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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adebisi (ranked 4867 p4p, 564 weight class) and Ture Torped (ranked 8448 p4p, 738 weight class). Torped has chosen Das boot - Movie soundtrack as his entrance music. Simon Adebisi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Adebisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ture Torped!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Adebisi tenderised Torped's leg. Torped is trying to keep his angry face on.
Torped digs a good hook to Adebisi's body.
Torped rushes Adebisi and presses him up against the cage.
Torped is working Adebisi over against the cage.
Torped can't find room to land a body shot as Adebisi controls the action.
Adebisi tries a body shot but Torped blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Adebisi.
Adebisi prevents a body shot from Torped.
Torped goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Torped takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Torped stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torped can't find room to land a body shot as Adebisi controls the action.
Nice body punch from Torped - that landed with a thud.
Adebisi tries to throw a body punch but Torped avoids it by throwing Adebisi back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torped lands with a left to the head.
Torped fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adebisi prevents a body shot from Torped.
Adebisi stalling against the cage.
Torped swings wildly with an uppercut but Adebisi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torped tries to work over Adebisi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Torped can't find room to land a body shot as Adebisi controls the action.
Adebisi blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Adebisi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi blocks a body shot from Torped.
Torped pressing his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Torped.
Adebisi struggles to land a body shot inside as Torped controls his hands.
Adebisi digs a right hand underneath Torped's ribcage. Torped let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Torped can't find room to land a body shot as Adebisi controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Torped.
Torped doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adebisi blocks a body shot from Torped.
Torped goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torped misses with a punch to the body.
Torped pushes Adebisi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Torped scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torped prevents a body shot from Adebisi.
Torped misses with a body punch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Torped takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adebisi struggles to land a body shot inside as Torped controls his hands.
Torped tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adebisi's elbow.
Adebisi struggles to land a body shot inside as Torped controls his hands.
Adebisi misses with a body punch.
Torped stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Adebisi slowing the pace effectively.
Torped tries to work over Adebisi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Torped is stalling here.
Torped throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi avoiding damage.
Torped tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Torped lands a shot to the body.
Adebisi wants to stall.
Torped misses with a body punch.
Torped manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Torped scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adebisi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adebisi tries to work over Torped's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ture Torped dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Adebisi thuds his shin into the meat of Torped's side.
Adebisi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Adebisi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Adebisi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Torped has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick by Adebisi misses
and Torped counters with a nice right hand that sends Adebisi toppling to the canvas! Adebisi scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Torped finish him?!
It looks like Simon Adebisi has been cut.
Adebisi wants to land a leg kick but Torped is out of range.
Torped lands a big right hand that sends Adebisi crashing to the mat! Torped stays standing though and waves Adebisi back to his feet!
Adebisi is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Adebisi.
Oh Adebisi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A solid leg kick lands there for Adebisi.
Adebisi seems to have got his legs back now.
Torped thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adebisi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torped swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Torped circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Adebisi tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Torped wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ture Torped!
Ture Torped very nearly forgot to thank Sin City Allstars 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Hope (ranked 5013 p4p, 572 weight class) and Kray Celbuir (ranked 23011 p4p, 832 weight class). Hope comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kray Celbuir enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kray Celbuir!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope throws an overhand right that lands on Celbuir's shoulder, as Celbuir tries to avoid the shot.
Hope works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Celbuir misses with a series of wild punches.
Celbuir avoids the body shot from Hope.
Celbuir scores with a hook to the body. Hope takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Celbuir swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Hope counter with a right hand.
Hope throws a sloppy head kick and Celbuir moves out of range easily.
Celbuir moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Celbuir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hope manages to avoid it.
Celbuir has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Celbuir blocks a head kick by Hope.
Celbuir uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hope has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hope lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A head kick misses from Hope.
Hope has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fight Hard in the buildup to the fight.
Celbuir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hope.
Celbuir fails to land with a series of punches.
A counter left hand to the body from Hope misses its target.
Hope ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Celbuir looks to land a left hand but Hope moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Celbuir scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Celbuir throws a good cross that connects.
