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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bill Nevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonnie Boardwalk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nevin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Twin Atlantic - Free. Bill Nevin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jonnie Boardwalk's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Bill Nevin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonnie Boardwalk!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Nevin slams his shin into Boardwalk's torso.
Nevin checks a low kick from Boardwalk.
Boardwalk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bill Nevin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nevin is looking to land body kicks.
Nevin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boardwalk looks for a takedown but Nevin sprawls well.
Boardwalk throws a jab but it's blocked by Nevin.
Boardwalk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick from Nevin misses.
Boardwalk shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Boardwalk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nevin is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from Nevin.
Nevin tries a head kick but it misses.
Boardwalk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nevin.
Boardwalk misses with a hook. Nevin ducked under it nicely.
Nevin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boardwalk throws a big shot that misses.
Boardwalk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nevin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boardwalk's calf.
Boardwalk connects with a single shot there.
A slow jab from Boardwalk misses its intended target.
Nevin lands a leg kick that knocks Boardwalk off balance momentarily.
Nevin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nevin.
Nevin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nevin throws a combination. Boardwalk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nevin throws a head kick but Boardwalk moves out of range.
Nevin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boardwalk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nevin is looking to slow Boardwalk down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nevin lands with a cross.
Nevin scores with a decent looking hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nevin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nevin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Boardwalk to score an easy takedown into full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Nevin seems keen to control Boardwalk's posture.
Boardwalk wants to control from the top but Nevin keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boardwalk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boardwalk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nevin has a closed guard, preventing Boardwalk from standing up.
Boardwalk throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boardwalk wants to control from the top but Nevin keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jonnie Boardwalk was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nevin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Nevin misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nevin throws a body punch but Boardwalk moves out of range.
Boardwalk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nevin scores with a nice strike.
Boardwalk misses with a double jab.
Nevin throws a good cross that connects.
Nevin lunges at Boardwalk with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Boardwalk's hand.
Nevin digs a good body shot into Boardwalk's ribs.
Nevin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boardwalk.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Nevin takes a swing at Boardwalk's ribcage but misses.
A head kick from Nevin lands but Boardwalk takes it in his stride.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nevin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boardwalk.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boardwalk. That's going to slow Nevin down.
Boardwalk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nevin moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Nevin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nevin scores with a push kick.
Nevin connects with a body shot.
Boardwalk swinging wildly here.
Nevin misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Boardwalk blocks the leg kick.
Nevin swinging wildly here.
Nevin lands a head kick!
Boardwalk is rocked!
Boardwalk throws a lazy right hand but Nevin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nevin takes a swing at Boardwalk's ribcage but misses.
Nevin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nevin slips a straight right by Boardwalk.
Nevin connects with a body shot that sends Boardwalk's belly button to the back.
Bill Nevin is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevin lands a nice hook to Boardwalk's body. Boardwalk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boardwalk looks to score with a jab to the body but Nevin is just out of range.
Nevin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boardwalk.
Nevin tests Boardwalk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nevin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boardwalk manages to avoid it.
Nevin throws a shot from downtown. Boardwalk moves away and avoids it.
Boardwalk defending well as Nevin loads up on a big left hand.
Boardwalk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boardwalk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nevin misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Boardwalk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nevin is looking to land body kicks.
Boardwalk's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nevin under the eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boardwalk moves out of range of the body kick.
Nevin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Boardwalk swinging wildly here.
Boardwalk defending well as Nevin loads up on a big left hand.
Nevin lands with a straight right. Boardwalk didn't see that one coming.
Boardwalk misses with a series of wild punches.
Boardwalk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nevin throws a wild body kick that Boardwalk sees coming a mile off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nevin dips to his left and cracks Boardwalk with an uppercut!
Boardwalk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nevin scores with a nice body kick.
Nevin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nevin throws the left hand but Boardwalk avoids the punch easily.
Jab by Nevin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nevin misses with a two punch combination.
Boardwalk throws out a loose jab but Nevin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boardwalk is looking to score with low kicks.
Boardwalk misses with an uppercut. Nevin saw that one coming.
Boardwalk misses with a hook.
Nevin connects with a nice looking jab.
Nevin punishes Boardwalk's body with a nice straight punch.
Nevin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boardwalk drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Boardwalk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nevin can pounce on him.
Boardwalk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Boardwalk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bill Nevin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nevin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nevin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Boardwalk lands a jab to Nevin's midsection.
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!
Boardwalk shoots in looking for a takedown but Nevin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Boardwalk's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nevin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boardwalk.
Nice takedown defense from Nevin. No joy for Boardwalk on that attempt.
Nevin swings for the body but Boardwalk moves out of range.
Boardwalk blocks a head kick by Nevin.
Boardwalk on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Boardwalk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nevin is fending him off so far but Boardwalk persists. Nope, Nevin circles away and we're back to standing.
Bill Nevin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonnie Boardwalk.
Boardwalk scores with a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nevin punishes Boardwalk's body with a nice straight punch.
Boardwalk loads up on a big right hand but Nevin slips the punch.
Nevin looks to score with a jab to the body but Boardwalk is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Nevin dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Nevin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boardwalk motions for Nevin to come forward. Boardwalk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boardwalk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nevin. Nevin obviously looking to wear him down.
Boardwalk takes one to the side of the head.
Nevin slips under a jab.
Nevin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nevin misses with a body shot
and Boardwalk counters with a straight right hand.
Boardwalk takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Boardwalk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nevin throws a body shot but no joy.
Nevin dodges the punch combination from Boardwalk.
Nevin misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boardwalk moves out of range of the leg kick from Nevin.
Nevin lands with a shot to the body.
Boardwalk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nevin in his tracks.
Nevin lands a body shot.
Nevin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boardwalk.
Nevin throws a wild body kick that Boardwalk sees coming a mile off.
Boardwalk misses with a left hand
and Nevin counters with a left to the body.
