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MFN 234: Silva vs. Makinwa II PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zlato Kuzmejniev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry has chosen Unashamed as his entrance music. John Henry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zlato Kuzmejniev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Henry!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kuzmejniev manages to break the clinch.
Henry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
No luck for Henry with that takedown attempt.
Henry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kuzmejniev's sensitive parts.
Crunch! Kuzmejniev slams his shin into Henry's torso.
Kuzmejniev throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Henry.
It looks like John Henry has been cut.
Kuzmejniev throws a leg kick
and Henry counters with a low kick, right behind Kuzmejniev 's knee.
Kuzmejniev tries to land a leg kick but Henry saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuzmejniev. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry avoids the head kick by Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev throws a body punch but Henry moves out of range.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmejniev lands with a right hand.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A cross from Kuzmejniev lands.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Kuzmejniev.
A head kick from Kuzmejniev lands but Henry takes it in his stride.
Henry is looking to land body kicks.
Henry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Henry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick that misses.
Henry misses with a straight right.
Henry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kuzmejniev lands with a kick to the temple. Henry shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kuzmejniev sprawls well. Kuzmejniev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuzmejniev staying out of range there.
Kuzmejniev with a nice cross.
A punch lands to the side of Henry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kuzmejniev turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kuzmejniev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That has opened up John Henry's cut even more.
Zlato Kuzmejniev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kuzmejniev lands a nice looking body kick.
Kuzmejniev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henry was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kuzmejniev is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Henry misses the jab.
Kuzmejniev is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Henry.
Zlato Kuzmejniev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Henry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Henry - that will leave a mark!
Nice sprawl there from Kuzmejniev as Henry shoots in.
Kuzmejniev scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henry in his tracks.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuzmejniev manages to avoid it.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuzmejniev.
Henry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuzmejniev was well out of range. Poor timing from Henry.
Kuzmejniev throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Kuzmejniev scores with a head kick. Henry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kuzmejniev connects with a leg kick. Henry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kuzmejniev slips a straight right by Henry.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henry has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Kuzmejniev throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Henry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kuzmejniev. That one must have hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a combination
and Kuzmejniev counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuzmejniev stuns Henry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Henry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kuzmejniev quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henry is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuzmejniev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kuzmejniev wants to stall.
Kuzmejniev gets underhooks to prevent Henry's takedown attempt.
Kuzmejniev prevents a body shot from Henry.
Henry blocks a body shot from Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henry.
Henry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zlato Kuzmejniev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Henry'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.
Henry throws a wild body kick that Kuzmejniev sees coming a mile off.
A big right from Kuzmejniev misses.
It seemed like Henry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kuzmejniev shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Henry lands a glancing blow to the side of Kuzmejniev's head.
Kuzmejniev swats away the attempt to clinch by Henry.
Henry throws a jab when Kuzmejniev was well out of range.
Henry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kuzmejniev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kuzmejniev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry misses with a takedown
and Kuzmejniev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kuzmejniev scores with a push kick.
Kuzmejniev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henry can do to turn this around?
A nice leg kick lands there from Kuzmejniev.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Kuzmejniev moves out of range as Henry throws a body kick.
Henry tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
It looks like Kuzmejniev has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Jab by Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Kuzmejniev misses with a head kick.
Henry looks to land a body kick but Kuzmejniev moved away.
Kuzmejniev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henry tries to work over Kuzmejniev's front leg with a kick but Kuzmejniev checks it.
Kuzmejniev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henry tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kuzmejniev defends well and Henry ends up having to push Kuzmejniev into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Kuzmejniev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zlato Kuzmejniev is winning the standup battle so far.
Kuzmejniev blocks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a straight left.
Kuzmejniev is looking to counter with head kicks.
Kuzmejniev avoids a kick to the body.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuzmejniev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henry throws a leg kick
and Kuzmejniev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Henry thinking.
Henry misses with a body kick.
Kuzmejniev scores with a head kick. Henry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kuzmejniev cracks Henry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kuzmejniev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuzmejniev looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.
Henry avoids the head kick by Kuzmejniev.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kuzmejniev!
Kuzmejniev lands a brutal head kick. Henry looks out on his feet and Kuzmejniev throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Zlato Kuzmejniev!
Zlato Kuzmejniev took some time post fight to say the following; 'I came for the KO, thank you for your support.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin BK (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardinal Sanctus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ghost B.C. - Secular Haze. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Lethal high kicks
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin BK!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cardinal Sanctus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
BK tries a low kick but Cardinal Sanctus avoids it.
Cardinal Sanctus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cardinal Sanctus has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
BK fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cardinal Sanctus tries to work over BK's front leg with a kick but BK checks it.
We've been told by BK's head coaches at Spetznaz Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A head kick from Cardinal Sanctus lands but BK takes it in his stride.
Cardinal Sanctus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cardinal Sanctus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as BK throws out the jab.
BK scores with a body shot.
BK throws the left hand but Cardinal Sanctus avoids the punch easily.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cardinal Sanctus takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
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!
BK lands a left and a right that sends Cardinal Sanctus crashing to the canvas! BK dives into mount looking to finish!
Cardinal Sanctus is rocked!
Cardinal Sanctus can't escape the position.
BK cracks Cardinal Sanctus with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cardinal Sanctus is still in real trouble! Can BK finish him?
BK is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Cardinal Sanctus goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for BK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Benjamin BK!
Benjamin BK thanked the fans post fight for their support.
His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn you DEVIL'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannis Modigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatton Chantry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johannis Modigh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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219 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johannis Modigh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tatton Chantry!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chantry looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Modigh on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chantry is nestled in close to Modigh, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Modigh has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Modigh wants to improve his position but Chantry is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Modigh is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Chantry pulls his head out easily.
Chantry is thwarting Modigh's attempts to control the position.
Chantry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Modigh is looking for a sweep. Chantry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Chantry is trying to control. Modigh wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Chantry is thwarting Modigh's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chantry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chantry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chantry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chantry controlling the action here.
Chantry slips a nice elbow through Modigh's hands, connecting with Modigh's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chantry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chantry throwing shots but Modigh is blocking nicely.
Chantry wants to pass to mount but Modigh is defending the position.
Modigh looking for submissions off his back.
Modigh has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Chantry is working away from the top position though.
Modigh is not content to let Chantry control the position.
Chantry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chantry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chantry with the ground and pound but Modigh uses the opportunity to regain guard.
My spies in Montreal Fighter's Gym (4.5* Sparring) inform me that Chantry has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Modigh has his foot on Chantry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Chantry works his way back into a safe position though.
Chantry passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Modigh is trying to improve his position.
Check out the look on Chantry's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Modigh is working to avoid the ground and pound but Chantry connects with a decent elbow.
Modigh tries to buck Chantry off but Chantry is having none of it.
Chantry working the head and body with strikes.
Chantry lands a nice forearm strike.
Chantry cracks Modigh with a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Modigh is not content to let Chantry control the position.
