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ITFL - Week 2/1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rage Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Damato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blade comes to the cage accompanied by Nows My Time. Pete Damato 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
28 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rage Blade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pete Damato!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blade on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blade misses with a lunging right hand
and Damato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Rage Blade has been cut.
Blade lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Damato at a distance.
Damato misses with a wild body shot.
Blade lands a jab to Damato's midsection.
Damato just misses with a punch to the body.
Blade fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blade misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rage Blade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damato throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blade stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Damato looks to land a right hand but Blade moved out of range.
Blade connects with a nice looking jab.
Damato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blade.
Blade moves out of range of the body kick from Damato.
Blade lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blade scores with a punch to the head.
Blade misses with an uppercut. Damato saw that one coming.
Nice body kick there by Blade.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blade.
Damato misses the jab.
Damato misses with a wild body shot.
Damato throws a poor cross that misses
and Blade counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice defenses there by Damato.
Damato on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blade closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Damato misses with a hook. Blade ducked under it nicely.
No joy there for Blade, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blade throws out the jab.
Blade walks into a straight right hand from Damato.
Damato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blade moves away.
Blade lands a jab-cross combination.
Damato throws a looping overhand right but Blade ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Blade.
Damato is rocked!
Damato slips a jab from Blade.
Damato is still on wobbly legs! Can Blade finish him?
Damato moves out of range of the strikes.
Damato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Damato seems to have recovered his senses.
Damato ducks under a wild hook from Blade.
Damato looks to land a body kick but Blade moved away.
Damato misses with a looping right.
Damato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blade sends Damato crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Blade is motioning to the referee to let Damato up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Blade looks to land a right hand but Damato moved out of range.
Blade slips a jab from Damato.
Damato gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Blade gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rage Blade!
As Rage Blade got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I want that title baby lezz gooo'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Latka Gravas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Richtofen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richtofen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gravas throws out a leg kick but Richtofen moves out of range and Gravas only half commits.
Richtofen blocks a low kick nicely.
Richtofen 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.
Richtofen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gravas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gravas with a nice cross.
Gravas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richtofen.
Gravas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richtofen moves away.
Richtofen looks to throw the jab but Gravas is out of range.
Gravas throws a leg kick
and Richtofen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gravas's knee momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravas misses with a hook.
Gravas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gravas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gravas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gravas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Richtofen manages to avoid it.
Gravas throws a front kick aimed at Richtofen's knee but Richtofen avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a jab to the body
and Richtofen counters with a nice body kick.
Latka Gravas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richtofen clinches up with Gravas and pushes him back against the cage.
Gravas looking to throw knees to the head but Richtofen is blocking nicely.
Gravas looking to slow down the pace here.
Richtofen tries to work over Gravas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gravas wants to stall.
Richtofen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Gravas lands a right hand.
Stalling in the clinch from Richtofen.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Richtofen as Gravas tries to tie him up.
Richtofen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gravas has a couple of punches blocked by Richtofen.
Gravas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Richtofen tries to work over Gravas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richtofen digs a right hand into Gravas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gravas's gas tank.
Gravas can't break the clinch.
Richtofen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Gravas throws a head punch that misses.
Richtofen works on Gravas's body with a couple of short punches.
Gravas is breathing heavily.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richtofen prevents a body shot from Gravas.
Richtofen tries a body shot but Gravas blocks it.
A short uppercut from Richtofen.
Richtofen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravass head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Richtofen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gravas swings wildly with an uppercut but Richtofen uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravas throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gravas working Richtofen over with knees to the body.
Richtofen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richtofen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Richtofen swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gravas blocking some punches.
Gravas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gravas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gravas slowing the pace effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richtofen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Richtofen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richtofen pushes Gravas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richtofen lands a hook that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
A short left from Richtofen.
Richtofen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Gravas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richtofen.
Gravas misses with some punches.
Richtofen tries to throw a body punch but Gravas avoids it by throwing Richtofen back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Richtofen.
Richtofen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gravas is rocked!
Gravas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gravas lands an elbow just above Richtofen 's eye.
It looks like Edward Richtofen has been cut.
Gravas misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
Gravas wants to stall.
Gravas is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Richtofen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edward Richtofen'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.
A jab from Richtofen finds it's way through Gravas's defenses.
Richtofen instigates a clinch.
Gravas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gravas looking to stall.
Richtofen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richtofen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Edward Richtofen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A bit of stalling here from Gravas.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
Gravas tries to stall but Richtofen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Richtofen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravass head.
Richtofen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gravas throws a punch but it's blocked by Richtofen.
Gravas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Richtofen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Gravas fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
A right hook to the body lands for Richtofen.
Richtofen misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gravas.
