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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sekur Arian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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135 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sekur Arian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frodo Baggins!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Arian shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Baggins defends it nicely.
Baggins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Baggins throws a head kick that misses.
Arian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Baggins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baggins stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Baggins wants it to stay on the feet.
Baggins slaps away a takedown attempt from Arian, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sekur Arian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arian scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Arian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baggins doesn't seem phased though.
Arian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Baggins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Arian keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baggins is landing with some decent strikes but Arian is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arian is desperately trying to improve his position but Baggins has a good base and remains in mount.
Baggins with good strikes from the mount here!
Baggins wants to control the pace but Arian is squirming around nicely.
Arian defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Baggins.
Baggins is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Arian to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Arian shrugs it off.
Baggins is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Baggins extends the arm and Arian is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frodo Baggins!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Filip Decapovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Decapovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You Want Blood (You Got It) - AC/DC. Costanza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Do the Opposite kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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202 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filip Decapovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costanza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Daniel Costanza has been cut.
Costanza with a nice cross.
Decapovic gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Costanza counters with a leg kick.
Costanza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Costanza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Decapovic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Decapovic throws a hook to the side of Costanza's head but Costanza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costanza looks to score with a jab to the body but Decapovic is just out of range.
Decapovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Costanza takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decapovic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Costanza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Costanza.
Costanza throws a leg kick but Decapovic moved away.
Decapovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Costanza.
Costanza misses with a leg kick
and Decapovic counters with a two punch combo.
Decapovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Costanza counters with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza connects with a solid leg kick.
Costanza throws a leg kick which misses Decapovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Decapovic tries to avoid it.
Costanza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Decapovic.
Decapovic moves away from the strike by Costanza.
Decapovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costanza manages to avoid it.
Decapovic throws a right hand that Costanza ducks under and follows up with a left that Costanza also avoids with ease.
Costanza lands a slapping body shot.
Costanza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Decapovic is breathing heavily.
Costanza jabs Decapovic right on the nose. Decapovic blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Filip Decapovic has been cut.
Costanza tries to clinch up but Decapovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Costanza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decapovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costanza.
Daniel Costanza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costanza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Decapovic will feel that in the morning.
Costanza lands with a straight right. Decapovic didn't see that one coming.
Costanza thows a body kick. Decapovic tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza connects with an inside leg kick.
Decapovic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Costanza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costanza cracks the inside of Decapovic's front leg.
Costanza misses with a two punch combination.
Costanza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Costanza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costanza tries to clinch but Decapovic is having none of it.
Costanza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Decapovic's sensitive parts.
Costanza rushes Decapovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Costanza working Decapovic over with knees to the body.
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza digs a right hand underneath Decapovic's ribcage. Decapovic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Costanza.
Costanza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costanza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Costanza.
Costanza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costanza lands a knee to the body.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Decapovic tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Decapovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Costanza scores with a shot to the side of Decapovic's head.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Decapovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Decapovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costanza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Decapovic.
Costanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Costanza lands a nice uppercut.
Costanza misses with a body punch.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Costanza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costanza lands a body shot in the clinch.
Costanza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza lands a good knee to the midsection. Decapovic won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Costanza dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Decapovic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Costanza. Costanza obviously looking to wear him down.
Decapovic misses with a head kick.
Costanza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Decapovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Costanza.
A head kick misses from Decapovic.
Daniel Costanza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Costanza. Decapovic shrugs it off though.
Costanza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Costanza thuds a left hand into Decapovic's body.
Costanza throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costanza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Costanza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Costanza lands a leg kick that knocks Decapovic off balance momentarily.
Costanza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Costanza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Decapovic momentarily.
Filip Decapovic's cut is getting worse.
A solid leg kick lands there for Costanza.
A slapping leg kick lands for Costanza.
Costanza moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Costanza as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Costanza - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Costanza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costanza scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costanza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costanza with a knee to the head.
Decapovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costanza lands a nice knee to the body.
Costanza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Costanza.
Decapovic blocks a body shot from Costanza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Decapovic avoids the damage to the body.
Costanza scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knees to the body from Costanza.
Decapovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Costanza scores with a knee to the head.
Costanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Costanza digs a right hand into Decapovic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Decapovic's gas tank.
Costanza avoiding damage.
Decapovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Costanza gets an underhook and turns Decapovic into the cage.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Decapovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costanza tries a body shot but Decapovic blocks it.
Costanza misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza avoiding damage.
Costanza working Decapovic over with knees to the body.
Costanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Decapovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.
Daniel Costanza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Decapovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Costanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Costanza slows down the pace here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costanza landing knees to the head.
Costanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Decapovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Costanza pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costanza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costanza landing knees to the body.
Costanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Decapovic controls the action.
Costanza misses with a knee strike.