Chantry has an Americana. Modigh didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Chantry is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Chantry hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Tatton Chantry!
Tatton Chantry seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Dump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsubasa J Champ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dump comes to the cage accompanied by Warriors. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Forrest Dump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tsubasa J Champ!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dump walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. J Champ checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dump pivots, looking for a leg kick but J Champ is out of range and Dump settles back down.
Dump lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dump misses with a head kick.
Dump seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dump defending well as J Champ loads up on a big left hand.
Dump checks a leg kick.
J Champ lands with an uppercut that bounces Dump off the cage and back into range.
J Champ scores with a nice strike.
J Champ fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dump manages to avoid it.
Dump takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dump staying out of range there.
J Champ throws a sloppy head kick and Dump moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dump.
Dump fakes a jab and throws a low kick but J Champ checks it well.
J Champ checks a leg kick.
Dump throws a sloppy head kick and J Champ moves out of range easily.
Dump misses with a low kick.
Dump is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dump lands a jab to the nose.
Dump throws a leg kick
and J Champ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dump tries to score with a low kick but J Champ moves his leg out of the way.
J Champ has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dump.
J Champ misses with a wild combination.
J Champ misses with a low kick.
Dump scores with a leg kick.
Dump throws a lazy right hand but J Champ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
J Champ digs a good hook to Dump's body.
J Champ throws a leg kick but Dump sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dump throws a hook to the side of J Champ's head but J Champ sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
J Champ throws a nice looking combination but Dump bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Dump misses.
A nice side step and J Champ releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dump is looking to chop away at J Champ's legs.
J Champ looks like he wants to counter punch here.
J Champ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dump circles away quickly and effectively.
Dump avoids the head kick by J Champ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dump looks to land a right hand but J Champ moved out of range.
Dump pivots, looking for a leg kick but J Champ is out of range and Dump settles back down.
J Champ looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dump throws a leg kick but J Champ sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dump misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from J Champ on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
J Champ getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
J Champ buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
J Champ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
J Champ moves out of range of the leg kick from Dump.
Dump tries a low kick but J Champ avoids it.
J Champ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dump lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dump motions for J Champ to come forward. Dump throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
J Champ misses with a leg kick.
Dump is looking to counter with head kicks.
Dump tried to score with a low kick but J Champ checks it.
Dump throws a leg kick that misses.
J Champ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dump was well out of range. Poor timing from J Champ.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
J Champ dips to his left and cracks Dump with an uppercut!
J Champ checks a leg kick nicely.
Dump tries a head kick but it misses.
J Champ swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
J Champ moves out of range as Dump throws a body kick.
J Champ scoring well with a low kick there.
J Champ wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
J Champ scores with a nice strike.
Dump fakes a jab and throws a low kick but J Champ checks it well.
A slow jab from J Champ misses its intended target.
J Champ missing with a left hand there. Dump was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
J Champ throws a leg kick but Dump checks it.
Dump throws a front kick aimed at J Champ's knee but J Champ avoids it well.
Dump lands a nice shot to the body.
Dump wants to land a leg kick but J Champ is out of range.
Dump throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
J Champ has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
J Champ moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
J Champ with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dump is looking to chop away at J Champ's legs.
J Champ connects with a body shot that sends Dump's belly button to the back.
Dump throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
J Champ throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dump.
Dump finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
J Champ misses with a kick to the body.
A nice combination there by J Champ.
Dump fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but J Champ is out of range.
J Champ sizes up Dump with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
J Champ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dump circles away quickly and effectively.
Dump appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Good work by J Champ as he checks the leg kick.
J Champ appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
J Champ pulls out of a head kick attempt.
J Champ is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dump.
Dump throws a low kick but J Champ moves out of range easily.
Dump throws a one two combo.
It looks like Tsubasa J Champ has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
J Champ lands with an uppercut that bounces Dump off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsubasa J Champ dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tsubasa J Champ's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
J Champ misses with an uppercut. Dump saw that one coming.
Dump on the wrong end of a nice jab.
J Champ avoids the head kick by Dump.
J Champ ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dump moves away.
J Champ goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dump appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dump throws a leg kick which misses J Champ's front leg but catches the back leg as J Champ tries to avoid it.
Dump chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dump lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dump throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
J Champ misses with a straight right.
Dump tried to counter with a leg kick but J Champ avoided it.
J Champ misses with an uppercut. Dump saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dump tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but J Champ paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A low kick from Dump is predictable there
and J Champ counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by J Champ.
Dump lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dump fakes a jab and throws a low kick but J Champ checks it well.
J Champ chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dump can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
J Champ checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from J Champ. Dump does a little dance to reset his feet.
J Champ misses with a hook.
Dump moves out of range of the strikes.
Dump finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dump on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A clash of legs there as J Champ blocks the low kick.
Dump staying out of range there.
Dump feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to J Champ's calf.
J Champ closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice shot lands for J Champ.
Dump throws a low kick but J Champ moves out of range easily.
J Champ loads up on a big right hand but Dump slips the punch.
J Champ throws a series of punches but Dump moves out of range.
J Champ lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dump's sensitive parts.
Dump throws a chopping leg kick but J Champ manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
J Champ let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
J Champ's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
J Champ checks a leg kick nicely.
J Champ unleashes a big counter combination but Dump bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Dump might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
J Champ lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
J Champ checks the leg kick nicely there.
J Champ lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fighters circling - Dump throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tsubasa J Champ seems to be getting the better of the standup.
J Champ swings for the body but Dump moves out of range.
Dump thows a leg kick but J Champ checks it
and J Champ counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dump's knee momentarily.
Dump attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dump throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dump ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dump lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and J Champ has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from J Champ and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dump connects with a solid leg kick.
J Champ checks the leg kick.
Dump attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dump throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from J Champ.
J Champ throws a body punch but Dump moves out of range.
Dump thinks about countering with a head kick.
Dump steps to the side to avoid the strikes from J Champ.
J Champ sizes up Dump with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dump pulls out of a head kick attempt.
J Champ on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A leg kick checked by Dump.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dump.
J Champ lands a nice shot that snaps Dump's head back.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dump.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
J Champ lands a jab to the head.
A jab from J Champ finds it's way through Dump's defenses.
J Champ checks a leg kick nicely.
J Champ misses with a jab, cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
J Champ throws a body punch but Dump moves out of range.
A low kick from Dump is predictable there
and J Champ counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
J Champ lands with an uppercut that bounces Dump off the cage and back into range.
J Champ scores with a jab to the jaw.
J Champ takes a jab right on the kisser.
J Champ with a hook.
J Champ looks to land a right hand but Dump moved out of range.
J Champ misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
J Champ misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dump.
J Champ wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
J Champ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dump circles away quickly and effectively.
Dump is looking to counter with a body kick.
Dump misses with a low kick.
A jab from J Champ does it's job there.
J Champ uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dump.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
J Champ checks a low kick from Dump.
J Champ pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dump throws a leg kick but J Champ checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsubasa J Champ showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tsubasa J Champ's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
J Champ throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dump lands a jab to the nose.
