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EFC 3: Now Or Never PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shawn Davison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerald Harris!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris shoots in for a double leg but Davison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Davison tries for a takedown but Harris circles away easily
and Harris counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Harris.
Harris prevents Davison from getting back to his feet.
Harris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davison is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Harris is controlling him.
Davison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harris.
Harris stands and steps away. Davison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Harris gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Davison counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davison trying to control the action but Harris is working from the bottom.
Harris wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison tries to advance to mount but Harris denies him.
Davison wants to control for a moment but Harris uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Davison seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Davison is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Harris doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Davison decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Harris's guard.
Shawn Davison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerald Harris.
Harris wants to stand and escape but Davison is having none of it.
Davison slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Davison trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harris scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt
and Davison counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Harris looks gassed!
Davison trying to control the action but Harris is working from the bottom.
Davison wants to stand up but Harris is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison is trying to control the action in half guard but Harris is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harris is trying to stand back up but Davison is controlling him
Davison seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Davison shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Harris is trying to defend but Davison finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davison wants to pass the guard but Harris is defending well.
Davison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Harris does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Davison is looking to advance position but Harris won't allow it.
Davison wants to stand but Harris has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris tries to kick Davison off but Davison keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Davison dominated that round.
That's time! Davison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Davison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Davison prevents Harris from standing back up.
Still in half guard, Davison seems content to control.
Davison has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Davison trying to control from Harris's half guard. Harris has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Davison looking to sit in guard and control but Harris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harris won't allow Davison to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Harris jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shawn Davison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Davison wants to stand up but Harris is controlling him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Davison connects with a right hand. Harris shakes it off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harris did well to prevent Davison getting side control.
Davison thows a huge punch but Harris dodges it nicely.
Harris looks like he's trying to stand up.
Davison is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Harris is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Harris pushes Davison off looking to stand but Davison dives back in and keeps control.
Davison is just content to waste time from the top position. Harris takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt
so Davison counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Davison wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Davison throws a strike but Harris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Harris wants to stand but Davison is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris stops Davison from standing up.
Harris postures up in Davison's guard and throws a big left but Davison blocks it.
Davison on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Davison tries to get out of the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harris prevents Davison from getting back to his feet.
Davison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Harris gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Davison counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Davison.
Harris manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Davison closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Davison lands in his opponent's guard.
Davison wants to pass the guard but Harris is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davison trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harris kicks Davison off and gets to his feet.
Harris gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Davison to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Davison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davison looking to sit in guard and control but Harris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Davison dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Harris shoots and misses
and Davison counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Davison won't allow Harris to get back to his feet.
Davison trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davison controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Davison looking to pass the guard.
Harris pushes Davison off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Shawn Davison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davison closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Harris to the mat! Harris manages to get full guard.
Harris scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Harris shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Davison manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris stops Davison from standing up.
Davison is working an open guard so Harris takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Harris shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Davison's guard.
Davison wants to stand but Harris is controlling the position.
Harris stands and steps away. Davison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Davison throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
Harris has his takedown stuffed
and Davison counters with a nice double leg into side control. Harris won't be happy with that.
Harris tries to escape but Davison is in control.
Davison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Davison tries to stand but Harris is controlling his head.
Harris throws Davison to one side and escapes!
Harris fails with the takedown
and Davison counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Shawn Davison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerald Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Davison trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harris trying desperately to get to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Harris is squirming around, avoiding Davison's attempts to control the action.
Davison is really struggling to control Harris but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Davison wants to control the action but instead Harris gets a body lock and reverses into Davison's guard! Nice work!
Davison is looking to stand back up but Harris counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Davison.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Davison's head.
Harris stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Gerald Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shawn Davison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davison fails with the takedown
and Harris counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Davison has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Davison!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Cabrera has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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238 lbs
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235 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Fisher!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera doesn't manage to clinch there - Fisher circles away.
Fisher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cabrera throws an overhand right that lands on Fisher's shoulder, as Fisher tries to avoid the shot.
Cabrera moves in looking to clinch but Fisher pushes him off.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cabrera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cabrera throws a series of punches but Fisher moves out of range.
Cabrera blocks a head kick by Fisher.
Cabrera closes the distance and clinches.
Fisher ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Fisher no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Fisher is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cabrera is controlling him.
Fisher keeping full guard, as Cabrera tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera trying to control the position from guard on top but Fisher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fisher controls Cabrera momentarily but Cabrera frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cabrera wants to pass the guard but Fisher is keeping the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fisher throws a combination that misses
and Cabrera counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fisher looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fisher looks gassed!
Cabrera trying to control from half guard but Fisher is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fisher sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cabrera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cabrera seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Fisher is trying to control but can't.
Cabrera takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cabrera misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fisher gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cabrera counters with a shoot takedown. Fisher fights it but they end up in 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!
Cabrera trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fisher is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cabrera defends well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cabrera looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera stands up from Fisher's guard - Cabrera perhaps looking for a knockout.
Cabrera scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fisher is looking to regain half guard here but Cabrera keeps moving and retains side control.
Fisher trying to control but Cabrera flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera lands strikes to the head.
Cabrera scores with punches to the body.
Fisher trying to control the hands but Cabrera won't let him.
Fisher trying to get back to his feet but Cabrera is in full control for now.
Fisher looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Fisher is taking damage to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Cabrera dominated that round.
That's time! Cabrera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fisher gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cabrera to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fisher keeping moving, preventing Cabrera from controlling successfully.
Cabrera stands and steps away. Fisher gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fisher walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cabrera.
Henry Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabrera closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Fisher to the mat! Fisher manages to get full guard.
Cabrera postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fisher pulls Cabrera in close to prevent any damage.
Cabrera gets to his feet. Fisher looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera swinging wildly here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cabrera. Fisher shrugs it off though.
Cabrera tries a head kick but it misses.
Cabrera has managed to clinch.
Cabrera content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fisher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cabrera tries to clinch there but Fisher circles away.
Cabrera darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fisher wants to control but Cabrera is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Fisher is just riding it out for now. Cabrera eventually gives up the hold.
Fisher is looking to escape.
Fisher is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cabrera pulls his head out easily.
Fisher is looking for a sweep. Cabrera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Fisher is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cabrera pulls his head out easily.
Fisher has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cabrera is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cabrera closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fisher is trying to maintain the position but Cabrera is very close to passing his half guard.
Cabrera keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Fisher is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cabrera pulls his head out easily.
Fisher wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cabrera is trying to control the action in half guard but Fisher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Cabrera dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Fisher is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Cabrera misses its intended target.
Cabrera throws a series of punches but Fisher avoids them all with ease.
Cabrera shoots in but Fisher avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fisher doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cabrera counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cabrera.
Cabrera works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cabrera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fisher defending well though.
Cabrera trying to control from half guard but Fisher is working away.
Alex Cabrera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cabrera is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fisher sees it coming and defends easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cabrera thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Cabrera seems content to control.
Cabrera is trying to control the action in half guard but Fisher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fisher actively working from the bottom here.
Cabrera is thwarting Fisher's attempts to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fisher clinches.
