BFT-483 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Hjelmslev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yo Hwan Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hjelmslev comes into the arena with I Touch Myself blaring out of the sound system. 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.

Hjelmslev
vs
Hwan Lim

182 cm
43
180 lbs
25 - 22 - 0

180 cm
42
180 lbs
19 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ragnar Hjelmslev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yo Hwan Lim!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ron Honeybunn and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lim shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hjelmslev pinned against the cage. Hjelmslev gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Lim fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hjelmslev to the ground. Lim is now in Hjelmslev's guard.
Hjelmslev keeping moving, preventing Lim from controlling successfully.
Hjelmslev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lim.
Lim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Lim thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hjelmslev keeping moving, preventing Lim from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hjelmslev is looking to stand up but Lim isn't so interested in that idea.

Hjelmslev pushes Lim off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lim.
Ragnar Hjelmslev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yo Hwan Lim.
Hjelmslev leaves Lim with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lim ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lim is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Lim shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice uppercut there from Hjelmslev.

It looks like Yo Hwan Lim has been cut.
Hjelmslev misses with a few strikes there.
Hjelmslev moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hjelmslev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hjelmslev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hjelmslev throws a hook but Lim avoids it easily.
Lim is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hjelmslev with a body shot.
Hjelmslev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lim moves away.
Lim shoots in for a takedown but Hjelmslev shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lim tests Hjelmslev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hjelmslev misses with a two punch combination.
Hjelmslev throws a looping overhand right but Lim ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hjelmslev throws a leg kick but Lim sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lim misses with a few strikes there.

Lim closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hjelmslev did well to prevent Lim getting side control.

Lim is working for a submission of some sort.
Still in half guard, Lim seems content to control.
Hjelmslev is trying to stand back up but Lim is controlling him

Lim is trying for a kimura here. Hjelmslev looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Lim wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yo Hwan Lim!
Yo Hwan Lim thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Ragnar Hjelmslev had this to say: '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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hype
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pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Kiely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casper Vanderhose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kiely's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mouth For War. Casper Vanderhose has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kiely
vs
Vanderhose

195 cm
30
265 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

198 cm
28
260 lbs
13 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Casper Vanderhose!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Francis DeMontford and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vanderhose moves into the clinch.
Kiely misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kiely drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Vanderhose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Vanderhose rushes Kiely and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vanderhose tries to land knees in the clinch but Kiely avoids the damage to the body.
Vanderhose tries to circle away but Kiely has him pinned against the cage.

Kiely manages to break the clinch.
Kiely looks to land a combination but Vanderhose avoids it well.
Kiely misses with a double jab

and Vanderhose counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vanderhose.

Kiely manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vanderhose.
Kiely moves out of range as Vanderhose throws a body kick.
Vanderhose misses with a jab, cross combination.

Vanderhose shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kiely is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vanderhose's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vanderhose's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhose wants to get back to his feet.
Vanderhose has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Kiely.

Kiely working for a choke but Vanderhose is defending well.
Kiely struggling to land strikes to the head as Vanderhose covers up.
Vanderhose trying to get back to his feet but Kiely is in full control for now.

Vanderhose defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Vanderhose covers up after that shot from Kiely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Vanderhose has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Kiely.
Even with his hooks in, Kiely manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Kiely looking for the choke but no joy.

Kiely looking for the choke from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Vanderhose is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kiely has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Kiely. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Vanderhose is covering up but some of the strikes from Kiely are getting through and doing damage.
Vanderhose covering up well and avoiding damage.
Kiely lands a shot to the head.

Kiely has managed to slip his arm under Vanderhose's chin. This could be all over... yep, Vanderhose is tapping out! Submission win for Kiely.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eddie Kiely!
Eddie Kiely took some time post fight to say the following; 'You do not deserve to watch me'.
Casper Vanderhose was interviewed post fight and said 'Perhaps a better game plan next time, huh coach?'.

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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ned Bigsbee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Awesome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bigsbee might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gin & Juice. Johnny Awesome will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bigsbee
vs
Awesome

193 cm
22
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

194 cm
27
209 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ned Bigsbee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Awesome!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Topper Green and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Awesome. That snapped Bigsbee's head back.
Bigsbee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bigsbee has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Awesome.
Ned Bigsbee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bigsbee looking to score a takedown here. Awesome is defending well but Bigsbee drives through and ends up in Awesome's guard.
Awesome looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bigsbee is one step ahead there.
Awesome has his hands on Bigsbee's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Awesome looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've been hearing good reports from Bigsbee's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Awesome bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bigsbee's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigsbee looking for a sweep. Not yet Bigsbee, not yet.
Awesome engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Awesome has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bigsbee is proving hard to escape from.
Awesome stopping the sweep attempt from Bigsbee.

