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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristoffer Fredholm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredholm has chosen Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now as his entrance music. Kristoffer Fredholm has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kristoffer Fredholm!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Page wants to clinch but Fredholm slips to the side
and Fredholm counters with a right hand that sends Page tumbling to the canvas! Can Fredholm finish him? He dives into Page's guard looking to do just that!
Page is rocked!
It looks like Michael Page has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Fredholm loads up on a big left hand. Page felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Fredholm looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Page can't hide his disappointment, as Fredholm celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kristoffer Fredholm!
An out of breath Kristoffer Fredholm 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Nibey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arne Ukkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Nibey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Arne Ukkonen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nibey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ukkonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nibey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ukkonen.
Ukkonen has a takedown stuffed.
Nibey is looking to clinch.
Nibey wants to clinch
enabling Ukkonen to counter with a crisp jab.
Nibey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ukkonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab by Ukkonen.
Nibey tries to clinch up
and Ukkonen counters with a nice body shot.
Ukkonen lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ukkonen circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Ukkonen counter with a right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nibey closes the distance but Ukkonen moves to the side
and Ukkonen counters with a stiff right hand.
Nibey closes the distance but Ukkonen moves to the side
and Ukkonen counters with a straight right hand.
Nibey is rocked!
Nibey is holding his hands too far apart here. Ukkonen throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Nibey is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arne Ukkonen!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Gravus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Morbid Angel - Hatework. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Phil Gravus was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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219 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergey Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Phil Gravus!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov tests Gravus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Phil Gravus has been cut.
Gravus looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Gravus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Petrov circles away.
Petrov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gravus doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrov throws a shot to the body.
Petrov sends Gravus crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Petrov is motioning to the referee to let Gravus up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Gravus is rocked!
BOOM! Petrov lands a beautiful left hook that drops Gravus. Gravus tries to recover but Petrov is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Gravus lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergey Petrov!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Sergey Petrov made sure he mentioned Steel Penn's Laundry 93%, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tee Hee Tummy Tums Tee Hee Tummy Tums (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Msciwoj Lis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Msciwoj Lis is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tee Hee Tummy Tums Tee Hee Tummy Tums!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Msciwoj Lis!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lis throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lis tries for a takedown but Tee Hee Tummy Tums sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tee Hee Tummy Tums avoids it really well and circles away.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lis shoots in looking for a takedown. Tee Hee Tummy Tums tries to sprawl out of it but Lis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tee Hee Tummy Tums manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums Tee Hee Tummy Tums has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Msciwoj Lis.
Lis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tee Hee Tummy Tums counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lis shoots in but no luck this time.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums clinches up with Lis and pushes him back against the cage.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums lands a nice uppercut.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lis misses with a punch on the inside.
Lis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lis is rocked!
Lis looks winded!
Tee Hee Tummy Tums utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lis is still on wobbly legs! Can Tee Hee Tummy Tums finish him?
Tee Hee Tummy Tums breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tee Hee Tummy Tums lands a nice shot to the body.
Lis seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tee Hee Tummy Tums. That's going to slow Lis down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lis gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Tee Hee Tummy Tums gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tee Hee Tummy Tums Tee Hee Tummy Tums!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Elliott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Stronghold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stronghold has chosen Ironman as his entrance music. Mike Stronghold is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Elliott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Stronghold!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stronghold fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck for Elliott with that takedown attempt.
Stronghold pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Elliott stuffs the takedown.
Stronghold shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Elliott is doing well to control the position and prevent Stronghold from advancing to side control.
Stronghold wants to control but Elliott is keeping him busy.
Elliott tries to get to full guard but Stronghold has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elliott is pressing down on Stronghold's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Stronghold wants to stand but Elliott has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Elliott looking to control.
Elliott trying to control the position here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Elliott changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stronghold tries to avoid it but Elliott manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stronghold to the ground. Stronghold escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stronghold shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Elliott sprawls well. Elliott wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stronghold gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stronghold displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Elliott.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Elliott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stronghold closes the distance and clinches.
