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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Noam Chomsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yo Hwan Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chomsky comes to the cage accompanied by System Of A Down BYOB. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Noam Chomsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yo Hwan Lim!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Lim misses
and Lim takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chomsky stuffs the takedown attempt from Lim. Lim gets slowly back to his feet.
Chomsky tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lim manages to circle out of the way.
Chomsky shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lim makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Lim shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chomsky sprawls well. Chomsky wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lim gets slowly back to his feet.
Lim fails to land the takedown.
Chomsky tries to counter by clinching up but Lim breaks away and moves out of range.
Noam Chomsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yo Hwan Lim.
Lim shoots in for a double leg but Chomsky sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chomsky is looking to counter the offense by Lim and move into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chomsky scoring well with a low kick there.
Lim shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Chomsky but Chomsky pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Chomsky is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lim.
Chomsky jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lim defending well as Chomsky loads up on a big left hand.
Lim shapes to counter with a head kick.
Chomsky stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Chomsky wants it to stay on the feet.
Chomsky gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lim.
Chomsky thumps Lim with a low kick.
Lim shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lim is thwarting Chomsky's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lim is looking for a kimura here.
Lim is trying to work for a kimura but Chomsky is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chomsky is refusing to be controlled, as Lim sits in half guard.
Lim is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chomsky has managed to free his arm - good work.
Chomsky gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim wants to pass the guard but Chomsky is keeping the position.
Lim trying to move into half guard but instead Chomsky has managed to sweep!
Lim working for a triangle but Chomsky defends it easily.
Lim throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Chomsky escapes and throws Lim's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Lim gets back to half guard.
Lim is looking to improve his position.
Chomsky takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lim looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Chomsky pushes past his half guard into mount!
Lim is trying to escape the mount.
Chomsky landing shots from mount.
Chomsky controlling from the full mount.
Chomsky connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Chomsky avoids the attempt from Lim to control.
Chomsky controlling the pace for now.
Chomsky landing strikes from the mount and Lim is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noam Chomsky dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chomsky throws a chopping leg kick but Lim manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chomsky takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chomsky cracks a nice hook into Lim's ribs.
Chomsky stuffs the takedown.
Lim fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chomsky.
Lim will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chomsky wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Noam Chomsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yo Hwan Lim.
Lim connects with the punch.
The fighters circling - Chomsky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chomsky slaps away a takedown attempt from Lim, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lim is defended easily by Chomsky.
An attempted straight right counter from Chomsky misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Lim with that takedown attempt.
Chomsky seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Chomsky stuffs the takedown attempt from Lim. Lim gets slowly back to his feet.
Lim is breathing heavily.
Chomsky lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lim decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Chomsky wants to improve his position but Lim is controlling well.
Chomsky is pressing down on Lim's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Chomsky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lim can do to turn this around?
Chomsky had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lim defends it easily.
Chomsky wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lim showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lim wants to pass the guard but Chomsky is keeping the position.
Lim wants to stand but Chomsky has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Chomsky is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lim controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim wants to control from the top but Chomsky keeps moving.
Lim pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chomsky is keeping the position for now.
Lim sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Chomsky's guard.
Lim is looking for a kimura here.
Chomsky is trying is best to control the position here.
Chomsky trying to hold on to Lim's head to control him but Lim postures up.
Lim tries to pass to full mount but Chomsky defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Chomsky trying to control from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lim is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lim is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Chomsky doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lim.
Chomsky is staying active underneath Lim, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lim shoots in for a takedown but Chomsky shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
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 Noam Chomsky will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nice uppercut there from Chomsky.
Nice takedown defense from Chomsky. No joy for Lim on that attempt.
Lim looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Chomsky is fending him off so far but Lim persists. Nope, Chomsky circles away and we're back to standing.
Lim with a lazy takedown attempt
and Chomsky counters by moving into the clinch.
Noam Chomsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yo Hwan Lim.
Lim has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Chomsky after a bit of a struggle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lim.
Chomsky scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chomsky lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chomsky lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chomsky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chomsky lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lim goes for a takedown attempt but Chomsky pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lim takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chomsky scores with a jab.
Lim is rocked!
Lim takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Chomsky.
Lim is still on wobbly legs! Can Chomsky finish him?
Chomsky circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Lim to the canvas! Lim doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Chomsky keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noam Chomsky!
Noam Chomsky decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jari Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manu Tuilagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 lbs
27 - 13 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jari Byczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manu Tuilagi!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Byczynski there.
Byczynski looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuilagi is just out of range.
Tuilagi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jari Byczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tuilagi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tuilagi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Byczynski rushes Tuilagi and presses him up against the cage.
Byczynski effectively controlling the action here.