Richtofen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Richtofen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Richtofen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravass head.
Gravas missing with knees to the body.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Richtofen misses with a body punch.
Richtofen digs a right hand underneath Gravas's ribcage. Gravas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Richtofen.
Richtofen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Richtofen blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richtofen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Richtofen lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gravas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Richtofen's brow.
Richtofen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Richtofen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gravas wants to break free but Richtofen has control.
Richtofen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Richtofen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Richtofen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Richtofen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas working hard to break the clinch.
Gravas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Richtofen stalling the fight.
Richtofen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Richtofen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Richtofen lands a shoulder strike.
Richtofen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravas's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Richtofen lands a nice uppercut.
Richtofen prevents Gravas from breaking the clinch.
Gravas working aggressively here.
Gravas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Richtofen backwards.
Richtofen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Richtofen.
Oh Gravas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Richtofen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richtofen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gravas seems to have got his legs back now.
Richtofen presses Gravas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Richtofen taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Richtofen.
Richtofen avoiding damage.
Richtofen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Richtofen scores with a shot to the side of Gravas's head.
Richtofen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Richtofen avoiding damage.
Richtofen pushes Gravas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richtofen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Richtofen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Richtofen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gravas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Richtofen backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Richtofen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Edward Richtofen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Gravas.
Richtofen misses with a kick to the body
and Gravas counters with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Richtofen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Edward Richtofen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gravas.
Gravas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richtofen.
Richtofen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gravas.
Richtofen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gravas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Richtofen drops Gravas with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Gravas! Richtofen dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Richtofen!
An out of breath Edward Richtofen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toby Diaby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ogmundur Girsurrson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaby comes to the cage accompanied by Trying'da hold me down. Toby Diaby could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ogmundur Girsurrson's chin.
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190 lbs
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180 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toby Diaby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ogmundur Girsurrson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Girsurrson looks to land a left hand but Diaby moved out of range nicely.
Diaby checks the leg kick nicely there.
Girsurrson misses with an uppercut. Diaby saw that one coming.
Diaby's jab looks to have found its range, popping Girsurrson under the eye.
Girsurrson throws a one two combo.
Diaby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Girsurrson.
Diaby shoots in and bounces Girsurrson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Diaby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Girsurrson is pulling down on Diaby's head to control his posture.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Girsurrson has momentary wrist control but Diaby slips an elbow through the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Girsurrson has his feet on Diaby's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Diaby is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Girsurrson.
Diaby slips a jab from Girsurrson.
Diaby avoids the head kick by Girsurrson.
Diaby gets a double leg takedown into Girsurrson's guard.
Diaby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Girsurrson is keeping the position for now.
Diaby 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.
Diaby controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Girsurrson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Girsurrson wants to stand and escape but Diaby is having none of it.
Girsurrson is trying to control the position but Diaby postures up.
Girsurrson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaby is one step ahead there.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Diaby throwing strikes from guard but Girsurrson blocks nicely.
Diaby working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Girsurrson's head.
Diaby trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diaby stops Girsurrson from standing up.
Diaby trying to control but Girsurrson is working from the bottom.
Girsurrson kicks Diaby off and gets to his feet.
Diaby takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaby connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Girsurrson's hands.
Diaby missing with a left hand there. Girsurrson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaby shoots in looking for a takedown but Girsurrson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Diaby's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Girsurrson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Girsurrson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Girsurrson throws a head kick that Diaby semi-blocks.
Diaby swings for the body but Girsurrson moves out of range.
Ogmundur Girsurrson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Girsurrson tries to land a leg kick but Diaby saw it coming and moves away.
Diaby moves out of range of the strikes.
Girsurrson throws an off balance right hand
and Diaby counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Girsurrson.
Girsurrson clobbers Diaby with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Girsurrson throws a nice looking combination but Diaby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Girsurrson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Girsurrson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Diaby back to the cage. Girsurrson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Diaby is rocked!
Diaby blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ogmundur Girsurrson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Diaby throws a big shot that misses.
Good exchange - Diaby coming out on top.
Diaby moves out of range as Girsurrson strikes.
Girsurrson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Girsurrson manages to avoid it.
Girsurrson with a nice cross.
Girsurrson lands a big head kick that sends Diaby tumbling to the mat! Girsurrson takes a step backwards and waves Diaby back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Diaby is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It looks like Toby Diaby has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Girsurrson lands an uppercut, right on the button! Diaby tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ogmundur Girsurrson!
An out of breath Ogmundur Girsurrson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Garrick Ballantyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garrick Ballantyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Smith!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Dan Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ballantyne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith misses with a hook.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Ballantyne.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Ballantyne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Ballantyne.
Smith throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ballantyne on the side of the head.