Nevin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Boardwalk misses with a hook. Nevin ducked under it nicely.
Nevin lands a leg kick that knocks Boardwalk off balance momentarily.
Boardwalk's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nevin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Boardwalk scrambles back to his feet.
Nevin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boardwalk fails with a takedown attempt.
Nevin lands a really nice looking cross but Boardwalk seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nevin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nevin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boardwalk. That did some damage!
Nevin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boardwalk 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.
Nevin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Boardwalk throws a jab when Nevin was well out of range.
Nevin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nevin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A lazy left from Boardwalk finds it's target.
Boardwalk throws out a loose jab but Nevin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boardwalk takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Boardwalk has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nevin.
Nevin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nevin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nevin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boardwalk shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nevin pinned against the cage. Nevin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Boardwalk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boardwalk catches Nevin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nevin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boardwalk was well out of range. Poor timing from Nevin.
Boardwalk takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Boardwalk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nevin.
Nevin tries a head kick but it misses.
Jonnie Boardwalk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nevin misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Nevin.
Boardwalk throws a lazy right hand but Nevin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bill Nevin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nevin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nevin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boardwalk circles away quickly and effectively.
Nevin lands the left hand.
Nevin scores with a head kick. Boardwalk tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Boardwalk misses the jab.
Boardwalk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nevin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nevin scores with a hook to the body. Boardwalk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boardwalk fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nevin avoids it really well and circles away.
Bill Nevin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonnie Boardwalk.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boardwalk shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nevin as he jumps to the side.
Boardwalk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nevin defending well as Boardwalk loads up on a big left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Nevin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nevin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Nevin!
Bill Nevin very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Moneybags (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Kawajiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawajiri has chosen Water Pow as his entrance music. Tatsuya Kawajiri has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Moneybags's chin.
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Moneybags!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tatsuya Kawajiri!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Moneybags as Kawajiri shoots in.
Moneybags lands a jab to Kawajiri's midsection.
Kawajiri misses with a combination
and Kawajiri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Kawajiri was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
An elbow from Kawajiri crashes against the mat.
Kawajiri wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moneybags keeps working.
Moneybags might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moneybags sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Moneybags makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Moneybags.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Kawajiri working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Kawajiri trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kawajiri has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moneybags looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kawajiri trying to control but Moneybags is working from the bottom.
Kawajiri is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Let's hope that Kawajiri has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Kawajiri wants to control from the top but Moneybags keeps moving.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Tatsuya Kawajiri hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kawajiri fails to land the takedown.
Moneybags displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Moneybags looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Moneybags is not content to let Kawajiri control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawajiri creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Moneybags sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Kawajiri is looking to take a break and control but Moneybags is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kawajiri sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Moneybags is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Moneybags is trying to control Kawajiri's posture but Kawajiri avoids it.
Moneybags is looking to regain half guard here but Kawajiri keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kawajiri trying to control the position but Moneybags is working away.
Kawajiri takes a little break here. Moneybags wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Kawajiri tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moneybags takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kawajiri in side control, throwing shots but Moneybags defends.
Kawajiri tries to advance to mount but can't.
Moneybags is trying to control Kawajiri's posture but Kawajiri avoids it.
Kawajiri trying to control the action but Moneybags is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moneybags tries to buck Kawajiri off but Kawajiri is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tatsuya Kawajiri 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.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Moneybags sprawls well. Moneybags wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kawajiri gets slowly back to his feet.
Moneybags misses with the combination.
Kawajiri avoids a kick to the body.
Kawajiri throws a right and a left that Moneybags avoids nicely.
Moneybags changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kawajiri fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Moneybags tests Kawajiri's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kawajiri gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moneybags misses with a kick to the body.
Kawajiri blocks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moneybags. Kawajiri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moneybags is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moneybags slaps away a takedown attempt from Kawajiri, before circling back to the center of the mat.
John Moneybags has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tatsuya Kawajiri.
Moneybags slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Kawajiri.
Kawajiri tries for a takedown but Moneybags circles away easily
letting Moneybags counter with a right hand.
Kawajiri shoots in and drives through. Moneybags sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Moneybags.
Kawajiri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moneybags.
John Moneybags is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moneybags cracks Kawajiri with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A bone on bone clash there as Moneybags blocks the leg kick.
Kawajiri takes one to the side of the head.
Moneybags throws a head kick that misses.
John Moneybags is winning the standup battle so far.
Kawajiri moves out of range of the body kick from Moneybags.
Moneybags throws a lazy uppercut
and Kawajiri makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Moneybags tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kawajiri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moneybags lands a head kick!
Moneybags fails in his attempt to clinch.
John Moneybags seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kawajiri.
Moneybags is looking to clinch but Kawajiri is avoiding it.
Kawajiri is looking to clinch but Moneybags is avoiding it.
A swing and a miss from Moneybags.
Kawajiri takes one on the button.
Moneybags stuffs the takedown.
Kawajiri closes the distance and clinches up with Moneybags, looking for a takedown. Kawajiri pushes Moneybags against the cage but Moneybags circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Moneybags shows good takedown defense.
Moneybags lands with an overhand left.
Moneybags lands with an uppercut that bounces Kawajiri off the cage and back into range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri connects with a nice looking jab.
Kawajiri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moneybags.
Moneybags scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kawajiri doesn't seem bothered though.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Moneybags is fending him off so far but Kawajiri persists. Nope, Moneybags circles away and we're back to standing.
Moneybags ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moneybags tests Kawajiri's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Moneybags throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kawajiri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moneybags.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice straight punches there by Moneybags. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Moneybags.