Fisher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cabrera pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cabrera crunches a lovely knee into Fisher's ribcage.
Cabrera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cabrera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cabrera looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Cabrera.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cabrera takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right handed body shot lands from Cabrera.
Cabrera wants a takedown.
Fisher has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Cabrera regains guard immediately.
Cabrera keeping moving, preventing Fisher from controlling successfully.
Fisher is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Cabrera has Fisher pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher trying to control but Cabrera is working from the bottom.
Cabrera is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alex Cabrera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cabrera keeping moving, preventing Fisher from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cabrera lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fisher with a poor takedown
and Cabrera counters with a nice leg kick.
Alex Cabrera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Fisher.
Cabrera has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cabrera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fisher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fisher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cabrera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fisher avoids it.
Cabrera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fisher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fisher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cabrera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fisher.
Henry Fisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fisher misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Cabrera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cabrera has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Cabrera!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Henri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travis Price is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Henri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Price!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henri throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Henri shoots in and drives through. Price sprawls well.
Price shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Henri napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Henri is trying to control Price's posture but Price avoids it.
Price throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Price throws a strike aimed at the side of Henri's head but Henri avoids it well.
Henri struggling a bit here.
Henri takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Henri tries to get back to half guard but can't.
An elbow from Price crashes against the mat.
Price wants to control but Henri is keeping him busy.
Price working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henri is looking for a sweep.
Henri struggling a bit here.
Price advances nicely into full mount.
Price looking to finish Henri with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henri!
Price breaks from Henri's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Henri working to try and regain half guard.
Price really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henri. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Price looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Price with a couple of short strikes.
Price scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Price is landing with some decent strikes but Henri is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Price with good strikes from the mount here!
Price content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price thowing shots but they're missing.
Henri wants to hold on but Price pushes him away.
Price with good strikes from the mount here!
Henri wants to control but Price is having none of it.
Price lands with some strikes.
Price lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Henri flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Price landing strikes from the mount.
Price connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price wants to control the pace but Henri is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price looking to finish Henri with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henri!
Henri throwing hammer fists to the chest of Price. What's that going to do exactly?
Price lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Price with the ground and pound from mount.
Henri wants to hold on but Price pushes him away.
Price working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henri wants to hold on but Price pushes him away.
Price breaks from Henri's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henri bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Henri working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Henri wants to control from the top but Price keeps moving.
Price keeping full guard, as Henri tries to pass.
Price is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Price wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Price 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.
Price looks to land a right hand but Henri moved out of range.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Henri.
Price gets back to half guard.
Henri thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Price's head.
Price tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Henri wants to stand but Price has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Price has one foot on Henri's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henri tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Price bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Price landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Price controlling from side mount.
Travis Price has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henri is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Price scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Price seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Henri does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Henri manages to escape and get back to his feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price slaps away a takedown attempt from Henri, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Paul Henri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henri misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Price is defended easily by Henri.
Nice takedown defense from Henri. No joy for Price on that attempt.
Henri fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Price shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paul Henri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Price.
Henri with a poor takedown
and Price counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Henri's guard now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henri manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Price is trying desperately to improve position.
Price is squirming around, avoiding Henri's attempts to control the action.
Henri misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Henri throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Henri wants to control the pace but Price is squirming around nicely.
Price is desperately trying to improve his position but Henri has a good base and remains in mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Henri there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Henri looking to control but Price is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Price is looking to improve his position but Henri isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Price showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Henri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Henri tries to clinch up
and Price counters with a takedown into side control.
Price tries to move into full mount but can't pass Henri's legs.
Price cracks Henri with a big right hand but Henri just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on Henri's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Price has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Henri!
Price working the ground and pound effectively.
Price lands a big shot there that rocks Henri but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Henri that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Price pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Price lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Price thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Price controlling the position easily from mount.
Price punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henri is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price landing strikes, looking to finish!
Henri takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Price lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Price with a couple of short strikes.
Price avoids the attempt from Henri to control.
Price scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henri?
Price unloading with bombs!
Price lands a nice shot to the head.
Henri tries to lock up and control but Price gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Price scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henri?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henri wants to control but Price is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Price tries to control but Henri wriggling away.
Price landing strikes from the mount.
Price with the ground and pound from mount.
Henri in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Henri is in all sorts of trouble here.
Henri tries to hold on but Price postures up.
The referee warns Henri that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Price controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henri?
Henri takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Price working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Price with a couple of short strikes.
Price avoids the attempt from Henri to control.
Henri taking shots to the head.
Price raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henri tries to hold on but Price postures up.
Paul Henri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Travis Price is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Price takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Price comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Price 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 Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Price!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Z Pryde Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Simmons might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Grandmas house. The key to victory for Z Pryde Simmons has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Z Pryde Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Cabrera!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simmons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cabrera decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Simmons is looking to improve his position.
Cabrera is trying to control the action in half guard but Simmons is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Simmons is looking to improve his position.
Simmons actively working from the bottom here.
Cabrera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Simmons keeps working.
It looks like Cabrera is going to stand back up.
Simmons trying to control here.
Simmons is refusing to be controlled, as Cabrera sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Simmons showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabrera.
Cabrera takes a swing at Simmons's ribcage but misses.
Simmons swinging wildly here.
Simmons throws a lazy right hand but Cabrera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cabrera lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Simmons throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cabrera holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Simmons tries to break the clinch but Cabrera is controlling the position.
Cabrera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Simmons misses with a hook. Cabrera ducked under it nicely.
Cabrera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Simmons defends it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simmons circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cabrera looks gassed!
Cabrera lands a nice looking kick to the body. Simmons takes a step back to recover.
No luck for Cabrera with that takedown attempt.
Simmons scores with a hook to the body. Cabrera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A shot to de liver by Simmons. Beautiful body shot.
Simmons jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Simmons.
Simmons swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons misses with a combination
and Cabrera counters with a body kick that stops Simmons in his tracks momentarily.
A combination from Simmons does no damage.
Simmons throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Simmons fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Simmons looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cabrera lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Simmons thows a body shot but no joy.
Simmons defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cabrera.
Z Pryde Simmons has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cabrera.
Cabrera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cabrera swings for the body but Simmons moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Simmons misses with a few strikes there.
Simmons misses with a series of wild punches.
Cabrera scores with a shot to the body.
Cabrera takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cabrera fakes the leg kick and cracks Simmons in the body.
Simmons misses with a wild combination.
Cabrera lands with a kick to the temple. Simmons shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Simmons lands a nice shot to the body.
Simmons scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Simmons stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cabrera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Z Pryde Simmons will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cabrera throws a left and a right that both miss
and Simmons counters with a left to the body.
Simmons is looking to wear down Cabrera with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Simmons lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cabrera at a distance.
Simmons lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Simmons lands with a right hand.
Simmons uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Simmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cabrera.
Simmons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Simmons throws a nice looking combination but Cabrera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Simmons rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cabrera moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A shot to de liver by Simmons. Beautiful body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cabrera.
Cabrera takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera pushes Simmons up against the cage in a clinch.