Smith connects with a single shot there.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Ballantyne should have avoided that one.
Ballantyne is rocked!
Smith flashes Ballantyne a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Ballantyne's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Ballantyne crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Smith punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dan Smith!
Dan Smith made sure to mention his sponsor, Ace of Spades Clothing in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bam Boon I (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Voda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voda has chosen Lamb of God - Walk With Me In Hell as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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202 lbs
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193 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bam Boon I!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeremy Voda!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Boon I darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Voda closes the distance and clinches up with Boon I, looking for a takedown. Voda pushes Boon I against the cage but Boon I circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boon I misses with a straight left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Voda.
Jab from Boon I.
Boon I throws a low kick but Voda moves out of range easily.
Boon I throws a head kick but Voda moves out of range.
Boon I throws a hook but Voda blocks it.
Boon I throws a jab but it's blocked by Voda.
Boon I swings for the body but Voda moves out of range.
Boon I throws a wild body kick that Voda sees coming a mile off.
Voda shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Boon I pinned against the cage. Boon I gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bam Boon I has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Voda.
Good leg kick by Boon I there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voda avoids a kick to the body.
Boon I misses with an uppercut.
Voda chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Boon I can pounce on him.
Boon I misses with a straight right.
Voda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boon I scores with a nice strike.
A bone on bone clash there as Voda blocks the leg kick.
Bam Boon I is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheers as Boon I lands an impressive looking overhand right. Voda doesn't seem phased though.
Voda slips a jab from Boon I.
Boon I misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voda.
Voda gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Voda as he connects with a hook.
Voda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A solid body kick from Boon I.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boon I scores with a nice right hand.
Boon I feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Voda's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Boon I misses.
Boon I scores with a body shot.
Boon I throws a sloppy head kick and Voda moves out of range easily.
Boon I swings for the body but Voda moves out of range.
Voda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boon I throws a hook to the side of Voda's head but Voda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boon I throws a leg kick which misses Voda's front leg but catches the back leg as Voda tries to avoid it.
Voda moves away from the strike by Boon I.
Voda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Voda lands with a right hand.
Voda on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voda scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Boon I struggling a bit here.
Voda throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Voda is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boon I knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Voda throws an elbow but Boon I slips to the side and avoids it well.
Voda sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Boon I is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Voda wants to take a breather but Boon I manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Voda.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voda trying to control the position from guard on top but Boon I is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Voda passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Boon I is trying to improve his position.
Voda tries for a kimura but Boon I is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boon I is not content to let Voda control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boon I managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Voda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bam Boon I dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A left lands for Voda.
That kick from Boon I tenderised Voda's leg. Voda is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sloppy strikes from Boon I. Those never looked like landing.
Boon I misses with a leg kick
and Voda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Boon I preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Voda trying to control the position from guard on top but Boon I is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Voda drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Boon I dives on top into guard.
Voda is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boon I trying to control the position from guard on top but Voda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Voda escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Boon I gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voda keeping moving, preventing Boon I from controlling successfully.
Voda is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Boon I has his hands clasped together but Voda extends an breaks Boon I's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Voda.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeremy Voda!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jeremy Voda waved his t-shirt featuring Ace of Spades Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jax Teller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Kafka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kafka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome to the Jungle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Viktor Kafka told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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25
190 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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192 lbs
18 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jax Teller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Viktor Kafka!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kafka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Teller walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kafka jabs Teller right on the nose. Teller blinks but takes it well.
Kafka shoots for a takedown but Teller saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kafka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Teller's calf.
Kafka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Teller makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Teller slaps away a takedown attempt from Kafka, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kafka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kafka throws the left hand but Teller avoids the punch easily.
Teller lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Teller.
It looks like Viktor Kafka has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kafka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Teller.
Teller swinging wildly here.
Teller tries to clinch
and Kafka counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kafka thows a huge punch but Teller dodges it nicely.
Teller trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teller blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kafka.
Teller wants to get back to his feet.
Teller trying to hold on to Kafka's head to control him but Kafka postures up.
Teller wants to improve his position but Kafka is controlling well.
Kafka wants to take a breather but Teller is having none of it.
Kafka thows a huge punch but Teller dodges it nicely.
Teller wants to improve his position but Kafka is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Kafka there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teller wants to get back to full guard.
Kafka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kafka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kafka prevents Teller from improving his position.
Kafka lands with a punch from half guard.
Kafka is pressing down on Teller's thigh, looking to free his foot. Teller is holding on for now.
Teller is looking for a sweep. Kafka is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kafka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Teller is not content to let Kafka control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kafka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Teller is looking to escape.
Teller is trying to get back to full guard.
Kafka is looking to take a break and control but Teller is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kafka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kafka thows a huge punch but Teller dodges it nicely.