Bigsbee is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Awesome defends well.
Bigsbee can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Awesome controls the pace.
Awesome wants to get up but he can't break Bigsbee's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Awesome not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bigsbee keeping moving, preventing Awesome from controlling successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Awesome showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Awesome's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bigsbee under the eye.
Awesome tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bigsbee was well out of range. Poor timing from Awesome.
Awesome misses with a hook.
Bigsbee tries for a takedown but Awesome circles away easily
and Awesome counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigsbee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Awesome.
Awesome tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Awesome scores with a push kick.
Bigsbee is breathing heavily.
Awesome misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Awesome scores with a hook to the body. Bigsbee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Awesome lands a big right hand that sends Bigsbee crashing to the mat! Awesome stays standing though and waves Bigsbee back to his feet!

Bigsbee is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Awesome fakes the body blow, causing Bigsbee to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Bigsbee goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Awesome!
The defeated Ned Bigsbee had this to say: 'Its all good. Ill be back. Thanks to everyone for the support I appreciate yall.'.

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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
40%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Hadjiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia has chosen Guantanamera - Los Paraguayos as his entrance music. Trevor Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hadjiev
vs
Garcia

187 cm
33
185 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

188 cm
23
194 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Valentin Hadjiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trevor Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hadjiev doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Hadjiev circles away.
Hadjiev shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Garcia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hadjiev shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Valentin Hadjiev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia cracks the inside of Hadjiev's front leg.
Garcia tries to clinch but Hadjiev is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hadjiev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia scores with a leg kick.

Hadjiev is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Garcia's half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadjiev prevents Garcia from improving his position.

Hadjiev is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Garcia is just riding it out for now. Hadjiev eventually gives up the hold.
Garcia keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hadjiev throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hadjiev drops an elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Hadjiev works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadjiev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hadjiev prevents Garcia from getting the reversal.
Hadjiev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hadjiev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hadjiev lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Garcia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hadjiev.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hadjiev looking for a guillotine from mount but Garcia is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hadjiev prevents Garcia from getting the reversal.
Garcia tries to lock up and control but Hadjiev gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hadjiev landing strikes from the mount.
Garcia tries to hold on but Hadjiev postures up.
Garcia tries to control the position but Hadjiev now has his back.
You can see the frustration on Garcia's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Hadjiev working for the choke.
Garcia takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Hadjiev is punishing Garcia with strikes - can he finish him?!
Garcia wants to control his opponent's hands but Hadjiev gets his hands free.
Hadjiev missing with strikes from the back.
Garcia trying to control the action but Hadjiev just sinks the hooks in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hadjiev is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Garcia defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Garcia defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Hadjiev's arms.

Hadjiev is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Garcia is defending well though. Hadjiev let's go of the attempt for now.
Garcia needs to remain patient if he's going to get out of this sticky situation.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valentin Hadjiev 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.

No luck for Hadjiev with that takedown attempt.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hadjiev seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hadjiev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hadjiev fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Valentin Hadjiev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia slaps away a takedown attempt from Hadjiev, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Garcia takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hadjiev misses with a takedown attempt
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Hadjiev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garcia steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hadjiev.
Hadjiev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Hadjiev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.
Hadjiev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valentin Hadjiev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia punishes Hadjiev's body with a nice straight punch.
Valentin Hadjiev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia lands with a straight right. Hadjiev didn't see that one coming.
Hadjiev fails with the takedown

and Garcia moves into the clinch.

Garcia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hadjiev has his takedown stuffed
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hadjiev has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Valentin Hadjiev has been cut.
Garcia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Garcia wants it to stay on the feet.
Garcia wants to counter the offense by Hadjiev and move into the clinch position.
Garcia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Hadjiev is rocked!

Hadjiev gets tackled into the cage by Garcia. Garcia maintains the clinch.
Oh Hadjiev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Hadjiev get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Hadjiev stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Garcia runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Trevor Garcia!
An out of breath Trevor Garcia thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Scarpa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceoghan Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartwright is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Disciples of Power - Born Unto Death. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ceoghan Cartwright was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Scarpa
vs
Cartwright

187 cm
31
189 lbs
14 - 16 - 0

188 cm
31
195 lbs
9 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 14 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gregory Scarpa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ceoghan Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Steve Erwin and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Scarpa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cartwright on his heels. He'll look to pass Cartwright's guard now, I'm sure.
Cartwright lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Scarpa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cartwright defends it easily.
Scarpa trying to keep a closed guard but Cartwright is proving a slippery customer.

Cartwright avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cartwright content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cartwright postures up and lands a big shot to Scarpa's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright passes into half guard.
Cartwright content to control rather than advance.
Scarpa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cartwright.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Scarpa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cartwright winds up and cracks Scarpa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Scarpa wants to sweep but Cartwright has passed to side control!

Cartwright is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Scarpa has escaped the position, nice work there.
Scarpa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cartwright connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Scarpa some visible discomfort.

Cartwright thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Scarpa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cartwright tries to move to mount but Scarpa blocks the move with his legs.
Cartwright cracks Scarpa with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright gets to mount! Scarpa was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scarpa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Cartwright.
Cartwright lands a nice shot to the head.
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!
Cartwright connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Scarpa is rocked!
Cartwright lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Scarpa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cartwright can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Scarpa is looking to escape.
Cartwright working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cartwright postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Scarpa is out cold - huge knockout for Cartwright!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ceoghan Cartwright!
Ceoghan Cartwright 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enting Butikol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sailor Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butikol comes to the cage accompanied by Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Gracie has chosen Disciples of Power - Lords of Creation as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Sailor Gracie enters the cage!