Kawajiri goes for a double leg but Moneybags avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Moneybags continues to drive forward.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Moneybags.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Moneybags dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The crowd cheers as Moneybags lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kawajiri doesn't seem phased though.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Moneybags tries to bum rush Kawajiri with a series of wild strikes but Kawajiri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kawajiri dives in for a single leg takedown but Moneybags sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kawajiri has hold of one of Moneybags's legs. Moneybags is fighting the takedown attempt but Kawajiri gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Kawajiri is looking to pass into half guard but Moneybags pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Moneybags is in guard.
Moneybags throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kawajiri works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Moneybags throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kawajiri works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tatsuya Kawajiri has got the better of the ground game so far.
Moneybags postures up in Kawajiri's guard and throws a big left but Kawajiri blocks it.
Moneybags won't allow Kawajiri to sweep him here.
Kawajiri is pulling down on Moneybags's head. It's preventing any offense from Moneybags, at least for the moment.
Kawajiri preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moneybags wants to stand but Kawajiri has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Moneybags sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kawajiri controls Moneybags momentarily but Moneybags frees himself.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Moneybags lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kawajiri circles away quickly and effectively.
Moneybags throws a hook but Kawajiri avoids it easily.
Kawajiri needs to keep his hands up - Moneybags had a free shot at his head there.
Kawajiri clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moneybags lands a body shot.
Moneybags is stalling here.
Kawajiri drops down looking for an ankle pick but Moneybags pulls his leg out and moves away.
John Moneybags has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tatsuya Kawajiri.
Moneybags gets caught flat footed, as Kawajiri shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kawajiri distracts Moneybags with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kawajiri wants to control from the top but Moneybags keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kawajiri stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moneybags swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Moneybags is pulling down on Kawajiri's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri wants to control from the top but Moneybags keeps moving.
Kawajiri is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tatsuya Kawajiri.
Kawajiri takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Moneybags tries to roll over but Kawajiri keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moneybags is not content to let Kawajiri control the position.
Moneybags is trying to get back to full guard.
Moneybags controlling the position well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kawajiri is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tatsuya Kawajiri comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kawajiri 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tatsuya Kawajiri!
After the big win, Tatsuya Kawajiri made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sinister Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buff Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dickens's entrance music is Trick Daddy - Shut Up. A fine choice. David has chosen Bring The Pain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Buff Dickens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 25 - 2, fighting out of London, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickens sizes up David with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dickens takes a swing at David's ribcage but misses.
Dickens shoots for a double leg takedown but David sprawls well. He's pushed Dickens's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Xavier David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dickens fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with David, pushing him back against the cage.
Dickens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
David shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dickens pinned against the cage. Dickens gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
David has his takedown stuffed
and Dickens decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in David's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dickens thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dickens landing with the ground and pound.
Dickens got a little sloppy there for a moment and David has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dickens has managed to get both his arms back between David's legs - danger averted.
Dickens lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dickens throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dickens wants to control from the top but David keeps moving.
Dickens landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dickens is working David over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
David utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
David working for a triangle but Dickens defends it easily.
Dickens 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.
David escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dickens gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dickens wants to control from the top but David keeps moving.
Dickens working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of David's head.
Dickens landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickens working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of David's head.
Dickens trying to control but David is working from the bottom.
Dickens content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dickens working some strikes from top position.
Dickens keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of David's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
David throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
David has momentary wrist control but Dickens slips an elbow through the middle.
Dickens trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dickens wants to control from the top but David keeps moving.
Dickens stands up over David, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dickens working some strikes from top position.
Dickens thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dickens with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens cracks David with a solid left hand.
Dickens sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dickens trying to control but David is working from the bottom.
Dickens stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. David swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dickens throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dickens throwing strikes from guard but David blocks nicely.
Dickens postures up in David's guard and throws a big left but David blocks it.
Dickens is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
David looking to control.
Dickens is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
David isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dickens stacks David on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dickens!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickens thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dickens has hold of David's arm. He's looking for a kimura. David seems comfortable defending it but Dickens has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! David is real pain and he's forced to tap out! David is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Dickens couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Buff Dickens!
An out of breath and clearly excited Buff Dickens thanked LOPS 160q + 90% Laundry for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mason Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Professor Subzero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, How Much For One Rib?. On his way into the cage it seems that Mason Watson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mason Watson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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267 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mason Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Professor Subzero!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Professor Subzero has been cut.
Subzero slips a straight right by Watson.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Subzero as he jumps to the side.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Subzero moves out of range of the body kick from Watson.
Watson misses with a looping left.
Subzero moves out of range of the strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Subzero - that will leave a mark!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. Subzero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good leg kick by Subzero there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Subzero thuds his shin into the meat of Watson's side.
Subzero fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crunch! Subzero slams his shin into Watson's torso.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Subzero throws a leg kick which misses Watson's front leg but catches the back leg as Watson tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Subzero keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watson.
Watson throws a body punch but Subzero moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Subzero.
Professor Subzero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick from Subzero lands but Watson takes it in his stride.
It looks like Mason Watson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Watson misses.
Subzero scores with a spinning back kick!
Watson has been working on his balance at MMA Warrior (1000$ / 15 Elite Coaches) , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Subzero.
Subzero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Subzero closes the distance and clinches.
Subzero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Watson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watson takes an elbow to the temple.
We've been informed that Subzero has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Subzero is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Watson presses Subzero against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Subzero gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watson.
Subzero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watson is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Subzero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Watson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Subzero misses with an elbow strike.
Subzero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Watson's defenses.
Subzero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watson dodges an elbow strike from Subzero.
Subzero throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Subzero manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a body punch.
Subzero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Watson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Subzero lands a nice shot to the body.
Watson struggles to land a body shot inside as Subzero controls his hands.
Watson lands a damaging elbow.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from Subzero.
With the fighters up against the cage, Subzero throws an elbow but misses.
Watson tries to work over Subzero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Subzero content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Watson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Subzero lands an elbow that stopped Watson in his tracks for a moment.
Watson tries to throw a body punch but Subzero avoids it by throwing Watson back against the cage.