Teller gets back to full guard.
Kafka sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kafka trying to control but Teller is working from the bottom.
Teller looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kafka tries to free his leg and advance position but Teller is retaining full guard.
Kafka won't allow Teller to sweep him here.
Kafka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Teller is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
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. Jax Teller wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kafka feints a jab promting Teller to slip. Kafka then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Teller slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Kafka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viktor Kafka'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.
Teller scores with a leg kick.
Kafka throws a sloppy head kick and Teller moves out of range easily.
Kafka wants to slow Teller down by chopping away at his legs.
Teller throws a right and a left that Kafka avoids nicely.
Teller cracks Kafka with a good jab.
Kafka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Teller gets caught napping as Kafka dives in and scores a takedown. Teller manages to retain guard.
Kafka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Teller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kafka won't allow Teller to sweep him here.
Kafka is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teller trying to control the position here.
Teller being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kafka stopping the sweep attempt from Teller.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Teller is on top in guard.
Kafka has his foot on Teller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Teller works his way back into a safe position though.
Teller postures up in Kafka's guard and throws a big left but Kafka blocks it.
Teller has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Teller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kafka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Teller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller postures up in Kafka's guard and throws a big left but Kafka blocks it.
Kafka looking to hit a scissor sweep but Teller is one step ahead there.
Kafka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Teller is looking to work some ground and pound but Kafka has wrist control.
Teller stopping the sweep attempt from Kafka.
Teller wants to control from the top but Kafka keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Teller misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kafka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Teller ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jax Teller is winning the standup battle so far.
Kafka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Teller at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kafka. Teller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kafka throws a lazy uppercut
and Teller counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kafka looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kafka shoots for a double leg takedown but Teller sprawls well. He's pushed Kafka's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Teller is looking to slow Kafka down with leg kicks.
Teller misses with a straight left.
Kafka thows a body shot but no joy.
Kafka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kafka shoots in but no luck this time.
Jax Teller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viktor Kafka.
Teller blocks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kafka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jax Teller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kafka needs to keep his hands up - Teller had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kafka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kafka is looking to score with low kicks.
Kafka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kafka's head.
Kafka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Teller moves into range and clinches up with Kafka.
Teller is trying to force a seperation but Kafka has the dominant position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kafka - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teller lands a nice elbow.
Kafka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kafka throws a front kick aimed at Teller's knee but Teller avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Teller dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Viktor Kafka's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kafka's jab looks to have found its range, popping Teller under the eye.
Kafka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kafka shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Teller defends it nicely.
Teller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Teller ducks under a wild hook from Kafka.
Teller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Teller slaps away a takedown attempt from Kafka, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Teller instigates a clinch.
Teller throws a head punch that misses.
Kafka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kafka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teller lands a hook that snaps the head of Kafka backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kafka manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Teller wants to get back to striking at distance but Kafka won't allow it.
Come on Kafka - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Teller taking a breather.
Kafka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kafka can't find room to land a body shot as Teller controls the action.
Kafka has Teller pressed against the cage, preventing Teller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kafka has Teller pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Teller manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jax Teller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viktor Kafka.
Teller with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kafka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Teller.
Kafka keeps control of Teller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Teller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Kafka.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller wants to stall.
Teller makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kafka stalling in the clinch but Teller improves position.
Kafka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kafka is trying to maintain a safe position but Teller gets an underhook and turns Kafka into the cage.
Kafka is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Teller pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teller'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.
Nice elbow from Teller.
Teller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kafka is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Teller has denied him.
Teller misses with an elbow strike.
Teller tries to break free but Kafka pushes him back against the cage.
Teller throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Kafka.
Kafka taking a breather.
Kafka stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Viktor Kafka.
Teller displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kafka.
Kafka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Teller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kafka staying out of range there.
Teller fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kafka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Teller misses with a hook. Kafka ducked under it nicely.
Teller sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kafka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kafka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Teller sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Teller is looking to chop away at Kafka's legs.
Kafka throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Teller tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Kafka is in Teller's guard.
Teller wants to stand but Kafka is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kafka's guard.
Kafka looking to control but Teller passes into half guard.
Kafka is controlling Teller's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Teller thows a huge punch but Kafka dodges it nicely.
Kafka is looking to improve his position.
Teller is trying to control. Kafka wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kafka blocking the ground and pound attempt from Teller.
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 Jax Teller.
I think Teller 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jax Teller!
Jax Teller really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that TFP Graphics - Pit Inc logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Billington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Lightfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billington's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur.... Lightfoot is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rise Against - Injection. 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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31
184 lbs
23 - 12 - 2 |
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196 lbs
17 - 7 - 1 |
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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
23 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Billington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Richard Lightfoot!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Billington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lightfoot was well out of range. Poor timing from Billington.