Hope throws a sloppy head kick and Celbuir moves out of range easily.
Celbuir feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hopes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Celbuir uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hope.
Celbuir throws a body punch but Hope moves out of range.
Celbuir throws a body punch but Hope moves out of range.
Celbuir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hope looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Celbuir is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hope rather than just go for the knockout.
A big left from Hope misses.
Hope tries a head kick but it misses.
Celbuir ducks under a wild hook from Hope.
Celbuir lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Celbuir ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donk. Celbuir catches Hope right on the button with a cross.
Celbuir fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope misses with a head kick.
Hope ducks under a wild hook from Celbuir.
Celbuir shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hope eats them both and turns towards Celbuir to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Celbuir lands a jab to the head.
A combination from Celbuir does no damage.
Hope jabs Celbuir right on the nose. Celbuir blinks but takes it well.
Celbuir looks to score with a jab to the body but Hope is just out of range.
Celbuir lands a slapping body shot.
Hope lands with a shot to the body.
Celbuir throws a right and a left that Hope avoids nicely.
Hope is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Celbuir.
Hope throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hope takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hope takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Celbuir does it's job there.
Kray Celbuir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celbuir punishes Hope's body with a nice straight punch.
Hope lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hope throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hope throws a sloppy head kick and Celbuir moves out of range easily.
Hope just misses with a punch to the body.
Hope connects with a nice looking jab.
Celbuir misses with a few strikes there.
Hope takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Celbuir throws a hook to the side of Hope's head but Hope sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Celbuir throws a right and a left that both miss.
Celbuir blocks a head kick by Hope.
Celbuir misses with a hook
and Hope counters with a nice body shot.
Celbuir pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hope back to the cage. Celbuir follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Celbuir moves out of range as Hope strikes.
Celbuir wants to counter the offense by Hope and move into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hope misses its intended target.
Sloppy strikes from Celbuir. Those never looked like landing.
Celbuir ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hope moves away.
Hope misses with a straight right.
Celbuir blocks a head kick by Hope.
Hope misses with a head kick.
Hope lands a jab to Celbuir's midsection.
Celbuir with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hope to score with a decent uppercut.
Hope throws a jab but it's blocked by Celbuir.
Celbuir ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Celbuir cracks Hope with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Celbuir looks to land a left hand but Hope moved out of range nicely.
Hope throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Celbuir throws a hook to the side of Hope's head but Hope sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hope was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hope lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kray Celbuir dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hope cracks Celbuir with a right hand to the side of the head.
Celbuir blocks a head kick by Hope.
A jab from Hope misses.
Celbuir misses with a hook
and Hope counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Celbuir misses.
Hope throws a sloppy head kick and Celbuir moves out of range easily.
Celbuir misses with a few strikes there.
Celbuir throws a right and a left that Hope avoids nicely.
Hope misses with a two punch combination.
Celbuir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Celbuir tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hope was well out of range. Poor timing from Celbuir.
Celbuir throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hope counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Celbuir throws a big shot that misses.
Hope looks to score with a jab to the body but Celbuir is just out of range.
Celbuir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hope getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hope 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 Celbuir has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Celbuir and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hope scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Celbuir scores with a one two! Hope had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Celbuir loads up on a big right hand but Hope slips the punch.
Hope swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hope misses the shot to the body.
Celbuir misses with a straight right.
Hope throws a jab but it's blocked by Celbuir.
Celbuir appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Celbuir misses with a combination
and Hope counters with a straight right hand.
Hope slips under a jab.
Celbuir misses with a double jab.
Celbuir misses with a straight right.
Celbuir throws a nice looking combination but Hope bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from Hope misses.
Celbuir tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hope was well out of range. Poor timing from Celbuir.
Celbuir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hope.
Hope takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Celbuir.
Kray Celbuir seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hope throws a series of punches but Celbuir avoids them all with ease.
Hope tried to score with a low kick but Celbuir checks it.
Hope misses with a jab to the body
and Celbuir counters with a straight right hand.
Hope slips a jab and a cross from Celbuir.
Celbuir throws out a powerful jab.