Cabrera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cabrera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cabrera shoots in but Simmons avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Simmons tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cabrera was well out of range. Poor timing from Simmons.
Simmons fails with a takedown attempt.
Simmons throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabrera misses with a double jab.
Simmons swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cabrera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Simmons misses with a two punch combination.
Simmons tries to bum rush Cabrera with a series of wild strikes but Cabrera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Simmons slips a jab and a cross from Cabrera.
Simmons throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cabrera counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cabrera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Simmons with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Simmons misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cabrera tries to bum rush Simmons with a series of wild strikes but Simmons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Simmons misses with a straight left.
A combination from Cabrera does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Simmons throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Simmons scores with a one two! Cabrera had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Simmons throws a combination that misses
and Cabrera counters with a good low kick that Simmons was not able to check.
Cabrera falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Simmons counter with a right hand.
Cabrera misses with a double jab
and Simmons counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice sprawl there from Simmons as Cabrera shoots in.
Simmons works over Cabrera's head and body with a nice combination.
Simmons fails to land with a series of punches.
Simmons swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cabrera counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cabrera's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Simmons lands a body shot.
A shot to de liver by Cabrera. Beautiful body shot.
Cabrera misses with a combination
and Simmons counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Simmons moves out of range of the body kick.
Simmons scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Simmons digs a good body shot into Cabrera's ribs.
Simmons misses with a body shot
and Cabrera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Z Pryde Simmons is winning the standup battle so far.
Simmons jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Simmons throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cabrera 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.
Z Pryde Simmons dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Cabrera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cabrera dodges the punch combination from Simmons.
Simmons misses with a hook. Cabrera ducked under it nicely.
Simmons takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cabrera throws a head kick but Simmons moves out of range.
Cabrera lands a head kick. Simmons smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cabrera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Simmons counters with a right hand to the body.
Simmons throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cabrera counters with a good, hard body kick but Simmons shrugs it off.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cabrera.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cabrera throws a head kick but Simmons moves out of range.
Cabrera walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera clinches.
Simmons wants to break free but Cabrera has control.
A frustrated look appears on Simmons's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cabrera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Simmons fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cabrera clinches up with Simmons and pushes him back against the cage.
Cabrera manages to break the clinch.
Cabrera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A telegraphed right hand from Cabrera misses the target.
Cabrera shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Simmons as he jumps to the side.
Simmons fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cabrera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simmons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Simmons lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cabrera circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Simmons does no damage.
Cabrera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice jab there from Simmons.
Simmons defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a good cross that connects.
Z Pryde Simmons is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simmons throws a right hand that Cabrera ducks under and follows up with a left that Cabrera also avoids with ease.
Cabrera motions for Simmons to come forward. Cabrera throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Simmons throws a right hand that Cabrera ducks under and follows up with a left that Cabrera also avoids with ease.
Simmons falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cabrera counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera manages to break the clinch.
Cabrera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Simmons misses with a double jab.
Cabrera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Simmons's head.
David Cabrera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Simmons defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cabrera.
Z Pryde Simmons has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cabrera.
A shot to de liver by Simmons. Beautiful body shot.
Simmons fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cabrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simmons was well out of range. Poor timing from Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Simmons uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice body kick there by Cabrera.
Simmons will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cabrera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cabrera throws a body kick that misses.
Cabrera takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Good exchange - Simmons coming out on top.
Cabrera throws a predictable looking body shot
and Simmons counters with a straight right hand.
Simmons on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cabrera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Simmons lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cabrera backs up against the cage.
Simmons lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Simmons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabrera manages to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Simmons circles away from the clinch attempt.
Simmons throws a sloppy head kick
and Cabrera counters with a low kick, right behind Simmons 's knee.
Z Pryde Simmons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Simmons tries to clinch there but Cabrera circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to David Cabrera.
I think Simmons has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Z Pryde Simmons!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Foreman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Misawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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176 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Foreman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Salvatore Misawa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foreman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Misawa circles away quickly and effectively.
Misawa looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Foreman misses with a double jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Foreman.
Foreman throws a right and a left that Misawa avoids nicely.
Misawa thuds his right hand into Foreman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Foreman misses with a takedown attempt - Misawa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Misawa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Foreman counters with a three punch combo that has Misawa backing up. Misawa nods at Foreman to acknowledge the strikes.
Foreman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Misawa.
Foreman forces Misawa back against the cage and clinches.
Misawa keeps control of Foreman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Foreman stalling the fight.
Foreman pulls guard successfully.
Foreman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Foreman pulls Misawa in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Foreman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Misawa manages to get himself to full guard.
Foreman landing with the ground and pound.
Foreman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Foreman trying to control but Misawa is working from the bottom.
Foreman decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Misawa, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman moves into range and clinches up with Misawa.
Foreman breaks from the clinch.
Foreman drives through and clinches with Misawa against the cage.
Misawa wants to stall.
Foreman is trying to break the clinch but Misawa has him pressed against the cage.
Foreman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Misawa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Foreman smiles and moves away.
Foreman closes the distance and clinches.
Foreman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Misawa keeps control of Foreman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Misawa is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sam Foreman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Salvatore Misawa.
Foreman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Foreman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misawa prevents Foreman from breaking the clinch.
Foreman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Foreman is trying to break the clinch but Misawa has him pressed against the cage.
Foreman is trying to force a seperation but Misawa has the dominant position.
Foreman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Foreman tries to break free but Misawa pushes him back against the cage.
Foreman is looking to break free of the clinch but Misawa has double underhooks.
Foreman can't break the clinch.
Foreman tries to break the clinch but Misawa is controlling the position.
Foreman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Foreman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Foreman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Misawa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Foreman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Foreman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Foreman seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foreman postures up and lands a big shot to Misawa's brow.
Misawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Misawa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Foreman landing some decent shots from guard.
Misawa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Foreman dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Foreman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Foreman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Misawa is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Foreman controlling from the full mount.
Foreman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Foreman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Misawa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Foreman breaks from Misawa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Misawa is breathing heavily.
Foreman trying to control but Misawa is having none of it.
Foreman landing punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman controlling the pace for now.
Foreman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Foreman landing strikes from the mount.
Foreman controlling from mount.
Foreman dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Misawa taking shots to the head.
Foreman breaks from Misawa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Misawa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Misawa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Foreman looking to finish Misawa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Misawa!
Foreman landing strikes from the mount.
Foreman lands with some strikes.
Foreman looking to finish Misawa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Misawa!
Foreman scoring with strikes but Misawa is staying in there.
Foreman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Misawa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Foreman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Foreman with shots to the head and body - Misawa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Foreman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Foreman landing strikes from the mount.
Foreman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Foreman landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Misawa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Misawa is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foreman lands a nice shot to the head.
Foreman content just to control the position here.
Foreman lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Foreman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Foreman working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foreman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Misawa's face.
Foreman 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.
Foreman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Foreman dominated that second round.
That's time! Foreman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
Foreman throws a right hand that Misawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Misawa also avoids with ease.
Foreman clinches with his opponent.
Foreman tries to break the clinch but Misawa is controlling the position.
