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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bowman Rook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sweaty Mullins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sweaty Mullins will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bowman Rook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sweaty Mullins!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mullins tries to clinch but Rook moves away
and Rook counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mullins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rook holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rook has Mullins pressed against the cage.
Rook misses with a knee to the head.
Rook using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mullins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mullins breaks the clinch.
Mullins gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rook holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mullins drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rook gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rook looking to throw knees to the head but Mullins is blocking nicely.
Mullins has Rook pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rook manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bowman Rook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sweaty Mullins.
Rook tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mullins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rook stops a takedown attempt from Mullins.
Mullins misses with some punches.
Mullins stalling against the cage.
Mullins wants to take the fight to the mat but Rook manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Mullins tries for a takedown but Rook manages to get underhooks.
Rook lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Sweaty Mullins has been cut.
Rook has Mullins pressed against the cage, preventing Mullins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mullins blocks an elbow strike.
Rook prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mullins jumps guard but Rook stands there with Mullins around his waist. Mullins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rook looking to throw knees to the head but Mullins is blocking nicely.
Rook unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mullins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mullins swings wildly with an uppercut but Rook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mullins fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rook lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Mullins.
Rook trying to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rook with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rook comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rook lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That has opened up Sweaty Mullins's cut even more.
Rook lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
Mullins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rook scores with a knee to the head.
The cut above Sweaty Mullins's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rook lands an elbow just above Mullins 's eye.
Mullins is rocked!
Mullins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mullins is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rook content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rook.
Mullins is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rook to keep the fight standing.
Mullins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rook fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullins fails with a takedown attempt.
Sweaty Mullins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mullins looks gassed!
Rook has Mullins up against the cage in a clinch.
Mullins tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rook smiles and moves away.
Mullins looks to land a combination but Rook avoids it well.
Bowman Rook is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rook lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mullins takes a step back to recover.
Mullins looks to clinch
and Rook makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rook has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullins misses with some punches.
Rook keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mullins's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Mullins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rook prevents a body shot from Mullins.
Rook manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mullins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mullins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mullins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rook is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mullins jumps guard but Rook stands there with Mullins around his waist. Mullins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rook lands a nice elbow.
Sweaty Mullins's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rook connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sweaty Mullins's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bowman Rook!
Bowman Rook spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terry Lyndon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meldrick Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lyndon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Danzig - Mother. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terry Lyndon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Meldrick Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson has managed to clinch.
Tyson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tyson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tyson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyndon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tyson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tyson misses with a knee strike.
Tyson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tyson is looking to break free of the clinch but Lyndon has double underhooks.
Lyndon breaks the clinch.
Lyndon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tyson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lyndon somewhat.
Lyndon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tyson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson pushes off an throws an elbow but Lyndon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lyndon is trying to push Tyson away but Tyson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stalling in the clinch from Tyson.
Tyson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lyndon avoids it.
Tyson wants to get back to striking at distance but Lyndon won't allow it.
Lyndon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyson digs a good hook to Lyndon's body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lyndon.
Tyson connects with a high kick.
Tyson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lyndon.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tyson.
Tyson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson drives through and clinches with Lyndon against the cage.
Lyndon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyson trying to stall but Lyndon improves his position.
Lyndon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lyndon darts in trying to clinch
and Tyson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lyndon misses with a takedown attempt - Tyson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Lyndon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lyndon darts in and clinches Tyson up against the cage.
Lyndon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lyndon avoids the elbow strike from Tyson, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tyson connects with a knee to the head.
Tyson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lyndon managing to block the knees to the body from Tyson.
Tyson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tyson.
Tyson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lyndon is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lyndon tries to work over Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tyson working hard to break the clinch.
Tyson tries to land a knee to the head but Lyndon blocks with his arms.
Tyson prevents Lyndon from breaking the clinch.
Tyson is trying to break free.
Tyson misses with a knee to the head.
Lyndon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lyndon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson trying to land knees to the body.
Lyndon avoiding damage as Tyson throws knees to the body.
Lyndon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meldrick Tyson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lyndon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tyson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lyndon somewhat.
A big left from Lyndon misses.
Lyndon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lyndon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tyson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lyndon has time to react.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tyson avoiding damage as Lyndon throws knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Tyson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson breaks the clinch.
Tyson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tyson breaks from the clinch.
