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Prestige FC 34: Poe x Hoover 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Blasted (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Mcveigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Mcveigh is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Blasted!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Mcveigh!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blasted shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mcveigh pinned against the ropes. Mcveigh gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mcveigh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Blasted with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mcveigh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blasted takes one to the chin there.
Blasted misses with a takedown attempt
and Blasted takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Blasted. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mcveigh gets tackled into the ropes by Blasted. Blasted maintains the clinch.
Blasted tries to score a body lock takedown but Mcveigh shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Blasted gets control of Mcveigh's arms and successfully pulls guard. Blasted will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasted is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Mcveigh trying to stand up but can't free himself from Blasted's guard.
Blasted pulls Mcveigh in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasted tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blasted has Mcveigh pulled in close to control his posture.
Mcveigh wants to get up but he can't break Blasted's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mcveigh got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blasted has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mcveigh has managed to get both his arms back between Blasted's legs - danger averted.
Mcveigh is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Blasted has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Mcveigh is looking to defend but Blasted has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Mcveigh! Blasted pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Mcveigh taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Brian Blasted!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller has chosen House Of Flying Daggers as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Mitchell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kane Miller!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mitchell tries to avoid it but Miller manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mitchell to the ground. Mitchell escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Miller looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Mitchell shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Miller manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Mitchell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mitchell stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Mitchell closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Miller quickly recovers to half guard.
Mitchell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mitchell in particular looking to stall.
Miller 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.
Mitchell lands with a punch from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchell stalling.
Mitchell is working for a kimura but Miller is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell winds up and cracks Miller with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mitchell keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Miller is trying to escape back to his feet but Mitchell uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Mitchell has hold of Miller's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Miller tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Mitchell cranks the arm and Miller screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Miller, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Paul Mitchell!
Kane Miller was interviewed post fight and said 'Don't Worries Homie Im Gonna Win The Next Fight No Doubt '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Theron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miles Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Charlie Theron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Miles Cox!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Theron looks to score with a jab to the body but Cox is just out of range.
Theron throws out a loose jab but Cox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Theron fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cox manages to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Theron.
Theron showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cox.
Theron misses with a wild body shot.
Cox misses with a head kick.
Theron slips a jab and a cross from Cox.
Cox pivots, looking for a leg kick but Theron is out of range and Cox settles back down.
Theron throws a hook to the side of Cox's head but Cox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cox gets caught napping as Theron dives in and scores a takedown. Cox manages to retain guard.
Cox pushes Theron off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Theron shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cox sprawls well. Cox wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Theron gets slowly back to his feet.
Theron pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Theron dodges the punch combination from Cox.
Theron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox lands a jab-cross combination.
Cox tries to bum rush Theron with a series of wild strikes but Theron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cox is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Theron fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cox sprawls well initially but Theron persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cox is trying to get back to full guard.
Cox avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Theron.
Cox tries to get to full guard but Theron has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Theron.
Theron prevents Cox from standing back up.
Theron is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Theron seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cox tries to kick Theron off in order to stand up. Theron Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Cox is working to avoid the ground and pound but Theron connects with a decent elbow.
Cox struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theron working the ground and pound.
Theron scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Theron fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Cox avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Theron.
Theron gets to mount! Cox was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Theron prevents Cox from getting the reversal.
Theron postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cox looks a forlorn figure.
Cox keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Theron 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.
Theron lands a heavy elbow.
Theron controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Cox that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Theron looking to finish Cox with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cox!
Theron controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Theron connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Theron tries to control but Cox wriggling away.
Cox tries to lock up and control but Theron gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Theron landing shots from mount.
Theron landing punches.
Cox is looking to get to half guard.
Theron tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cox squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Theron lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Theron avoids the attempt from Cox to control.
Theron breaks from Cox's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cox is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Theron landing strikes, looking to finish!
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!
Theron scoring with strikes but Cox is staying in there.
Theron controlling the pace for now.
Cox is trying to stand.
Theron tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cox is trying to stand up.
Theron trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Theron dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Theron throws a series of punches but Cox avoids them all with ease.