Dump does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dump stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from J Champ.
Dump misses with a kick to the body.
J Champ keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dump.
J Champ lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
J Champ on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dump connects with an inside leg kick.
Dump throws a leg kick that is checked
and J Champ counters with a lovely straight right hand!
J Champ fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dump is out of range.
Dump throws a hook to the side of J Champ's head but J Champ sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
J Champ fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dump is out of range.
J Champ checks a low kick from Dump.
Dump misses with a leg kick.
J Champ with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
J Champ looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dump throws a quick counter kick to the body but J Champ avoids it.
J Champ looks to land a left hand but Dump moved out of range nicely.
J Champ on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dump blocks a jab.
J Champ looks for the body kick but Dump saw that one coming.
J Champ blocks a head kick by Dump.
A kick lands to the mid section there for J Champ.
Good shot there by J Champ.
Dump cracks the inside of J Champ's front leg.
J Champ throws a hook but Dump blocks it.
J Champ uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dump.
J Champ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It appears Dump was looking to counter with a kick there.
J Champ misses with a head kick.
Dump looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
J Champ works Dump's body with a nice hook.
J Champ takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Forrest Dump has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dump feints and then cracks J Champ's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow J Champ down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dump feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to J Champ's calf.
Dump misses with a leg kick.
J Champ shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dump looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
J Champ has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dump tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
J Champ looks to land a left hand but Dump moved out of range nicely.
Dump throws a head kick but J Champ moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as J Champ checks a leg kick.
Dump dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on J Champ. That did some damage!
J Champ falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dump cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
J Champ walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
J Champ lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dump tries a head kick but it misses.
Dump checks a low kick from J Champ.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dump throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as J Champ checks a leg kick.
Tsubasa J Champ is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dump takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
J Champ 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.
Dump misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dump misses with a leg kick.
J Champ wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
J Champ throws a one two combo.
Dump throws a leg kick that is checked
and J Champ counters with a nice leg kick.
Dump takes one to the chin there.
A left lands for J Champ.
Dump misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from J Champ.
A leg kick checked by J Champ.
A decent looking cross lands there for J Champ.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
J Champ fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dump is looking to counter with head kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dump attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as J Champ checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from J Champ.
J Champ buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as J Champ blocks the leg kick.
Dump with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
J Champ lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from J Champ does it's job there.
Dump tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and J Champ is able to avoid easily.
J Champ connects with a looping right hand.
Dump gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
J Champ lands a glancing blow to the side of Dump's head.
J Champ checks a leg kick nicely.
Dump tries to land a leg kick but J Champ saw it coming and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tsubasa J Champ comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well J Champ has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsubasa J Champ!
A relieved looking Tsubasa J Champ thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Weaver Zee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksey Zulughanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zee comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed-Down with the Sickness . Zulughanov has chosen Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta as his entrance music. Aleksey Zulughanov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Weaver Zee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksey Zulughanov!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zee misses with an uppercut
and Zulughanov counters with a nice uppercut.
Zee has his takedown stuffed
enabling Zulughanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Zulughanov connects with a solid leg kick.
Zulughanov tries to land a body kick
and Zee counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Zee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zee trying to control the position from guard on top but Zulughanov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zulughanov is pulling down on Zee's head to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zee throws a big right hand that misses.
Zee engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Zee 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.
Zee with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulughanov managing to control the position.
Zee throwing strikes from guard but Zulughanov blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zulughanov has Zee pulled in close to control his posture.
Zee throws a big right hand that misses.
Zee tries to free his leg and advance position but Zulughanov is retaining full guard.
Zee drops back looking for a leg! Zulughanov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zulughanov manages to kick Zee off! Zee jumps back into Zulughanov's guard.
Zulughanov is pulling down on Zee's head. It's preventing any offense from Zee, at least for the moment.
We've been hearing good reports from Zee's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Zee showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zee wants to control from the top but Zulughanov keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Zee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zulughanov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zulughanov. That's going to slow Zee down.
Zulughanov takes one on the button.
Zulughanov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zee takes a swing at Zulughanov's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Zulughanov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zulughanov.
Zulughanov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zulughanov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Zee throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Zulughanov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Zee shoots in for a takedown but Zulughanov shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Weaver Zee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zulughanov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zee cracks Zulughanov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zulughanov manages to avoid it.
Zulughanov throws out a counter right but Zee avoids it with no problem.
Zulughanov needs to keep his hands up - Zee had a free shot at his head there.
Zee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Zulughanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Zee tries to clinch there but Zulughanov circles away.
Zulughanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zulughanov misses the shot to the body.
Zulughanov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zee.
Zee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zulughanov looks to land a body kick but Zee moved away.
Zee tries to close the distance and clinch but Zulughanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zulughanov misses with a hook. Zee ducked under it nicely.
Zee avoids the head kick by Zulughanov.
Zulughanov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zee fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zulughanov blocks a jab.
A nice side step and Zulughanov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zee tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Zulughanov defends well and Zee ends up having to push Zulughanov into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Zulughanov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zulughanov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zee tries for a takedown but Zulughanov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zulughanov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zee counters with a takedown into side control.
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 Weaver Zee will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Zulughanov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Zee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zulughanov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zee throws a hook to the side of Zulughanov's head but Zulughanov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zulughanov tries a quick counter leg kick but Zee is wise to it.
Zulughanov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zulughanov.
Zulughanov connects with a jab.
Zulughanov takes a swing at Zee's ribcage but misses.
Zulughanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zee.
Zee throws a series of punches but Zulughanov moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zee looks to throw the jab but Zulughanov is out of range.
Zulughanov is looking to land body kicks.
Zee attempts a counter takedown but Zulughanov avoids it well and moves away.
Aleksey Zulughanov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zee looks to score with a jab to the body but Zulughanov is just out of range.
Zulughanov throws a shot to the body.
Zee throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulughanov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Zee is able to avoid easily.
Zulughanov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zee shoots for a takedown but Zulughanov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zulughanov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zee with a body shot.
Zee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zulughanov. Zulughanov obviously looking to wear him down.
Zee throws a poor cross that misses
and Zulughanov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aleksey Zulughanov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zulughanov staying out of range there.
Zee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zulughanov misses with a body kick.
Zulughanov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zulughanov lands a nice shot that snaps Zee's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zee. Zulughanov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zee throws a looping overhand right but Zulughanov ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zulughanov! But no joy.
Zee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Zee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zulughanov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zee's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zee takes a swing at Zulughanov's ribcage but misses.
Zulughanov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zee blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice body punch from Zulughanov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zee takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Zulughanov throws a leg kick which misses Zee's front leg but catches the back leg as Zee tries to avoid it.
Zulughanov throws a head kick that misses.
Zee takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Zee clinches up with Zulughanov and pushes him back against the cage.
Zee is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Zulughanov pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Weaver Zee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zulughanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zulughanov is looking to land body kicks.