Foreman breaks from the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Misawa as Foreman shoots in.
Foreman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Foreman clinches up with Misawa and pushes him back against the cage.
Foreman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Foreman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Foreman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Foreman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Foreman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Misawa can do to turn this around?
Foreman with good strikes from the mount here!
Foreman cracks Misawa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Misawa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman cracks Misawa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Foreman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Misawa's face.
Misawa can't escape the position.
Foreman controlling the position easily from mount.
Foreman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Foreman lands a nice shot to the head.
Foreman working the ground and pound effectively.
Foreman wants to control the pace but Misawa is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman with a couple of short strikes.
Foreman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Misawa is looking to escape.
Misawa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Foreman landing shots from mount.
Foreman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Foreman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Misawa looks a forlorn figure.
Foreman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman with the ground and pound from mount.
Foreman lands a heavy elbow.
Misawa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Foreman landing strikes from the mount and Misawa is in trouble!
Misawa is in a horrible position here. Foreman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Foreman with a couple of short strikes.
Foreman is working for a guillotine from mount but Misawa frees his head quite easily.
Foreman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foreman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Foreman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Misawa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Misawa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Foreman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Foreman controlling the position easily from mount.
Foreman lands a big elbow.
Misawa is working to get back to half guard.
Foreman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Salvatore Misawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sam Foreman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Foreman landing strikes from the mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Foreman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Foreman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Foreman!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Cobos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chi Myong Monteiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lucas Cobos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chi Myong Monteiro!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monteiro clobbers Cobos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cobos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Monteiro throws a series of punches but Cobos avoids them all with ease.
Cobos misses with a head kick.
Cobos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Monteiro's half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cobos connects with a nice short shot to Monteiro's temple.
Monteiro tries to kick Cobos off but Cobos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Cobos tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Cobos lands strikes from half guard.
Cobos stops Monteiro from getting back to his feet.
Monteiro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monteiro wants to get back to his feet.
Cobos is keen to just control but Monteiro is a slippery customer.
Cobos prevents Monteiro from standing back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Monteiro keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Monteiro lands a nice looking body shot.
Monteiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobos is just out of range.
Monteiro misses with a two punch combination.
Cobos moves forwards but Monteiro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Monteiro scores with a hook to the body. Cobos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Monteiro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Monteiro cracks Cobos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Monteiro throws a right and a left that Cobos avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Monteiro drops Cobos with a beautiful combination! Cobos stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Monteiro is looking for the KO!
Cobos is rocked!
Cobos is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Oh Cobos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Monteiro sneaks out the side door and pushes Cobos away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Monteiro connects with a body shot.
Cobos seems to have got his legs back now.
Monteiro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Monteiro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chi Myong Monteiro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Monteiro throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Cobos stumbling backwards into the cage! Cobos bounces back off the cage towards Monteiro, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Monteiro lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Monteiro celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chi Myong Monteiro!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Cano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Anderson's choice of entrance music: Fight for your Right to Party. Javier Cano has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Javier Cano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Cano circles away.
Cano fails to land with a series of punches.
Cano misses with a double jab.
Cano swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cano will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Anderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cano's head.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Cano is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson won't allow Cano to get back to his feet.
Anderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cano is keeping the position for now.
Cano lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Anderson!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson working to try and regain half guard.
Anderson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Anderson gets back to full guard.
Cano is breathing heavily.
Anderson wants to sweep here but Cano controlling him for the moment.
Anderson is trying to keep Cano in close.
Cano preventing the sweep.
Anderson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Anderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Anderson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anderson is looking for a triangle but Cano pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cano throws a big right hand that misses.
Anderson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Anderson is on top in guard.
Anderson is stalling in the full guard.
Cano is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Anderson tries to roll over but Cano keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Cano.
Cano drops an elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson is trying to control but Cano passes into side control!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Anderson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cano wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Anderson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Anderson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cano is working away from the top position though.
Anderson tries to roll over but Cano keeps him under control.
Anderson gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cano looking to sit in guard and control but Anderson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Anderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Anderson distracts Cano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.
Anderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Anderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cano is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Anderson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Cano fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cano looks to clinch
and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson.
Cano is fighting off a takedown attempt but Anderson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cano to the mat. Cano regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Cano is keeping the position.
Anderson throws and elbow that misses. Cano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anderson's guard. Nice move by Cano!
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cano's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Cano manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Anderson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Anderson wants to control the action but instead Cano gets a body lock and reverses into Anderson's guard! Nice work!
Cano wants to stand but Anderson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Anderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Anderson in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a punch from half guard.
Anderson is trying to control. Cano wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ground and pound from Anderson.
Anderson wants to control but Cano is keeping him busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Anderson connects with a nice short shot to Cano's temple.
Frank Anderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anderson stalling.
Anderson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is pressing down on Cano's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cano is holding on for now.
Anderson drops an elbow to the side of Cano's head.
Anderson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Anderson lands a nice short elbow.
Anderson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Anderson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Anderson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Anderson trying to control but Cano is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Cano that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Anderson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Anderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cano can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Anderson looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cano hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Cano staying out of range there.
Cano misses with a wild combination.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cano swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cano tries to avoid it but Anderson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cano to the ground. Cano escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
Cano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cano throws a head kick that misses.
No luck for Anderson with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Anderson lands a big elbow.
Anderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Anderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cano hang on?
The referee warns Cano that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Anderson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson scoring with strikes but Cano is staying in there.
Anderson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Anderson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Anderson swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Cano is now in Anderson's guard. A big mistake from Anderson there, giving up the dominant position!
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cano decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Anderson, up you get!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cano.
Javier Cano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson clinches up against the cage.
Anderson jumps guard.
Anderson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cano!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson controlling from mount.
Cano wants to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.
Cano is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Anderson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cano can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the head.
Anderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cano hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cano is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cano tries to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.
Cano is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Frank Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Cano is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Cano flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Anderson anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Cano and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Anderson slips an arm under Cano chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Anderson has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Anderson is squeezing on Cano like an anaconda would it's prey. Cano fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Frank Anderson!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bjergan Fjordfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Zaldiar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zaldiar has chosen EL CABRON as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Alex Zaldiar was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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196 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bjergan Fjordfoot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Zaldiar!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fjordfoot will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fjordfoot misses with a head kick.
Zaldiar moves into the clinch successfully.
Zaldiar lands a nice knee to the body.
Fjordfoot drops down looking for an ankle pick but Zaldiar pulls his leg out and moves away.
Zaldiar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fjordfoot. Zaldiar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fjordfoot misses with a body shot
and Zaldiar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fjordfoot throws a wild body kick that Zaldiar sees coming a mile off.
Zaldiar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fjordfoot avoids it really well and circles away.
Zaldiar dodges the punch combination from Fjordfoot.
Zaldiar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaldiar shoots for a double leg takedown but Fjordfoot sprawls well. He's pushed Zaldiar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fjordfoot tries to score with a low kick but Zaldiar moves his leg out of the way.
Zaldiar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fjordfoot gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fjordfoot throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaldiar won't allow Fjordfoot to pass to mount.
Zaldiar controlling the position for now.
Zaldiar trying to control here.