Tyson scoring well with a low kick there.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lyndon has a takedown stuffed.
Lyndon tries to clinch up but Tyson circles away and keeps his distance.
Meldrick Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tyson tries a head kick but it misses.
Lyndon doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tyson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Lyndon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyndon wants to get back to striking at distance but Tyson won't allow it.
Tyson trying to land knees to the body.
Lyndon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lyndon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tyson misses with a knee strike.
Tyson misses with a knee strike.
Lyndon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Tyson tenderised Lyndon's leg. Lyndon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lyndon looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tyson is fending him off so far but Lyndon persists. Nope, Tyson circles away and we're back to standing.
Lyndon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tyson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lyndon somewhat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lyndon.
Tyson scoring well with a low kick there.
Tyson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lyndon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tyson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
Lyndon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tyson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lyndon somewhat.
Tyson gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lyndon is trying to break free.
Lyndon managing to block the knees to the body from Tyson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lyndon is defending well for now.
Lyndon breaks the clinch.
Lyndon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meldrick Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Lyndon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Lyndon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lyndon shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tyson sprawls well. Tyson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lyndon gets slowly back to his feet.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Lyndon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tyson.
Lyndon doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyson circles away.
Tyson misses with a low kick as Lyndon jumps back.
Tyson thumps Lyndon with a low kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Lyndon. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Lyndon fails to land the takedown.
Lyndon shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tyson as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Lyndon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyndon has a takedown stuffed.
Tyson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lyndon.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lyndon.
Lyndon shoots in looking for a takedown. Tyson tries to sprawl out of it but Lyndon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tyson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tyson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tyson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson connects with a knee to the head.
Lyndon avoiding damage as Tyson throws knees to the body.
Lyndon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tyson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lyndon avoids it.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Terry Lyndon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lyndon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lyndon throws a lazy body kick
and Tyson counters with an outside leg kick.
Lyndon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyson misses with a straight right.
Tyson stuffs the takedown.
Tyson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson moves into the clinch.
Tyson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tyson landing knees to the body.
Tyson misses with an elbow strike.
Meldrick Tyson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lyndon tries to break free but Tyson pushes him back against the cage.
Lyndon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyson keeps control of Lyndon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lyndon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tyson's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lyndon's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tyson.
Meldrick Tyson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tyson stops a takedown attempt from Lyndon.
Lyndon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyson has Lyndon pushed against the cage.
Tyson manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Meldrick Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tyson 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meldrick Tyson!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morty Gaggle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dante Rua could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Morty Gaggle's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dante Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morty Gaggle!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaggle shoots in but no luck this time.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gaggle takes the fight into the clinch.
Rua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gaggle up against the cage.
Gaggle looking for a takedown.
Rua wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rua will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gaggle up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaggle taking a breather.
Gaggle has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rua after a bit of a struggle.
Dante Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morty Gaggle.
Gaggle trying to land knees to the body.
Rua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gaggle's elbow.
Gaggle is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rua gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua managing to block the knees to the body from Gaggle.
Rua gets underhooks to prevent Gaggle's takedown attempt.
Gaggle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gaggle presses Rua against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gaggle is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gaggle changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rua fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rua drops Gaggle with a beautiful combination! Gaggle stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rua is looking for the KO!
It looks like Morty Gaggle has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gaggle!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gaggle is trying to reverse the position but instead Rua has taken his back - oops!
Rua just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua is not going to allow Gaggle to sit and survive in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gaggle breaks Rua's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Morty Gaggle's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gaggle throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rua tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gaggle is in Rua's guard.
Rua looking to control.
Rua wants to sweep but no luck.
Gaggle wants to control from the top but Rua keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Morty Gaggle.
A clash of legs there as Gaggle blocks the low kick.
Rua fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gaggle is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua scores with a body shot.
Gaggle walks into a stiff left hand from Rua.
Rua throws a right and a left that Gaggle avoids nicely.
A left and a right from Rua both land. Nice combination.
Gaggle changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rua tries to avoid it but Gaggle manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rua to the ground. Rua escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rua leaves Gaggle with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gaggle tries to close the distance and clinch but Rua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaggle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua leaves Gaggle with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dante Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morty Gaggle.
Gaggle darts in trying to clinch
and Rua counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Gaggle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gaggle fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaggle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gaggle wants it to stay on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gaggle.
Rua closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gaggle did well to prevent Rua getting side control.