Billington misses the shot to the body.
Billington walks into a straight right hand from Lightfoot.
A jab lands there for Billington.
Donk. Billington catches Lightfoot right on the button with a cross.
Lightfoot takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Billington swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lightfoot counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lightfoot shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Billington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lightfoot.
Billington cracks a nice hook into Lightfoot's ribs.
Billington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lightfoot moves away.
Billington wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Billington checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Billington.
Billington throws a leg kick
and Lightfoot counters with a straight right hand.
Lightfoot throws a push kick but Billington slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd cheers as Billington lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lightfoot doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas Billington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lightfoot clinches up with Billington and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Lightfoot.
Lightfoot will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Billington up against the cage.
Lightfoot lands a body shot.
Lightfoot misses with a punch on the inside.
Lightfoot leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lightfoot misses with a knee strike.
Billington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Billington.
Billington has a couple of punches blocked by Lightfoot.
Billington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lightfoot misses with a body punch.
Lightfoot taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Billington - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billington lands with a right to the head.
Billington swings wildly with an uppercut but Lightfoot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Billington lands with a short head shot on the 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!
Lightfoot misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Lightfoot.
Billington misses with some punches.
Lightfoot trying to land knees to the body.
Lightfoot has Billington pushed against the cage.
Lightfoot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lightfoot taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Billington stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lightfoot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Billington lands a hook that snaps the head of Lightfoot backwards.
Billington misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Billington is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stalling in the clinch from Lightfoot.
Lightfoot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Billington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Billington jumps guard but Lightfoot turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Billington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lightfoot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lightfoot lands an uppercut.
Lightfoot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lightfoot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Billington in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lightfoot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Billington is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Billington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lightfoot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Billington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Billington.
Billington misses with a body punch.
Billington misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Billington on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lightfoot - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Billington struggles to land a body shot inside as Lightfoot controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Billington is trying to break the clinch but Lightfoot has him pressed against the cage.
Lightfoot leaning against his opponent.
Billington pulls guard successfully.
Billington pulls Lightfoot in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Richard Lightfoot will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lightfoot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lightfoot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lightfoot fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Billington has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lightfoot misses with a hook.
Lightfoot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Billington misses with an uppercut. Lightfoot saw that one coming.
Billington throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lightfoot counters with an inside leg kick.
Lightfoot misses with a hook.
Billington is looking to wear down Lightfoot with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lightfoot takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Billington feints and as Lightfoot raises his hands in defense, Billington changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lightfoot wants to sweep but no luck.
Billington is standing up over Lightfoot. Lightfoot looks to escape but Billington dives into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightfoot tries to improve position but can't.
Lightfoot sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Billington prevents Lightfoot from improving his position.
Billington prevents Lightfoot from standing back up.
Billington is looking to advance position but Lightfoot won't allow it.
Billington prevents Lightfoot from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot blocking the ground and pound attempt from Billington.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Billington is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Billington is looking to advance position but Lightfoot won't allow it.
Lightfoot blocking the ground and pound attempt from Billington.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Billington 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.
Billington thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lightfoot's head.
Billington trying to control the action but Lightfoot is working from the bottom.
Billington missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Billington missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Billington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Billington is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot has hold of Billington's hands but Billington slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Billington throwing shots but Lightfoot is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Billington there.
Lightfoot blocking the ground and pound attempt from Billington.
Billington is thwarting Lightfoot's attempts to control the position.
Thomas Billington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lightfoot won't allow Billington to pass to mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Billington seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lightfoot does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Billington dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Billington misses the shot to the body.
Lightfoot slips under a jab.
Billington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Billington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lightfoot checks a leg kick.
Lightfoot closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Billington throws a leg kick but Lightfoot sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Billington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lightfoot throws out the jab.
Lightfoot lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Billington walks into a straight right hand from Lightfoot.
Thomas Billington is winning the standup battle so far.
Billington misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lightfoot scores with a hook to the body. Billington takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lightfoot lands with a straight right. Billington didn't see that one coming.
Billington misses the shot to the body.
Billington moves out of range as Lightfoot throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightfoot takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lightfoot displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Billington throws out the jab.
Billington misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lightfoot counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lightfoot connects with an inside leg kick.
Billington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Billington slips under a jab.
Billington throws a nice looking combination but Lightfoot bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lightfoot lands a body shot.
Lightfoot closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Billington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Billington swings wildly with an uppercut but Lightfoot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lightfoot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Billington prevents a body shot from Lightfoot.
Billington throws a punch but it's blocked by Lightfoot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Billington.