Elliott has picked Stronghold up - he's going for a ride! Elliott dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Stronghold manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Elliott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stronghold swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Elliott scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elliott avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stronghold is trying to keep Elliott in close.
Elliott is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Elliott trying to control but Stronghold is working from the bottom.
Elliott throws a big right hand that misses.
Elliott with a nice head shot there.
Stronghold trying to keep a closed guard but Elliott is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elliott trying to control the position from guard on top but Stronghold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Elliott is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Stronghold shoots in looking for a takedown but Elliott manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Stronghold's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Stronghold has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stronghold controlling the action here for a moment.
Stronghold fails to pull the fight into his guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stronghold wants a takedown but no success here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Elliott dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Stronghold shoots for a takedown but Elliott saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stronghold misses with the combination.
Mike Stronghold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elliott displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stronghold.
Stronghold shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Elliott counters with a nice double leg into side control. Stronghold won't be happy with that.
Ben Elliott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Stronghold.
Elliott working the ground and pound.
Elliott lands a nice forearm strike.
Elliott wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stronghold, who protects the arm well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elliott looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Stronghold is breathing heavily.
Stronghold struggling a bit here.
Elliott 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elliott trying to control the action but Stronghold is working from the bottom.
Elliott working the ground and pound from side control.
Stronghold tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Elliott wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Stronghold is trying to work for a sweep but Elliott has mounted him!
Elliott in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Elliott with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Elliott.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elliott working Stronghold over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elliott working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Stronghold looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Elliott! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ben Elliott!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dudley Bradshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristan Maruyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dudley Bradshaw is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dudley Bradshaw!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kristan Maruyama!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradshaw just misses with a punch to the body.
Maruyama moves in looking to clinch but Bradshaw pushes him off.
Maruyama tries to clinch up.
Bradshaw missing with a left hand there. Maruyama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maruyama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bradshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maruyama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bradshaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bradshaw misses the shot to the body.
Maruyama throws a leg kick that misses.
Bradshaw throws a looping overhand right but Maruyama ducks down to avoid it.
Maruyama throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Bradshaw misses.
Maruyama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maruyama moves away from the strike by Bradshaw.
Maruyama is looking to clinch.
Maruyama throws a push kick but Bradshaw slaps the foot to one side.
Maruyama fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maruyama moves in looking to clinch but Bradshaw pushes him off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maruyama. That's going to slow Bradshaw down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maruyama tries to clinch up but Bradshaw circles away and keeps his distance.
Bradshaw pushes Maruyama up against the cage in a clinch.
Maruyama looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bradshaw is trying to break free.
Bradshaw drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Maruyama throws an elbow that misses.
Bradshaw avoids a wild elbow strike from Maruyama.
Bradshaw blocks an elbow strike.
Bradshaw missing with knees to the body.
Maruyama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bradshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maruyama blocks an elbow strike from Bradshaw.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Maruyama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradshaw's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maruyama.
Bradshaw dodges an elbow strike from Maruyama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw struggles to land a body shot inside as Maruyama controls his hands.
Bradshaw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bradshaw blocks an elbow strike.
Bradshaw has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Maruyama avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bradshaw avoids the elbow strike from Maruyama, against the cage.
Maruyama throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradshaw is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Maruyama gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dudley Bradshaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradshaw avoids a wild elbow strike from Maruyama.
Bradshaw blocks an elbow strike.
Bradshaw trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maruyama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maruyama lands a nice elbow.
Bradshaw blocks the elbow strike.
Bradshaw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bradshaw blocks the elbow strike.
Maruyama misses with an elbow over the top.
Bradshaw avoids the elbow strike from Maruyama, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maruyama throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maruyama on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maruyama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maruyama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bradshaw tries a body shot but Maruyama blocks it.
Bradshaw tries a body shot but Maruyama blocks it.
Bradshaw blocks an elbow strike.
Bradshaw changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Maruyama fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bradshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bradshaw avoids the body shot from Maruyama.
Bradshaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maruyama.
Maruyama is looking to clinch but Bradshaw is avoiding it.
Bradshaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Bradshaw misses with a wild body shot.
Maruyama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw fails with the takedown
and Maruyama counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bradshaw misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maruyama prevents a body shot from Bradshaw.