Despite the aggression on Cox's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Miles Cox is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Theron stuns Cox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cox avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cox.
Theron is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cox can do to turn this around?
Theron avoids the head kick by Cox.
Theron appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Cox lands a nice leg kick that just misses Theron's sensitive parts.
Cox throws an overhand right that lands on Theron's shoulder, as Theron tries to avoid the shot.
Cox moves away from the strike by Theron.
Theron fails to land the takedown.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cox, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Theron swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Theron. Theron circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Miles Cox seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Theron throws a hook but Cox avoids it easily.
Theron moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromCox.
Theron ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Cox coming out on top.
Jab by Cox.
Cox scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Theron misses with a looping right.
Cox wants to land a leg kick but Theron is out of range.
Cox throws a right and a left that Theron avoids nicely.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Cox enables Theron to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cox manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Theron trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cox wants to get back to his feet but Theron passes into half guard.
Theron throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Charlie Theron overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Theron working over Cox with some ground and pound. Cox looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Theron prevents Cox from standing back up.
Theron seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Theron seems to be looking for submissions.
Cox wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theron scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cox trying to control here.
Cox tries to get to full guard but Theron has control of the leg.
Theron landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Theron controlling the pace.
Theron winds up and cracks Cox with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cox is looking to improve his position.
Theron is trying to control. Cox wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Theron is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cox avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Theron.
Cox is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theron prevents Cox from standing back up.
Theron seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cox does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Theron sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cox defending well though.
Cox is looking for a sweep. Theron is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cox really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Theron. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Theron looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cox tries to kick Theron off but Theron keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Theron looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Theron stops Cox from getting back to his feet.
Cox trying to control from the bottom.
Theron is looking to take a break and control but Cox is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cox is trying to maintain the position but Theron is very close to passing his half guard.
Theron lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cox is refusing to be controlled, as Theron sits in half guard.
Cox is looking to get back to full guard here but Theron has managed to pass to side control instead.
Theron working the head with strikes.
Theron has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Cox!
Cox tries to hold on but Theron postures up.
Cox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Theron wants to finish this one by submission but Cox is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Theron.
Cox wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
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 Charlie Theron will probably get the nod.
That's time! Theron's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Theron shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cox as he avoids it easily.
Theron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cox looks to throw the jab but Theron is out of range.
Theron darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cox trying to control but Theron postures up.
Cox wants to get back to his feet.
Theron is trying to control. Cox wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Theron looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cox with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cox wants to get back to full guard.
Cox is trying to stand.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Theron in particular looking to stall.
Cox is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Theron.
Cox pushes Theron off looking to stand but Theron dives back in and keeps control.
Cox is holding on to half guard well.
Cox takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Theron working Cox over with strikes.
Theron wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cox keeps working.
Cox pushes Theron off looking to stand but Theron dives back in and keeps control.
Theron is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cox is just riding it out for now. Theron eventually gives up the hold.
Theron seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theron is trying for a kimura here. Cox looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Theron wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Charlie Theron!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Embernate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjun Batar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacques Embernate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arjun Batar!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batar goes for a double leg but Embernate avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Embernate continues to drive forward.
Embernate looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Batar tries for a takedown but Embernate circles away easily
and Embernate counters with a one-two to the body.
Embernate closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Batar quickly recovers to half guard.
Batar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Embernate.
Batar trying to control here.
Embernate is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Embernate lands with a punch from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Embernate thows a huge punch but Batar dodges it nicely.
Batar taking some punishment here, with Embernate in his half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Embernate not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Embernate not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Batar looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Embernate seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Embernate takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Embernate prevents Batar from improving his position.
Embernate misses with a head shot. Batar uses the momentum to regain guard.
Embernate throwing strikes but missing.
Embernate is looking to advance position but Batar has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Batar goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Embernate is on top in guard.
Embernate 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.
Embernate throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Batar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Embernate is aware though and is defending well.
Embernate throws a big right hand that misses.
Embernate lands a couple of digs.
Embernate distracts Batar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Embernate scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Embernate keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Batar's head.