Costanza dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Costanza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Decapovic controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Costanza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Costanza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Costanza cracks Decapovic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Costanza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Decapovic.
Decapovic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Decapovic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Costanza doesn't manage to clinch there - Decapovic circles away.
Costanza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Decapovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Costanza gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costanza manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Costanza misses with a body punch.
Costanza stalling in the clinch.
Costanza trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Decapovic avoids the damage to the body.
Costanza misses with a body punch.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.
Costanza working aggressively here.
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Costanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Decapovic.
Costanza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costanza crunches a lovely knee into Decapovic's ribcage.
Costanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Decapovic.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Decapovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Costanza struggles to land a body shot inside as Decapovic controls his hands.
Costanza struggles to land a body shot inside as Decapovic controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decapovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Decapovic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Decapovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Decapovic managing to block the knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Decapovic controls the action.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.
Costanza misses with a knee to the head.
Decapovic avoiding damage as Costanza throws knees to the body.
Costanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Decapovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Decapovic will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Decapovic.
A shot in the inside from Costanza.
Costanza looking to throw knees to the head but Decapovic is blocking nicely.
Filip Decapovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Decapovic avoids the damage to the body.
Costanza stops a takedown attempt from Decapovic.
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Costanza with a knee to the head.
Decapovic has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Costanza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Costanza as Decapovic tries to tie him up.
Costanza misses with a knee strike.
Costanza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Decapovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Decapovic pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
Decapovic managing to block the knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza blocks an uppercut.
Decapovic tries to break the clinch but Costanza is controlling the position.
Costanza missing with knees to the body.
Costanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Decapovic.
Decapovic is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Costanza pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filip Decapovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Costanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Decapovic blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costanza lands a right hand.
Decapovic tries to work over Costanza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Costanza - that landed with a thud.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Costanza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Costanza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Costanza!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aleksi Hihnavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hihnavaara comes to the cage accompanied by Kallio Vice. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksi Hihnavaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Les Paul!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paul misses with a body shot.
Paul shoots in and bounces Hihnavaara off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Paul passes into half guard.
Paul wants to free his trapped foot but Hihnavaara is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Paul is looking for a kimura here.
Paul works his way into side control.
Paul works to advance to full mount. Hihnavaara defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Paul jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Hihnavaara is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Hihnavaara and Paul has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
You can see the frustration on Hihnavaara's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hihnavaara is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Paul is trying to get an arm triangle but Hihnavaara is defending well.
Hihnavaara struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hihnavaara sneaks back into half guard.
Paul is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hihnavaara is controlling Paul's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Paul wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hihnavaara keeps working.
Hihnavaara is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Hihnavaara is in trouble now - Paul has advanced to mount!
Paul swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hihnavaara is now in Paul's guard. A big mistake from Paul there, giving up the dominant position!
Paul has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hihnavaara can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paul keeping full guard, as Hihnavaara tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hihnavaara is stalling in the full guard.
Hihnavaara wants to pass the guard but Paul is keeping the position.
Paul looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hihnavaara passes into side control.
Paul tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hihnavaara wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hihnavaara decides to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hihnavaara.
Aleksi Hihnavaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paul misses with a hook.
Paul paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Paul lands a head shot.
Hihnavaara throws a hook but Paul avoids it easily.
Paul drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hihnavaara thuds a left hand into Paul's body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hihnavaara tries to bum rush Paul with a series of wild strikes but Paul uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paul takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Paul shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hihnavaara fails to land with a series of punches.
Hihnavaara stalks Paul and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Paul's face. Paul staggers backwards, shaken.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hihnavaara takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Paul misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hihnavaara lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Paul dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hihnavaara lands a nice hook to Paul's body. Paul takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Horrible takedown by Paul or perhaps it was just good defense by Hihnavaara which made him look bad.
Hihnavaara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hihnavaara misses with a hook. Paul ducked under it nicely.
Paul fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Hihnavaara. Those never looked like landing.
Hihnavaara fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hihnavaara blocks a jab.
Hihnavaara throws a leg kick but Paul sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Paul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hihnavaara moves away.
Hihnavaara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paul misses with a body shot.
Hihnavaara jabs Paul to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Paul throws a lazy head kick
and Hihnavaara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Paul misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hihnavaara throws a leg kick that misses.
Hihnavaara throws a series of strikes that have Paul backpedaling.
Paul checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hihnavaara smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hihnavaara is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A jab lands there for Hihnavaara.
Paul takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hihnavaara getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hihnavaara lands a right hook to the body.
Paul throws a leg kick
enabling Hihnavaara to counter with a crisp jab.
Paul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paul jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hihnavaara. Paul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hihnavaara avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hihnavaara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hihnavaara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hihnavaara lands a slapping body shot.
Hihnavaara cracks a nice hook into Paul's ribs.
Nice sprawl there from Hihnavaara as Paul shoots in.