Watson blocks the elbow strike.
Watson blocks an elbow strike from Subzero.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson misses with an elbow strike.
Watson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Subzero's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Watson misses with an elbow strike.
Subzero trying to land knees to the body.
Subzero throws an elbow but it misses.
Subzero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Subzero lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mason Watson's cut is getting worse.
A hook to the body from Watson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Subzero lands a nice elbow.
Watson is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Subzero lands a big elbow that drops Watson! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Watson is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Professor Subzero!
After winning the bout, Professor Subzero thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Milo Papi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Papi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to IZ ON. Landry is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: country boy. Cletus Landry has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Milo Papi's chin.
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152 lbs
35 - 12 - 1 |
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154 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Milo Papi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cletus Landry!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Landry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Papi tries to keep at a distance but Landry has taken the fight into the clinch.
Papi trying to control the position but instead, Landry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Papi into the cage.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Papi avoids it.
Landry prevents a takedown attempt there.
Papi tries to break the clinch but Landry is controlling the position.
Landry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Papi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Landry blocks a body shot from Papi.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Papi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Papi tries to circle away but Landry has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry working aggressively here.
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Landry stops a takedown attempt from Papi.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Landry scores a nice knee to the body.
Papi looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Papi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Papi works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Landry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Landry holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Landry working a defensive guard here.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Cletus Landry wasn't active enough on the ground.
Landry tries to clinch but Papi is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papi tries to clinch up but Landry circles away and keeps his distance.
Landry moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Landry is working Papi over against the cage.
Papi takes an elbow to the temple.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Papi avoids the damage to the body.
Landry crunches a lovely knee into Papi's ribcage.
Papi is leaning against Landry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Papi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Landry lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Milo Papi has been cut.
Landry breaks the clinch.
Papi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Landry was well out of range. Poor timing from Papi.
Cletus Landry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Landry is fending him off so far but Papi persists. Nope, Landry circles away and we're back to standing.
Papi scores with a one two! Landry had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Papi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Landry keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papi. Landry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Landry throws a front kick aimed at Papi's knee but Papi avoids it well.
Landry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Landry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Landry - that landed with a thud.
Papi avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Papi stalling.
Papi is trying to stall.
Landry prevents a body shot from Papi.
Papi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Landry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Papi breaks from the clinch.
Papi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Landry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Milo Papi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papi fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Landry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papi circles away quickly and effectively.
Papi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Papi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Papi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Landry defending well though.
Papi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Landry slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Landry is trying to control the position but Papi postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papi scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cletus Landry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Milo Papi's cut.
That's time! Papi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Landry has managed to clinch.
Papi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Landry pulls his leg out and moves away.
Papi blocks the body kick.
Papi is looking to clinch but Landry is avoiding it.
Papi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Landry's calf.
Landry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Papi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Papi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Landry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Papi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Papi.
Papi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Landry keeps the fight on the outside.
Landry is looking to clinch.
Papi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Papi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Landry counters with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Landry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Landry clinches with his opponent.
Landry wants to get back to striking at distance but Papi won't allow it.
Papi avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Landry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Papi breaks from the clinch.
Landry closes the distance and clinches.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Papi is defending well for now.
Landry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Papi tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.
Landry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Papi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Landry is trying to break the clinch but Papi is controlling him.
Papi blocks a body shot from Landry.
Landry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Landry blocks a body shot from Papi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papi lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Papi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Papi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Papi drives through and clinches with Landry against the cage.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Papi.
Landry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Landry breaks the clinch.
Papi is looking to clinch but Landry is avoiding it.
Papi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Papi just misses with a punch to the body.
Papi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Papi pushes Landry up against the cage in a clinch.
Landry is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Landry working aggressively here.
Landry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Papi tries to clinch up but Landry circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Landry counters with a nice body shot.
Papi tries to close the distance and clinch but Landry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Papi shoots in looking for a takedown but Landry manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Papi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Papi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Landry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Papi, pushing him back against the cage.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Papi avoids the damage to the body.
Papi misses with a body punch.
Papi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Landry tries to work over Papi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry throws a head punch that misses.
Papi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Landry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Landry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Landry moves out of range of the leg kick from Papi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry tries to land a leg kick but Papi saw it coming and moves away.
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!
Landry works over Papi's head and body with a nice combination.
Papi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Landry, pushing him back against the cage.
Landry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Landry misses with a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Landry breaks from the clinch.
Landry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Papi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Landry tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papi darts in and clinches Landry up against the cage.
Papi tries to work over Landry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Papi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cletus Landry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Milo Papi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Landry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Landry closes the distance and clinches.
Landry lands with a left to the head.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Papi is defending well for now.
Cletus Landry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Papi is defending well for now.
Papi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Landry breaks from the clinch.
Papi tries to close the distance and clinch but Landry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Landry tries to clinch there but Papi circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Landry.
Papi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Landry.
Landry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Landry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Papi manages to avoid it.
Papi closes the distance and pushes Landry back into the cage.
Landry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Papi leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Landry swats away the attempt to clinch by Papi.
Papi tries to clinch there but Landry circles away.
Papi swats away the attempt to clinch by Landry.
Landry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Papi can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Papi avoids the damage to the body.
Papi tries to work over Landry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Papi avoids it.
Papi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papi managing to block the knees to the body from Landry.
Milo Papi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papi avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Landry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Landry.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Landry.
Papi misses with a punch on the inside.
Papi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Landry prevents it.
Papi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Landry.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Landry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Landry lands with a left to the head.
Papi wants a takedown but no success here.
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Papi avoids it.
Landry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Papi struggles to land a body shot inside as Landry controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Landry avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Papi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Papi managing to block the knees to the body from Landry.
Papi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Landry prevents it.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Landry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Landry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Papi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Papi can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Landry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papi tries to circle away but Landry has him pinned against the cage.