Batar looks winded!
Embernate is working Batar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Embernate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Embernate works over Batar with some ground and pound from guard.
Batar wants to sweep but no luck.
Embernate with a flurry of punches that miss.
Embernate postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Embernate scoring with punches to the head and body.
Embernate makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Embernate postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batar has momentary wrist control but Embernate slips an elbow through the middle.
Embernate is in close to Batar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Batar is rocked!
Embernate loads up on a big left hand. Batar felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Embernate looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Batar can't hide his disappointment, as Embernate celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Embernate!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Veli Schwarzeneg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexei Erschov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 57 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Veli Schwarzeneg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Erschov!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Erschov.
Schwarzeneg leaves Erschov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Erschov misses with a takedown attempt - Schwarzeneg sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Veli Schwarzeneg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexei Erschov.
Schwarzeneg fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Erschov sprawls well initially but Schwarzeneg persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Erschov won't allow Schwarzeneg to pass to mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Erschov has hold of Schwarzeneg's hands but Schwarzeneg slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Schwarzeneg working over Erschov with some ground and pound. Erschov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Schwarzeneg throwing shots but Erschov is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schwarzeneg seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Schwarzeneg working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Erschov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Schwarzeneg thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erschov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Erschov lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Erschov is trying to stand up here but Schwarzeneg is controlling him well.
Schwarzeneg perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Schwarzeneg stands up from half guard.
We've been hearing reports that Schwarzeneg has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Schwarzeneg stuffs the takedown.
Schwarzeneg tries to counter by clinching up but Erschov breaks away and moves out of range.
Erschov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Schwarzeneg on the side of the head.
Erschov shoots in for a takedown but Schwarzeneg shows good takedown defense.
Schwarzeneg shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Erschov is trying to defend but Schwarzeneg finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Schwarzeneg wants to work for an arm triangle but Erschov is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Schwarzeneg looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Erschov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg passes the guard and advances to mount!
Schwarzeneg with shots to the head and body - Erschov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Schwarzeneg landing strikes from the mount.
Schwarzeneg sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Schwarzeneg lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Erschov hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwarzeneg tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Schwarzeneg breaks from Erschov's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Schwarzeneg looking to control but Erschov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erschov tries to hold on but Schwarzeneg postures up.
The referee warns Erschov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Schwarzeneg working the ground and pound effectively.
Schwarzeneg raining down shots from the mount!
Schwarzeneg with good strikes from the mount here!
Erschov sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Erschov actively working from the bottom here.
Erschov is staying active underneath Schwarzeneg, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Erschov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erschov is refusing to be controlled, as Schwarzeneg sits in half guard.
Erschov trying to control here.
Erschov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Schwarzeneg trying to pass the guard but Erschov defending well.
Schwarzeneg prevents Erschov from improving his position.
Schwarzeneg wants to free his trapped foot but Erschov is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Erschov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veli Schwarzeneg dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Schwarzeneg shoots in and gets a takedown into Erschov's guard.
Schwarzeneg looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Schwarzeneg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Erschov can do to turn this around?
Erschov keeping moving, preventing Schwarzeneg from controlling successfully.
Erschov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Erschov is trying to keep Schwarzeneg in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schwarzeneg keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Erschov's head.
Schwarzeneg 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.
Schwarzeneg wants to control from the top but Erschov keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Erschov, up you get!
Schwarzeneg drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Schwarzeneg stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Schwarzeneg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Erschov tries to sprawl but Schwarzeneg drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Schwarzeneg keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Erschov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Schwarzeneg.
Erschov wants to get back to his feet.
Schwarzeneg lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Schwarzeneg wants to stand but Erschov has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erschov is trying to stand back up but Schwarzeneg is controlling him
Schwarzeneg working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Erschov wants to improve his position but Schwarzeneg is controlling well.
Schwarzeneg trying to control the action but Erschov is working from the bottom.
Erschov taking some punishment here, with Schwarzeneg in his half guard.
Schwarzeneg tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Erschov.
Erschov looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Schwarzeneg pushes past his half guard into mount!
