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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damon Henrick (ranked 25546 p4p, 832 weight class) and Leonardo Santos (ranked 5761 p4p, 634 weight class). Leonardo Santos struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Leonardo Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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280 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damon Henrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonardo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a right and a left that Henrick avoids nicely.
Santos gets caught napping as Henrick dives in and scores a takedown. Santos manages to retain guard.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Henrick is controlling him.
Henrick stands up from Santos's guard - Henrick perhaps looking for a knockout.
Henrick throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Henrick lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Henrick looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos is not content to let Henrick control the position.
Santos tries to kick Henrick off but Henrick keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Henrick sits in half guard.
Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Santos lands a front kick.
Henrick scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Santos kicks off Henrick and gets to his feet.
Henrick seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
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!
Henrick blocks a head kick by Santos.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henrick.
Santos gets tackled into the cage by Henrick. Henrick maintains the clinch.
Henrick has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leonardo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Henrick tumbling to the canvas! Santos pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Henrick was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Leonardo Santos!
A pretty intense looking Leonardo Santos took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jose Pacheco (ranked 4028 p4p, 195 weight class) and Max Superior (ranked 4961 p4p, 246 weight class). Max Superior will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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140 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jose Pacheco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Max Superior!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacheco shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pacheco with a poor takedown
and Superior cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Superior drops Pacheco with a beautiful combination! Pacheco stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Superior is looking for the KO!
Pacheco is rocked!
It looks like Jose Pacheco has been cut.
Superior ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oh Pacheco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Superior lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pacheco has been working on his balance at Blood Warrior, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Superior.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pacheco scores with a takedown into Superior's guard.
Pacheco stands and throws Superior's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Pacheco seems to have got his legs back now.
Pacheco advances to full mount.
Pacheco manages to capitalize on a mistake by Superior to take his back!
Pacheco missing with strikes from the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Superior is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Superior is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Pacheco.
Pacheco is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Superior knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Superior for a finish.
Pacheco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pacheco looking for the RNC.
Pacheco has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Pacheco is looking for the choke from the back position but Superior is controlling his hands well.
Pacheco has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Superior's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Superior is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Pacheco gets his way!
Superior defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Pacheco's arms.
Superior trying to control the hands but Pacheco won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco looking to break Superior's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Superior remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Pacheco will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Superior covering up well under a series of strikes from Pacheco.
Superior fending off the submission attempt from Pacheco.
Pacheco is riding his opponent, not letting Superior buck him off.
Pacheco has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Superior is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Pacheco off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pacheco is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Superior has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Pacheco patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Pacheco is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Superior defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pacheco is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Superior defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
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 Jose Pacheco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jose Pacheco's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Pacheco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Superior swivels and escapes.
Pacheco gets the takedown into side control.
Pacheco is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Superior has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pacheco advances to full mount.
Pacheco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Superior can do to turn this around?
Superior is trying desperately to improve position.
Pacheco working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacheco working for a submission but Superior is keeping him at bay.
Pacheco controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacheco is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Superior has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Pacheco working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Pacheco is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Superior has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Pacheco sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pacheco is working for a guillotine from mount but Superior frees his head quite easily.
Pacheco controlling the pace for now.
Pacheco working for a guillotine from mount but Superior is in no mood to give up.
Pacheco sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pacheco looking to finish with strikes here!
Superior defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pacheco.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco works his way to his opponent's back.
Superior defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Pacheco's arms.
Pacheco gets his hands free as Superior looks to control.
Superior really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pacheco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pacheco is riding his opponent, not letting Superior buck him off.
Pacheco is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Superior is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Pacheco looking for the choke from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Superior is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Pacheco has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Superior has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Pacheco has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Superior's body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Superior is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Pacheco gets his way!
Superior rolls, trying to escape but Pacheco keeps control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Pacheco dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Pacheco's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Pacheco shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Superior as he avoids it easily.
Superior is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pacheco with a body shot.
Superior digs a good hook to Pacheco's body.
Superior has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Pacheco is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Pacheco shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Superior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pacheco doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Superior cracks Pacheco with a right hand to the side of the head.
Superior wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Superior fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pacheco misses with a takedown
and Superior counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Pacheco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacheco takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jose Pacheco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Superior scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pacheco doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Superior works the jab nicely.
Pacheco with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Superior counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacheco dives in and grabs Superior's left leg, looking for a takedown. Superior pushes down on Pacheco's head and hops out.