Papi misses with a body punch.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Papi dodges an elbow strike from Landry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Papi on the inside.
Landry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Landry throws an elbow but it misses.
Landry lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Landry.
A nice right hand lands inside from Landry.
Papi trying to control the position but instead, Landry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Papi into the cage.
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Landry obliges.
A hook to the body from Landry.
Papi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cletus Landry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Landry winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cletus Landry!
Cletus Landry seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Convicted Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramses Dinkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Convicted Killer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramses Dinkin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Killer moves away.
Dinkin dodges the punch combination from Killer.
Dinkin throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Convicted Killer has been cut.
Dinkin throws a series of punches but Killer avoids them all with ease.
Dinkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dinkin misses with a body punch
and Killer counters with a good low kick that Dinkin was not able to check.
Dinkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dinkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Killer feints and then cracks Dinkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dinkin down.
Dinkin throws a series of punches but Killer avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Killer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dinkin.
Killer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ramses Dinkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Killer slips a jab from Dinkin.
Killer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dinkin. That did some damage!
Killer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dinkin.
Killer throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Killer slams his shin into Dinkin's torso.
Killer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good shot there by Killer.
Killer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Killer struggles to land a body shot inside as Dinkin controls his hands.
Dinkin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Killer is defending well for now.
Killer working Dinkin over with knees to the body.
Dinkin looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Killer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dinkin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Killer tries to land knees in the clinch but Dinkin avoids the damage to the body.
Killer lands an elbow inside that Dinkin shrugs off.
It looks like Ramses Dinkin has been cut.
Dinkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Killer.
Killer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Killer lands a nice elbow.
Killer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Killer pushes Dinkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Killer presses Dinkin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Killer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dinkin backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dinkin backwards.
Killer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Killer presses Dinkin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Killer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Killer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dinkin is rocked!
The fighters are playing wrist control here with Dinkin pressed against the cage. Killer frees himself up and cracks Killer with an uppercut straight from the bowels of hell! Dinkin crumples to the floor, out cold! Killer jumps on to the cage and takes in the roar of the crowd! That was nasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Convicted Killer!
A relieved looking Convicted Killer thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thor Berserk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Berserk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 4, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein throws a head kick that misses.
Hossein blocks a low kick nicely.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berserk manages to avoid it.
Berserk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hossein throws a sloppy head kick and Berserk moves out of range easily.
Berserk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hossein checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Berserk wants to clinch but Hossein slips to the side
and Hossein counters with a nice body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hossein.
Berserk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hossein misses the body punch
and Berserk counters with a three punch combo that has Hossein backing up. Hossein nods at Berserk to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hossein throws a body shot but no joy.
Berserk throws a front kick aimed at Hossein's knee but Hossein avoids it well.
Hossein looks to throw the jab but Berserk is out of range.
Berserk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hossein. That did some damage!
Hossein punishes Berserk's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein swings for the body but Berserk moves out of range.
Hossein lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Berserk looks to score with a jab to the body but Hossein is just out of range.
Berserk slips under a jab from Hossein.
Berserk tries a head kick but it misses.
Berserk closes the distance and clinches.
Berserk lands an uppercut.
Hossein leaning his opponent against the cage.
Berserk fails to pull guard.
Berserk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hossein's elbow.
Hossein breaks from the clinch.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berserk throws a front kick aimed at Hossein's knee but Hossein avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein lands the left hand.
Berserk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hossein misses the jab.
Hossein bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hossein connects with a good right hand that stumbles Berserk. Berserk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hossein lands a nice shot that snaps Berserk's head back.
Hossein fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Berserk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hossein chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Berserk can pounce on him.
Hossein scores with a sloppy right hand. Berserk should have avoided that one.
Berserk slips a jab from Hossein.
A good leg kick by Berserk.
Berserk lands a nice looking body kick.
Hossein goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hossein checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berserk.
Berserk misses with a body kick.
Hossein misses with an uppercut.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick.
Hossein fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hossein scores with a head kick.
It looks like Thor Berserk has been cut.
Hossein takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hossein thows a leg kick but Berserk checks it
and Berserk counters with a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Berserk.
Berserk connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berserk keeps Hossein at a distance using the push kick.
Hossein is looking to chop away at Berserk's legs.
Berserk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hossein steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Berserk. That one must have hurt.
Berserk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Berserk throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
Hossein swinging wildly here.
Hossein throws a nice inside leg kick.
Berserk tries to land a front kick but Hossein steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jab from Hossein.
Berserk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hossein checks a leg kick.
Hossein misses with a looping left.
Berserk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thor Berserk's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hossein is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Berserk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein throws a sloppy head kick
and Berserk counters with a solid body kick.
Hossein takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hossein moves out of range as Berserk throws a body kick.
Hossein looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hossein avoids the body shot from Berserk.
Hossein lands with a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hossein.
Hossein blocks a low kick nicely.
Berserk looks to land a body kick but Hossein moved away.
Nice shot by Hossein.
Hossein throws a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berserk was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hossein keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Berserk with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hossein to score with a decent uppercut.
Hossein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berserk defending well as Hossein loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from Hossein misses
and Berserk counters with an inside leg kick.
Hossein misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Berserk moved out of range nicely.
Berserk lands a leg kick that knocks Hossein off balance momentarily.
Hossein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hossein is looking to chop away at Berserk's legs.
Berserk lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Berserk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hossein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Berserk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hossein.
Berserk pushes Hossein away with a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berserk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hossein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berserk.
Berserk lands with a kick to the temple. Hossein shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berserk moves away.
Berserk drives through and clinches with Hossein against the cage.
Hossein has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Berserk.
Berserk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hossein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Berserk can't find room to land a body shot as Hossein controls the action.
Hossein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Berserk tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hossein smiles and moves away.
Hossein's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hossein tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A nice leg kick lands there from Hossein.
Berserk walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hossein.