Zee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zulughanov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zee rather than just go for the knockout.
Zee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zee backing away here, and Zulughanov unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulughanov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Zulughanov misses with a low kick.
Zulughanov moves away from the strike by Zee.
Zulughanov throws a low kick but Zee avoids it.
Zulughanov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zee on the side of the head.
Zee doesn't manage to clinch there - Zulughanov circles away.
Zulughanov just misses with a punch to the body.
Zulughanov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Zee.
Zulughanov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zulughanov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zee tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Zulughanov swivels and escapes.
Zee is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zee swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zulughanov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulughanov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zee doesn't seem bothered though.
Zulughanov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zulughanov moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Zee works Zulughanov's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zee throws a sloppy body shot
and Zulughanov counters with a good low kick that Zee was not able to check.
Nice body kick there by Zulughanov.
Zee throws a right hand that misses
and Zulughanov counters with an outside leg kick.
Zulughanov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zee's calf.
Zee sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Zulughanov lands a jab to Zee's midsection.
Zulughanov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zee.
Zee misses with a looping right.
Zulughanov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksey Zulughanov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Zulughanov.
Zee misses with a hook. Zulughanov ducked under it nicely.
Zulughanov follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Zee fails to land with a series of punches.
Zee drives through and clinches with Zulughanov against the cage.
Zee looking for a takedown.
Zee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zulughanov or not.
Zee is looking for a takedown.
Zee misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zee.
Zulughanov misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zulughanov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zee misses with a body punch.
Zulughanov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zee tries a body shot but Zulughanov blocks it.
Zee is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Weaver Zee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zee wants a takedown but no success here.
Zulughanov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zulughanov.
Zulughanov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zulughanov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zee's sensitive parts.
Zulughanov throws a body shot but no joy.
Zee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zulughanov lands with a shot to the body.
Zee misses with an uppercut
and Zulughanov counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Zee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zulughanov is fending him off so far but Zee persists. Nope, Zulughanov circles away and we're back to standing.
Donk. Zulughanov catches Zee right on the button with a cross.
Zulughanov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Zulughanov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zulughanov lands a nice looking body shot.
Zee misses with a body shot
and Zulughanov counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulughanov scores with a kick to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zulughanov lands a nice looking body kick.
Zee looks to land a combination but Zulughanov avoids it well.
Zulughanov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Zee will feel that in the morning.
Zulughanov throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Zee shoots in looking for a takedown but Zulughanov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zee's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Zulughanov only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Zulughanov lands a body shot.
Zulughanov lands with an overhand left.
Zulughanov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zee will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Zulughanov lands with a nice body punch.
Zulughanov defending well as Zee loads up on a big left hand.
Crunch! Zulughanov slams his shin into Zee's torso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulughanov connects with a high kick.
Zee takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Zulughanov lands a nice hook to Zee's body. Zee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zee dips to his left and cracks Zulughanov with an uppercut!
Zulughanov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zulughanov lands the left hand.
Zulughanov punishes Zee's body with a nice straight punch.
Zulughanov scoring well with a low kick there.
Zee misses with a hook
and Zulughanov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Zee tries to clinch but Zulughanov is having none of it.
Zee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zulughanov flicks out a counter leg kick but Zee steps away.
Zulughanov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zulughanov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zee.
Zulughanov thinks about the counter body kick.
Zulughanov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Zee takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zulughanov lands with a slapping head kick.
Zee moves out of range as Zulughanov throws a body kick.
Zulughanov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Zee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zulughanov on the side of the head.
Zee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zulughanov.
Zee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zee fails with the takedown.
Zulughanov swings for the body but Zee moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Zee checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksey Zulughanov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zulughanov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksey Zulughanov!
A very excited looking Aleksey Zulughanov rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Glen Starner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Keosayan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Starner comes to the cage accompanied by Guano Apes - Open your eyes. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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38
165 lbs
31 - 18 - 0 |
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24
166 lbs
9 - 5 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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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
31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Glen Starner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergey Keosayan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keosayan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Starner on the side of the head.
Keosayan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Starner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Starner scores with a takedown into Keosayan's guard.
Starner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Keosayan is keeping the position for now.
Starner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Keosayan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Starner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starner with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Starner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keosayan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Keosayan is trying to keep Starner in close.
Keosayan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Keosayan controls Starner momentarily but Starner frees himself.
Starner trying to control the position from guard on top but Keosayan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Starner throws a big right hand that misses.
Starner throwing strikes from guard but Keosayan blocks nicely.
Keosayan trying to keep a closed guard but Starner is proving a slippery customer.
Starner wants to control from the top but Keosayan keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Keosayan is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Keosayan gets the takedown into side control.
Keosayan trying to control the position but Starner is working away.
Starner struggling a bit here.
Keosayan advances nicely into full mount.
Keosayan content just to control the position here.
Keosayan tries to control but Starner wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starner is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Starner is in all sorts of trouble here.
Keosayan wants to control the pace but Starner is squirming around nicely.
Starner is working to get back to half guard.
Keosayan trying to control but Starner is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starner is desperately trying to improve his position but Keosayan has a good base and remains in mount.
Starner in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Keosayan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Keosayan working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Starner takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Starner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Keosayan tries to control but Starner wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Starner is in all sorts of trouble here.
Starner is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Keosayan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Keosayan, right into the meat.
Starner on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Keosayan. Keosayan obviously looking to wear him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Keosayan.
Starner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keosayan can pounce on him.
Keosayan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Starner is able to avoid easily.
Keosayan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Keosayan is looking to land body kicks.
That kick from Keosayan tenderised Starner's leg. Starner is trying to keep his angry face on.
Starner throws an overhand right that lands on Keosayan's shoulder, as Keosayan tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starner connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Keosayan. Starner shrugs it off though.
A good leg kick by Keosayan.
Keosayan scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keosayan throws the kick towards the body but Starner avoids it.
Starner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Starner crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Keosayan - the referee stops the clock and Starner gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Keosayan. Starner manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Starner scores with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keosayan.
Keosayan tries a low kick but Starner avoids it.
Starner appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A jab from Starner misses.
Sergey Keosayan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Starner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keosayan.
Starner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keosayan can pounce on him.
Keosayan pushes Starner away with a front kick.
Keosayan throws a wild body kick that Starner sees coming a mile off.
Nice uppercut there from Starner.
Starner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keosayan.
Keosayan connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Keosayan feints and then cracks Starner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Starner down.
Starner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Keosayan.
Keosayan swinging wildly here.
Starner changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Keosayan slips a jab from Starner.
Starner cracks Keosayan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Sergey Keosayan has been cut.
Starner drives through with a takedown into Keosayan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Starner cracks Keosayan with a solid left hand.
Starner postures up in Keosayan's guard and throws a big left but Keosayan blocks it.
Starner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Keosayan keeping moving, preventing Starner from controlling successfully.
Keosayan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Keosayan keeping moving, preventing Starner from controlling successfully.