Paul is breathing heavily.
Paul doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Hihnavaara counter with a right hand.
Aleksi Hihnavaara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Paul.
Hihnavaara tests Paul's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paul thows a body shot but no joy.
Paul looks to land a right hand but Hihnavaara moved out of range.
Jab by Hihnavaara.
Hihnavaara lands a right hook to the body.
Hihnavaara lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Paul backs up against the cage.
Hihnavaara scores with a nice head shot.
Paul feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hihnavaara's calf.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hihnavaara thuds his right hand into Paul's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hihnavaara with a nice cross.
Paul avoids the body shot from Hihnavaara.
Hihnavaara lands with a straight right. Paul didn't see that one coming.
Hihnavaara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paul sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hihnavaara is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hihnavaara keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hihnavaara scores with a jab.
Paul walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Paul misses with a body shot.
Hihnavaara connects with the punch.
Hihnavaara scores with a nice strike.
Hihnavaara's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hihnavaara duly obliges.
Paul avoids the body shot from Hihnavaara.
Paul thows a body shot but no joy.
Aleksi Hihnavaara is winning the standup battle so far.
Paul lands a jab to Hihnavaara's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul shoots in but Hihnavaara avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paul misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hihnavaara.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hihnavaara rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Paul moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Paul is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hihnavaara rather than just go for the knockout.
Paul shoots for a double leg takedown but Hihnavaara sprawls well. He's pushed Paul's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Paul pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hihnavaara moves away.
Hihnavaara scores with a punch to the head.
Paul lands a jab to Hihnavaara's midsection.
Hihnavaara misses with an uppercut.
Paul dives in and grabs Hihnavaara's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hihnavaara pushes down on Paul's head and hops out.
Hihnavaara connects with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Hihnavaara.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hihnavaara.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksi Hihnavaara dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Paul manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hihnavaara on his heels. He'll look to pass Hihnavaara's guard now, I'm sure.
Hihnavaara pulls Paul in to control the position.
Paul passes Hihnavaara's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Paul is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hihnavaara sees it coming and defends easily.
Hihnavaara is concentrating on defense, preventing Paul from advancing position.
Paul trying to control the action but Hihnavaara is working from the bottom.
Hihnavaara has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Paul is working away from the top position though.
Paul is looking to advance position but Hihnavaara won't allow it.
Hihnavaara is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Paul wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hihnavaara keeps working.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hihnavaara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paul moves away.
Hihnavaara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paul.
Hihnavaara lands with a nice combination. Paul backs away looking to recover.
Paul has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paul throws a looping overhand right but Hihnavaara ducks down to avoid it.
Hihnavaara misses with the combination.
Paul has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Paul there as he acknowledges the shot.
Aleksi Hihnavaara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paul shoots in for a double leg but Hihnavaara sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Paul misses with a body shot.
Paul steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hihnavaara.
Paul takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hihnavaara.
Hihnavaara scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hihnavaara scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Paul just misses with a punch to the body.
Paul shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hihnavaara as he jumps to the side.
Hihnavaara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Paul momentarily.
Hihnavaara is looking to clinch.
Hihnavaara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hihnavaara fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Paul has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
No joy there for Hihnavaara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Paul shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Paul showed some decent athleticism there.
Hihnavaara is looking to improve his position.
Hihnavaara trying to hold on to Paul's head to control him but Paul postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul seems to be looking for submissions.
Paul prevents Hihnavaara from improving his position.
Hihnavaara slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hihnavaara keeping full guard, as Paul tries to pass.
Hihnavaara keeping moving, preventing Paul from controlling successfully.
Paul trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hihnavaara looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Paul wants to control from the top but Hihnavaara keeps moving.
Paul tries to free his leg and advance position but Hihnavaara is retaining full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Paul looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aleksi Hihnavaara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Paul.
Hihnavaara digs a good body shot into Paul's ribs.
Hihnavaara throws out a powerful jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hihnavaara connects with a right hand. Paul shakes it off.
Jab by Hihnavaara.
Hihnavaara connects with a looping right hand.
Hihnavaara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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 Aleksi Hihnavaara.
I think Hihnavaara 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksi Hihnavaara!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Magus Arbenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russian Experiment II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Experiment II has chosen Terminator 2 - Bad to the Bone as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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179 lbs
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186 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magus Arbenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Russian Experiment II!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arbenson walks into a left hand.
Experiment II misses with a hook. Arbenson ducked under it nicely.
Experiment II throws a right hand that misses
letting Arbenson counter with a right hand.
Experiment II throws a hook but Arbenson blocks it.
Arbenson slips under a jab.
Arbenson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Arbenson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Experiment II.
Arbenson walks into a straight right hand from Experiment II.
Experiment II with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Arbenson to score with a decent uppercut.