Tuilagi tries to throw a body punch but Byczynski avoids it by throwing Tuilagi back against the cage.
A short left from Byczynski.
Tuilagi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Byczynski smiles and moves away.
Tuilagi keeps the fight on the outside.
Byczynski loads up on a big right hand but Tuilagi slips the punch.
Byczynski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Byczynski.
Byczynski tries to stall but Tuilagi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Byczynski tries to work over Tuilagi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Byczynski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tuilagi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Byczynski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tuilagi.
Tuilagi blocking some punches.
I was talking to Byczynski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Byczynski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tuilagi backwards.
Tuilagi wants to break free but Byczynski has control.
Tuilagi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Byczynski tries to work over Tuilagi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Byczynski throws a head punch that misses.
Byczynski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Byczynski trying to control the position but instead, Tuilagi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Byczynski into the cage.
Byczynski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Byczynski lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tuilagi has Byczynski pushed against the cage.
Tuilagi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Byczynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Byczynski closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jari Byczynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Byczynski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Byczynski throws a body shot but no joy.
Byczynski throws a shot from downtown. Tuilagi moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tuilagi! But no joy.
Tuilagi misses with a looping left.
Byczynski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tuilagi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tuilagi looks to land a body kick but Byczynski moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tuilagi. Byczynski does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Byczynski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tuilagi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Byczynski.
Tuilagi shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Byczynski napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Byczynski tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Tuilagi tries to control but Byczynski wriggling away.
Tuilagi avoids the attempt from Byczynski to control.
Tuilagi controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tuilagi throws a sloppy strike and Byczynski uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Byczynski has ended up in Tuilagi's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tuilagi 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.
Tuilagi working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Byczynski has passed into half guard!
Tuilagi tries to roll over but Byczynski keeps him under control.
Tuilagi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Byczynski is thwarting Tuilagi's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Byczynski dominated that round.
That's time! Byczynski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Byczynski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Byczynski misses with a straight left.
Tuilagi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Byczynski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tuilagi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jari Byczynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Tuilagi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tuilagi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Byczynski checks it well.
Byczynski missing with a left hand there. Tuilagi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski has closed the distance and engaged Tuilagi in a clinch.
Tuilagi lands a damaging elbow.
Tuilagi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Byczynski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byczynski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski avoiding damage as Tuilagi throws knees to the body.
Tuilagi wants to stall.
Tuilagi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tuilagi slows down the pace here.
Byczynski prevents a takedown attempt there.
Byczynski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tuilagi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tuilagi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byczynski's elbow.
Tuilagi tries to stall but Byczynski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Byczynski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Byczynski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byczynski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Byczynski is trying to maintain a safe position but Tuilagi gets an underhook and turns Byczynski into the cage.
Tuilagi prevents a body shot from Byczynski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski prevents the takedown attempt.
Tuilagi is looking to break free of the clinch but Byczynski has double underhooks.
Jari Byczynski has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Byczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Tuilagi.
Tuilagi just leaning against Byczynski, taking a breather.
Byczynski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tuilagis head.
Byczynski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Byczynski misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byczynski.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tuilagi taking a breather.
Tuilagi is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Byczynski has denied him.
Byczynski managing to block the knees to the body from Tuilagi.
Tuilagi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tuilagi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Byczynski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tuilagi scrambles back to his feet.
Byczynski drives through and clinches with Tuilagi against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi prevents a body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a punch but it's blocked by Tuilagi.
Tuilagi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Byczynski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byczynski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tuilagi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tuilagi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tuilagi tries to score a body lock takedown but Byczynski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jari Byczynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manu Tuilagi.
Tuilagi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Byczynski clinches with his opponent.
A shot in the inside from Tuilagi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tuilagi.
Tuilagi drags the fight down to the ground.
Tuilagi is trying to keep Byczynski in close.
Tuilagi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Byczynski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi looking for a sweep. Not yet Tuilagi, not yet.
Byczynski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Byczynski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tuilagi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Byczynski is one step ahead there.
Byczynski wants to control from the top but Tuilagi keeps moving.
Byczynski preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Byczynski dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tuilagi misses with a hook
enabling Byczynski to counter with a crisp jab.
Byczynski tests Tuilagi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tuilagi misses the jab.
Tuilagi moves out of range as Byczynski strikes.
Byczynski is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Tuilagi avoids the body shot from Byczynski.
Tuilagi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Byczynski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tuilagi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Byczynski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tuilagi avoids it really well and circles away.
Tuilagi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuilagi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski misses the body punch
and Tuilagi counters with a nice uppercut.
Tuilagi avoids the body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tuilagi missing with a left hand there. Byczynski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Byczynski swings widly with a right hand
and Tuilagi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Byczynski thinking.
Byczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Byczynski slips a jab from Tuilagi.
Tuilagi misses with a hook.
Tuilagi throws a looping overhand right but Byczynski ducks down to avoid it.
Byczynski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tuilagi can do to turn this around?
Byczynski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tuilagi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byczynski manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski digs a good body shot into Tuilagi's ribs.
Byczynski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Oooooh!!! Byczynski has knocked Tuilagi down with a huge combo! Byczynski steps away and waves a wobbly Tuilagi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byczynski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tuilagi.
Tuilagi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tuilagi is rocked!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tuilagi leaning against his opponent.
Tuilagi trying to land knees to the body.
Tuilagi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tuilagi walks into a stiff left hand from Byczynski.
Tuilagi is still on wobbly legs! Can Byczynski finish him?
Byczynski closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski tries to pull guard but Tuilagi won't allow it.
Tuilagi seems to have recovered his senses.
Byczynski misses with the head strike.
Tuilagi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byczynski avoids it.
Tuilagi letting Byczynski take a breather here.
Tuilagi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byczynski avoids it.
Tuilagi blocks an uppercut.
Tuilagi misses with a punch to the body.
Jari Byczynski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tuilagi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Byczynski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Come on Tuilagi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tuilagi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Byczynski is keeping busy.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi wants to take the fight to the mat but Byczynski manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Byczynski swings wildly with an uppercut but Tuilagi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tuilagi working hard to break the clinch.
Tuilagi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Byczynski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Byczynski lands a right hook to the body.
Byczynski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tuilagi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Byczynski - the referee stops the clock and Tuilagi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Byczynski. Tuilagi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Byczynski 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Byczynski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Byczynski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Byczynski!
A relieved looking Jari Byczynski 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Boy Bubby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cian Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Boy Bubby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cian Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Darius Henderson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bubby lands with a right hand.
Cartwright misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cartwright tries to keep at a distance but Bubby has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bubby gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cartwright.
Cartwright decides to pull guard.
Cartwright working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bubby doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bubby manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bubby wants to control from the top but Cartwright keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bubby keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cartwright's head.
Cartwright tries to strike from the bottom.
Bubby got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cartwright has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bubby has managed to get both his arms back between Cartwright's legs - danger averted.
Cartwright has momentary wrist control but Bubby slips an elbow through the middle.
Cartwright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bubby is posturing up here but Cartwright has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Bubby tries to roll out but it's too tight and Bubby has to tap! Slick submission there by Cartwright!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cian Cartwright!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Hjelmslev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hjelmslev's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Touch Myself. Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mouth for war kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ragnar Hjelmslev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rickson Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Watson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hjelmslev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hjelmslev tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hjelmslev tries to move into range but Gracie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hjelmslev throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
Hjelmslev missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hjelmslev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hjelmslev's hands.
Hjelmslev throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hjelmslev throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Hjelmslev walks into a jab.
Hjelmslev looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Ragnar Hjelmslev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gracie.
A lazy body kick from Hjelmslev
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hjelmslev was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Hjelmslev tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hjelmslev swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hjelmslev walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.
Gracie shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hjelmslev eats them both and turns towards Gracie to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hjelmslev forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Hjelmslev.
Hjelmslev misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Gracie.
Hjelmslev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hjelmslev.
Good body shot from Gracie.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hjelmslev's elbow.
Hjelmslev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hjelmslev tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie presses Hjelmslev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hjelmslev is breathing heavily.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hjelmslev is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gracie scores with a shoulder strike.
Gracie lands a body punch.
Hjelmslev stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Hjelmslev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hjelmslev blocks a body shot from Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hjelmslev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hjelmslev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Hjelmslev.
A nice side step and Gracie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ragnar Hjelmslev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hjelmslev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gracie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Gracie lands a glancing blow to the side of Hjelmslev's head.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hjelmslev.
Gracie ducks right into an uppercut from Hjelmslev.
Gracie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hjelmslev in his tracks.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Hjelmslev backpedaling.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Gracie lands with a cross.
The fighters circling - Hjelmslev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gracie! But no joy.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gracie moves out of range as Hjelmslev strikes.
Hjelmslev throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gracie lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hjelmslev backs up against the cage.
Hjelmslev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hjelmslev tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gracie is able to avoid easily.
A good leg kick by Gracie.
Hjelmslev takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Hjelmslev on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hjelmslev lunges at Gracie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracie's hand.
Gracie checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gracie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hjelmslev throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hjelmslev.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hjelmslev had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Hjelmslev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
Hjelmslev throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hjelmslev misses with the head strike.