Schwarzeneg can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Erschov is looking to escape.
Schwarzeneg lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erschov working to try and regain half guard.
Schwarzeneg in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Erschov is desperately trying to improve his position but Schwarzeneg has a good base and remains in mount.
Erschov is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Schwarzeneg landing punches.
Schwarzeneg landing shots from mount.
Schwarzeneg lands a heavy elbow.
Erschov is rocked!
Erschov working to try and regain half guard.
Schwarzeneg is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Erschov is surviving well by controlling Schwarzeneg's body position as best he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erschov is trying to stand up.
Erschov should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Erschov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Erschov is still in real trouble! Can Schwarzeneg finish him?
Schwarzeneg loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Erschov scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Schwarzeneg land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Schwarzeneg stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veli Schwarzeneg!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shoto Murasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murasaki has chosen PRIDE FC Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shoto Murasaki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murasaki is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
A punch combination from Murasaki misses.
Souza blocks the body kick.
Souza takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Gabriel Souza has been cut.
Murasaki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Souza drops down looking for a counter takedown but Murasaki sprawls and moves away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Souza crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murasaki - the referee stops the clock and Souza gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murasaki. Souza manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Souza throws a front kick aimed at Murasaki's knee but Murasaki avoids it well.
Murasaki steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murasaki. That's going to slow Souza down.
Souza misses with the combination.
Murasaki follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murasaki darts in and clinches Souza up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Murasaki.
Murasaki has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Souza regains guard immediately.
Murasaki must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Souza has an active guard here but Murasaki has managed to pass into half guard.
Souza actively working from the bottom here.
Souza has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Murasaki. Oh but Souza has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Murasaki goes limp - he's gone! Souza jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gabriel Souza!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Gabriel Souza waved his t-shirt featuring Namunamu Clothing 's logo in front of the cameras.
The defeated Shoto Murasaki had this to say: 'People get caught, it's not extraordinary for me. I'll be back strong.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Beling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleixo Gene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beling's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sir Dandy - . Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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262 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Beling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aleixo Gene!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gene lands a jab to the nose.
Gene tries a head kick but it misses.
Gene throws a low kick but Beling moves out of range easily.
Gene throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gene takes a swing at Beling's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Gene misses.
Gene rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beling counters by clinching up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gene.
Nice body punch from Beling.
Beling has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gene is trying to keep an underhook but Beling manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Beling seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Beling winds up and cracks Gene with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Beling has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Beling wants to pass to mount but Gene is defending the position.
Beling prevents Gene from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beling lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Beling prevents Gene from improving his position.
Gene won't allow Beling to pass to mount.
Gene wants to improve his position but Beling is controlling well.
Gene is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Beling pulls his head out easily.
Beling scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gene trying to control but Beling postures up.
Beling lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beling lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Beling slips a nice elbow through Gene's hands, connecting with Gene's forehead.
Beling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gene is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Beling scores with a couple of nice shots.
Beling is looking to advance position but Gene won't allow it.
Beling wants to stand up but Gene has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Beling is trying to control the action in half guard but Gene is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Beling working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Beling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beling is looking for a kimura but Gene is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Beling to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beling slips a nice elbow through Gene's hands, connecting with Gene's forehead.
Beling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beling looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Beling wants to control but Gene is keeping him busy.
Gene scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Beling manages to mount him!
Beling scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gene?
Gene is in all sorts of trouble here.
Beling knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gene on the ground.
Beling raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gene is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gene is bucking up trying to escape but Beling cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Beling avoids the attempt from Gene to control.
Gene is desperately trying to improve his position but Beling has a good base and remains in mount.
Beling punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gene is working to get back to half guard.
Gene taking shots to the head.
Gene is rocked!
Beling loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gene scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Beling land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Beling stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Beling!
Alex Beling really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that THE END 32 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan The Tall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zdravko Dren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dren has chosen GETO BOYS - mind of a lunatic as his entrance music. Duncan The Tall could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zdravko Dren's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duncan The Tall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Zdravko Dren!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dren tries to land a body kick
and The Tall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Tall blocks a head kick by Dren.