Russian Experiment II seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Experiment II throws a hook but Arbenson blocks it.
Experiment II scores with a sloppy right hand. Arbenson should have avoided that one.
Arbenson tries to clinch up but Experiment II circles away and keeps his distance.
Arbenson cracks Experiment II with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arbenson blocks a jab.
Experiment II throws a hook to the side of Arbenson's head but Arbenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arbenson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Experiment II throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Arbenson has closed the distance and engaged Experiment II in a clinch.
Experiment II tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arbenson's elbow.
Experiment II cracks Arbenson with a nice body shot.
Arbenson looking to slow down the pace here.
Experiment II breaks from the clinch.
Experiment II misses with a wild body shot.
Arbenson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Experiment II.
Arbenson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Experiment II throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arbenson tries to score with a low kick but Experiment II moves his leg out of the way.
Experiment II swings for the body but Arbenson moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big left from Experiment II misses.
Experiment II throws a lazy right hand but Arbenson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Arbenson misses the target.
Experiment II thows a body shot but no joy.
Experiment II stuns Arbenson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Experiment II jabs Arbenson right on the nose. Arbenson blinks but takes it well.
Experiment II throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arbenson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arbenson staying out of range there.
Experiment II throws a lazy right hand but Arbenson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arbenson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Arbenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Experiment II misses with a looping left.
Experiment II tries to move into range but Arbenson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Experiment II pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Experiment II throws a lazy uppercut
and Arbenson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Arbenson lands a two punch combo.
Arbenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arbenson takes one to the side of the head.
Experiment II just misses with a punch to the body.
Experiment II misses with a left hand
and Arbenson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arbenson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Experiment II.
Good exchange - Arbenson coming out on top.
Arbenson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Experiment II.
A jab from Experiment II misses.
Arbenson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Experiment II takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Experiment II throws a body punch but Arbenson moves out of range.
Experiment II takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Experiment II swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Experiment II. Arbenson does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Russian Experiment II will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Arbenson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Experiment II moves away.
Experiment II misses with a hook.
Arbenson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Experiment II looks to land a right hand but Arbenson moved out of range.
Arbenson fails with a takedown attempt.
Experiment II uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arbenson.
Experiment II keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Experiment II misses with a looping left.
Experiment II fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Arbenson on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment II ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arbenson moves away.
Experiment II has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Arbenson finds it's way round the side to connect with Experiment II's head.
Arbenson looks to land a right hand but Experiment II moved out of range.
Arbenson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Arbenson.
Arbenson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Arbenson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Experiment II blocks a low kick nicely.
Experiment II throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arbenson fails with a takedown attempt.
Experiment II missing with a left hand there. Arbenson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment II fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Experiment II misses with a looping left.
Arbenson blocks a jab.
Arbenson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Experiment II connects with a good right hand that stumbles Arbenson. Arbenson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Arbenson's corner calls for a 1-2. Arbenson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Arbenson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Arbenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Experiment II scores with a nice strike.
Experiment II throws a looping overhand right but Arbenson ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arbenson staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Experiment II. Beautiful body shot.
Russian Experiment II is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Experiment II misses with an uppercut.
Experiment II with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Experiment II lands a really nice looking cross but Arbenson seems unphased.
Arbenson tries a head kick but it misses.
Experiment II lands a jab to the head.
Arbenson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Arbenson throws a sloppy head kick and Experiment II moves out of range easily.
Experiment II comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment II scores with the left hand. Arbenson knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Arbenson.
Experiment II throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Arbenson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Experiment II waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arbenson.
Arbenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arbenson slips a jab from Experiment II.
Arbenson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big left from Experiment II misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arbenson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arbenson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Magus Arbenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Experiment II connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russian Experiment II showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Experiment II throws a sloppy body shot
and Arbenson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Experiment II. Arbenson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Experiment II cracks Arbenson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Arbenson. That snapped Experiment II's head back.
Experiment II is rocked!
Experiment II throws a right hand that misses
and Arbenson counters with an outside leg kick.
Experiment II is still on wobbly legs! Can Arbenson finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arbenson cracks Experiment II with a left hook right on the temple and Experiment II goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Arbenson lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Experiment II is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Magus Arbenson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bat Slade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slade comes to the cage accompanied by Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon. Brown has chosen Emanuel - The Hey Man as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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195 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bat Slade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Brown!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Slade misses with a double jab.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Slade.
Slade lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Slade throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Slade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown avoids the body shot from Slade.
Slade thows a body shot but no joy.
Slade throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brown throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slade. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown closes the distance and clinches.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Slade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slade tries to stall but Brown uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Slade working aggressively here.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Bat Slade has been cut.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown letting Slade take a breather here.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slade avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown has Slade pressed against the cage.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Slade avoids the damage to the body.
Slade scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Slade.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slade.