Rua content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gaggle wants to get back to full guard.
Rua stalling away here and it's allowed Gaggle to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Gaggle controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Dante Rua wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Gaggle tries for a takedown but Rua circles away easily
and Rua counters with a crisp one two that drops Gaggle! Rua thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Gaggle to his feet! Gaggle is in big trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Rua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Morty Gaggle's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Rua swats away the attempt to clinch by Gaggle.
Gaggle checks a leg kick.
Gaggle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rua, pushing him back against the cage.
Gaggle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gaggle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rua avoids it.
Rua is looking to break free of the clinch but Gaggle has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rua.
Rua tries to work over Gaggle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rua wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gaggle drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gaggle drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rua gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dante Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morty Gaggle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaggle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gaggle fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rua avoids it really well and circles away.
Gaggle closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rua counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gaggle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dante Rua is winning the standup battle so far.
Rua throws a front kick aimed at Gaggle's knee but Gaggle avoids it well.
Rua has a takedown stuffed.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Gaggle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rua defends it nicely.
Rua changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gaggle looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaggle is being controlled here.
Rua wants to take a breather but Gaggle manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Rua.
Rua wants to control from the top but Gaggle keeps moving.
Rua slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morty Gaggle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dante Rua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dante Rua.
Rua fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gaggle sprawls well initially but Rua persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Rua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rua, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dante Rua!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinjo Sakamaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakamaki comes to the cage accompanied by Kung fu fighting(original) . Sinjo Sakamaki has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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179 lbs
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170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sinjo Sakamaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will Williams!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Sakamaki.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakamaki is looking to clinch.
Williams scores with a nice strike.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt
and Williams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Sakamaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Sinjo Sakamaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Williams there.
Sakamaki tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Sakamaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakamaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sakamaki wants to clinch but Williams slips to the side
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Nice takedown defense from Sakamaki. No joy for Williams on that attempt.
Sakamaki moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki wants to clinch.
Sakamaki is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakamaki is looking to clinch.
Sakamaki gets a clinch.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams wants to break free but Sakamaki has control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.
It looks like Will Williams has been cut.
Sakamaki has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams looks gassed!
Sakamaki lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Williams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sakamaki lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Sakamaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Sakamaki has him pressed against the cage.
Sakamaki lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakamaki stalling in the clinch.
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That has opened up Will Williams's cut even more.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Sakamaki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Williams is trying to push Sakamaki away but Sakamaki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Sakamaki is controlling the position.
Sakamaki connects with a knee to the head.
Williams letting Sakamaki take a breather here.
Sakamaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.
The cut above Will Williams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakamaki lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Williams can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sinjo Sakamaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Will Williams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Williams throws a right hand that Sakamaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakamaki also avoids with ease.
Sakamaki wants to clinch.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sakamaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Sakamaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakamaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sinjo Sakamaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakamaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Sakamaki moves to clinch but Williams breaks away
and Williams counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sakamaki swivels and escapes.
Sakamaki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has Sakamaki backing up. Sakamaki nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sakamaki tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Sakamaki moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki landing knees to the head.
Sakamaki prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Sakamaki lands a nice elbow.
Will Williams's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Sakamaki keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Sakamaki.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Will Williams's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sinjo Sakamaki!
After winning the bout, Sinjo Sakamaki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minowa Fujiati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by Super Massive Black Hole. The key to victory for Robert Hunt has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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269 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Minowa Fujiati!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujiati closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fujiati is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hunt has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hunt taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hunt is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fujiati is controlling him well.
Hunt avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fujiati.
Fujiati working the ground and pound but Hunt is defending the strikes.
Hunt is looking to get back to his feet here but Fujiati is keeping cool and he's managed to take Hunt's back.
Fujiati is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Hunt taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Fujiati.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Minowa Fujiati!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between CM Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serj Wunderkind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cult of Personality. Serj Wunderkind will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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220 lbs
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, CM Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serj Wunderkind!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wunderkind but Wunderkind pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brooks moves out of range of the body kick from Wunderkind.
Wunderkind lands a nice looking body kick.
Wunderkind lands with a nice body kick.
Wunderkind swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brooks moves out of range as Wunderkind throws a body kick.
Wunderkind is looking to score with low kicks.