Hjelmslev softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hjelmslev looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A hook to the body from Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rickson Gracie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gracie jabs Hjelmslev to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hjelmslev throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie lands a leg kick that knocks Hjelmslev off balance momentarily.
A jab lands there for Gracie.
Rickson Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hjelmslev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
Hjelmslev misses with a hook
and Gracie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Hjelmslev avoids nicely.
Hjelmslev misses with a head kick.
Gracie throws a combination. Hjelmslev tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hjelmslev.
Hjelmslev throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hjelmslev works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Hjelmslev looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A good leg kick by Hjelmslev.
Gracie scores with a spinning back kick!
Gracie throws a body punch but Hjelmslev moves out of range.
Gracie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hjelmslev takes a step back to recover.
Hjelmslev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hjelmslev 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.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Hjelmslev misses with an uppercut.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gracie. Hjelmslev shrugs it off though.
Hjelmslev takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Hjelmslev.
Gracie scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hjelmslev.
Gracie takes one to the chin there.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hjelmslev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie clinches up against the cage.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hjelmslev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hjelmslev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Hjelmslev backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hjelmslev takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hjelmslevs head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hjelmslev throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Hjelmslev.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hjelmslev struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Hjelmslev tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hjelmslev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
Hjelmslev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gracie counters with a three punch combo that has Hjelmslev backing up. Hjelmslev nods at Gracie to acknowledge the strikes.
Hjelmslev throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie tries to clinch but Hjelmslev moves out of range.
Hjelmslev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hjelmslev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hjelmslev misses with a left hand
and Gracie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hjelmslev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hjelmslev throws a big shot that misses.
Hjelmslev on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gracie works over Hjelmslev's head and body with a nice combination.
Hjelmslev tries to land a leg kick but Gracie saw it coming and moves away.
A nice combination there by Gracie.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Hjelmslev.
Hjelmslev takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gracie lands a two punch combo.
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!
Gracie dips to his left and cracks Hjelmslev with an uppercut!
Hjelmslev swinging wildly here.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Hjelmslev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Hjelmslev.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a jab. Hjelmslev acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hjelmslev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gracie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hjelmslev scrambles back to his feet.
Hjelmslev tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Gracie scores with a four punch combination!
Gracie slips a straight right by Hjelmslev.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Hjelmslev.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Hjelmslev misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Hjelmslev didn't see that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gracie.
Gracie is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hjelmslev misses with a leg kick
and Gracie counters with a two punch combo.
Rickson Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie darts in and clinches Hjelmslev up against the cage.
Gracie has Hjelmslev pressed against the cage, preventing Hjelmslev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hjelmslev throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hjelmslev is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hjelmslev manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rickson Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Hjelmslev takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A leg kick checked by Gracie.
Gracie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hjelmslev misses with a wild combination.
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hjelmslev takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hjelmslev tries to clinch up.
Gracie lands a really nice looking cross but Hjelmslev seems unphased.
Hjelmslev 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.
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Hjelmslev misses the target.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Hjelmslev misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Hjelmslev backs off Gracie throws a huge counter combo but Hjelmslev manages to avoid it all.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hjelmslev throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie digs a good hook to Hjelmslev's body.
Hjelmslev drops his hands momentarily and Gracie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Hjelmslev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hjelmslev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hjelmslev tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie checks a low kick from Hjelmslev.
Hjelmslev misses with a head kick.
Hjelmslev throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Hjelmslev avoids nicely.
Gracie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hjelmslev's hands.
Hjelmslev takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hjelmslev. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hjelmslev tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gracie scores with a push kick.
Gracie scores with a nice strike.
Gracie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hjelmslev 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 Gracie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gracie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Danga de danga de dang - Gracie scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gracie.
Hjelmslev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hjelmslev misses with a left hand
and Hjelmslev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hjelmslev misses with a leg kick
and Hjelmslev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ragnar Hjelmslev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hjelmslev tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Hjelmslev swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hjelmslev will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hjelmslev tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie thuds his shin into the meat of Hjelmslev's side.
Gracie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hjelmslev throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Hjelmslev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hjelmslev cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hjelmslev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and Hjelmslev settles back down.
Hjelmslev misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hjelmslev has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hjelmslev there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hjelmslev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hjelmslev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hjelmslev sprawls well. Hjelmslev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Hjelmslev.
Gracie tests Hjelmslev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hjelmslev misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gracie makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hjelmslev really felt that one!
Hjelmslev moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Hjelmslev went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hjelmslev misses with a hook.
Gracie lands a slapping body shot.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Hjelmslev avoids them all with ease.
Hjelmslev throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hjelmslev scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hjelmslev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the cage.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Hjelmslev makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie lands a body punch.