Slade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Slade scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slade.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown is trying to push Slade away but Slade has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Slade leaning his opponent against the cage.
Slade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Slade avoids the damage to the body.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Slade.
Slade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slade scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
Slade is working Brown over against the cage.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slade.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Slade shrugs off.
Slade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slade lands with a right to the head.
Slade lands a left hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brown.
Slade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Slade has Brown pushed against the cage.
Slade avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slade has him pressed against the cage.
Slade lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bat Slade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bat Slade's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Slade dodges the punch combination from Brown.
Brown wants to land a leg kick but Slade is out of range.
Slade scores with a nice head shot.
Slade clinches up against the cage.
Bat Slade has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Slade avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Slade.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slade.
Slade swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Slade is blocking nicely.
Brown is looking to control Slade's arms but Slade gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slade has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Slade avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Slade misses with a body punch.
Slade lands with a left to the head.
Slade works on Brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Slade.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Slade can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Slade throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Slade is defending well for now.
Slade lands with a short shot to the head.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Slade swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown feints and then cracks Slade's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Slade down.
Slade misses with a head kick.
Slade fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Slade just misses with a punch to the body.
Slade misses with a looping left.
Brown walks into a straight right hand from Slade.
A jab from Slade finds it's way through Brown's defenses.
Brown is rocked!
and Slade counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Brown! He's just covering up as Slade starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bat Slade!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gee Damn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Gimmick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gimmick has chosen Six Feet Under - War Is Coming as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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30
158 lbs
20 - 6 - 1 |
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24
162 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gee Damn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Gimmick!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gimmick slaps away a takedown attempt from Damn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gimmick misses with a two punch combination.
Gimmick misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Damn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left lands for Damn.
Gimmick thuds a left hand into Damn's body.
Gimmick clobbers Damn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gimmick ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Damn misses with a hook.
Gimmick turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Damn explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gimmick takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Damn avoids the body shot from Gimmick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gimmick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damn slips under a jab.
Damn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Damn misses with a hook. Gimmick ducked under it nicely.
Gimmick on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gimmick lands with a good body shot.
Gimmick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Damn misses with a leg kick.
Damn misses with a low kick.
Damn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gimmick circles away.
Damn throws a hook but Gimmick blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick feints a jab promting Damn to slip. Gimmick then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Damn slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Damn lands a leg kick that knocks Gimmick off balance momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Gimmick misses the target.
Damn takes a swing at Gimmick's ribcage but misses.
Gimmick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damn was well out of range. Poor timing from Gimmick.
Damn throws a leg kick which misses Gimmick's front leg but catches the back leg as Gimmick tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Gimmick. Beautiful body shot.
Gimmick uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gimmick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Damn misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damn throws a sloppy head kick and Gimmick moves out of range easily.
Damn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gimmick.
Gimmick tries a head kick but it misses.
Gimmick throws a series of punches but Damn moves out of range.
Damn clinches up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gimmick.
A short body shot lands from Damn as the two fighters clinch.
Gimmick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gimmick misses with some punches.
Damn goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gimmick prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gee Damn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Damn tries to land knees in the clinch but Gimmick avoids the damage to the body.
Damn looking for a takedown.
Damn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Gimmick.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damn.
Gimmick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gimmick misses with some punches.
Damn lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damn is trying to drag Gimmick to the mat but Gimmick just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gimmick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damn backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damn misses with a punch to the body.
Gimmick will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Damn up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Justin Gimmick will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gimmick throws a left and a right that both miss
and Damn counters with an inside leg kick.
Gimmick does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gimmick stuns Damn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Damn tries to close the distance and clinch but Gimmick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Damn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damn misses with a jab to the body
letting Gimmick counter with a right hand.
Damn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gimmick defends it nicely.
Damn throws a lazy uppercut
and Gimmick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gimmick paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Damn scores with a nice strike.
Damn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Justin Gimmick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gimmick throws a hook but Damn blocks it.
Damn's corner calls for a 1-2. Damn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Damn ducks under a wild hook from Gimmick.
Damn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gimmick sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gimmick pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Damn back to the cage. Gimmick follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Damn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Damn tries for a takedown but Gimmick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gimmick misses the shot to the body.
Gimmick misses with a looping right.
Damn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gimmick checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damn cracks Gimmick with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gimmick connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Damn momentarily.
Gimmick misses with a hook. Damn ducked under it nicely.
Justin Gimmick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gimmick looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gimmick swinging wildly here.
Damn throws a head kick that misses.
Damn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gimmick checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gimmick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Damn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damn throws a jab but it's blocked by Gimmick.
Good exchange - Damn coming out on top.
Damn scores with a jab to the body.
Damn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Damn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gimmick was well out of range. Poor timing from Damn.
Gimmick scores with a nice strike.