Keosayan trying to keep a closed guard but Starner is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Starner wants to control from the top but Keosayan keeps moving.
Starner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Starner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Keosayan wants to sweep here but Starner controlling him for the moment.
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.
Starner with a nice head shot there.
Starner advances to half guard.
Keosayan trying to control but Starner postures up.
Keosayan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Keosayan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Starner.
Keosayan is looking for a sweep. Starner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Keosayan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Starner.
Starner wants to control from the top but Keosayan keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sergey Keosayan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sergey Keosayan's cut.
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!
Keosayan defending well as Starner loads up on a big left hand.
Starner blocks a head kick by Keosayan.
Keosayan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Starner in his tracks.
Starner keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Keosayan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Starner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Keosayan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Keosayan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Keosayan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Starner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keosayan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Keosayan connects with an inside leg kick.
Keosayan misses with a body punch
and Starner counters with a nice double leg into side control. Keosayan won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keosayan is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Starner off and has taken his back!
Starner defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Keosayan's arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starner is in bad spot here.
Keosayan is punishing Starner with strikes - can he finish him?!
Keosayan is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Starner has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Keosayan not allowing Starner to control his hands.
Starner showing good submission defense here.
Keosayan controls the action.
Glen Starner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sergey Keosayan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keosayan trying to control momentarily.
Keosayan has good solid back control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starner tries to escape the position.
Starner is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Keosayan.
I really don't envy Starner right now.
Starner is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Keosayan.
Sergey Keosayan has got the better of the ground game so far.
I really don't envy Starner right now.
Keosayan has good solid back control here.
Keosayan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Starner tries to escape but Keosayan has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Keosayan is riding his opponent, not letting Starner buck him off.
Starner manages to reverse the position and now he's in Keosayan's guard. Nice work there by Starner.
Keosayan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Starner throwing strikes from guard but Keosayan blocks nicely.
Keosayan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Keosayan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergey Keosayan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Keosayan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergey Keosayan!
Sergey Keosayan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Klinkhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Shipman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shipman has chosen The man that you FEAR as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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36
210 lbs
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31
211 lbs
22 - 9 - 1 |
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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
22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Klinkhammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Harold Shipman!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Klinkhammer.
Shipman jabs Klinkhammer right on the nose. Klinkhammer blinks but takes it well.
Shipman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klinkhammer was well out of range. Poor timing from Shipman.
Klinkhammer misses with a hook. Shipman ducked under it nicely.
Klinkhammer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shipman.
Klinkhammer looks to land a left hand but Shipman moved out of range nicely.
Shipman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klinkhammer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Shipman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Shipman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shipman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klinkhammer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Shipman is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shipman is stalling here. Klinkhammer is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Shipman seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Klinkhammer has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
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Shipman is looking to reverse the position.
Klinkhammer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Shipman is looking for a sweep.
Klinkhammer wants to control but Shipman is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shipman felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
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.
Shipman tries to buck Klinkhammer off but Klinkhammer is having none of it.
Shipman prevents Klinkhammer from moving into mount.
Shipman struggling a bit here.
Shipman tries to improve position but can't.
Shipman sneaks back into half guard.
Klinkhammer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shipman is looking to improve his position.
Klinkhammer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shipman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shipman keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Shipman wants to improve his position but Klinkhammer is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klinkhammer wants to pass to mount but Shipman is defending the position.
Shipman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Klinkhammer not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Shipman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Shipman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Shipman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shipman controlling the action here.
Klinkhammer trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Shipman 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.
Shipman prevents Klinkhammer from improving his position.
Shipman controlling the action here.
Shipman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shipman is trying to control. Klinkhammer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Well, if Shipman 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.
Shipman is keen to just control but Klinkhammer is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harold Shipman dominated that round.
That's time! Klinkhammer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shipman throws a hook to the side of Klinkhammer's head but Klinkhammer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shipman takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Harold Shipman has been cut.
Shipman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shipman moves out of range as Klinkhammer strikes.
Klinkhammer throws a hook but Shipman avoids it easily.
Shipman misses with a low kick.
Klinkhammer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Klinkhammer throws a right hand that Shipman ducks under and follows up with a left that Shipman also avoids with ease.
Klinkhammer throws a big shot that misses.
Klinkhammer swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shipman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klinkhammer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shipman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Klinkhammer misses the shot to the body.
Klinkhammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Shipman. Those never looked like landing.
Shipman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinkhammer defending well as Shipman loads up on a big left hand.
Shipman digs a good hook to Klinkhammer's body.
Shipman misses with the body kick
and Klinkhammer counters with a left to the body.
Klinkhammer digs a good body shot into Shipman's ribs.
Klinkhammer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Klinkhammer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shipman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Klinkhammer throwing a counter right hand but Shipman manages to avoid it.
Shipman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shipman scoring well with a low kick there.
Klinkhammer connects with a right hand. Shipman shakes it off.
Shipman thuds a left hand into Klinkhammer's body.
Shipman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harold Shipman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shipman shoots in for a double leg but Klinkhammer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Roberto Klinkhammer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shipman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klinkhammer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klinkhammer throws a leg kick which misses Shipman's front leg but catches the back leg as Shipman tries to avoid it.
Shipman tries to clinch but Klinkhammer moves out of range.
Klinkhammer throws the kick towards the body but Shipman avoids it.
Shipman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Klinkhammer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shipman in his tracks.
Shipman staying out of range there.
Shipman cracks Klinkhammer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Klinkhammer lands with a right hand.
Shipman lands a head kick!
Shipman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shipman dives in for a single leg takedown but Klinkhammer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shipman blocks a jab.
Shipman walks into a stiff left hand from Klinkhammer.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shipman.
Shipman shoots in and drives through. Klinkhammer sprawls well.
Roberto Klinkhammer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harold Shipman.
Shipman lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Shipman throws a lazy uppercut
and Klinkhammer counters with a right hand to the body.
Klinkhammer looks to score with a jab to the body but Shipman is just out of range.
Klinkhammer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shipman counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Klinkhammer misses its intended target.
Shipman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shipman shoots in but no luck this time.
Klinkhammer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shipman has time to react.
Klinkhammer lands a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klinkhammer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Klinkhammer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shipman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Klinkhammer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shipman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shipman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Klinkhammer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shipman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Klinkhammer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shipman. Shipman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shipman takes one to the chin there.
Shipman fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Klinkhammer to the ground. Shipman is now in Klinkhammer's guard.
Klinkhammer 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.
Shipman sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Klinkhammer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harold Shipman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Klinkhammer misses with a hook
and Shipman counters with an inside leg kick.
Shipman defending well as Klinkhammer loads up on a big left hand.
Shipman tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shipman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klinkhammer moves away.
Shipman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Shipman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Klinkhammer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klinkhammer avoids the body shot from Shipman.
Klinkhammer slips a straight right by Shipman.
Shipman slips a jab from Klinkhammer.
Shipman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klinkhammer.
Shipman drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Klinkhammer defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klinkhammer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shipman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shipman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Klinkhammer just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Shipman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shipman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shipman bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Klinkhammer can't do much from the bottom here.