Wunderkind throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wunderkind sprawls well initially but Brooks persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wunderkind kicks off Brooks and gets to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CM Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks feints and as Wunderkind raises his hands in defense, Brooks changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wunderkind is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Brooks trying to control but Wunderkind is working from the bottom.
Brooks controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wunderkind is looking to stand up but Brooks isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks drops back looking for a leg! Wunderkind is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wunderkind manages to kick Brooks off! Brooks jumps back into Wunderkind's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brooks drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Brooks jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Brooks stops Wunderkind from standing up.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Wunderkind is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wunderkind wants to get back to his feet but Brooks is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wunderkind keeping moving, preventing Brooks from controlling successfully.
Brooks sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wunderkind's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wunderkind is trying to stand.
Brooks seems to be looking for submissions.
Wunderkind is trying to stand.
Brooks is trying for a kimura here. Wunderkind looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Brooks wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). CM Brooks!
In his post fight interview, CM Brooks started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Wauler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Gerarld (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Glenn Wauler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lee Gerarld!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gerarld tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab lands there for Wauler.
It looks like Lee Gerarld has been cut.
Gerarld clinches with his opponent.
Wauler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Wauler.
Wauler is looking to break free of the clinch but Gerarld has double underhooks.
Gerarld is trying to maintain a safe position but Wauler gets an underhook and turns Gerarld into the cage.
Wauler tries to score a body lock takedown but Gerarld shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wauler controlling the action here for a moment.
Gerarld wants to stall.
Wauler is looking to control Gerarld's arms but Gerarld gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wauler has his back to the cage.
Wauler tries to break free but Gerarld pushes him back against the cage.
Gerarld with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wauler avoids the elbow strike from Gerarld, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gerarld looking to throw knees to the head but Wauler is blocking nicely.
A short right from Wauler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wauler stalling.
Wauler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wauler lands with a straight right. Gerarld didn't see that one coming.
Gerarld closes the distance and clinches.
Gerarld is looking for a takedown.
Wauler will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gerarld up against the cage.
Wauler gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Wauler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gerarld throws an elbow but misses.
Wauler blocks the elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wauler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gerarld's elbow.
Wauler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gerarld drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Gerarld throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wauler taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wauler struggles to land a body shot inside as Gerarld controls his hands.
Wauler struggles to land a body shot inside as Gerarld controls his hands.
Gerarld taking a breather.
Wauler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wauler pushes Gerarld back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That has opened up Lee Gerarld's cut even more.
Gerarld throws an elbow but it misses.
Wauler working hard to break the clinch.
Wauler has Gerarld pushed against the cage.
Gerarld stalling in the clinch but Wauler improves position.
Wauler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gerarld tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wauler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerarld takes one on the button.
Gerarld has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wauler lands a body punch.
Wauler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Wauler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gerarld fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Glenn Wauler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Gerarld.
Wauler misses with a punch to the body.
Wauler digs a right hand into Gerarld's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gerarld's gas tank.
Wauler wants a takedown but no success here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gerarld just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wauler's brow.
Wauler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wauler content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wauler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gerarld backwards.
Gerarld using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wauler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A body shot lands from Wauler.
Gerarld looks gassed!
Wauler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gerarld looking to throw knees to the head but Wauler is blocking nicely.
Gerarld looking to throw knees to the head but Wauler is blocking nicely.
Wauler digs a right hand underneath Gerarld's ribcage. Gerarld let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Wauler.
Wauler lands an uppercut.
Wauler lands an uppercut.
Wauler lands a shoulder strike.
A bit of stalling here from Wauler.
Wauler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gerarld backwards.
Gerarld changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wauler fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wauler digs a good hook to Gerarld's body.
Wauler rushes Gerarld and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Wauler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wauler lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wauler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gerarld misses with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Wauler.
Gerarld misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Wauler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Gerarld's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Wauler gets a clinch.
Gerarld with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wauler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gerarld stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gerarld is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Wauler is defending well.
Wauler breaks from the clinch.
Wauler rushes Gerarld and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wauler lands a hook that snaps the head of Gerarld backwards.
Wauler taking a breather.
Wauler lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wauler scores with a shoulder strike.
Gerarld tries to land a knee to the head but Wauler blocks with his arms.
Gerarld taking a breather.
Wauler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wauler slows down the pace here.
Wauler blocks an elbow strike from Gerarld.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerarld can't get the takedown.
Wauler just leaning against Gerarld, taking a breather.