Damn tries to clinch up but Gimmick circles away and keeps his distance.
Damn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Damn shoots in looking for a takedown. Gimmick tries to sprawl out of it but Damn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gimmick manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gee Damn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gimmick lands with a cross.
Justin Gimmick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gimmick can pounce on him.
Damn moves out of range of the leg kick from Gimmick.
Damn blocks a jab.
Damn throws out a loose jab but Gimmick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gimmick tries to clinch up but Damn circles away and keeps his distance.
Gimmick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Damn.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gimmick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Damn.
Damn shoots in for a takedown but Gimmick shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gimmick throws a series of punches but Damn moves out of range.
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 Gee Damn will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Damn shoots in looking for a takedown but Gimmick manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Damn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A clash of legs there as Damn blocks the low kick.
Gimmick throws a left and a right that both miss
and Damn finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Damn shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Damn showed some decent athleticism there.
Damn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gimmick flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gimmick is trying to stand up here but Damn is controlling him well.
Gimmick moves into full guard.
Damn throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damn wants to control from the top but Gimmick keeps moving.
Gimmick controls Damn momentarily but Damn frees himself.
Damn trying to control but Gimmick is working from the bottom.
Gimmick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gimmick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gimmick working a defensive guard here.
Gimmick wants to get back to his feet but Damn passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gimmick manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gimmick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Damn 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.
Damn wants to control from the top but Gimmick keeps moving.
Damn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gimmick has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Damn has managed to get both his arms back between Gimmick's legs - danger averted.
Gimmick wriggles free and stands up.
Gimmick throws a jab when Damn was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damn jabs Gimmick to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gimmick slips under a jab from Damn.
Damn throws a push kick but Gimmick slaps the foot to one side.
A low kick from Damn is predictable there
and Gimmick counters with a nice low kick that buckles Damn's knee momentarily.
Damn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Damn misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Gimmick.
Damn takes a swing at Gimmick's ribcage but misses.
Damn fails with the takedown.
Gee Damn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gimmick moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Damn lands a nice shot that snaps Gimmick's head back.
Damn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gimmick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Damn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gimmick wants to slow Damn down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gimmick.
Gimmick lands with an uppercut that bounces Damn off the cage and back into rage.
Damn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gimmick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Gee Damn did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Damn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Damn throws a jab when Gimmick was well out of range.
Gimmick throws out a leg kick but Damn moves out of range and Gimmick only half commits.
Gimmick throws the left hand but Damn avoids the punch easily.
Damn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Gimmick.
Damn darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Damn tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gimmick knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Damn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gimmick keeps working.
Damn slows the pace down in half guard.
Damn wants to control but Gimmick is keeping him busy.
Damn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gimmick wants to improve his position but Damn is controlling well.
Damn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gimmick is trying to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Damn connects with a nice short shot to Gimmick's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Damn wants to take a breather but Gimmick is having none of it.
Gimmick trying to control here.
Damn passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gimmick!
Damn looking to ground and pound but Gimmick is blocking nicely.
Damn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gimmick is bucking up trying to escape but Damn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick wants to hold on but Damn pushes him away.
Gimmick can't escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Damn.
Gimmick is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Damn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gimmick can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gee Damn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gimmick wants to hold on but Damn pushes him away.
Damn with the ground and pound from mount.
Damn tries to control but Gimmick wriggling away.
Damn is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gimmick is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee warns Gimmick that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damn blocks Gimmick's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gimmick is desperately trying to improve his position but Damn has a good base and remains in mount.
Damn avoids the attempt from Gimmick to control.
Damn looking to finish Gimmick with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gimmick!
BOOM! Damn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Damn lands with some strikes.
Gimmick is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damn with shots to the head and body - Gimmick looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gimmick is still in real trouble! Can Damn finish him?
Damn working the ground and pound effectively.
Damn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gimmick can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gee Damn had his way with Justin Gimmick in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Damn connects with an inside leg kick.
Damn closes the distance and clinches.
Damn works on Gimmick's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Damn.
Damn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Damn prevents a body shot from Gimmick.
Damn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gimmicks head.
Damn lands with a right to the head.
Damn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Damn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Damn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short body shot lands from Damn as the two fighters clinch.
Gimmick lands with a left to the head.
Damn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gimmick is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Damn scores with a shot to the side of Gimmick's head.
Damn creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Gimmick with a big uppercut! Gimmick tries to clinch up but Damn pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Gimmick to the mat! Gimmick covers up and Damn unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gee Damn!
Gee Damn retains his lightweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dr iLL (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dr iLL has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dr iLL!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiro Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakamura will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
iLL throws out a leg kick but Nakamura moves out of range and iLL only half commits.
Hiro Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura shoots in for a double leg but iLL sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nakamura's hands are dropping dangerously low here and iLL connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nakamura scrambles back to his feet.