Max Superior seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Superior lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Pacheco falls backwards - clearly groggy! Superior dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Superior!
A very excited looking Max Superior 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.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Monyakul Sathianthai (ranked 4810 p4p, 237 weight class) and James Walter (ranked 6970 p4p, 332 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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135 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Monyakul Sathianthai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Walter!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sathianthai connects with a body shot.
Sathianthai punishes Walter's body with a nice straight punch.
Sathianthai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Walters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Walter tries to clinch but Sathianthai moves away
letting Sathianthai counter with a right hand.
It looks like James Walter has been cut.
Sathianthai throws a jab when Walter was well out of range.
Walter shoots in for a takedown but Sathianthai shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sathianthai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Walter in his tracks.
Walter is rocked!
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Sathianthai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walter is still on wobbly legs! Can Sathianthai finish him?
Walter tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sathianthai defends well and Walter ends up having to push Sathianthai into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Walter seems to have recovered his senses.
Sathianthai blocks a head kick by Walter.
Sathianthai lands a nice hook to Walter's body. Walter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Sathianthai fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Monyakul Sathianthai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Sathianthai.
Walter shoots in for a takedown but Sathianthai shows good takedown defense.
Monyakul Sathianthai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Walter.
Sathianthai walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Walter drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Sathianthai swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Walter's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Monyakul Sathianthai!
A less than humble Monyakul Sathianthai misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Blanks (ranked 4669 p4p, 596 weight class) and Arsteen Berghen (ranked 2788 p4p, 407 weight class). Blanks comes to the cage accompanied by wasp - wild child. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 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
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Billy Blanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arsteen Berghen!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanks jabs Berghen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Berghen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Blanks scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Berghen manages to mount him!
Blanks knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Berghen on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berghen controlling the position easily from mount.
Let's hope that Berghen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Blanks definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berghen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Berghen.
Blanks is looking to get to half guard.
Berghen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berghen lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berghen landing strikes from the mount and Blanks is in trouble!
Berghen controlling his opponent.
Berghen lands a big shot there that rocks Blanks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Berghen controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berghen's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Blanks tries to hold on but Berghen pushes him away.
Berghen lands a heavy elbow.
Berghen controlling the position easily from mount.
Berghen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Berghen controlling the pace for now.
Blanks wants to hold on but Berghen pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanks is bucking up trying to escape but Berghen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Berghen controlling the position easily from mount.
Berghen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Berghen lands a big elbow - Blanks is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Blanks is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Arsteen Berghen!
In defeat, Billy Blanks stepped up to the mic, saying 'Where I am today, is where my mind and will put me, where I am tomorrow is where my mind will put me.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Lora (ranked 3258 p4p, 456 weight class) and Erick Silva (ranked 4440 p4p, 576 weight class). Silva has chosen Kid Ink - F With U (Official Video) ft. Ty Dolla $ign as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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186 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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Manuel Lora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erick Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lora closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Lora pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Lora shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lora showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lora passes the guard and advances to mount!
Lora looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lora definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lora tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lora wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Silva can't escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Lora maintains control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lora moves to back control.
Silva is really stuck here.
Lora is looking for the choke from the back position but Silva is controlling his hands well.
Lora is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Silva is defending well though. Lora let's go of the attempt for now.
Lora is looking for the choke from the back position but Silva is controlling his hands well.
Silva showing good submission defense here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lora keeps control of the position as Silva tries to break free.
Silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Silva is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Lora is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silva is surviving well by controlling Lora's body position as best he can.
Lora looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lora trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Lora is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silva is surviving well by controlling Lora's body position as best he can.
Lora tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Lora is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lora is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Silva to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Silva shrugs it off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lora looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Lora will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
We've been informed that Silva has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lora trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lora looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silva has given up his back. Will we see Lora going for some submissions?
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva manages to reverse the position and now he's in Lora's guard. Nice work there by Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Lora is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lora is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lora has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lora looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Lora's brow.
Lora is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Lora passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!
Lora blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Lora dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lora manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lora's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lora's back!
Lora is in bad spot here.
Silva lands a shot 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!
Lora trying to control the position but Silva manages to sink in the hooks.
Lora rolls, trying to escape but Silva keeps control of the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Lora trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Silva looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Silva doesn't have the hooks in and Lora manages to turn into his guard.