Wauler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wauler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Wauler.
Gerarld is breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wauler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gerarld looking to slow down the pace here.
Wauler scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gerarld tries for a takedown but Wauler manages to get underhooks.
Glenn Wauler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Gerarld.
Wauler has Gerarld pushed against the cage.
Gerarld wants to take the fight to the mat but Wauler manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wauler lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wauler lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gerarld or not.
Wauler scores with a shot to the side of Gerarld's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gerarld throws an elbow but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wauler lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Wauler decides to stand up.
Wauler has closed the distance and engaged Gerarld in a clinch.
Wauler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wauler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gerarld can do to turn this around?
Wauler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wauler.
Gerarld using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wauler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gerarld throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wauler digs a right hand underneath Gerarld's ribcage. Gerarld let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Wauler.
Wauler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wauler has Gerarld up against the cage in a clinch.
Wauler breaks from the clinch.
Gerarld moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerarld is pushing Wauler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wauler lands a shoulder strike.
Wauler scores with a hook to the body.
Wauler works on Gerarld's body with a couple of short punches.
Gerarld throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wauler fails to pull guard.
A short uppercut from Wauler.
Wauler avoids the elbow strike from Gerarld, against the cage.
Gerarld trying to control the position but instead, Wauler has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gerarld into the cage.
Nice body punch from Wauler - that landed with a thud.
A nice left hand lands by Wauler.
Wauler pushes Gerarld back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Wauler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wauler is struggling to control the position.
Wauler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gerarld looking to throw knees to the head but Wauler is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wauler takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gerarld just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wauler's brow.
A right hook to the body lands for Wauler.
Nice body punch from Wauler - that landed with a thud.
Wauler presses Gerarld against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wauler cracks Gerarld with a nice body shot.
Wauler pulls Gerarld into guard.
Wauler wants to stand up but Gerarld is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gerarld wants to pass the guard but Wauler is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Wauler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lee Gerarld's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Nice straight punches there by Wauler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wauler.
Wauler gets a clinch.
Wauler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gerarld trying to control the position but instead, Wauler has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gerarld into the cage.
Wauler trying to control the position but instead, Gerarld has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wauler into the cage.
Gerarld lands an elbow just above Wauler 's eye.
Still in the clinch, Wauler scores with a nice short uppercut.
The cut above Lee Gerarld's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wauler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wauler lands a body punch.
Wauler trying to control the position but instead, Gerarld has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wauler into the cage.
Gerarld takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wauler lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wauler taking a breather.
Gerarld is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wauler is defending well for now.
Wauler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wauler lands a left hand.
Wauler stalls.
Wauler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gerarld.
A shot in the inside from Wauler.
Wauler lands a right hand.
Wauler trying to stall but Gerarld improves his position.
Wauler will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gerarld up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Wauler - that landed with a thud.
Wauler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gerarld will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wauler has closed the distance and engaged Gerarld in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerarld's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wauler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gerarld.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wauler lands a body shot.
Wauler'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.
A left hand lands to the body for Wauler.
Wauler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wauler bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gerarld's head.
Wauler moves into the clinch.
Wauler lands a nice uppercut.
Lee Gerarld's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wauler scores with a hook to the body.
Wauler stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Wauler scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Wauler.
Wauler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wauler lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wauler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wauler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gerarld.
Wauler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gerarld backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gerarld is trying to drag Wauler to the mat but Wauler just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wauler.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lee Gerarld's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Glenn Wauler!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ishkabibble Schmukinphart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Lyger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmukinphart comes to the cage accompanied by Walk Like an Egyptian. Lyger is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Holy Diver. Ishkabibble Schmukinphart 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ishkabibble Schmukinphart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Lyger!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmukinphart tries to land a front kick but Lyger steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Schmukinphart lands a big head kick that sends Lyger tumbling to the mat! Schmukinphart takes a step backwards and waves Lyger back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Lyger is rocked!
It looks like James Lyger has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schmukinphart with a strong takedown there and he's ended up in side control.
Lyger is still in real trouble! Can Schmukinphart finish him?
Schmukinphart has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Lyger is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Schmukinphart yanks on the arm and Lyger is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Schmukinphart.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ishkabibble Schmukinphart!