Klinkhammer manages to work his way to half guard, despite Shipman's best efforts.
Shipman wants to free his trapped foot but Klinkhammer is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Klinkhammer trying to control but Shipman postures up.
Klinkhammer is staying active underneath Shipman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Klinkhammer wants to control but Shipman is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shipman is trying to control the action in half guard but Klinkhammer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shipman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Klinkhammer wants to control but Shipman is keeping busy.
Shipman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nice body kick there by Klinkhammer.
Klinkhammer misses with a jab to the body
and Shipman counters with a nice body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Shipman misses the target.
Good shot there by Shipman.
Roberto Klinkhammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Klinkhammer, right into the meat.
Shipman scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shipman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klinkhammer on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shipman creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Shipman working the ground and pound.
Harold Shipman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shipman working the head and body with strikes.
Shipman trying to control the position but Klinkhammer is working away.
Shipman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shipman takes a little break here. Klinkhammer wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Shipman in side control lands a decent elbow.
Klinkhammer is rocked!
Shipman scoring with punches and elbows.
Oh Klinkhammer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shipman has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Klinkhammer!
Shipman unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Klinkhammer wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Shipman celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Shipman!
Harold Shipman got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiyaro Feitsora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Combat Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Feitsora comes to the cage accompanied by Helmet - Unsung. Jack has chosen Die for Metal as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tiyaro Feitsora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Combat Jack!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Feitsora fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jack, pushing him back against the cage.
Feitsora misses with a body punch.
Feitsora misses with a punch on the inside.
Feitsora misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jack pulls Feitsora into guard.
Feitsora has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Jack working for a triangle but Feitsora defends it easily.
Jack looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Feitsora trying to control but Jack is working from the bottom.
Feitsora postures up in Jack's guard and throws a big left but Jack blocks it.
Jack is looking for a triangle but Feitsora pushes his legs off easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Feitsora postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jack working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Feitsora.
Jack working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Feitsora.
Feitsora pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jack is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Feitsora with a nice head shot there.
Feitsora trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Feitsora trying to control the position from guard on top but Jack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Feitsora throwing strikes but missing.
Jack is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Feitsora trying to control the position from guard on top but Jack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Feitsora throws a big right hand that misses.
Feitsora is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Feitsora accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jack is trying to control the position but Feitsora postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Feitsora lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Feitsora with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jack working for a triangle but Feitsora defends it easily.
Feitsora postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jack working for a triangle but Feitsora defends it easily.
Feitsora cracks Jack with a solid left hand.
It looks like Combat Jack has been cut.
Feitsora stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jack swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Feitsora lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Feitsora defends well.
Feitsora postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Feitsora connects with a couple of short punches.
Feitsora scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jack looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jack throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jack keeping moving, preventing Feitsora from controlling successfully.
Feitsora pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jack is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Feitsora is in close to Jack's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That has opened up Combat Jack's cut even more.
Feitsora is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jack working for a triangle but Feitsora defends it easily.
Feitsora stands up over Jack, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The cut above Combat Jack's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Feitsora keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jack's head.
Combat Jack's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Combat Jack's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tiyaro Feitsora!
A very excited looking Tiyaro Feitsora rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ugor Makinwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Stop (Blue Mix) - Ghost K. Ugor Makinwa will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ugor Makinwa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A big right from Makinwa misses.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva misses with a hook
and Makinwa counters with an outside leg kick.
Makinwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Makinwa keeps the fight on the outside.
Makinwa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Makinwa throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Makinwa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Makinwa misses with a straight right.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva drives through and clinches with Makinwa against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Makinwa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Our sources have told us that Silva has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Makinwa takes a shot to the head.
Makinwa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Makinwa's front leg but catches the back leg as Makinwa tries to avoid it.
Silva throws a low kick but Makinwa moves out of range easily.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A countering left hand to the body from Makinwa misses.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Makinwa takes a step back to recover.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Makinwa moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Makinwa steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Makinwa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Makinwa is out of range.
Makinwa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makinwa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Makinwa throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva looks for the body kick but Makinwa saw that one coming.
Makinwa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Makinwa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Makinwa is looking to land body kicks.
Makinwa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Despite the aggression on Makinwa's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Makinwa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Makinwa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Makinwa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makinwa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Makinwa if he has to take too many more of those.
Makinwa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Makinwa.
Makinwa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Makinwa avoids a kick to the body.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makinwa moves away.
Makinwa throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva throws the left hand but Makinwa avoids the punch easily.
Makinwa misses with a low kick.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Makinwa throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Makinwa takes one to the chin there.
Silva cracks the inside of Makinwa's front leg.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Makinwa lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Makinwa takes a step back to recover.
Makinwa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Makinwa counters with a nice uppercut.
Makinwa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Makinwa swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to clinch there but Makinwa circles away.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva feints and then cracks Makinwa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Makinwa down.
Makinwa takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Makinwa does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Makinwa's head but Makinwa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva throws a body punch but Makinwa moves out of range.
Silva moves out of range as Makinwa strikes.
Makinwa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Makinwa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Makinwa is just out of range.
Makinwa avoids the head kick by Silva.
Makinwa throws a counter combo.
Silva avoids the body shot from Makinwa.
Nice cross by Silva.
Makinwa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Makinwa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Makinwa counter with a right hand.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa staying out of range there.
Eduardo Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Makinwa moves away and avoids it.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Makinwa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Makinwa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Makinwa can do to turn this around?
Makinwa throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva backing away here, and Makinwa unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Makinwa looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Makinwa moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Makinwa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Makinwa moved out of range nicely.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Makinwa moved away.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva looks for the body kick but Makinwa saw that one coming.
Makinwa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Makinwa.
Makinwa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Makinwa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva cracks Makinwa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Makinwa is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Makinwa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Makinwa.
Makinwa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Makinwa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Makinwa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Makinwa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
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!
Makinwa takes one on the button.
Makinwa slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a head kick.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Makinwa's defenses.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Makinwa's calf.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Silva dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Makinwa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Makinwa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Makinwa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left lands for Silva.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Makinwa in the body.
A big left from Makinwa misses.
Silva thumps Makinwa with a low kick.
Makinwa avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Makinwa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Silva misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Makinwa checks it well.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Makinwa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Makinwa's head back.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva throws a hook but Makinwa avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Makinwa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A big right from Makinwa misses.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva looks to throw a body kick
and Makinwa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Makinwa throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Silva looks to land a combination but Makinwa avoids it well.
Makinwa only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Makinwa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makinwa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Makinwa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Eduardo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Makinwa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Makinwa moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Makinwa looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Makinwa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Makinwa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
Makinwa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Makinwa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva cracks Makinwa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A head kick misses from Silva.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Makinwa counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Makinwa. That one must have hurt.
Makinwa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Makinwa.
Makinwa scores with a push kick.
Makinwa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva is looking to counter punch.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Makinwa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Makinwa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Makinwa.