Lora wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Lora drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lora jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lora stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom.
Lora forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lora is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lora has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lora blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Silva can't escape the position.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lora tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silva prevents Lora from taking his back.
Lora blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Lora is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Silva to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Silva shrugs it off.
Lora is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva gets back to half guard.
Lora passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lora tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Lora blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Lora has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lora. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Lora.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lora looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Lora wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lora blocks the strikes from Silva.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Lora sits in half guard.
Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
Silva is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Lora is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lora.
Silva is staying active underneath Lora, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lora seems to be looking for submissions.
Manuel Lora overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
Lora is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing Lora any problems.
Lora forces his way into half guard.
Lora seems to be looking for submissions.
Lora is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Lora blocks the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Lora manages to pass to side control.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Lora blocks the strikes from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Lora dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Lora shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lora's half guard.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lora with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lora looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lora is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Silva tries to break free.
Lora controls the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lora is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Silva knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Silva for a finish.
Silva turns into Lora and is now in his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva works over Lora with some ground and pound from guard.
Lora had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silva defends it easily.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lora has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva cracks Lora with a solid left hand.
Lora is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva is in close to Lora's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lora is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva is working Lora over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lora working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Silva works over Lora with some ground and pound from guard.
Lora is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lora looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva is working Lora over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lora is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
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!
Lora is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Silva landing rabbit punches to the side of Lora's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Lora has control of the leg.
Lora wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Lora passes to full mount!
Silva has given up his back here. Will Lora look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Lora looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lora pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lora looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lora with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Lora moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva tries to bench press Lora off him but Lora keeps the position.
Lora passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva!
Lora is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lora has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lora. What's that going to do exactly?
Erick Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manuel Lora is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Erick Silva.
I think Lora has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manuel Lora!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Favorton (ranked 5262 p4p, 475 weight class) and Milton Hilton (ranked 5261 p4p, 474 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryan Favorton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Milton Hilton!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hilton pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Favorton back to the cage. Hilton follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Favorton moves out of range as Hilton strikes.
A swing and a miss from Hilton.
Hilton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hilton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hilton rushes Favorton and presses him up against the cage.
Hilton just leaning against Favorton, taking a breather.
Hilton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Favorton drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hilton manages to break the clinch.
Favorton tests Hilton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Favorton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hilton throws out the jab.
Favorton defending well as Hilton loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Some wild striking there from Favorton.
Hilton closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton lands a nice uppercut.
Favorton is trying to maintain a safe position but Hilton gets an underhook and turns Favorton into the cage.
Hilton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hilton moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hilton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Favorton moves out of range as Hilton strikes.
Favorton is looking for a counter combo.
Favorton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Favorton thuds a left hand into Hilton's body.
Hilton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Favorton was well out of range. Poor timing from Hilton.
Favorton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Hilton misses its intended target.
Favorton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Favorton is rocked!
Hilton finds Favorton's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Favorton flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Hilton lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Favorton will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Milton Hilton!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Just Fight Me (ranked 1465 p4p, 72 weight class) and Juan Rizky (ranked 6014 p4p, 303 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Just Fight Me!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Rizky!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fight Me connects with a single shot there.
Fight Me lands with a right hand.
It looks like Juan Rizky has been cut.
Fight Me lands with a hook. Rizky tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice uppercut lands for Rizky. That snapped Fight Me's head back.
Rizky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fight Me throws a big shot that misses.
Fight Me scores with a jab to the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rizky.
Rizky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fight Me misses with a straight right.
Fight Me bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
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!
Rizky throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fight Me, as that shot connected.
Rizky misses with a body shot
enabling Fight Me to counter with a crisp jab.
Fight Me has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fight Me slips under a jab from Rizky.
Fight Me swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rizky has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rizky there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rizky is rocked!
Rizky takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rizky is still on wobbly legs! Can Fight Me finish him?
Fight Me has managed to clinch.
Fight Me lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fight Me is leaning against Rizky and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rizky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fight Me has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fight Me managing to block the knees to the body from Rizky.
Fight Me lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rizky stalling in the clinch but Fight Me improves position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fight Me creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fight Me creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Rizky's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Rizky drops to his knees and Fight Me pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Just Fight Me!
Just Fight Me retains his bantamweight title!
Just Fight Me 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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