Well, if Fjordfoot is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Zaldiar gets full guard.
Zaldiar wants to sweep but no luck.
Fjordfoot is pushing down on Zaldiar's leg trying to pass to half guard. Zaldiar is fighting to maintain full guard but Fjordfoot has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fjordfoot not doing much here.
Zaldiar has hold of Fjordfoot's hands but Fjordfoot slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zaldiar wants to control but Fjordfoot is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fjordfoot controlling the action here.
Fjordfoot throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fjordfoot wants to advance to full mount but Zaldiar doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Zaldiar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fjordfoot pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zaldiar is keeping the position for now.
Fjordfoot passes into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fjordfoot working Zaldiar over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Fjordfoot.
Fjordfoot stalling away here and it's allowed Zaldiar to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Fjordfoot in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fjordfoot lands a couple of elbows.
Fjordfoot lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Zaldiar has momentary wrist control but Fjordfoot slips an elbow through the middle.
Zaldiar keeping full guard, as Fjordfoot tries to pass.
Fjordfoot has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fjordfoot throwing strikes but missing.
Zaldiar wants to sweep here but Fjordfoot controlling him for the moment.
Fjordfoot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot wants to control from the top but Zaldiar keeps moving.
Fjordfoot is looking to work some ground and pound but Zaldiar has wrist control.
Fjordfoot lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zaldiar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fjordfoot.
Fjordfoot working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fjordfoot is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Zaldiar looking to control.
Fjordfoot throws a strike but Zaldiar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaldiar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fjordfoot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bjergan Fjordfoot will probably get the nod.
That's time! Fjordfoot's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fjordfoot looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fjordfoot missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fjordfoot lands with a punch from half guard.
Fjordfoot seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Zaldiar manages to get to full guard.
Fjordfoot might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fjordfoot is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Fjordfoot looking to pass the guard.
Zaldiar keeping moving, preventing Fjordfoot from controlling successfully.
Fjordfoot pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zaldiar is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjordfoot is stalling in the full guard.
Fjordfoot throwing strikes but missing.
Fjordfoot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fjordfoot trying to control but Zaldiar is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Zaldiar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fjordfoot leaves Zaldiar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bjergan Fjordfoot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zaldiar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zaldiar stalks Fjordfoot and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fjordfoot's face. Fjordfoot staggers backwards, shaken.
A low kick from Fjordfoot is predictable there
and Zaldiar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A combination from Zaldiar does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice body punch from Zaldiar.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zaldiar!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zaldiar is breathing heavily.
Zaldiar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zaldiar lands with a shot to the body.
Zaldiar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fjordfoot counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Zaldiar's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fjordfoot looking to pass the guard.
Fjordfoot's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Fjordfoot looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaldiar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fjordfoot!
Bjergan Fjordfoot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zaldiar wants to control the action but instead Fjordfoot gets a body lock and reverses into Zaldiar's guard! Nice work!
Fjordfoot looking to sit in guard and control but Zaldiar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fjordfoot wants to sweep here but Zaldiar controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fjordfoot bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zaldiar's guard.
Fjordfoot postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fjordfoot is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Zaldiar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fjordfoot wants to control from the top but Zaldiar keeps moving.
Fjordfoot content to stall in guard here.
Fjordfoot with a nice head shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaldiar keeping moving, preventing Fjordfoot from controlling successfully.
Fjordfoot postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
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 Bjergan Fjordfoot will probably get the nod.
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.
Zaldiar scores with a nice body kick.
Fjordfoot throws a predictable looking body shot
and Zaldiar counters with a straight right hand.
Fjordfoot attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Zaldiar lands a nice looking body kick.
Zaldiar tries to bum rush Fjordfoot with a series of wild strikes but Fjordfoot uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zaldiar lands a right hook to the body.
Zaldiar throws a series of strikes that have Fjordfoot backpedaling.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaldiar checks a low kick from Fjordfoot.
Zaldiar lands with a shot to the body.
Zaldiar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fjordfoot is rocked!
Zaldiar forces Fjordfoot back against the cage and clinches.
Zaldiar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fjordfoot's face.
Oh Fjordfoot is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zaldiar works on Fjordfoot's body with a couple of short punches.
Fjordfoot seems to have got his legs back now.
Zaldiar manages to break the clinch.
Zaldiar scores with a one two! Fjordfoot had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zaldiar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danga de danga de dang - Zaldiar scores with a four punch combination!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fjordfoot scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjordfoot thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zaldiar's head.
Fjordfoot is looking to take a break and control but Zaldiar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Zaldiar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Zaldiar is on top in guard.
Fjordfoot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fjordfoot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zaldiar slips nicely into half guard.
Fjordfoot has his hands clasped together around Zaldiar's back. He's all about the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaldiar tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Fjordfoot tries to get to full guard but Zaldiar has control of the leg.
Fjordfoot manages to get to full guard.
Fjordfoot is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zaldiar is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaldiar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fjordfoot keeping full guard, as Zaldiar tries to pass.
Fjordfoot is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Zaldiar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zaldiar fails to pull guard.
Fjordfoot drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zaldiar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zaldiar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fjordfoot has him pressed against the cage.
Fjordfoot drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fjordfoot tries to break free but Zaldiar pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Zaldiar trying to control the position but instead, Fjordfoot has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zaldiar into the cage.
Fjordfoot tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bjergan Fjordfoot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fjordfoot drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zaldiar gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zaldiar jumps guard.
Zaldiar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fjordfoot passes into half guard.
Fjordfoot working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Zaldiar's thigh. Zaldiar counters though and makes it back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fjordfoot postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Zaldiar really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zaldiar shoots in for a takedown but Fjordfoot shows good takedown defense.
Zaldiar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fjordfoot checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zaldiar shoots in and bounces Fjordfoot off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fjordfoot wriggles free and stands up.
A shot to the body from Fjordfoot misses
and Zaldiar counters with a two punch combo.
Zaldiar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fjordfoot closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Zaldiar to the mat! Zaldiar manages to get full guard.
Zaldiar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fjordfoot controlling from the top position.
Fjordfoot seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Zaldiar for as long as he can get away with.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Zaldiar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjordfoot wants to pass the guard but Zaldiar is keeping the position.
Fjordfoot postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fjordfoot wants to control from the top but Zaldiar keeps moving.
Fjordfoot working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zaldiar's head.
Fjordfoot slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Zaldiar looking to control.
Fjordfoot lands a couple of elbows.
Fjordfoot thows a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fjordfoot wants to control from the top but Zaldiar keeps moving.
Fjordfoot is in close to Zaldiar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fjordfoot lands a couple of digs.
Fjordfoot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zaldiar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fjordfoot is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fjordfoot looking to sit in guard and control but Zaldiar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zaldiar throws a strike but Fjordfoot rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaldiar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fjordfoot defends well.
Fjordfoot scoring with some ground and pound.
Fjordfoot is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fjordfoot trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Zaldiar manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Zaldiar trying to control the position from guard on top but Fjordfoot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fjordfoot manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fjordfoot sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fjordfoot landing punches.