Dren tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Tall scores with a hook.
Dren just misses with a punch to the body.
The Tall checks the leg kick.
Dren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Tall.
The Tall appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dren chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Some wild striking there from Dren.
Dren 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Tall moves out of range of the strikes.
Dren is looking to slow The Tall down with leg kicks.
Dren throws a jab but it's blocked by The Tall.
Zdravko Dren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dren has The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
Dren lands with a light punch inside.
The Tall is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dren works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dren moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dren misses with a looping right.
The Tall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dren fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Tall checks it well.
Dren just misses with a punch to the body.
Dren clinches up against the ropes.
Dren scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
Dren keeps control of The Tall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dren is trying to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dren tries a body shot but The Tall blocks it.
Dren struggles to land a body shot inside as The Tall controls his hands.
Dren looking to stall.
Dren tries to work over The Tall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dren digs a right hand underneath The Tall's ribcage. The Tall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dren.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dren is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dren controlling the action here for a moment.
The Tall misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dren misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Tall being controlled against the ropes.
The Tall dodges an elbow strike from Dren.
The Tall lands a left hand.
Dren digs a right hand underneath The Tall's ribcage. The Tall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dren is trying to maintain a safe position but The Tall gets an underhook and turns Dren into the ropes.
The Tall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
Dren content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Dren.
Dren breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dren connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed The Tall momentarily.
Dren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for The Tall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dren misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dren has The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from The Tall.
The Tall prevents a body shot from Dren.
The Tall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Tall is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nice body kick there by Dren.
The Tall is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Tall dodges the punch combination from Dren.
The Tall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dren lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dren looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Tall ducks under a wild hook from Dren.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zdravko Dren dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dren scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dren looks to score with a jab to the body but The Tall is just out of range.
The Tall throws a jab when Dren was well out of range.
The Tall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dren. That's going to slow The Tall down.
Dren rushes The Tall and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The Tall wants to get back to striking at distance but Dren won't allow it.
Zdravko Dren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Tall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dren keeps control of The Tall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Tall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dren throws a series of punches but The Tall avoids them all with ease.
The Tall lands a two punch combo.
The Tall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dren.
And Dren responds with a good body kick, but The Tall manages to step out the way in time.
Duncan The Tall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Tall throws a nice looking combination but Dren bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dren closes the distance looking to clinch
and The Tall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dren tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Tall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dren misses with a straight left.
Dren misses with a low kick.
Zdravko Dren seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dren goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The Tall scores with a hook.
Dren wants to clinch up but The Tall keeps it at a distance.
The Tall throws out a loose jab but Dren uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Dren
and The Tall counters with a nice uppercut.
Dren tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Tall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Tall was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dren pushes The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.
The Tall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dren misses with a jab to the body
and The Tall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dren throws a wild body kick that The Tall sees coming a mile off.
Dren wants to slow The Tall down by chopping away at his legs.
Dren pushes The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Tall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dren.
Dren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dren lands with a short shot to the head.
Dren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Tall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dren scores with a shoulder strike.
Dren stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dren breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dren tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Tall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Tall moves out of range of the body kick.
The Tall swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dren throws a shot from downtown. The Tall moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Tall. Dren does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Tall moves out of range as Dren throws a body kick.
The Tall seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Dren has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dren struggles to land a body shot inside as The Tall controls his hands.
Dren is looking to control The Tall's arms but The Tall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dren has his back to the ropes.
The Tall takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Tall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dren lands a left hand.
Dren has The Tall pressed against the ropes, preventing The Tall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Tall letting Dren take a breather here.
The Tall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dren moves in looking to clinch but The Tall pushes him off.
Dren has closed the distance and engaged The Tall in a clinch.
The Tall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dren fails to land.
Dren lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dren tries to throw a body punch but The Tall avoids it by throwing Dren back against the ropes.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
The Tall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dren breaks the clinch.
Dren throws a body shot but no joy.