Berserk connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hossein throws a lazy uppercut
and Berserk counters with a low kick, right behind Hossein 's knee.
Berserk has closed the distance and engaged Hossein in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Berserk misses with a punch on the inside.
Berserk blocks a body shot from Hossein.
A short right from Berserk.
Berserk stalling in the clinch but Hossein improves position.
Berserk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein tries to throw a body punch but Berserk avoids it by throwing Hossein back against the cage.
Hossein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hossein tries to break the clinch but Berserk is controlling the position.
Hossein is trying to break the clinch but Berserk has him pressed against the cage.
Hossein scores with a shot to the side of Berserk's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berserk controlling the action here for a moment.
Hossein tries to break free but Berserk pushes him back against the cage.
Berserk tries to work over Hossein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hossein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hossein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berserk has a couple of punches blocked by Hossein.
Hossein breaks the clinch.
Hossein walks forward, straight into a front kick from Berserk.
Hossein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Berserk. Berserk obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Thor Berserk will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick from Berserk.
Berserk throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hossein fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Berserk connects with a leg kick. Hossein looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Berserk misses with a looping right.
Hossein misses with a body punch
and Berserk counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Berserk fails to land.
Hossein breaks the clinch.
Hossein slips under a jab from Berserk.
Hossein misses with a two punch combination.
Berserk throws a push kick but Hossein slaps the foot to one side.
Berserk avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Berserk is just out of range.
Berserk's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Berserk counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hossein with a jab.
Hossein wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Berserk lands a nice looking body kick.
Berserk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Berserk closes the distance and pushes Hossein back into the cage.
Hossein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hossein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Berserk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Berserk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hossein's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hossein lands an overhand right.
Berserk lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Berserk misses with a kick to the body
and Hossein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hossein looks for the body kick but Berserk saw that one coming.
Berserk connects with a right hand. Hossein shakes it off.
Hossein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berserk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berserk throws a leg kick but Hossein checks it.
Hossein throws a combination. Berserk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Berserk.
A clash of legs there as Berserk blocks the low kick.
Hossein jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hossein throws a hook but Berserk blocks it.
Berserk blocks a head kick by Hossein.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hossein.
Hossein throws a head punch that misses.
Hossein misses with a body punch.
Berserk jumps guard and drags Hossein to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Berserk has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hossein can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Berserk is trying to control the position but Hossein postures up.
Hossein decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Berserk, up you get!
Hossein keeps Berserk at a distance using the push kick.
Berserk avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Berserk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Berserk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk lands a leg kick that knocks Hossein off balance momentarily.
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!
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
Berserk throws a head kick but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein misses with the combination.
Hossein misses with a left hand
and Berserk holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Berserk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hossein wants to break free but Berserk has control.
Berserk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hossein.
Hossein tries to break free but Berserk pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hossein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Berserk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Berserk will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hossein up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Thor Berserk did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hossein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Berserk.
Berserk digs a good body shot into Hossein's ribs.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
Berserk tries to clinch there but Hossein circles away.
Hossein throws a right and a left that Berserk avoids nicely.
Berserk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Berserk with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Berserk tries to land a leg kick but Hossein saw it coming and moves away.
Hossein swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hossein misses with a double jab
and Berserk counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Berserk misses.
Hossein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Berserk lands with an uppercut that bounces Hossein off the cage and back into range.
Hossein lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hossein lands a jab to the nose.
Berserk works Hossein's body with a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Berserk.
Berserk throws a leg kick which misses Hossein's front leg but catches the back leg as Hossein tries to avoid it.
Berserk misses with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hossein, right into the meat.
Berserk takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Berserk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Berserk explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berserk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hossein paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hossein thumps Berserk with a low kick.
Hossein moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Berserk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Berserk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berserk.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick.
Berserk tries to close the distance and clinch but Hossein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hossein stalks Berserk and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Berserk's face. Berserk staggers backwards, shaken.
Berserk doesn't manage to clinch there - Hossein circles away.
Berserk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hossein.
Berserk throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berserk pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hossein back to the cage. Berserk follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Berserk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Berserk throws a chopping leg kick but Hossein manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hossein avoids the body shot from Berserk.
Berserk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hossein. That's going to slow Berserk down.
Hossein misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hossein throws a hook but Berserk avoids it easily.
Hossein checks a leg kick.
Hossein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berserk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hossein throws out a loose jab but Berserk uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hossein misses with an uppercut
letting Berserk counter with a right hand.
Berserk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hossein was well out of range. Poor timing from Berserk.
Hossein keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick from Berserk.
Berserk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Hossein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berserk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berserk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berserk throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Berserk moves out of range of the strikes.
Berserk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Berserk had his way with Sadiq Hossein in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hossein throws the left hand but Berserk avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot by Hossein.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Berserk is just out of range.
A clash of legs there as Berserk blocks the low kick.
Hossein scores with a jab. Berserk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hossein tries a head kick but it misses.
Berserk swings for the body but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein misses with a jab, cross combination.
Berserk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Berserk drops his hands momentarily and Hossein takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Berserk scores with a nice body kick.
Berserk is looking to wear down Hossein with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Berserk.
Hossein throws a leg kick but Berserk sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Berserk leaning against his opponent.
Berserk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
Hossein has a couple of punches blocked by Berserk.
Hossein letting Berserk take a breather here.
Hossein looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hossein breaks the clinch.
Hossein throws a jab when Berserk was well out of range.
Berserk fakes the leg kick and cracks Hossein in the body.
Berserk doesn't manage to clinch there - Hossein circles away.
Berserk keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein cracks the inside of Berserk's front leg.
A combination from Hossein does no damage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Berserk, right into the meat.
Berserk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hossein avoids the head kick by Berserk.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berserk was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Hossein throws a nice looking combination but Berserk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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!
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berserk moves away.
Berserk scoring well with a low kick there.