Lightfoot connects with a nasty looking knee right to Billington's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Billington throws a punch but it's blocked by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot scores with a shoulder strike.
Billington lands with a short shot to the head.
Lightfoot misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Billington.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Billington.
Billington blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Billington fails to land.
Lightfoot stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billington can't find room to land a body shot as Lightfoot controls the action.
Billington scores with a nice hook to the head.
Billington misses with the head strike.
Lightfoot misses with some punches.
Billington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lightfoot looking to throw knees to the head but Billington is blocking nicely.
Lightfoot scores a nice knee to the body.
Billington struggles to land a body shot inside as Lightfoot controls his hands.
Lightfoot can't find room to land a body shot as Billington controls the action.
Lightfoot working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Billington tries to work over Lightfoot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Billington presses Lightfoot against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Billington pushes Lightfoot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Billington lands with a light punch inside.
Lightfoot lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billington takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lightfoot lands a shot to the body.
Billington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lightfoot is trying to stall.
Billington is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lightfoot is defending well.
Billington throws a punch but it's blocked by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot prevents a body shot from Billington.
Lightfoot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Billington misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lightfoot.
A right handed body shot lands from Lightfoot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lightfoot takes a shot to the head.
Lightfoot lands with a left to the head.
Lightfoot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richard Lightfoot.
I think Lightfoot has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Lightfoot!
An out of breath Richard Lightfoot thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luka Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artie Lange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lange has chosen Fire - Bruce Springsteen as his entrance music. Luka Beck has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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199 lbs
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Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luka Beck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Artie Lange!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beck throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Beck scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lange throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lange tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Beck scores with a nice head shot.
Beck throws out a powerful jab.
Beck throws a leg kick but Lange sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beck thows a leg kick but Lange checks it
and Lange counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lange throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beck counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lange keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lange thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lange lands with a shot to the body.
Beck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lange.
Lange gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Beck has a takedown stuffed.
Lange fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beck manages to avoid it.
Artie Lange is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lange swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Beck to counter with a crisp jab.
Lange moves out of range of the body kick.
Lange lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beck drives through with a takedown into Lange's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Lange has his hands on Beck's head, controlling the position.
Beck stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lange swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Beck with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lange tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Beck is looking to work some ground and pound but Lange has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Beck content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beck stopping the sweep attempt from Lange.
Beck landing some decent shots from guard.
Beck wants to control from the top but Lange keeps moving.
Beck throws a big elbow that misses.
Lange trying to control the position.
Beck stays in close to Lange's body and controls the position.
Lange looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck trying to control but Lange is working from the bottom.
Luka Beck has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beck.
Beck avoids the body shot from Lange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beck. Lange does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beck swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lange lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beck. Lange does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beck looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lange is fending him off so far but Beck persists. Nope, Lange circles away and we're back to standing.
Beck shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luka Beck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beck rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lange counters with a right hand to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Lange scores with a four punch combination!
Beck throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lange.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beck buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beck throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lange counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lange misses the shot to the body.
Beck avoids the body shot from Lange.
Beck takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beck. That's going to slow Lange down.
Beck throws a leg kick but Lange sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beck avoids the body shot from Lange.
Lange is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Beck rather than just go for the knockout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beck.
Lange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beck was well out of range. Poor timing from Lange.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beck throws a leg kick but Lange checks it.
Lange misses with a hook. Beck ducked under it nicely.
Beck with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luka Beck dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beck was well out of range. Poor timing from Lange.
Beck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luka Beck is winning the standup battle so far.
Beck slips a jab from Lange.
Beck throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lange on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Beck lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lange checks a leg kick.
Beck walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lange checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lange avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lange misses with a low kick.
Lange checks a low kick from Beck.
Beck looks to land a body kick but Lange moved away.
Beck throws a head kick that misses.
Beck misses with a leg kick
and Lange counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beck looks to throw a body kick
and Lange counters with a stiff right hand.
Beck connects with an inside leg kick.
Beck tried to score with a low kick but Lange checks it.
Lange looks to throw the jab but Beck is out of range.
Beck misses with a low kick as Lange jumps back.
Beck tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beck throws the left hand but Lange avoids the punch easily.
Good work by Lange as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beck. Lange does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lange works Beck's body with a nice hook.
Lange takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lange throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lange's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beck misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Luka Beck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lange ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beck moves away.
Lange wants to slow Beck down by chopping away at his legs.
Lange keeps Beck at a distance using the push kick.
Beck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lange.
Lange throws a jab when Beck was well out of range.
Beck takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lange moves away from the strike by Beck.
Beck walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lange checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beck scoring well with a low kick there.
Lange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beck throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lange misses with a two punch combination.