A good leg kick by iLL.
iLL throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nakamura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nakamura shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
iLL is trying to get back to full guard.
Nakamura not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
iLL knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nakamura on the ground.
iLL trying to control from the bottom.
iLL is looking to improve his position.
Nakamura working over iLL with some ground and pound. iLL looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura wants to free his trapped foot but iLL is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nakamura is thwarting iLL's attempts to control the position.
Nakamura thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed iLL's head.
Nakamura is looking to advance position but iLL won't allow it.
Nakamura trying to control from half guard but iLL is working away.
Nakamura sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. iLL defending well though.
Nakamura missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nakamura throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
iLL trying to control but Nakamura postures up.
Nakamura is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is keen to just control but iLL is a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
iLL misses with a body kick.
Nakamura ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nakamura cracks a nice hook into iLL's ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
iLL chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nakamura can pounce on him.
iLL drops his hands momentarily and Nakamura takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nakamura jabs at iLL's body.
Nakamura lands a leg kick that knocks iLL off balance momentarily.
iLL is breathing heavily.
Nakamura feints and then cracks iLL's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow iLL down.
Nakamura connects with a leg kick. iLL looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nakamura moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
iLL takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nakamura has hold of one of iLL's legs. iLL is fighting the takedown attempt but Nakamura gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Nakamura is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
iLL keeping moving, preventing Nakamura from controlling successfully.
iLL preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nakamura makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nakamura is looking to work some ground and pound but iLL has wrist control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura throwing strikes but missing.
Nakamura wants to control from the top but iLL keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nakamura accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Nakamura working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of iLL's head.
Nakamura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nakamura cracks iLL with a solid left hand.
Nakamura throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
iLL keeping moving, preventing Nakamura from controlling successfully.
Nakamura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nakamura thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nakamura postures up.
Nakamura postures up in iLL's guard and throws a big left but iLL blocks it.
Nakamura cracks iLL with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiro Nakamura dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
iLL takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nakamura checks a leg kick.
iLL throws a right hand that Nakamura ducks under and follows up with a left that Nakamura also avoids with ease.
Nakamura dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on iLL. That did some damage!
Dr iLL is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nakamura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by iLL.
iLL has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from iLL there as he acknowledges the shot.
iLL closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nakamura tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakamura dodges the punch combination from iLL.
iLL misses with a hook. Nakamura ducked under it nicely.
Nakamura misses with a straight left.
Nakamura throws a leg kick
and iLL counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
iLL prevents the takedown attempt.
Nakamura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nakamura blocks a body shot from iLL.
Nakamura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of iLL backwards.
iLL tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nakamura takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
iLL misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
iLL tries to work over Nakamura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nakamura.
A knee to the head by Nakamura.
A right hook to the body lands for Nakamura.
Nakamura has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nakamura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
iLL's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nakamura.
iLL trying to land knees to the body.
iLL tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nakamura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nakamura misses with some punches.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura scores with a knee to the head.
iLL looking to throw knees to the head but Nakamura is blocking nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as iLL controls his hands.
iLL with a knee to the head.
iLL wants to stall.
iLL misses with some punches.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
iLL tries to throw a body punch but Nakamura avoids it by throwing iLL back against the cage.
iLL takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nakamura taking a breather.
Nakamura lands a left hand that snaps the head of iLL backwards.
Nakamura looking for a takedown.
Dr iLL has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiro Nakamura.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura lands with a light punch inside.
Nakamura tries to pull guard but iLL won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nakamura prevents a body shot from iLL.
iLL blocks a body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura connects with a knee to the head.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nakamura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the head but iLL blocks with his arms.
Nakamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Hiro Nakamura seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
iLL throws a knee to the head but misses.
iLL gets underhooks to prevent Nakamura's takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiro Nakamura showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from iLL. Nakamura does a little dance to reset his feet.
iLL attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nakamura punishes iLL's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab lands there for Nakamura.
Nakamura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nakamura smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nakamura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamura buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nakamura throws a sloppy head kick and iLL moves out of range easily.
Dr iLL has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nakamura - that will leave a mark!
Hiro Nakamura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nakamura lands a glancing blow to the side of iLL's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nakamura lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura connects with a body shot.
iLL drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nakamura.
Nakamura shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. iLL defends it nicely.
Nakamura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nakamura scores with a nice right hand.
Nakamura connects with a body shot that sends iLL's belly button to the back.
iLL takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
iLL takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
iLL gets tackled into the cage by Nakamura. Nakamura maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura unloads a knee to the mid-section. iLL lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Good body shot from Nakamura.
iLL is pressed up against the cage. Nakamura has hold of a leg and is looking to drag iLL down to the mat. iLL avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nakamura has closed the distance and engaged iLL in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
iLL throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a right hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nakamura is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
iLL is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nakamura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nakamura connects with a knee to the head.
iLL tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nakamura.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
iLL lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nakamura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with iLL's elbow.