Berserk lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hossein throws a right hand that Berserk ducks under and follows up with a left that Berserk also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
Berserk keeps Hossein at a distance using the push kick.
Hossein is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Berserk throws a body kick that misses.
Berserk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hossein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berserk drives through and clinches with Hossein against the cage.
Hossein blocks an uppercut.
Hossein has had enough of the clinch but Berserk keeps him there for the moment.
Berserk gets through Hossein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Berserk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hossein has had enough of the clinch but Berserk keeps him there for the moment.
Hossein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Berserk has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hossein fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein is trying to force a seperation but Berserk has the dominant position.
Hossein throws a punch but it's blocked by Berserk.
Hossein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Berserk jumps into guard, dragging Hossein to the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berserk working for a triangle but Hossein defends it easily.
Hossein trying to control but Berserk is working from the bottom.
Thor Berserk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hossein is looking to stand up but Berserk won't let him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hossein postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Berserk is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hossein, into his guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thor Berserk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Berserk 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 49:47
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Thor Berserk!
Thor Berserk retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Thor Berserk thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sellus Gravius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vyacheslav Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gravius's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Morrowind. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sellus Gravius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vyacheslav Romanov!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov loads up on a big right hand but Gravius slips the punch.
Gravius throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gravius misses with a body shot.
Romanov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gravius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravius.
Gravius takes a swing at Romanov's ribcage but misses.
Romanov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gravius pushes Romanov away with a front kick.
Romanov looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gravius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gravius with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gravius lands with a kick to the temple. Romanov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Vyacheslav Romanov has been cut.
Nice body kick from Gravius.
Gravius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romanov has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Romanov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Romanov there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Gravius! Romanov is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sellus Gravius!
Sellus Gravius really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that LOPS 160q + 90% Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by LL CoolJ - Headsprung. Daniel Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jim Brown's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Brown!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown tries to clinch up.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva avoids the head kick by Brown.
Brown misses with a leg kick.
Brown closes the distance and clinches.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Brown prevents it.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Silva tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Daniel Silva has been cut.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Silva can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jim Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Brown.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Brown tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Brown's ribs.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brown counters with an outside leg kick.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva scores with a jab. Brown acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown looks winded!
A head kick by Silva misses
and Brown counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva jumps guard but Brown stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Brown has wrist control.
Silva trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Brown keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Silva is looking to stand up but Brown won't let him.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brown wants to sweep but no luck.
Brown is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Brown wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Silva wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Brown tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown looking to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Brown wants to clinch.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Brown thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Brown.
A leg kick checked by Brown.
Brown takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Brown is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Brown tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Brown thumps Silva with a low kick.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brown cracks Silva with a good jab.
Silva throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva throws the left hand but Brown avoids the punch easily.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
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!
Silva preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brown is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Silva won't allow Brown to sweep him here.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daniel Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Brown tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range as Brown throws a body kick.
Brown throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Brown tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves Brown back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Brown is rocked!
It looks like Jim Brown has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Brown throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Brown instigates a clinch.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Silva is leaning against Brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Brown prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva is trying to break free.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva has Brown pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Silva tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Silva working aggressively here.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Silva dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body kick there by Brown.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Brown misses
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brown on the side of the head.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Silva lands a big right hand that sends Brown crashing to the mat! Silva stays standing though and waves Brown back to his feet!
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Brown will feel that in the morning.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva thows a body kick. Brown tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Daniel Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Brown 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.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva cracks Brown with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Brown looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Silva finish him?
Silva thumps Brown with a low kick.
Brown's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Brown drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Silva swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Brown's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Silva!
Daniel Silva is the new super heavyweight champion!
Post fight, Daniel Silva stared into the camera and said 'You can only hind for so long Jon Hess, Im coming for you! hahaha Have your GF org owner do something good for you and stop having him make you look like a coward.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonidas Katsaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Public Enemy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsaros's entrance music is 卍 卍 卍. A fine choice. Enemy has chosen (Silence) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonidas Katsaros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Public Enemy!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katsaros pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Enemy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick from Katsaros misses
and Enemy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Katsaros thinking.
Katsaros doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Enemy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Enemy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Enemy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Katsaros doesn't seem bothered though.
Katsaros throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Katsaros 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.
Katsaros has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Enemy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Katsaros throws out a loose jab but Enemy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Katsaros throws a nice looking combination but Enemy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Enemy jabs at Katsaros's body.
Katsaros avoids the head kick by Enemy.
Enemy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Katsaros on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Katsaros connects with an inside leg kick.
Katsaros misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Enemy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Katsaros throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Katsaros misses with a hook.
Katsaros thows a leg kick but Enemy checks it
and Enemy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Enemy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Katsaros.
The fighters circling - Katsaros throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Enemy lands with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Katsaros.
Enemy tests Katsaros's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Enemy misses with a straight right.
Enemy throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Enemy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Katsaros throws a body kick that misses
so Enemy counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Enemy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Enemy wants to control from the top but Katsaros keeps moving.
Katsaros trying to control the position.
Enemy works over Katsaros with some ground and pound from guard.
Katsaros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Enemy.
Katsaros keeping moving, preventing Enemy from controlling successfully.
Enemy postures up and lands a big shot to Katsaros's brow.
Katsaros is pulling down on Enemy's head to control his posture.
Katsaros is trying to keep Enemy in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enemy throwing strikes but missing.
Enemy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Enemy is fighting to break Katsaros's control of his arms but Katsaros is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Enemy throws a big elbow that misses.
Enemy's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Katsaros is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Enemy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Enemy engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Leonidas Katsaros.
Katsaros throws a leg kick which misses Enemy's front leg but catches the back leg as Enemy tries to avoid it.
Katsaros throws a sloppy body shot
and Enemy counters with an inside leg kick.
Katsaros throws a wild body kick that Enemy sees coming a mile off.