Hjelmslev misses with the head strike.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Rickson Gracie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gracie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hjelmslev has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hjelmslev backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Hjelmslev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A body shot lands from Gracie.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie lands an uppercut.
Gracie is leaning against Hjelmslev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Hjelmslev avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Rickson Gracie is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hjelmslev misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rickson Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gracie 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 Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rickson Gracie!
Post fight, Rickson Gracie took to the microphone: 'You do not deserve to watch me'.
In defeat, Ragnar Hjelmslev stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well that about sucks. Fuck that shit, I quit this human punching bag rap. Guess that porn star thing will come in handy as a new career.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingsley Nasir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Genghis Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kingsley Nasir!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ben Watson and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan leaves Nasir with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Nasir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan sizes up Nasir with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nasir gets a clinch.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Nasir is looking to take this one to the mat.
A shot in the inside from Khan.
Nasir is trying to trip Khan. He has hold of a leg but Khan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nasir persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Nasir working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Nasir from controlling successfully.
Nasir must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nasir won't allow Khan to get back to his feet.
Khan keeping full guard, as Nasir tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasir postures up in Khan's guard and throws a big left but Khan blocks it.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Nasir from controlling successfully.
Nasir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Khan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nasir tries to clinch but Khan moves away
and Khan counters with a straight right hand.
Nasir lands a nice shot that snaps Khan's head back.
Khan slips a jab from Nasir.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a solid leg kick.
Nasir scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nasir throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Khan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Khan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Khan.
Khan jabs at Nasir's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nasir changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nasir closes the distance looking to clinch
and Khan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nasir thinking.
Nice uppercut there from Khan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Nasir moves into range and clinches up with Khan.
Nasir is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Genghis Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kingsley Nasir.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Nasir avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Nasir misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Nasir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nasir drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Khan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Nasir shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Khan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khan lands a body shot.
Nasir takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kingsley Nasir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nasir looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nasir was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Nasir is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nasir fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nasir tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Nasir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nasir has time to react.
Khan punishes Nasir's body with a nice straight punch.
Khan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nasir. Nasir circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Khan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Khan is stalling in the full guard.
Khan is pushing down on Nasir's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nasir is fighting to maintain full guard but Khan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Well, if Khan 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genghis Khan 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nasir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Nasir takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan connects with a leg kick. Nasir looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nasir throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Khan clinches with his opponent.
Nasir blocks a body shot from Khan.
Khan lands a body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nasir is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Khan can't fight it off and eventually Nasir manages to take the fight to the floor. Khan looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Khan manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nasir can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nasir misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nasir changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Khan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Genghis Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nasir.
Khan goes for a double leg but Nasir avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Nasir continues to drive forward.
Khan has managed to clinch.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nasir lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nasir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nasir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan lands a shot to the body.
Khan cracks Nasir with a nice body shot.
Genghis Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nasir is breathing heavily.
Nasir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Khan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nasir blocking some punches.
Nasir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Nasir.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nasir.
Nasir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nasir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Nasir.
Stalling in the clinch from Khan.
Khan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nasir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Nasir.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasir has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Genghis Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kingsley Nasir.
Khan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nasir takes a shot to the head.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Nasir.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Nasir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nasir misses with a punch to the body.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan scores with a shot to the side of Nasir's head.
Nasir blocking some punches.
Khan is struggling to control the position.
Khan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Nasir drags the fight down to the ground.
Khan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Khan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Nasir is trying to control the position but Khan postures up.
Khan stopping the sweep attempt from Nasir.
Khan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genghis Khan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan lands a glancing blow to the side of Nasir's head.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Nasir slips the punch.
Khan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nasir misses with a knee strike.
Nasir prevents a body shot from Khan.
Nasir gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Khan regains guard.
Khan looking for a sweep. Not yet Khan, not yet.
Khan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Nasir wants to control from the top but Khan keeps moving.
Nasir throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan pulls Nasir in to control the position.
Nasir trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Khan pulls Nasir in close to his closed guard and prevents Nasir from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nasir misses with a double jab.
Nasir lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nasir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nasir fails with a takedown attempt.
Kingsley Nasir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nasir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasir throws a front kick aimed at Khan's knee but Khan avoids it well.
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Khan moves forwards but Nasir connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Nasir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nasir takes the fight into the clinch.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nasir is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khan to keep the fight standing.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Khan on the inside.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Nasir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Nasir avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Khan digs a right hand underneath Nasir's ribcage. Nasir let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasir takes a shot to the head.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nasir's elbow.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan avoiding damage as Nasir throws knees to the body.
Khan is stalling here.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khan lands a left hand.
Genghis Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Still in the clinch, Khan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nasir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan is fighting off a takedown attempt but Nasir is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Khan to the mat. Khan regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Kingsley Nasir has got the better of the ground game so far.