Dren lands a big head kick that sends The Tall tumbling to the mat! Dren takes a step backwards and waves The Tall back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Dren rushes The Tall and presses him up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zdravko Dren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Tall appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The Tall tries to keep at a distance but Dren has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dren scores with a shoulder strike.
The Tall wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Tall tries to circle away but Dren has him pinned against the ropes.
Dren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dren.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Tall is rocked!
Dren stalling in the clinch.
Oh The Tall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dren keeps control of The Tall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Tall seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Tall wants to stay close but Dren steps back to make room for something. The Tall seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Dren and The Tall drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zdravko Dren! Zdravko Dren retains his heavyweight title!
Zdravko Dren managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, AnonymouS, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Hoover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoover comes into the arena with Godsmack - I Stand Alone blaring out of the sound system. Poe has chosen How it is done as his entrance music. Dominic Hoover has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dominic Hoover!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cameron Poe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poe lands with an uppercut that bounces Hoover off the ropes and back into range.
Good standup being displayed there by Hoover as he connects with a hook.
Poe closes the distance and clinches.
Hoover blocks the elbow strike.
Hoover blocks the elbow strike.
Poe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poe stalling in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hoover as Poe tries to tie him up.
Poe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poe content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hoover as Poe tries to tie him up.
Hoover misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoover takes an elbow to the forehead.
Poe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoover throws a punch but it's blocked by Poe.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Poe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoover's elbow.
Poe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hoover is trying to force a seperation but Poe has the dominant position.
Hoover working aggressively here.
Poe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hoovers head.
Hoover fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoover fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoover swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Poe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poe lands an elbow that stopped Hoover in his tracks for a moment.
Poe lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoover.
Hoover is trying to push Poe away but Poe has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Poe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hoover misses with the head strike.
Poe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe looking to slow down the pace here.
Poe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hoover throws a punch but it's blocked by Poe.
Hoover wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoover's elbow.
Nice elbow from Poe.
Poe lands a damaging elbow.
Poe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hoover backwards.
Poe has Hoover pushed against the ropes.
Poe is pushing Hoover up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poe takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hoover.
Hoover blocks the elbow strike.
Hoover has had enough of the clinch but Poe keeps him there for the moment.
Poe blocking some punches.
Hoover pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hoover chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Poe can pounce on him.
Hoover throws a head kick that misses.
Poe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Poe scores with a jab to the head.
Poe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoover.
Hoover misses with a series of wild punches.
Hoover misses the body punch
and Poe counters with a nice uppercut.
Hoover throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hoover swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Hoover throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Poe scores with a leg kick.
Hoover misses with a right hand
and Poe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Poe is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Good standup being displayed there by Poe as he connects with a hook.
Hoover on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A head kick misses from Hoover.
A little jabbing left from Poe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Poe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hoover to score with a decent uppercut.
Hoover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poe.
Poe throws a front kick that sends Hoover stumbling back into the ropes.
Jab by Poe.
Hoover throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Poe lands a jab to the head.
Poe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoover.
Poe throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoover.
Donk. Poe catches Hoover right on the button with a cross.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hoover.
Hoover checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoover lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hoover.
Poe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Poe scores with a hook.
Poe moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cameron Poe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hoover keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoover pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Poe back to the ropes. Hoover follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hoover throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Poe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Poe throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Poe lands a nice shot that snaps Hoover's head back.
No joy there for Hoover, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Poe does it's job there.
Dominic Hoover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poe misses with a body shot.
Poe misses with a head kick.
Hoover scores with a crisp jab that stopped Poe in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoover cracks the inside of Poe's front leg.
Poe has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A combination from Hoover does no damage.
Poe missing with a left hand there. Hoover was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hoover misses with a jab to the body
and Poe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hoover moves out of range of the strikes.
Poe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoover.
Poe throws a leg kick which misses Hoover's front leg but catches the back leg as Hoover tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoover throws a head kick that misses.
Despite the aggression on Poe's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hoover on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hoover on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hoover fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hoover misses with a series of wild punches.
Hoover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Poe.
Poe misses with a hook. Hoover ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Poe.
Poe is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hoover.
Hoover throws a head kick that Poe semi-blocks.