Zaldiar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fjordfoot is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fjordfoot scoring with strikes but Zaldiar is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Fjordfoot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjergan Fjordfoot had his way with Alex Zaldiar in that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Zaldiar wants to clinch up but Fjordfoot keeps it at a distance.
Fjordfoot scores a takedown into full mount!
Fjordfoot with good strikes from the mount here!
Zaldiar is trying to escape the mount.
Zaldiar is squirming around, avoiding Fjordfoot's attempts to control the action.
Fjordfoot unloading with bombs!
Fjordfoot looking to control but Zaldiar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zaldiar is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Zaldiar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fjordfoot is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zaldiar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zaldiar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Zaldiar tries to hold on but Fjordfoot pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjordfoot lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zaldiar hang on?
Fjordfoot scoring with strikes but Zaldiar is staying in there.
Fjordfoot is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zaldiar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! Fjordfoot connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fjordfoot controlling the pace for now.
Zaldiar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fjordfoot landing strikes from the mount.
Fjordfoot with the ground and pound from mount.
Fjordfoot is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zaldiar is rocked!
Fjordfoot with a couple of short strikes.
Zaldiar is still in real trouble! Can Fjordfoot finish him?
Fjordfoot looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Zaldiar covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjergan Fjordfoot!
Bjergan Fjordfoot retains his middleweight title!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between LeBron Jamess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uffe Revben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uffe Revben is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, LeBron Jamess!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uffe Revben!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revben is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Revben fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jamess 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.
Jamess throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice combination there by Jamess.
Revben wants to clinch.
Jamess blocks a head kick by Revben.
Jamess keeps the fight on the outside.
Jamess circles away from the clinch attempt.
Revben is looking to clinch.
Revben tries to clinch but Jamess moves out of range.
Jamess throws a one two combo.
Jamess lands with a straight right. Revben didn't see that one coming.
Jamess misses with a series of wild punches.
Jamess circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jamess avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Revben tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jamess swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jamess throws a series of punches but Revben avoids them all with ease.
Revben takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jamess tries to bum rush Revben with a series of wild strikes but Revben uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revben tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jamess paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jamess keeps the fight on the outside.
Jamess avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Jamess does no damage.
Jamess lands a jab to Revben's midsection.
Jamess misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Revben shoots in but no luck this time.
Jamess works the jab nicely.
Revben tries to clinch but Jamess is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Revben looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Revben wants to clinch.
Revben has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Uffe Revben has been cut.
Jamess throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Revben.
Jamess will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Jamess does no damage.
Jamess avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jamess works over Revben's head and body with a nice combination.
Revben tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jamess swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Revben throws a sloppy head kick and Jamess moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamess throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jamess changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Revben looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jamess trying to control the position but Revben is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jamess tries to move into full mount but can't pass Revben's legs.
Jamess creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Revben sneaks back into half guard.
Jamess tries to pass to full mount but Revben defends it.
Revben looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Revben looks gassed!
Jamess lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Revben actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamess moves nicely into side control.
Revben is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Jamess has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Jamess works to advance to full mount. Revben defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jamess lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jamess looking for a guillotine from mount but Revben is having none of it.
Jamess looking to control but Revben is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jamess looking to secure an arm triangle but Revben defends it well.
Jamess controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revben is squirming around, avoiding Jamess's attempts to control the action.
Revben tries to reverse the position but Jamess maintains control.
Revben wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jamess wants to control the pace but Revben is squirming around nicely.
Revben regains half guard.
Jamess wants to free his trapped foot but Revben is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Revben looking for submissions off his back.
Revben wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
LeBron Jamess dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uffe Revben's cut.
That's time! Jamess's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jamess throws a good cross that connects.
Danga de danga de dang - Jamess scores with a four punch combination!
Jamess avoids the head kick by Revben.
Revben tries to clinch but Jamess moves out of range.
Revben gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jamess.
Revben showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jamess.
Jamess misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Jamess does no damage.
Jamess is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jamess looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Revben tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Revben throws a head kick but Jamess moves out of range.
Revben slips a jab and a cross from Jamess.
A combination from Jamess does no damage.
Jamess avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Revben takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice uppercut lands for Jamess. That snapped Revben's head back.
Jamess avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jamess fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamess misses with a few strikes there.
Revben dodges the punch combination from Jamess.
Jamess misses with a wild combination.
Revben shoots and misses
and Jamess counters with a nice low kick that buckles Revben's knee momentarily.
Revben is breathing heavily.
Jamess throws a nice looking combination but Revben bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jamess throws a push kick but Revben slaps the foot to one side.
Jamess lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Revben circles away quickly and effectively.
Jamess lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jamess lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jamess scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Revben has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Revben closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Jamess counter with a right hand.
Revben closes the distance but Jamess moves to the side
and Jamess counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jamess trying to pass the guard but Revben defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamess is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Revben defends it well.
Revben is trying to stand.
Revben tries to get to full guard but Jamess has control of the leg.
Jamess trying to control the action but Revben is working from the bottom.
Jamess prevents Revben from standing back up.
Jamess wants to pass the guard but Revben is defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jamess.
LeBron Jamess is winning the standup battle so far.
Revben looks to clinch
and Jamess counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Revben looks to clinch
and Jamess counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamess rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Revben moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Revben tries to clinch up
and Jamess counters with a three punch combo that has Revben backing up. Revben nods at Jamess to acknowledge the strikes.
Jamess scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Revben clinches but Jamess breaks the clinch
and Jamess counters with a straight right hand.
Jamess throws a nice looking combination but Revben bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jamess misses with the combination.
Revben tries to clinch
and Jamess cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Revben clinches but Jamess breaks the clinch
and Jamess counters with a one-two to the body.
Jamess is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jamess throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Revben has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jamess lands a body shot.
Jamess shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jamess was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jamess looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revben tries to lock up and control but Jamess gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Revben is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Revben is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jamess looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Revben is looking to improve his position but Jamess isn't that keen on the idea.
Jamess wants to finish this one by submission but Revben is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jamess.
Revben is desperately trying to improve his position but Jamess has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
LeBron Jamess dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Uffe Revben'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.
Revben closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jamess counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Revben's guard now.
Revben is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jamess defends well.
Jamess passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jamess trying to control the action but Revben is working from the bottom.
Revben sneaks out the side door and pushes Jamess away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Revben tries to close the distance and clinch but Jamess swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jamess rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Revben moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jamess is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jamess avoids the head kick by Revben.
LeBron Jamess is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jamess closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamess scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Revben closes the distance but Jamess moves to the side
and Jamess counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jamess is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Revben can do to turn this around?
Jamess lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jamess connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Revben momentarily.
Jamess scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Revben tries to clinch but Jamess moves away
enabling Jamess to counter with a crisp jab.
Revben dodges the punch combination from Jamess.
Jamess misses with the combination.
Jamess throws a right hand that Revben ducks under and follows up with a left that Revben also avoids with ease.
Revben gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Revben gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jamess blocks a head kick by Revben.
Jamess misses with the combination.
Revben clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revben looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jamess is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Revben gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jamess has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Revben is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Revben throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Revben just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jamess's brow.