Ishkabibble Schmukinphart spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saadi Al Fayyad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morales's entrance music is Fugees Ready or Not. A fine choice. Al Fayyad has chosen Desert Storm as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sergio Morales!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Saadi Al Fayyad!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Al Fayyad. That's going to slow Morales down.
Al Fayyad looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morales throws a series of punches but Al Fayyad avoids them all with ease.
Al Fayyad feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morales's calf.
Al Fayyad ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
Al Fayyad fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morales.
Morales swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morales lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Al Fayyad has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Al Fayyad and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morales misses with a jab, cross combination.
Al Fayyad throws a chopping leg kick but Morales manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Al Fayyad gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside that Morales shrugs off.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morales's defenses.
Morales avoids the elbow strike from Al Fayyad, against the cage.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Morales dodges an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Morales dodges an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
It looks like Sergio Morales has been cut.
Morales trying to control the position but instead, Al Fayyad has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morales into the cage.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside that Morales shrugs off.
Al Fayyad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow that stopped Morales in his tracks for a moment.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow that misses.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow that stopped Morales in his tracks for a moment.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Al Fayyad throws an elbow but misses.
Al Fayyad pushes off an throws an elbow but Morales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow that misses.
Al Fayyad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morales takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morales tries to stall but Al Fayyad uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Al Fayyad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morales's brow.
Al Fayyad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morales is trying to maintain a safe position but Al Fayyad gets an underhook and turns Morales into the cage.
Morales dodges an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Al Fayyad as Morales tries to tie him up.
Nice elbow from Al Fayyad.
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow over the top.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Al Fayyad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morales's defenses.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Fayyad prevents a takedown attempt there.
Al Fayyad throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Al Fayyad up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Fayyad keeps control of Morales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow that misses.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saadi Al Fayyad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergio Morales's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Al Fayyad bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad tries a head kick but it misses.
Al Fayyad misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morales takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Morales throws a head kick that misses.
Morales swinging wildly here.
Morales takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Morales crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Al Fayyad - the referee stops the clock and Morales gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Al Fayyad. Morales manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Morales misses with a two punch combination.
Al Fayyad pushes Morales away with a front kick.
Al Fayyad rushes Morales and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Al Fayyad prevents a body shot from Morales.
Morales is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad lands a damaging elbow.
Al Fayyad pushes off an throws an elbow but Morales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Al Fayyad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Al Fayyad pushes off an throws an elbow but Morales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Saadi Al Fayyad seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it misses.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside that Morales shrugs off.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Al Fayyad as Morales tries to tie him up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Al Fayyad throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales looking to slow down the pace here.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
Al Fayyad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales misses with a punch to the body.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside that Morales shrugs off.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad trying to land knees to the body.
Al Fayyad trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morales dodges an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it misses.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Al Fayyad avoids the damage to the body.
Al Fayyad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow that misses.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
Morales blocks the elbow strike.
Al Fayyad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Al Fayyad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sergio Morales's cut is getting worse.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
Morales blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales looking to slow down the pace here.
Morales manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morales dodges an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Morales jumps guard but Al Fayyad turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morales can't break the clinch.
Al Fayyad 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.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Fayyad pushes off an throws an elbow but Morales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morales takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saadi Al Fayyad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sergio Morales's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Al Fayyad explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Morales works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Saadi Al Fayyad has been cut.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Morales crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Al Fayyad - the referee stops the clock and Morales gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Al Fayyad. Morales manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Morales looks to score with a jab to the body but Al Fayyad is just out of range.
Al Fayyad wants to clinch.
Al Fayyad moves out of range as Morales strikes.
Al Fayyad closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Al Fayyad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morales's brow.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow just above Morales 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Fayyad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sergio Morales's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice elbow from Al Fayyad.
Morales tries to circle away but Al Fayyad has him pinned against the cage.
Al Fayyad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morales's defenses.
Al Fayyad keeps control of Morales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Al Fayyad tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales wants to stall.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Al Fayyad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Al Fayyad takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Morales.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it misses.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow that stopped Morales in his tracks for a moment.
Jeez, Sergio Morales's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Morales misses with a body punch.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Fayyad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morales avoids the elbow strike from Al Fayyad, against the cage.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Morales is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Al Fayyad is keeping busy.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morales's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Al Fayyad.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sergio Morales's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Saadi Al Fayyad!
Saadi Al Fayyad is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Saadi Al Fayyad thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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