Poe is looking to chop away at Hoover's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoover moves away from the strike by Poe.
Hoover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poe catches Hoover with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hoover throws a poor cross that misses
and Poe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hoover looks to land a right hand but Poe moved out of range.
Hoover lands a nice hook to Poe's body. Poe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoover cracks a nice hook into Poe's ribs.
Hoover uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poe.
Sloppy strikes from Hoover. Those never looked like landing.
Hoover backing away here, and Poe unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Poe lands a nice shot to the body.
Poe on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Poe avoids the head kick by Hoover.
Poe feints a counter leg kick.
Hoover throws a right hand that Poe ducks under and follows up with a left that Poe also avoids with ease.
Hoover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hoover if he has to take too many more of those.
Some wild striking there from Hoover.
Poe just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body kick from Poe.
Hoover on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Poe lands a really nice looking cross but Hoover seems unphased.
Hoover 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.
Hoover looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hoover blocks the body kick.
Poe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Poe throws the left hand but Hoover avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoover uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hoover looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dominic Hoover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circle momentarily. Poe darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Poe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hoover stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Poe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hoover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Poe connects with a crisp jab.
Hoover missing with a left hand there. Poe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hoover looks to land a combination but Poe avoids it well.
It seemed like Poe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Poe moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poe connects with a looping right hand.
Hoover misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poe.
Hoover scores with a one two! Poe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hoover looks to land a combination but Poe avoids it well.
A punch combination from Hoover misses.
Poe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Poe finds it's way through Hoover's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Poe loads up on a big right hand but Hoover slips the punch.
Hoover just misses with a punch to the body.
Poe scores with a jab to the head.
Hoover lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoover. Poe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poe lands the left hand.
Hoover swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hoover throws a body shot but no joy.
Poe avoids the head kick by Hoover.
Hoover throws a nice looking combination but Poe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hoover in his tracks.
Hoover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poe is looking for the big counter here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poe cracks Hoover with a good jab.
Hoover lands a two punch combo.
Poe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hoover on the side of the head.
Hoover is rocked!
Hoover takes a swing at Poe's ribcage but misses.
Poe was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Oh Hoover is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A punch lands to the side of Poe 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cameron Poe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Poe uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Poe avoids a kick to the body.
Poe appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Poe checks a low kick from Hoover.
Poe connects with a nice looking jab.
Hoover moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hoover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hoover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Poe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Poe cracks the inside of Hoover's front leg.
Hoover on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Poe. Poe obviously looking to wear him down.
Hoover seems to have got his legs back now.
Hoover looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Poe flicks out a counter leg kick but Hoover steps away.
Decent striking displayed by Poe there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Hoover.
A combination from Poe does no damage.
Poe throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hoover.
Poe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hoover throws out the jab.
Poe tests Hoover's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Poe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Poe feints a jab promting Hoover to slip. Poe then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hoover slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Poe throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoover.
Hoover stalks Poe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Poe's face. Poe staggers backwards, shaken.
Hoover throws a right hand that Poe ducks under and follows up with a left that Poe also avoids with ease.
Poe only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Poe fails to land with a series of punches.
Good shot there by Poe.
Hoover misses with a head kick.
Poe jabs Hoover right on the nose. Hoover blinks but takes it well.
Poe shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Poe misses with a body kick.
Poe throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoover fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hoover is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hoover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poe lands a body shot.
Poe clobbers Hoover with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hoover takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoover just misses with a punch to the body.
Poe takes a swing at Hoover's ribcage but misses.
Hoover throws a right and a left that Poe avoids nicely.
Poe drives through and clinches with Hoover against the ropes.
Poe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poe scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hoover fails to land.
A short uppercut from Hoover.
Poe gets through Hoover's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Poe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hoover's defenses.
Poe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hoover has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Poe lands a hook that snaps the head of Hoover backwards.
Hoover takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cameron Poe seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hoover wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hoover misses with a punch on the inside.
Poe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hoover has had enough of the clinch but Poe keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Poe.
Poe tries to stall but Hoover uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Poe scores with a shoulder strike.