Jamess tries to break the clinch but Revben is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Revben.
Revben lands an elbow inside that Jamess shrugs off.
Revben lands an elbow just above Jamess 's eye.
Jamess avoids the elbow strike from Revben, against the cage.
Revben throws an elbow that misses.
Revben lands a good knee to the midsection. Jamess won't want to take too many of those.
Revben throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Revben throws an elbow that misses.
Revben lands an elbow inside.
Revben throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jamess breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Revben showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jamess.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revben tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jamess connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jamess misses with a few strikes there.
Jamess fails to land with a series of punches.
Revben tries to clinch but Jamess moves away
and Jamess counters with a series of strikes. Revben will be more careful next time no doubt.
Revben darts in trying to clinch
and Jamess counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jamess with a nice cross.
Revben wants to clinch
and Jamess counters with a solid body kick.
Jamess fails to land with a series of punches.
Jamess will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jamess lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Revben displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jamess.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for LeBron Jamess. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Revben tries to clinch
and Jamess counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jamess connects with a right hand. Revben shakes it off.
Jamess throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revben tries to clinch up.
Jamess scores with a jab.
Jamess tests Revben's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jamess scores with a one two! Revben had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Revben tries to close the distance and clinch but Jamess swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Revben has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Revben tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jamess counters with a series of strikes. Revben will be more careful next time no doubt.
Revben moves in looking to clinch but Jamess pushes him off.
No joy there for Jamess, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jamess with a jab.
Revben tries to clinch but Jamess moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Revben wants to clinch but Jamess slips to the side
and Jamess counters with a shoot takedown. Revben fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jamess wants to pass the guard but Revben is keeping the position.
Jamess trying to control but Revben is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
LeBron Jamess clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Uffe Revben's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Revben wants to clinch but Jamess slips to the side
and Jamess counters with a two punch combo.
Revben tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jamess paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jamess works the jab nicely.
Jamess lands the left hand.
Jamess misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jamess misses with a series of wild punches.
Revben clinches but Jamess breaks the clinch
and Jamess counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
LeBron Jamess overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jamess trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Revben escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jamess gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Revben working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jamess doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jamess manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jamess advances position into side control!
Revben tries to bench press Jamess off him but Jamess keeps the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revben is not content to let Jamess control the position.
Revben tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jamess thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Revben is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jamess is working Revben over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jamess is putting a hurting on Revben here, landing some big shots from side control.
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.
Revben regains half guard.
Revben looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Revben is not content to let Jamess control the position.
Jamess is working for a submission of some sort.
Jamess is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Revben defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revben gets full guard.
Revben pulls Jamess in close to his closed guard and prevents Jamess from doing any damage or advancing position.
Revben is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jamess stands and throws Revben's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jamess is trying to get an arm triangle but Revben is defending well.
Revben is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revben pushes Jamess off looking to stand but Jamess dives back in and keeps control.
Jamess seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Revben does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Revben manages to get to full guard.
Revben looking for a guillotine here but Jamess defends easily.
Jamess won't allow Revben to get back to his feet.
Revben has his foot on Jamess's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jamess works his way back into a safe position though.
Revben looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
LeBron Jamess had his way with Uffe Revben in that round.
The cut man is working on Uffe Revben's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jamess takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Revben tries to close the distance and clinch but Jamess swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Revben tries to clinch but Jamess moves away
and Jamess counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Revben avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jamess lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jamess will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jamess fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jamess misses with a jab, cross combination.
Revben takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jamess lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jamess closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Revben did well to prevent Jamess getting side control.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Revben is looking for a sweep. Jamess is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jamess trying to advance position but Revben counters by regaining guard.
Jamess passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revben is pushing Jamess's head away, looking to escape. Jamess manages to hold on to the position though.
Jamess wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Revben, who protects the arm well.
Revben can't do much from the bottom here.
Jamess scores with punches from side control.
Jamess wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Revben, who protects the arm well.
Revben is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jamess is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jamess is looking to take a break and control but Revben is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jamess circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jamess counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jamess tries to keep at a distance but Revben has taken the fight into the clinch.
Revben creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Revben throws an elbow but misses.
Revben connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jamess's face.
Jamess wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Revben has him pressed against the cage.
Revben drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jamess pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jamess lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Revben backs up against the cage.
Uffe Revben has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamess misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jamess shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revben tries to hold on but Jamess postures up.
Revben is looking to improve his position but Jamess isn't that keen on the idea.
Revben is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jamess is working for a guillotine from mount but Revben frees his head quite easily.
Jamess looking to control but Revben is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jamess is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Revben can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Revben swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jamess swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Revben is now in Jamess's guard. A big mistake from Jamess there, giving up the dominant position!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Revben drops back looking for a leg! Jamess is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jamess manages to kick Revben off! Revben jumps back into Jamess's guard.
Revben stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Jamess has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Revben manages to get his head free but now Jamess has transitioned to an armbar! Revben grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Jamess! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). LeBron Jamess!
LeBron Jamess is the new heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric DeSimone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes to the cage accompanied by It's Dark and Hell is hot. On his way into the cage it seems that Chuck Liddell has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Chuck Liddell seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric DeSimone!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeSimone shoots for a takedown but Liddell saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by DeSimone.
DeSimone fails with a takedown attempt.
DeSimone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
DeSimone throws a right and a left that Liddell avoids nicely.
DeSimone looks for a takedown but Liddell sprawls well.
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric DeSimone.
Nice takedown defense from Liddell. No joy for DeSimone on that attempt.
DeSimone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Liddell defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeSimone shoots in but Liddell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Liddell throws a looping overhand right but DeSimone ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeSimone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
DeSimone closes the distance and clinches up with Liddell, looking for a takedown. DeSimone pushes Liddell against the cage but Liddell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
DeSimone lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Chuck Liddell has been cut.
Liddell stuffs the takedown.
DeSimone ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a wild body shot.
DeSimone has a takedown stuffed.
Chuck Liddell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liddell stuffs the takedown attempt from DeSimone. DeSimone gets slowly back to his feet.
DeSimone looks gassed!
The fighters circle momentarily. Liddell darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Liddell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone shoots for a double leg takedown but Liddell sprawls well. He's pushed DeSimone's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Liddell scores with a hook to the body. DeSimone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
No joy there for DeSimone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
DeSimone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DeSimone closes the distance and clinches up with Liddell, looking for a takedown. DeSimone pushes Liddell against the cage but Liddell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
DeSimone shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
DeSimone tries for a takedown but Liddell sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Liddell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before DeSimone has time to react.
Liddell works over DeSimone's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Eric DeSimone has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DeSimone wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Liddell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
DeSimone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Liddell avoids it really well and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liddell, as that shot connected.
Liddell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
DeSimone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Liddell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Liddell misses.
DeSimone with a poor takedown
and Liddell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
DeSimone swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by DeSimone.
DeSimone misses with a takedown attempt
and DeSimone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
DeSimone feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
DeSimone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liddell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Liddell wants to stand but DeSimone is controlling the position.