Beck connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beck looks to throw a body kick
and Lange counters with a straight right hand.
Lange closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Beck works the jab nicely.
Beck wants to clinch up but Lange keeps it at a distance.
Beck scores with a jab. Lange acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lange misses with a low kick.
Lange shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Beck shoots for a double leg takedown but Lange sprawls well. He's pushed Beck's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lange connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Lange scores with a four punch combination!
Beck wants to slow Lange down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck blocks a jab.
Beck has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lange finds it's way round the side to connect with Beck's head.
Beck misses with a leg kick.
Lange keeps the fight on the outside.
Beck delivers a nice body kick.
Beck misses with a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Beck, right into the meat.
Lange throws a shot to the body.
Lange misses with a body shot.
Lange blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A low kick from Beck misses
and Lange counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beck fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lange.
Beck with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luka Beck dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
An inside leg kick lands from Beck.
Lange lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beck circles away quickly and effectively.
Beck throws a low kick but Lange avoids it.
Lange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beck was well out of range. Poor timing from Lange.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lange looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lange tries to land knees in the clinch but Beck avoids the damage to the body.
Beck is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Beck working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lange.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beck.
Beck lands a nice shot to the body.
Lange swings wildly with an uppercut but Beck uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lange tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lange fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beck has a couple of punches blocked by Lange.
Beck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lange tries to throw a body punch but Beck avoids it by throwing Lange back against the cage.
Lange can't find room to land a body shot as Beck controls the action.
Lange struggles to land a body shot inside as Beck controls his hands.
Beck working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beck.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beck.
Beck is looking to control Lange's arms but Lange gets an underhook and turns him. Now Beck has his back to the cage.
Beck is looking for a takedown.
Lange misses with a punch to the body.
Beck working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Artie Lange has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lange stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lange missing with knees to the body.
Beck blocks a body shot from Lange.
A short left from Lange.
A nice left hand lands by Beck.
Lange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lange thuds a left hand into Beck's body.
The crowd cheers as Lange lands an impressive looking overhand right. Beck doesn't seem phased though.
Lange looks to score with a jab to the body but Beck is just out of range.
Beck slips a straight right by Lange.
Beck throws the kick towards the body but Lange avoids it.
Lange throws a jab when Beck was well out of range.
Lange checks a leg kick.
Beck is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lange sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lange misses with a body shot.
Lange chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beck can pounce on him.
Lange connects with a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Beck finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lange walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Beck throws a shot to the body.
Lange swings for the body but Beck moves out of range.
Lange wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Beck, right into the meat.
Beck lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lange's sensitive parts.
Lange attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lange thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lange misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beck.
Beck throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beck on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A shot to the body from Lange misses
and Beck counters with a good low kick that Lange was not able to check.
Good leg kick by Beck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lange takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Beck shoots in but Lange avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luka Beck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beck needs to keep his hands up - Lange had a free shot at his head there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beck looks to score with a jab to the body but Lange is just out of range.
Beck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lange.
Lange lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beck at a distance.
Beck looks to land a right hand but Lange moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Artie Lange.
Well Beck has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luka Beck!
Luka Beck made sure to mention his sponsor, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Royer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royer comes into the arena with Speak Militant- Sabac Red blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dakota Royer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Katsuro Sato!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sato is out of range.
Royer throws a hook to the side of Sato's head but Sato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Katsuro Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Royer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sato drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sato trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Royer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Royer pulls Sato in to control the position.
Sato thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Royer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Royer tries to get out of the position.
Sato connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato throws a big right hand that misses.
Sato wants to control from the top but Royer keeps moving.
Sato throws a big elbow that misses.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Royer is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Royer has control of Sato's left arm, preventing Sato from doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Dakota Royer just wasn't active enough.
Sato takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good shot there by Sato.
Sato scoring well with a low kick there.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Royer tries to land a leg kick but Sato saw it coming and moves away.
Sato takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato is looking to slow Royer down with leg kicks.
Royer jabs Sato right on the nose. Sato blinks but takes it well.
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Royer slips under a jab from Sato.
Royer misses with a low kick.
Sato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sato lands a slapping body shot.
Sato throws a leg kick that is checked
and Royer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sato lands a lovely overhand right.
Royer wants to land a leg kick but Sato is 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!
Sato looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sato trying to control but Royer is working from the bottom.
Sato stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Royer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sato not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katsuro Sato dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Sato.
Sato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sato throws a hook but Royer blocks it.
Royer is looking to land body kicks.
Sato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sato tests Royer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Royer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sato there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Katsuro Sato has been cut.
Royer avoids a kick to the body.
Sato fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sato throws a lazy uppercut
and Royer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sato looks for a takedown but Royer sprawls well.