Nakamura misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
iLL using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nakamura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
iLL is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nakamura has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. iLL avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dr iLL has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiro Nakamura.
iLL misses with a knee to the head.
Nakamura has iLL pressed against the cage.
iLL tries a knee to the head but Nakamura blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to land knees in the clinch but iLL avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura can't get the takedown.
Nakamura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hiro Nakamura is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura wants a takedown but no success here.
A knee to the head by Nakamura.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
iLL landing some nice looking knees to the body.
iLL throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nakamura blocks it with crossed arms.
iLL misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nakamura lands an uppercut.
Nakamura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
iLL misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hiro Nakamura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nakamura has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiro Nakamura!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Logen Glotka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abbott has chosen Killer Cuts - as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Logen Glotka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Abbott!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbott scores with a nice strike.
Glotka is looking to chop away at Abbott's legs.
Abbott moves out of range of the body kick from Glotka.
Glotka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abbott.
Abbott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abbott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Abbott darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Logen Glotka has been cut.
Abbott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Glotka.
Glotka scores with a spinning back kick!
Glotka tries to clinch but Abbott is having none of it.
Glotka slips under a jab.
Abbott moves out of range as Glotka throws a body kick.
Glotka throws a leg kick but Abbott checks it.
Abbott throws out a loose jab but Glotka uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abbott scores with a nice head shot.
Glotka scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glotka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abbott manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Abbott misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Abbott.
David Abbott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abbott misses with an uppercut. Glotka saw that one coming.
Abbott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abbott checks a leg kick.
Abbott misses with a straight left.
Abbott fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Glotka on the side of the head.
Glotka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Glotka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Abbott is out of range.
Glotka throws a low kick but it's checked well by Abbott.
Glotka moves out of range as Abbott strikes.
Abbott 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.
Glotka looks to throw the jab but Abbott is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Abbott misses.
Abbott with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glotka thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Abbott if he has to take too many more of those.
Glotka loads up on a big right hand but Abbott slips the punch.
Glotka moves in looking to clinch but Abbott pushes him off.
Abbott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Glotka throws a leg kick but Abbott sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Glotka tries to keep at a distance but Abbott has taken the fight into the clinch.
Abbott misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glotka.
Abbott throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Glotka throws an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Glotka.
It looks like David Abbott has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glotka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glotka misses with the head strike.
Glotka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abbott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glotka's elbow.
Abbott throws a punch but it's blocked by Glotka.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abbott.
Abbott misses with a body punch.
Glotka misses with some punches.
Abbott misses with a body punch.
Glotka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbott tries to work over Glotka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abbott scores with a shoulder strike.
Abbott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abbott misses with a body punch.
Glotka lands a shoulder strike.
Glotka blocks a body shot from Abbott.
Abbott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glotka tries to throw a body punch but Abbott avoids it by throwing Glotka back against the cage.
Glotka leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abbott throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abbott.
Glotka pushes Abbott back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Glotka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Abbott fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glotka.
Glotka scores with a hook to the body.
Abbott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Glotka wants to stall.
Abbott throws a head punch that misses.
Abbott has a couple of punches blocked by Glotka.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glotka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glotka trying to control the position but instead, Abbott has worked for underhooks and has pushed Glotka into the cage.
Glotka misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but David Abbott will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Glotka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A right-left combo lands from Glotka.
Glotka blocks a leg kick.
Glotka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Glotka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Glotka misses with a looping left.
Glotka misses with an uppercut.
Glotka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Abbott is out of range and Glotka settles back down.
Abbott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glotka throws a lazy body kick
and Abbott counters with a nice leg kick.
Abbott gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Abbott swats away the attempt to clinch by Glotka.
Glotka throws a series of punches but Abbott moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Glotka.
Glotka throws a push kick but Abbott slaps the foot to one side.
Glotka misses with a kick to the body.
Abbott has managed to clinch.
Abbott works on Glotka's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glotka tries a body shot but Abbott blocks it.
Glotka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abbott blocks an elbow strike.
Glotka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abbott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glotka backwards.
Abbott is leaning against Glotka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Abbott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Abbott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glotka blocks a body shot from Abbott.
Abbott lands a shoulder strike.
Abbott swings wildly with an uppercut but Glotka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Abbott lands a body punch.
Abbott tries to throw a body punch but Glotka avoids it by throwing Abbott back against the cage.
Abbott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Glotka is rocked!
Abbott lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glotka backwards.
Oh Glotka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Abbott lands a huge punch on the inside that knocks Glotka senseless! Wow, what a way to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). David Abbott!
David Abbott is the new heavyweight champion!
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