Katsaros takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Enemy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katsaros misses with an uppercut
and Enemy counters with a good, hard body kick but Katsaros shrugs it off.
Katsaros is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Enemy.
Katsaros throws a half hearted mid kick.
Enemy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Katsaros at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Enemy 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.
Katsaros thuds his right hand into Enemy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Enemy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Katsaros keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Public Enemy dominated that round.
That's time! Katsaros's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Enemy.
Good leg kick by Katsaros there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Katsaros moves out of range of the body kick.
Enemy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Katsaros thows a body kick. Enemy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Enemy lands a nice hook to Katsaros's body. Katsaros takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Katsaros throws a lazy right hand but Enemy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Katsaros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Enemy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katsaros was well out of range. Poor timing from Enemy.
Katsaros thows a leg kick but Enemy checks it
and Katsaros takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Katsaros throws a hook to the side of Enemy's head but Enemy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Enemy lands a jab to Katsaros's midsection.
Katsaros throws a leg kick that misses.
Enemy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Katsaros goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Enemy digs a good hook to Katsaros's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Enemy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Katsaros on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A chopping leg kick lands by Enemy.
A lazy body kick from Katsaros
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Enemy.
Enemy moves out of range of the body kick.
Enemy lands a body shot.
Enemy gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Katsaros counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Katsaros moves out of range of the body kick.
Enemy digs a good hook to Katsaros's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsaros motions for Enemy to come forward. Katsaros throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Enemy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Enemy moves out of range of the strikes.
Katsaros fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Enemy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros throws a shot from downtown. Enemy moves away and avoids it.
Enemy misses with a body shot.
Enemy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Enemy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Enemy takes a swing at Katsaros's ribcage but misses.
Katsaros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katsaros misses with a kick to the body
and Enemy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Enemy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Katsaros connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Enemy scrambles back to his feet.
Enemy dips to his left and cracks Katsaros with an uppercut!
Enemy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Katsaros pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Katsaros is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Katsaros takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Katsaros throws a combination that misses
and Enemy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Katsaros looks to score with a jab to the body but Enemy is just out of range.
Enemy thumps Katsaros with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Enemy, right into the meat.
Enemy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Enemy lands a body shot.
Enemy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Enemy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Enemy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Enemy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Katsaros throws a body shot but no joy.
Public Enemy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Enemy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katsaros misses with a hook. Enemy ducked under it nicely.
Katsaros thows a leg kick but Enemy checks it
and Enemy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Enemy misses the shot to the body.
Katsaros takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Enemy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Katsaros avoids a kick to the body.
Enemy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Katsaros. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Enemy digs a good body shot into Katsaros's ribs.
Katsaros swats away the attempt to clinch by Enemy.
Enemy takes the fight into the clinch.
Enemy takes a shot to the head.
Enemy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Katsaros blocking some punches.
Katsaros swings wildly with an uppercut but Enemy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Katsaros throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsaros misses with the head strike.
Enemy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Enemy can't find room to land a body shot as Katsaros controls the action.
Enemy lands a shoulder strike.
Enemy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Public Enemy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Katsaros ducks right into an uppercut from Enemy.
Enemy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Katsaros lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Enemy is looking to clinch.
Katsaros takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Enemy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Enemy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Katsaros scores with the left hand. Enemy knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Enemy just misses with a punch to the body.
Katsaros throws a leg kick that is checked
and Enemy counters with a stiff right hand.
Enemy thuds his shin into the meat of Katsaros's side.
Enemy lands a nice looking body kick.
Katsaros pivots, looking for a leg kick but Enemy is out of range and Katsaros settles back down.
Leonidas Katsaros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Enemy swings for the body but Katsaros moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Katsaros pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsaros tries to land a front kick but Enemy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Katsaros keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Enemy looks to score with a jab to the body but Katsaros is just out of range.
Katsaros lands a jab to Enemy's midsection.
Katsaros tries a head kick but it misses.
Enemy throws a body shot but no joy.
Katsaros avoids the body shot from Enemy.
Katsaros just misses with a punch to the body.
Katsaros scores with a punch to the head.
Katsaros connects with a looping right hand.
Katsaros 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.
Katsaros misses with a kick to the body.
Enemy punishes Katsaros's body with a nice straight punch.
Enemy moves away from the strike by Katsaros.
Good leg kick by Enemy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Leonidas Katsaros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros is looking to chop away at Enemy's legs.
Katsaros fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Enemy is out of range.
Enemy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Katsaros at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Enemy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Katsaros momentarily.
Katsaros with a jab.
Enemy scores with a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Katsaros.
Katsaros takes a swing at Enemy's ribcage but misses.
Katsaros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Enemy.
Enemy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Katsaros has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Enemy, right into the meat.
Enemy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Enemy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enemy rushes Katsaros and presses him up against the cage.
Enemy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Katsaros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Enemy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Katsaros doesn't seem bothered though.
Enemy throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Enemy cracks a nice hook into Katsaros's ribs.
Enemy works Katsaros's body with a nice hook.
Enemy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Katsaros at a distance.
Enemy digs a good hook to Katsaros's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Enemy cracks a nice hook into Katsaros's ribs.
Enemy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Katsaros stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A good leg kick by Enemy.
Enemy thuds a left hand into Katsaros's body.
Enemy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Enemy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Katsaros has time to react.
Katsaros falls off balance throwing a combination
and Enemy counters with a right hand to the body.
Enemy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Katsaros will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Enemy sizes up Katsaros with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Katsaros pivots, looking for a leg kick but Enemy is out of range and Katsaros settles back down.
Katsaros 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.
Public Enemy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Katsaros throws a hook but Enemy avoids it easily.
Enemy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A right-left combo lands from Enemy.
Katsaros throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Enemy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Katsaros thinking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsaros goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Enemy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Katsaros uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Enemy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Public Enemy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Enemy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Public Enemy!
Public Enemy was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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