Makinwa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Makinwa moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva throws a body punch but Makinwa moves out of range.
Makinwa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Makinwa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Makinwa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makinwa avoids the head kick by Silva.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Makinwa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Despite the aggression on Makinwa's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Makinwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Makinwa.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Makinwa looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Makinwa counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Makinwa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Makinwa scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Eduardo Silva did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Makinwa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Makinwa scrambles back to his feet.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Makinwa manages to break the clinch.
Makinwa throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva misses with a straight right.
A head kick from Silva lands but Makinwa takes it in his stride.
Makinwa slips a jab from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Makinwa. That did some damage!
Silva tries to bum rush Makinwa with a series of wild strikes but Makinwa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Makinwa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Silva throws a head kick but Makinwa moves out of range.
Makinwa lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Makinwa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Makinwa.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Makinwa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Makinwa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Makinwa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Makinwa thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Makinwa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silva - that will leave a mark!
Silva throws a hook but Makinwa avoids it easily.
Makinwa tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Makinwa fails to land.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makinwa tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Makinwa back against the cage.
Makinwa wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Makinwa's efforts to push away.
Makinwa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva cracks Makinwa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Makinwa.
Makinwa throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makinwa moves away.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Makinwa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Makinwa scrambles back to his feet.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Makinwa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Makinwa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Makinwa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Makinwa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Makinwa.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva looks for the body kick but Makinwa saw that one coming.
Silva wants to clinch up but Makinwa keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva wants to clinch up but Makinwa keeps it at a distance.
Silva slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva digs a good hook to Makinwa's body.
Makinwa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makinwa counters with a body kick.
Makinwa tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Makinwa counters with a straight right hand.
Makinwa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Makinwa thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva slips a straight right by Makinwa.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makinwa circles away quickly and effectively.
Makinwa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Silva had his way with Ugor Makinwa in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Silva scores with a push kick.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Makinwa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva slips a jab from Makinwa.
Silva is looking to slow Makinwa down with leg kicks.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Makinwa is just out of range.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Makinwa counters with a nice uppercut.
Makinwa blocks a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Makinwa. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva looks for the body kick but Makinwa saw that one coming.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Makinwa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Makinwa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makinwa tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva tests Makinwa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Makinwa will feel that in the morning.
Silva throws a hook but Makinwa avoids it easily.
Makinwa moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Makinwa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Makinwa should have avoided that one.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Ugor Makinwa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eduardo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Makinwa counters with a nice body shot.
Makinwa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Makinwa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands with a straight right. Makinwa didn't see that one coming.
Makinwa cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
Makinwa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Makinwa.
Makinwa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Makinwa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makinwa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Makinwa avoids it.
Silva is looking to clinch but Makinwa is avoiding it.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Makinwa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Makinwa.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Makinwa seems unphased.
Makinwa misses with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva looks to land a right hand but Makinwa moved out of range.
Makinwa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Makinwa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva feints a jab promting Makinwa to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Makinwa slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Makinwa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eduardo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Silva!
Eduardo Silva retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Eduardo Silva thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esquiva Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Topi Takala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takala has chosen Volga as his entrance music. Esquiva Falcao had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esquiva Falcao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Topi Takala!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Falcao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takala.
An attempted straight right counter from Falcao misses the target.
Takala wants to land a leg kick but Falcao is out of range.
Falcao looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Falcao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Takala chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Takala on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Takala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Falcao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Furia Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Takala scores with a nice strike.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Falcao lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Takala has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Takala and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Takala fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Falcao looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Falcao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Falcao throws a hook but Takala avoids it easily.
Falcao throws a chopping leg kick but Takala manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Falcao walks into a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falcao getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala throws the left hand but Falcao avoids the punch easily.
Takala connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Falcao momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Takala.
Falcao throws a looping overhand right but Takala ducks down to avoid it.
Takala has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Takala there as he acknowledges the shot.
Takala blocks a low kick nicely.
Takala connects with a body shot that sends Falcao's belly button to the back.
Takala has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Takala takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Falcao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takala.
Takala misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Falcao counters with a stiff right hand.
Falcao misses with a looping left.
Takala scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takala throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Takala misses with a hook. Falcao ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Falcao.
Falcao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Falcao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Falcao avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Falcao was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Takala takes one to the side of the head.
Takala scores with a jab to the head.
Takala chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Falcao can pounce on him.
Falcao misses with a hook. Takala ducked under it nicely.
Good leg kick by Takala there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Falcao smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Falcao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Takala throws a body shot but no joy.
Takala scores with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcao lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Takala throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Takala throws a low kick, looking for Falcao's leg but Falcao calmly moves out of range.
Takala slips under a jab.
Takala tries a head kick but it misses.
Falcao looks to land a right hand but Takala moved out of range.
Good shot there by Takala.
Falcao thuds his shin into the meat of Takala's side.
Falcao lands with a slapping head kick.
Takala is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Takala blocks a jab.
Takala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Takala misses with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Takala. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Takala.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takala misses with a wild body shot.
Takala lands a really nice looking cross but Falcao seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takala throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Takala wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Takala throws a low kick, looking for Falcao's leg but Falcao calmly moves out of range.
Takala staying out of range there.
Falcao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Falcao connects with a right hand. Takala shakes it off.
Falcao ducks under a wild hook from Takala.
Falcao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takala throws a shot to the body.
Takala thows a leg kick but Falcao checks it
and Falcao counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Takala paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Topi Takala will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Takala misses with a wild body shot.
Takala throws a nice looking combination but Falcao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Falcao uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Falcao scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A head kick misses from Falcao.
Takala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Takala throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Topi Takala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Falcao avoids the body shot from Takala.
Takala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takala swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falcao wants to land a leg kick but Takala is out of range.
Falcao backing away here, and Takala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Takala throws a push kick but Falcao slaps the foot to one side.
Falcao seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Falcao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Takala moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Falcao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao lands with a nice combination. Takala backs away looking to recover.
Falcao throws a lazy right hand but Takala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takala misses with a body punch
and Takala takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takala lands a leg kick that knocks Falcao off balance momentarily.
Falcao throws a hook to the side of Takala's head but Takala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takala tries a quick counter leg kick but Falcao is wise to it.
Takala is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Falcao.
Esquiva Falcao is winning the standup battle so far.
Falcao lands with a right hand.
Takala tries to score with a low kick but Falcao moves his leg out of the way.
Falcao is looking to counter punch.
Falcao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takala moves away.
Takala flicks out a counter leg kick but Falcao steps away.
Falcao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Takala scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takala scores with a hook to the body. Falcao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Takala connects with a body shot that sends Falcao's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Takala counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Takala cracks the inside of Falcao's front leg.
Falcao misses with a hook
and Takala counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takala dips to his left and cracks Falcao with an uppercut!
Falcao on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Takala pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Takala throws an off balance right hand
and Takala takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Falcao avoids a kick to the body.