Liddell looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Liddell dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
DeSimone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
DeSimone misses with a takedown
and Liddell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
DeSimone shoots and misses
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric DeSimone.
DeSimone swings and misses with a shot to the body
and DeSimone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
DeSimone throws a combination that misses
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
DeSimone has his takedown stuffed
enabling Liddell to counter with a crisp jab.
DeSimone is breathing heavily.
DeSimone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liddell.
DeSimone tries to clinch but Liddell moves away
and Liddell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
DeSimone misses with a takedown
and Liddell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeSimone throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Liddell counter with a right hand.
Liddell looks to land a right hand but DeSimone moved out of range.
DeSimone misses with a takedown
and Liddell counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Liddell misses.
Liddell throws a series of strikes that have DeSimone backpedaling.
DeSimone fails with the takedown
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liddell misses with a looping left.
DeSimone with a poor takedown
and Liddell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. DeSimone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Liddell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. DeSimone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
DeSimone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
DeSimone shoots and misses
and Liddell counters with a nice uppercut.
DeSimone tries to clinch up
and Liddell counters with a nice body shot.
Eric DeSimone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Liddell is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
DeSimone with a poor takedown
and Liddell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
DeSimone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
DeSimone moves forwards but Liddell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from DeSimone misses.
Liddell throws the left hand but DeSimone avoids the punch easily.
Liddell connects with a crisp jab.
Liddell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from DeSimone.
DeSimone throws a left and a right that both miss
and DeSimone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Eric DeSimone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Liddell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liddell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
DeSimone fails with the takedown
and Liddell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Liddell lands a nice hook to DeSimone's body. DeSimone takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Liddell misses.
DeSimone has his takedown stuffed
and Liddell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps DeSimone thinking.
Liddell looks to throw the jab but DeSimone is out of range.
DeSimone misses with a takedown attempt
and Liddell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Liddell misses.
DeSimone has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
DeSimone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liddell.
DeSimone doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Liddell counters with a straight right hand.
DeSimone misses with a takedown
and Liddell counters with a series of strikes. DeSimone will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Liddell dominated that second 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.
A lazy left from Liddell finds it's target.
Liddell misses with a hook. DeSimone ducked under it nicely.
DeSimone shoots and misses
and Liddell counters with a nice uppercut.
Liddell throws a shot to the body.
DeSimone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Liddell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
DeSimone doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck DeSimone on the side of the head.
Liddell missing with a left hand there. DeSimone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut lands for Liddell. That snapped DeSimone's head back.
DeSimone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Liddell lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Liddell misses.
DeSimone misses with a takedown
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric DeSimone.
DeSimone tries for a takedown but Liddell circles away easily
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddell scores with a jab to the head.
Liddell just misses with a punch to the body.
Liddell lands a nice shot to the body.
Liddell works the jab nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liddell throws out the jab.
DeSimone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Liddell to counter with a crisp jab.
A left lands for Liddell.
DeSimone throws a sloppy head kick
and Liddell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Liddell throws a jab but it's blocked by DeSimone.
A decent looking cross lands there for Liddell.
DeSimone looks to clinch
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
DeSimone misses with a takedown attempt
and DeSimone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Liddell looks to land a left hand but DeSimone moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone fails with the takedown
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liddell tests DeSimone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
DeSimone with a lazy takedown attempt
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut lands for Liddell. That snapped DeSimone's head back.
DeSimone slips a jab from Liddell.
Liddell jabs at DeSimone's body.
A swing and a miss from Liddell.
Liddell connects with the punch.
DeSimone misses with a takedown
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell cracks DeSimone with an open hand slap.
Liddell throws the left hand but DeSimone avoids the punch easily.
DeSimone shoots and misses
enabling Liddell to counter with a crisp jab.
DeSimone has his takedown stuffed
and Liddell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
DeSimone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liddell scores with the left hand. DeSimone knows he should have avoided that one.
Liddell connects with a good right hand that stumbles DeSimone. DeSimone circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Liddell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that DeSimone can do to turn this around?
DeSimone fails with the takedown
and Liddell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Liddell clearly takes that round.
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!
Liddell circles away from the clinch attempt
and Liddell counters with a right hand to the body.
Liddell scores with the left hand. DeSimone knows he should have avoided that one.
DeSimone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Liddell to counter with a crisp jab.
Liddell throws a shot to the body.
DeSimone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Liddell counters with a straight right hand.
DeSimone tries for a takedown but Liddell circles away easily
and Liddell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
DeSimone is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Liddell lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell thows a body shot but no joy.
DeSimone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Liddell.
DeSimone misses with a takedown
letting Liddell counter with a right hand.
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric DeSimone.
A lazy left from Liddell finds it's target.
Liddell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DeSimone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Liddell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Liddell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
DeSimone falls off balance throwing a combination
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone with a lazy takedown attempt
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Liddell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Liddell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by DeSimone.
DeSimone has his takedown stuffed
and DeSimone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Liddell misses the target.
DeSimone misses with a takedown
and Liddell counters with a three punch combo that has DeSimone backing up. DeSimone nods at Liddell to acknowledge the strikes.
DeSimone ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
DeSimone doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Liddell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chuck Liddell is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liddell, as that shot connected.
Liddell connects with a nice looking jab.
DeSimone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
DeSimone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Liddell to counter with a crisp jab.
Liddell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Liddell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
DeSimone misses with a takedown attempt
and Liddell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
DeSimone with a lazy takedown attempt
and Liddell counters with a one-two to the body.
Liddell misses with a hook to the body
and DeSimone counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell 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.
Liddell misses with an uppercut. DeSimone saw that one coming.
Liddell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
DeSimone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Liddell counter with a right hand.
DeSimone ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
DeSimone shoots and misses
and Liddell counters with a one-two to the body.
Liddell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
DeSimone has his takedown stuffed
and Liddell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Liddell had his way with Eric DeSimone in that 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. This is the final round!
DeSimone with a poor takedown
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
DeSimone shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
DeSimone seems to be working for a kimura but Liddell defends the submission attempt.
Liddell looks like he's trying to stand up.
DeSimone is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeSimone wants to work for an arm triangle but Liddell is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
DeSimone is working for a submission of some sort.
Liddell looks like he's trying to stand up.
Liddell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liddell tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
DeSimone is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
DeSimone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a straight left.
Liddell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by DeSimone.
Liddell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by DeSimone.
DeSimone misses with a body shot
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone slips under a jab.
DeSimone with a lazy takedown attempt
and DeSimone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
DeSimone tries for a takedown but Liddell circles away easily
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric DeSimone.
DeSimone fails with the takedown
and Liddell counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
DeSimone defending well as Liddell loads up on a big left hand.
DeSimone has his takedown stuffed
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddell with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeSimone fails with the takedown
and DeSimone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Liddell cracks DeSimone with a good jab.
Liddell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract DeSimone.
Liddell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
DeSimone slips under a jab from Liddell.
DeSimone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Liddell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
DeSimone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
DeSimone has his takedown stuffed
and Liddell counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Liddell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liddell, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 50:42
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:42
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:42
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Liddell!
Chuck Liddell is the new light heavyweight champion!
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