Khan wants to stand up but Nasir is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nasir accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan keeping full guard, as Nasir tries to pass.
Nasir advances position into side control!
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!
Nasir working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nasir wants to control but Khan is keeping him busy.
Nasir is trying to ground and pound but Khan uses the momentary lack of control by Nasir to regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Genghis Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Genghis Khan!
Genghis Khan thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Igor Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kieran Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crazy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mienteme. 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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175 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
28 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Crazy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kieran Summers!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Summers if he has to take too many more of those.
Summers tries a head kick but it misses.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
Crazy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Summers counters with a thumping low kick.
Crazy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Summers wants to counter the offense by Crazy and move into the clinch position.
Summers takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Summers throws a wild body kick that Crazy sees coming a mile off.
Crazy feinted with a counter takedown.
Crazy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crazy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Summers pushes Crazy up against the cage in a clinch.
Crazy throws an elbow that misses.
Summers misses with a knee strike.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Crazy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Summers backwards.
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Crazy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crazy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crazy avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crazy.
Crazy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Summerss head.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Crazy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Summers is defending well for now.
Crazy prevents a body shot from Summers.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Crazy misses with a punch on the inside.
Crazy struggles to land a body shot inside as Summers controls his hands.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Crazy.
Crazy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Crazy gets through Summers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Summers has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Crazy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Summers can turn it around.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summers is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Crazy tries to land a knee to the head but Summers blocks with his arms.
Crazy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crazy misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers landing knees to the head.
Crazy managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Summers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summers.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Summers has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Crazy after a bit of a struggle.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Crazy.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers tries to land a knee to the head but Crazy blocks with his arms.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Crazy tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Summers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crazy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crazy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Crazy gets through Summers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Crazy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crazy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summers avoids it.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crazy avoids it.
Summers fails to pull guard.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summers.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crazy avoids it.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Summers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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 Igor Crazy will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Summers avoids the head kick by Crazy.
Crazy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crazy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Summers's sensitive parts.
Crazy moves out of range as Summers throws a body kick.
Crazy throws a big counter combination but Summers scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Summers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Igor Crazy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crazy throws a head kick that misses.
Crazy wants to clinch up but Summers keeps it at a distance.
Crazy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Summers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crazy throws a leg kick that misses.
Summers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crazy cracks the inside of Summers's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crazy, right into the meat.
Crazy throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy cracks the inside of Summers's front leg.
Crazy throws a series of punches but Summers avoids them all with ease.
Summers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Summers avoiding damage as Crazy throws knees to the body.
Summers unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Summers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Summers with a knee to the head.
Summers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crazy tries a body shot but Summers blocks it.
Summers avoiding damage as Crazy throws knees to the body.
Crazy managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crazy lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Summers obliges.
Crazy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Summers throws an elbow but it misses.
Summers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Crazy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Crazy misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crazy tries a knee to the head but Summers blocks it.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Crazy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Summers scores a nice knee to the body.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crazy avoids it.
Summers misses with a knee strike.
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Crazy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crazy pushes off an throws an elbow but Summers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crazy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Summers is defending well for now.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Crazy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Summers blocks an elbow strike from Crazy.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Kieran Summers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crazy tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Crazy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crazy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Summers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crazy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Summers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Summers.
Summers looking to throw knees to the head but Crazy is blocking nicely.
Crazy tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Crazy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summers avoids it.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Crazy as Summers tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kieran Summers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Summers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Crazy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Summers tries a knee to the head but Crazy blocks it.
Crazy avoiding damage as Summers throws knees to the body.
Crazy trying to land knees to the body.
Summers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Summers avoiding damage as Crazy throws knees to the body.
Crazy blocks an elbow strike from Summers.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summers.
Summers looking to throw knees to the head but Crazy is blocking nicely.
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Crazy.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Summers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crazy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Crazy missing with knees to the body.
Summers landing knees to the body.
Crazy managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Summers misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers avoiding damage as Crazy throws knees to the body.
Summers unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Summers scores with a knee to the head.
Crazy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Summers.
Crazy avoiding damage as Summers throws knees to the body.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crazy's elbow.
Summers prevents a body shot from Crazy.
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crazy avoids it.
Crazy works on Summers's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Summers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Summers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crazy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
Summers avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crazy clinches up with Summers and pushes him back against the cage.
Crazy tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Crazy avoids the elbow strike from Summers, against the cage.
Crazy breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crazy. That's going to slow Summers down.
Crazy scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Crazy.
Crazy throws a leg kick that misses.
Summers moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers crunches a lovely knee into Crazy's ribcage.
Summers stops a takedown attempt from Crazy.