Butikol
vs
Gracie

188 cm
35
192 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

180 cm
31
210 lbs
16 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enting Butikol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sailor Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, John Mangel and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butikol lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Butikol misses with an uppercut.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Butikol throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Butikol.
Butikol falls off balance throwing a combination

and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Butikol didn't expect that.
Gracie scoring with some ground and pound.
Gracie distracts Butikol with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gracie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Butikol looking for a guillotine here but Gracie defends easily.
Gracie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Butikol wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Butikol is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gracie defends well.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Butikol keeps moving.
Gracie working some strikes from top position.
Gracie connects with a couple of short punches.

Butikol escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gracie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gracie lands a couple of digs.

Butikol is rocked!
Gracie gets to his feet and stands over Butikol, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Butikol felt that one! Gracie unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Butikol from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sailor Gracie!
A victorious Sailor Gracie thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanjay Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jong has chosen Nobody Nobody as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sanjay Singh could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kim Jong's chin.

Singh
vs
Jong

190 cm
37
232 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

195 cm
40
278 lbs
32 - 26 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sanjay Singh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kim Jong!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Singh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Singh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jong checks it well.
Jong throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Sanjay Singh has been cut.
Jong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jong raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Singh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good work by Jong as he checks the leg kick.
Jong tries to clinch but Singh is having none of it.
Jong will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jong is looking to clinch but Singh is avoiding it.
Singh misses with a hook. Jong ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jong! But no joy.
Jong throws a leg kick but Singh moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jong gets a clinch.
Singh working hard to break the clinch.
Singh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short left from Jong.
Jong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Singh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Singh tries to break free but Jong pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jong throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Singh is trying to force a seperation but Jong has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jong looking to throw knees to the head but Singh is blocking nicely.
Jong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Singh is trying to break the clinch but Jong has him pressed against the cage.
Jong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Singh's face.
Jong lands a nice elbow.
Jong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Singh backwards.

Singh manages to break the clinch.

Jong instigates a clinch.
Jong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Singh's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Singh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jong tries a body shot but Singh blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jong tries a body shot but Singh blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jong lands a knee to the head.

Singh breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the body from Singh misses
and Jong counters with a thumping low kick.
Singh is breathing heavily.
Jong throws a head kick but Singh moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Jong.
Singh sets himself, and Jong steps forward looking for the clinch! Singh avoids it this time.
A low kick from Singh is predictable there
and Jong counters with a nice low kick that buckles Singh's knee momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Jong finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Singh. That did some damage!

Jong clinches with his opponent.
Singh wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jong scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Jong.
Jong lands a nice shot to the body.
Jong is leaning against Singh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jong.
Jong connects with a knee to the head.

Singh is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Singh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jong.
Oh Singh is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Singh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jong.
Jong unloads an enormous knee to the head! That's knocked Singh out cold! Holy cow, it was almost as if it lifted Singh off his feet!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Kim Jong!
Kim Jong very nearly forgot to thank //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.

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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
54%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaius Julius Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caesar has chosen Warriors of the World as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barnett
vs
Julius Caesar

191 cm
38
284 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

200 cm
41
290 lbs
28 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sydney Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Gaius Julius Caesar !
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caesar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caesar misses with a left hand

and Barnett counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barnett's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Caesar has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Barnett is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Caesar is trying to break free.
Barnett is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Caesar gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Caesar has picked Barnett up - he's going for a ride! Caesar dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Barnett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Caesar pulls his head out easily.

Barnett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Caesar wants to take a breather but Barnett is having none of it.
Caesar takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Caesar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barnett with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Caesar lands a nice short elbow.
Caesar working Barnett over with strikes.
Barnett's coaches at Super SmashBros. have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Barnett is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Caesar 's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Caesar 's back!
Caesar wants to control his opponent's hands but Barnett gets his hands free.

Barnett is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Caesar defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Caesar trying to control the position but Barnett manages to sink in the hooks.

Barnett working for a choke but Caesar is defending well.

Barnett patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Barnett looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Barnett 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.

Barnett is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Caesar has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Caesar wants to control his opponent's hands but Barnett gets his hands free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Caesar fending off the submission attempt from Barnett.
Caesar tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Barnett avoids the attempt from Caesar to control.
A nice elbow there by Barnett.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Caesar hang on?

Barnett is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Caesar can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Barnett with the ground and pound from mount.
Barnett avoids the attempt from Caesar to control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar stops Barnett from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Caesar tries to lock up and control but Barnett gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Barnett can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Caesar is looking to escape.
Barnett with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Barnett landing shots from mount.
Caesar is working to get back to half guard.
Barnett in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barnett lands a big shot there that rocks Caesar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barnett avoids the attempt from Caesar to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Caesar is rocked!
Barnett softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Caesar is out cold! Barnett jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Barnett!
A very excited looking Josh Barnett made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.