Bradshaw misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bradshaw throws a punch but it's blocked by Maruyama.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Maruyama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradshaw's brow.
Bradshaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Maruyama.
Maruyama missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Maruyama throws an elbow but misses.
Maruyama misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bradshaw blocks an elbow strike from Maruyama.
Bradshaw avoids the elbow strike from Maruyama, against the cage.
Maruyama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bradshaw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bradshaw tries to throw a body punch but Maruyama avoids it by throwing Bradshaw back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kristan Maruyama 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.
Maruyama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bradshaw swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bradshaw closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Maruyama is looking for a sweep.
Bradshaw wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maruyama keeps working.
Bradshaw lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bradshaw working the ground and pound.
Maruyama is not content to let Bradshaw control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maruyama takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bradshaw 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.
Maruyama is trying to control Bradshaw's posture but Bradshaw avoids it.
Bradshaw is looking to take a break and control but Maruyama is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maruyama takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Maruyama struggling a bit here.
Maruyama tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bradshaw wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Maruyama gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maruyama is looking to escape.
Maruyama looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bradshaw working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bradshaw connects with a nice short shot to Maruyama's temple.
Maruyama is not content to let Bradshaw control the position.
Bradshaw is looking to advance position but Maruyama won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bradshaw is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bradshaw landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Maruyama is looking for a sweep. Bradshaw is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dudley Bradshaw overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bradshaw is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bradshaw is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Maruyama is trying to get back to full guard.
Bradshaw slips a nice elbow through Maruyama's hands, connecting with Maruyama's forehead.
Maruyama on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bradshaw moves into full mount! Maruyama won't be happy about that!
Maruyama is squirming around, avoiding Bradshaw's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maruyama is in a horrible position here. Bradshaw smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bradshaw unloading with bombs!
Maruyama trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bradshaw can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maruyama is looking to escape.
Bradshaw sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bradshaw has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Maruyama's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradshaw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Maruyama can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Maruyama tries to reverse the position but Bradshaw maintains control.
Bradshaw tries to control but Maruyama wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw scoring with strikes but Maruyama is staying in there.
Bradshaw lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Maruyama hang on?
Bradshaw scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maruyama?
Maruyama taking shots to the head.
Maruyama is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bradshaw avoids the attempt from Maruyama to control.
BOOM! Bradshaw connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bradshaw looking to finish Maruyama with some ground and pound. This is bad for Maruyama!
Maruyama is rocked!
Maruyama takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bradshaw's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dudley Bradshaw!
Dudley Bradshaw retains his light heavyweight title!
Dudley Bradshaw decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Zombo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrius Klimavicious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klimavicious has chosen Donatan RÓWNONOC "Niespokojna dusza" Chada, Słoń, Sobota as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vinny Zombo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrius Klimavicious!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klimavicious avoids the head kick by Zombo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klimavicious. Zombo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Klimavicious lands with an overhand left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zombo.
Klimavicious falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zombo counters with a low kick, right behind Klimavicious 's knee.
Zombo tries a head kick but it misses.
Klimavicious cracks Zombo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Zombo.
Klimavicious throws a lazy right hand but Zombo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zombo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zombo scores with a spinning back kick!
Zombo thumps Klimavicious with a low kick.
Klimavicious looks winded!
A solid leg kick lands there for Zombo.
Zombo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Klimavicious.
It looks like Andrius Klimavicious has been cut.
Zombo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Andrius Klimavicious seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zombo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zombo cracks the inside of Klimavicious's front leg.
Good leg kick by Zombo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Klimavicious takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zombo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zombo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Klimavicious if he has to take too many more of those.
Zombo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zombo throws a head kick that Klimavicious semi-blocks.
Klimavicious has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zombo.
Zombo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zombo thuds his shin into the meat of Klimavicious's side.
Klimavicious's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zombo lands with a nice body kick.
Zombo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zombo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zombo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Klimavicious.
Zombo circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Klimavicious drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Zombo follows Klimavicious to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinny Zombo!
Vinny Zombo is the new welterweight champion!
Vinny Zombo decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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