Summers lands a good knee to the midsection. Crazy won't want to take too many of those.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crazy avoids it.
Summers is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Crazy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summers.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kieran Summers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Summers 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kieran Summers!
Igor Crazy was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm not done!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parvati Mellia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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171 lbs
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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
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Parvati Mellia!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar misses with a few strikes there.
Edgar throws a lazy uppercut
and Mellia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mellia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Edgar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The fighters circling - Mellia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Some wild striking there from Edgar.
Mellia throws out a counter right but Edgar avoids it with no problem.
Edgar feints and then cracks Mellia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mellia down.
Parvati Mellia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edgar walks into a left hand.
Edgar misses with a wild combination.
Mellia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Edgar, pushing him back against the cage.
Mellia stalling against the cage.
Mellia presses Edgar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Mellia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mellia throws a punch but it's blocked by Edgar.
Mellia tries to throw a body punch but Edgar avoids it by throwing Mellia back against the cage.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Mellia has him pressed against the cage.
Mellia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mellia misses with a punch on the inside.
Edgar tries to circle away but Mellia has him pinned against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mellia.
Edgar wants to break free but Mellia has control.
Edgar tries to break free but Mellia pushes him back against the cage.
Mellia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mellia prevents Edgar from breaking the clinch.
Edgar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Edgar takes one on the button.
Edgar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mellia.
Edgar misses with a straight right.
Edgar throws a looping overhand right but Mellia ducks down to avoid it.
Mellia misses with a right hand
and Edgar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Edgar ducks right into an uppercut from Mellia.
Edgar scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
Mellia misses with a straight right.
Edgar misses with a looping left.
Mellia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mellia fails to land with a series of punches.
Mellia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mellia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Mellia fails to land.
Mellia leaning his opponent against the cage.
Edgar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Edgar misses with a series of wild punches.
Good exchange - Mellia coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mellia.
Edgar connects with a looping right hand.
Edgar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mellia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Edgar looks to land a right hand but Mellia moved out of range.
Mellia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mellia blocks a jab.
Edgar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Edgar lands with a shot to the body.
Edgar wants to slow Mellia down by chopping away at his legs.
Mellia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mellia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Edgar's head.
Edgar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mellia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Edgar moves forwards but Mellia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Edgar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mellia is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Mellia.
Edgar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mellia. Edgar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mellia is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Edgar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
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!
Edgar misses with a lunging right hand
and Mellia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Edgar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mellia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mellia with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circling - Edgar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Edgar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Edgar needs to keep his hands up - Mellia had a free shot at his head there.
Edgar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Edgar.
Edgar slips under a jab.
Edgar throws a leg kick which misses Mellia's front leg but catches the back leg as Mellia tries to avoid it.
Edgar slips a jab from Mellia.
Edgar feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Edgar throws an overhand right that lands on Mellia's shoulder, as Mellia tries to avoid the shot.
Edgar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mellia slips under a jab.
Mellia lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Parvati Mellia 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.
Mellia misses with a looping right.
Edgar is looking for a counter combo.
Edgar throws a body shot but no joy.
As Edgar backs off Mellia throws a huge counter combo but Edgar manages to avoid it all.
Edgar tries to land a leg kick but Mellia saw it coming and moves away.
Edgar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mellia is out of range.
Mellia's corner calls for a 1-2. Mellia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Edgar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Edgar 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.
A jab from Edgar misses.
Edgar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Edgar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mellia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mellia pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Edgar back to the cage. Mellia follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Edgar is rocked!
It looks like Frankie Edgar has been cut.
Mellia lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Edgar falls backwards - clearly groggy! Mellia dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Parvati Mellia!
A victorious Parvati Mellia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Filippo Di Vaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wietrzny has chosen Hunter-Fallen as his entrance music. Filippo Di Vaio had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!
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163 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Experienced |
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Excellent MT
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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
23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Filippo Di Vaio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wietrzny moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Di Vaio.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Di Vaio.
Di Vaio wants a takedown.
A right hand to the body from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny gets underhooks to prevent Di Vaio's takedown attempt.
Di Vaio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wietrzny avoiding damage as Di Vaio throws knees to the body.
Di Vaio gets control of Wietrzny's arms and successfully pulls guard. Di Vaio will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Wietrzny engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Di Vaio is pulling down on Wietrzny's head to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wietrzny avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wietrzny preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Vaio throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Di Vaio striking off his back but it's not causing Wietrzny any problems.
Di Vaio pulls Wietrzny in close to prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wietrzny drives through and clinches with Di Vaio against the cage.
Di Vaio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wietrzny tries a body shot but Di Vaio blocks it.
Di Vaio can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filippo Di Vaio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wietrzny lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wietrzny cracks Di Vaio with a nice body shot.