Takala cracks a nice hook into Falcao's ribs.
Takala pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Falcao seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Falcao slips a jab from Takala.
Falcao is looking to counter punch.
Falcao throws out a loose jab but Takala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Falcao digs a good hook to Takala's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcao misses with a hook.
Falcao looks to throw a body kick
and Takala counters with a leg kick.
Takala is looking to score with low kicks.
Takala lands with a thumping leg kick.
Takala misses with a body shot.
Takala misses with a combination
and Falcao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takala misses with an uppercut. Falcao saw that one coming.
Falcao lands with an overhand left.
Falcao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Falcao there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big right from Falcao misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Takala in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Takala lands a slapping body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Takala thumps Falcao with a low kick.
Takala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Falcao looks to land a left hand but Takala moved out of range nicely.
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!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Falcao lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Takala has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Takala and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Takala misses with a hook
and Falcao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Falcao swings widly with a right hand
and Takala counters with a stiff right hand.
Falcao checks the leg kick.
Takala takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Falcao is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A cross from Falcao lands.
Falcao gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Falcao throws a body punch but Takala moves out of range.
Takala appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Takala displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Falcao throws out the jab.
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 Esquiva Falcao will probably get the nod.
That's time! Falcao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Falcao looks to score with a jab to the body but Takala is just out of range.
Takala throws a head kick but Falcao moves out of range.
Takala looks to score with a jab to the body but Falcao is just out of range.
Takala throws a hook but Falcao avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Falcao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Takala thumps Falcao with a low kick.
Falcao throws a low kick but Takala moves out of range easily.
Takala lands a slapping body shot.
Takala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Takala. Falcao shrugs it off though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Falcao misses.
Falcao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Takala uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Takala, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Falcao misses with a left hand
and Takala counters with a nice body kick.
Takala throws a leg kick
and Falcao counters with a nice body shot.
Takala misses with an uppercut.
Falcao misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takala.
Takala throws a poor cross that misses
and Falcao counters with a nice leg kick.
Takala dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Falcao. That did some damage!
Takala just misses with a punch to the body.
Takala will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Falcao tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Falcao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao checks a low kick from Takala.
Falcao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Takala was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Falcao motions for Takala to come forward. Falcao throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takala thinks about the counter body kick.
Takala lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falcao throws a big shot that misses.
Falcao misses with an uppercut. Takala saw that one coming.
Falcao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Takala looks to throw a body kick
and Falcao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Falcao swings widly with a right hand
and Takala counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Takala throws a quick inside leg kick.
Falcao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Takala fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Falcao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Takala.
Falcao uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Takala has time to react.
Falcao misses with a body kick.
Takala looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Takala cracks a nice hook into Falcao's ribs.
Takala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Falcao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Takala with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Falcao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Takala cracks Falcao with a right hand to the side of the head.
Takala scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Falcao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Takala has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takala throws out a loose jab but Falcao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Falcao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Falcao's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Falcao duly obliges.
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!
Falcao misses with a hook
and Takala connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takala scores with a push kick.
Falcao will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Takala changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Falcao throws a hook to the side of Takala's head but Takala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takala throws the left hand but Falcao avoids the punch easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Takala.
Falcao lands a high kick!
Takala throws a hook to the side of Falcao's head but Falcao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Falcao is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Falcao takes a swing at Takala's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Topi Takala really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Both fighters circling a little - Falcao finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Falcao throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Takala fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Falcao manages to avoid it.
Takala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Falcao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Takala scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Falcao doesn't seem bothered though.
Takala chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Falcao can pounce on him.
Falcao throws a body punch but Takala moves out of range.
Takala throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Falcao counters with a two punch combo.
It looks like Topi Takala has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takala misses with a jab to the body
and Falcao counters with a nice body shot.
Falcao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Takala misses the body punch
and Falcao counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takala throws a body punch but Falcao moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala misses with an uppercut.
Falcao lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Takala throws a leg kick but Falcao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Takala.
Falcao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Falcao appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Takala throws a big shot that misses.
Takala throws a leg kick
and Falcao counters with a nice kick to the body.
Takala thuds a left hand into Falcao's body.
Takala feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Falcao's calf.
Takala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takala chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Falcao misses with a series of wild punches.
Takala throws a counter combo.
Falcao throws a low kick, looking for Takala's leg but Takala calmly moves out of range.
Falcao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A punch lands to the side of Falcao 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takala just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Falcao.
Falcao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Takala has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Takala throws a nice inside leg kick.
Takala is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takala connects with a good right hand that stumbles Falcao. Falcao circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Falcao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takala.
Takala blocks a leg kick.
Falcao defending well as Takala loads up on a big left hand.
Takala swings widly with a right hand
and Falcao makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Falcao has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takala finds it's way round the side to connect with Falcao's head.
Takala lands a leg kick that knocks Falcao off balance momentarily.
Falcao throws a lazy right hand but Takala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takala misses with a lunging right hand
and Falcao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Falcao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Takala's calf.
That kick from Takala tenderised Falcao's leg. Falcao is trying to keep his angry face on.
Takala steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Falcao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcao misses with a leg kick.
Falcao moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Falcao blocks the leg kick.
Falcao cracks Takala with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falcao takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Takala throws a shot from downtown. Falcao moves away and avoids it.
Takala lands a leg kick that knocks Falcao off balance momentarily.
Takala has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Falcao finds it's way round the side to connect with Takala's head.
Falcao moves out of range as Takala throws a body kick.
Takala tries to land a leg kick but Falcao saw it coming and moves away.
A punch combination from Falcao misses.
Falcao backing away here, and Takala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Esquiva Falcao will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Topi Takala's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Falcao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Falcao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Falcao avoids the head kick by Takala.
Nice cross by Takala.
Takala misses with an uppercut
and Falcao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Falcao cracks the inside of Takala's front leg.
A nice inside leg kick there by Takala. That's going to slow Falcao down.
Takala throws a leg kick
letting Falcao counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falcao moves forwards but Takala connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Takala uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Falcao has time to react.
Takala attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Falcao misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala swings away with a body shot that misses
and Falcao counters with a low kick, right behind Takala 's knee.
Falcao goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Takala misses the jab.
Falcao throws an overhand right that lands on Takala's shoulder, as Takala tries to avoid the shot.
Takala throws a leg kick but Falcao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Falcao takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takala lands a jab to Falcao's midsection.
Takala lands a nice shot that snaps Falcao's head back.
Takala is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Takala connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Falcao walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Falcao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takala.
Takala thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takala moves out of range as Falcao strikes.
Falcao throws a leg kick that misses.
Takala throws a body punch but Falcao moves out of range.
Takala misses with a low kick.
Falcao catches Takala with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good shot there by Takala.
Falcao scores with a sloppy right hand. Takala should have avoided that one.
Falcao checks a leg kick.
Falcao connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Takala tumbling to the canvas! Falcao pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Takala was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Esquiva Falcao!
Our winner, Esquiva Falcao, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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