Katsuro Sato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sato dives in and grabs Royer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Royer pushes down on Sato's head and hops out.
Dakota Royer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Katsuro Sato.
Royer lands a jab to the nose.
Sato cracks Royer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Royer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Royer throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato scores with a leg kick.
Sato throws a low kick, looking for Royer's leg but Royer calmly moves out of range.
Sato tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sato throws a hook but Royer avoids it easily.
Sato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Royer throws out the jab.
Nice body kick there by Sato.
Sato misses with a low kick as Royer jumps back.
A punch lands to the side of Royer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Royer moves away.
Royer scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato cracks the inside of Royer's front leg.
Royer cracks a nice hook into Sato's ribs.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Royer throws a head kick that Sato semi-blocks.
Sato moves forwards but Royer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Royer.
Royer misses with a kick to the body.
Sato has a takedown stuffed.
Sato scores with a jab. Royer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royer throws a leg kick but Sato sees it coming and moves out of range.
Royer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sato was well out of range. Poor timing from Royer.
Royer lands with a slapping head kick.
Royer with a hook.
That has opened up Katsuro Sato's cut even more.
Sato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Royer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sato drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royer is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dakota Royer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Katsuro Sato's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sato thumps Royer with a low kick.
Royer checks a low kick from Sato.
Sato looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sato throws a looping overhand right but Royer ducks down to avoid it.
Sato just misses with a punch to the body.
Royer connects with the punch.
Royer moves out of range as Sato strikes.
Royer blocks a head kick by Sato.
Sato shoots in but no luck this time.
An inside leg kick from Sato misses.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick and Royer moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick and Royer moves out of range easily.
Royer throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
Royer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sato missing with a left hand there. Royer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sato lands with an overhand left.
Sato takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Royer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sato.
Sato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
No joy there for Royer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Royer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Royer.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Royer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sato at a distance.
Royer blocks the body kick.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Sato fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Royer scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sato darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice body kick there by Royer.
Royer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to score with a low kick but Royer moves his leg out of the way.
A lazy body kick from Sato
and Royer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Royer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sato throws a leg kick
and Royer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The cut above Katsuro Sato's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sato on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Royer. Royer obviously looking to wear him down.
Sato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sato avoids the head kick by Royer.
Sato throws the kick towards the body but Royer avoids it.
Sato misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royer misses with a straight left.
Dakota Royer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sato is trying hard to land a takedown here. Royer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dakota Royer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Katsuro Sato.
Sato swings widly with a right hand
and Royer counters with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Royer scores with a hook.
Royer checks the leg kick.
Royer blocks a low kick nicely.
Royer cracks a nice hook into Sato's ribs.
Royer misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good work by Sato as he checks the leg kick.
Royer throws the kick towards the body but Sato avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dakota Royer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Royer 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dakota Royer!
A determined Dakota Royer didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tito Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boy Bubby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pendulum - Witchcraft. This should be a great matchup!
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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
31 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tito Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boy Bubby!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bubby lands a nice shot to the body.
Hopkins doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hopkins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bubby on the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Bubby - just one landing.
Bubby throws a big shot that misses.
Bubby gets a double leg takedown into Hopkins's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins is controlling Bubby's posture.
Bubby trying to control the position from guard on top but Hopkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hopkins working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bubby doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bubby manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bubby tries to free his leg and advance position but Hopkins is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins keeping moving, preventing Bubby from controlling successfully.
Hopkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bubby throwing strikes from guard but Hopkins blocks nicely.
Hopkins lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bubby!
Bubby is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bubby's face.
Bubby is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bubby is looking to get to half guard.
Bubby is still in real trouble! Can Hopkins finish him?
Bubby is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bubby seems to have recovered his senses.
Hopkins controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bubby is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bubby gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bubby is trying to get back to full guard.
Hopkins performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tito Hopkins has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Bubby tests Hopkins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and Bubby counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hopkins is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bubby throws a leg kick but Hopkins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hopkins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bubby.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bubby thows a leg kick but Hopkins checks it
and Hopkins counters with a straight right hand.
Bubby shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hopkins but Hopkins pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tito Hopkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bubby shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hopkins trying to hold on to Bubby's head to control him but Bubby postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Boy Bubby will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hopkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bubby sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Hopkins to the ground! Bubby dives into full mount looking to finish!
Hopkins is rocked!
It looks like Tito Hopkins has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopkins wants to control but Bubby is having none of it.
Hopkins is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bubby breaks from Hopkins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oh Hopkins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bubby is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hopkins can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The referee warns Hopkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bubby looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Hopkins covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boy Bubby!
A very excited looking Boy Bubby made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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