Hoover wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
Poe lands a body punch.
Poe scores with a shoulder strike.
Hoover swings wildly with an uppercut but Poe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoover breaks from the clinch.
Hoover gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Poe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe works Hoover's body with a nice hook.
Hoover stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poe.
Hoover takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hoover misses with a double jab.
Poe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Poe lands a really nice looking cross but Hoover seems unphased.
Hoover blocks the body kick.
Hoover ducks under a wild hook from Poe.
Nice body punch from Hoover.
Hoover misses with a double jab.
Poe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hoover avoids a kick to the body.
Poe scores with a leg kick.
Hoover is looking to wear down Poe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Hoover, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice jab there from Poe.
Hoover chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Poe can pounce on him.
Poe misses with an uppercut.
Hoover swings widly with a right hand
and Poe counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cameron Poe really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Poe connects with a right hand. Hoover shakes it off.
Cameron Poe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hoover looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Poe thumps Hoover with a low kick.
Hoover throws a leg kick
and Poe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch combination from Hoover misses.
Hoover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hoover throws a body shot but no joy.
Poe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Poe there.
Poe clobbers Hoover with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Poe dips to his left and cracks Hoover with an uppercut!
Poe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoover throws a big counter combination but Poe scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Poe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hoover misses with a jab to the body
and Poe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hoover slips under a jab.
Hoover throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoover avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hoover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hoover stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Poe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Poe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Poe dodges the punch combination from Hoover.
Hoover throws a combination that misses
and Poe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoover connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hoover misses with a two punch combination.
Poe let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hoover takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hoover falls off balance throwing a combination
and Poe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poe dodges the punch combination from Hoover.
Hoover pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hoover closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hoover keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoover fails to land with a series of punches.
Poe lands a really nice looking cross but Hoover seems unphased.
Hoover throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Poe throws a good cross that connects.
Poe misses with an uppercut. Hoover saw that one coming.
A counter left hand to the body from Hoover misses its target.
Poe lands a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Poe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Poe.
Hoover throws a hook but Poe avoids it easily.
Hoover falls off balance throwing a combination
and Poe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hoover misses with a wild body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Poe!
Hoover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It seemed like Poe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoover pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Poe back to the ropes. Hoover follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Poe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fighters circling - Hoover throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poe throws out a counter right but Hoover avoids it with no problem.
Hoover just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoover misses with an uppercut.
Poe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hoover displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Poe drives through and clinches with Hoover against the ropes.
Hoover working aggressively here.
Hoover scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Poe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Poe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hoover's brow.
Poe lands a damaging elbow.
Hoover misses with some punches.
Poe slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe lands a nice elbow.
Hoover is trying to push Poe away but Poe has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Poe.
Poe can't find room to land a body shot as Hoover controls the action.
Hoover is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Poe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hoover or not.
Poe lands an elbow that stopped Hoover in his tracks for a moment.
Poe lands a nice elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poe.
Hoover wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poe has him pressed against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoover fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
Poe is stalling here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cameron Poe dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hoover throws a head kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Poe - just one landing.
Poe scores with a kick to the body.
Hoover misses with a few strikes there.
That kick from Poe tenderised Hoover's leg. Hoover is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hoover takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hoover takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hoover works Poe's body with a nice hook.
Hoover throws a series of punches but Poe moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Poe! But no joy.
Hoover misses with a jab, cross combination.
Poe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good exchange - Hoover coming out on top.
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!
Hoover gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Poe scores with a hook.
Hoover swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poe cracks Hoover with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hoover throws out a loose jab but Poe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoover throws a head kick but Poe moves out of range.
Hoover connects with a good right hand that stumbles Poe. Poe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hoover tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poe was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoover.
Poe lands a glancing blow to the side of Hoover's head.
Poe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Poe connects with a leg kick. Hoover looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hoover has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Poe finds it's way round the side to connect with Hoover's head.
Poe steps in with a hook that catches Hoover right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Poe follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Hoover looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cameron Poe! Cameron Poe retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Cameron Poe thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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