Di Vaio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny swings wildly with an uppercut but Di Vaio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Di Vaio blocks a body shot from Wietrzny.
Di Vaio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Di Vaio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Di Vaio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Di Vaio controlling the pace.
Di Vaio wants to stand up but Wietrzny is controlling the position.
Di Vaio is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Wietrzny is just riding it out for now. Di Vaio eventually gives up the hold.
Di Vaio trying to control from Wietrzny's half guard. Wietrzny has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wietrzny seems keen to control Di Vaio's posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Di Vaio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Di Vaio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Di Vaio stands up over Wietrzny, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Di Vaio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's 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.
Wietrzny pulls Di Vaio in to control the position.
Wietrzny is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Di Vaio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wietrzny works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wietrzny tests Di Vaio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wietrzny fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Vaio manages to avoid it.
Di Vaio keeps the fight on the outside.
Wietrzny scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Di Vaio darts in looking for a takedown but Wietrzny gets double underhooks and turns Di Vaio into the cage.
Wietrzny drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Di Vaio bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Di Vaio gets tackled into the cage by Wietrzny. Wietrzny maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Igor Wietrzny will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Di Vaio shoots in for a takedown but Wietrzny shows good takedown defense.
Di Vaio avoids the body shot from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wietrzny duly obliges.
Di Vaio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wietrzny is fending him off so far but Di Vaio persists. Nope, Wietrzny circles away and we're back to standing.
Di Vaio drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wietrzny is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Di Vaio postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Di Vaio wants to pass the guard but Wietrzny is keeping the position.
Di Vaio is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Vaio trying to control the position from guard on top but Wietrzny is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Di Vaio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Di Vaio preventing the sweep.
Di Vaio slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wietrzny swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Di Vaio appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Di Vaio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Di Vaio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wietrzny manages to avoid it.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Di Vaio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wietrzny lands with an uppercut that bounces Di Vaio off the cage and back into range.
Wietrzny leaves Di Vaio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filippo Di Vaio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Di Vaio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wietrzny closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Di Vaio did well to prevent Wietrzny getting side control.
Wietrzny tries to pass to full mount but Di Vaio defends it.
Wietrzny is looking for a kimura but Di Vaio is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wietrzny to get the leverage.
Wietrzny wants to pass to mount but Di Vaio is defending the position.
Wietrzny stalling.
Di Vaio trying to control from the bottom.
Di Vaio is trying to get back to full guard.
Filippo Di Vaio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Di Vaio gets back to full guard.
Wietrzny looking to pass the guard.
Di Vaio wants to stand up but Wietrzny is controlling him.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Di Vaio has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Di Vaio there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Di Vaio closes the distance and clinches up with Wietrzny, looking for a takedown. Di Vaio pushes Wietrzny against the cage but Wietrzny circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Wietrzny enables Di Vaio to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Wietrzny manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wietrzny wants to sweep but no luck.
Wietrzny keeping full guard, as Di Vaio tries to pass.
Wietrzny is pulling down on Di Vaio's head to control his posture.
Di Vaio is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Igor Wietrzny will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Di Vaio misses with a hook.
Di Vaio gets caught flat footed, as Wietrzny shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Di Vaio controls Wietrzny momentarily but Wietrzny frees himself.
Wietrzny stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Di Vaio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wietrzny controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wietrzny trying to control the position from guard on top but Di Vaio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Vaio has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wietrzny stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Di Vaio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Di Vaio holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wietrzny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Di Vaio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Di Vaio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wietrzny has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Di Vaio seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wietrzny can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wietrzny lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Igor Wietrzny seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wietrzny misses with some punches.
Di Vaio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wietrzny throws a head punch that misses.
Wietrzny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wietrzny turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Wietrzny manages to end up in side control.
Di Vaio wants to control but Wietrzny postures up.
Di Vaio sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Di Vaio wants to get back to full guard.
Di Vaio has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wietrzny is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio tries to roll over but Wietrzny keeps him under control.
Wietrzny is trying to control. Di Vaio wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Igor Wietrzny is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wietrzny performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Di Vaio is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Super SmashBros., so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Di Vaio fails with the takedown.
Igor Wietrzny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wietrzny uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Di Vaio.
Wietrzny clinches up against the cage.
Di Vaio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wietrzny pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wietrzny scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wietrzny moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wietrzny scores with a hook to the body. Di Vaio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Filippo Di Vaio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch but Di Vaio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wietrzny just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Di Vaio punishes Wietrzny's body with a nice straight punch.
Wietrzny throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wietrzny drives through and clinches with Di Vaio against the cage.
Di Vaio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Wietrzny comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wietrzny winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Wietrzny!
Igor Wietrzny 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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