGibbs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and McGibbs counters with a nice body shot.
McGibbs takes one to the chin there.

Murphy throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. McGibbs tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Murphy is in McGibbs's guard.
Murphy is fighting to break McGibbs's control of his arms but McGibbs is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Murphy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGibbs swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McGibbs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murphy throwing strikes but missing.
Murphy chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
McGibbs managing to control the position.
Murphy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Murphy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Murphy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murphy pushes down on McGibbs's leg and manages to get into half guard.
McGibbs keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Murphy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Murphy is looking to take a break and control but McGibbs is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Murphy is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Murphy is looking to work some ground and pound but McGibbs has wrist control.
Murphy throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy preventing the sweep.
McGibbs utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Murphy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McGibbs is looking to sweep but instead, Murphy has passed into half guard.
Kirk Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murphy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murphy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Murphy is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, McGibbs has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Murphy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Murphy is working for a submission of some sort.
Murphy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Murphy is looking for a kimura but McGibbs is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Murphy to get the leverage.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 48:45
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 48:45
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 48:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hamish McGibbs!
Hamish McGibbs retains his light heavyweight title!

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