Hope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Celbuir was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Celbuir cracks Hope with a good jab.
Celbuir ducks under a wild hook from Hope.
Celbuir misses with a wild body shot.
Hope swings for the body but Celbuir moves out of range.
Celbuir bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Celbuir ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hope moves away.
Hope is looking to counter with head kicks.
Kray Celbuir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hope misses the shot to the body.
Hope dodges the punch combination from Celbuir.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope misses with a hook. Celbuir ducked under it nicely.
Hope ducks under a wild hook from Celbuir.
Celbuir moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hope takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Celbuir throws a big shot that misses.
Celbuir keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Celbuir lands a nice shot to the body.
Hope misses with a straight right.
Celbuir scores with the left hand. Hope knows he should have avoided that one.
Celbuir throws a lazy right hand but Hope sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hope throws a counter high kick but Celbuir was just alert enough to avoid it.
Celbuir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hope.
Hope throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Celbuir on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hope uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Celbuir.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celbuir connects with the punch.
Celbuir's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Celbuir duly obliges.
Celbuir slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Celbuir bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celbuir moves away.
Hope walks into a straight right hand from Celbuir.
A jab from Celbuir finds it's way through Hope's defenses.
A jab from Celbuir misses.
Celbuir thows a left - swing and a miss!
Celbuir throws a hook but Hope blocks it.
A big right from Hope misses.
Celbuir throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hope counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hope connects with a looping right hand.
Celbuir throws a jab when Hope was well out of range.
Hope throws a counter high kick but Celbuir was just alert enough to avoid it.
Hope swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kray Celbuir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Celbuir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hope.
Hope throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Celbuir throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hope sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Celbuir throws a series of punches but Hope avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Hope was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Celbuir uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hope.
A looping hook to the body misses from Celbuir. Hope does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hope is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Celbuir misses with a hook
letting Hope counter with a right hand.
Hope takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hope lands with a good body shot.
Hope wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left and a right from Hope both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hope throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Celbuir ducks under a wild hook from Hope.
Hope connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope scores with a hook to the body. Celbuir takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Celbuir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Celbuir misses the shot to the body.
Celbuir takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hope takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hope throws a lazy right hand but Celbuir sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hope looks to throw the jab but Celbuir is out of range.
Hope tests Celbuir's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Celbuir is rocked!
Hope closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Celbuir out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Billy Hope!
Billy Hope very nearly forgot to thank Freebok (85% Laundry) 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Alvado (ranked 6603 p4p, 550 weight class) and David Taylor (ranked 3270 p4p, 346 weight class). Alvado comes to the cage accompanied by Ichense Dub. 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
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Marco Alvado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Taylor !
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor connects with a body shot that sends Alvado's belly button to the back.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Taylor has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Taylor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alvado jabs at Taylor 's body.
David Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvado misses with a hook.
Alvado avoids the body shot from Taylor .
Alvado was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Taylor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alvado lands a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alvado. That's going to slow Taylor down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Taylor misses.
Taylor throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Alvado is out of range.
Taylor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alvado throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvado dips to his left and cracks Taylor with an uppercut!
Alvado gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor throwing strikes but missing.
Taylor is stalling in the full guard.
Taylor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taylor is looking to work some ground and pound but Alvado has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvado preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Taylor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taylor throws an elbow that misses. Alvado uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Taylor 's guard. Nice move by Alvado!
Alvado is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Taylor lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvado preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Taylor trying to control but Alvado is working from the bottom.
Alvado has momentary wrist control but Taylor slips an elbow through the middle.
Taylor is fighting to break Alvado's control of his arms but Alvado is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Taylor throws a big elbow that misses.
Alvado is trying to control the position but Taylor postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
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.
Alvado jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alvado stuffs the takedown.
Taylor slips a straight right by Alvado.
Taylor throws a jab when Alvado was well out of range.
Alvado throwing a counter right hand but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor shoots for a double leg takedown but Alvado sprawls well. He's pushed Taylor 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Taylor misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvado connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alvado scores with a sloppy right hand. Taylor should have avoided that one.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Taylor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alvado to score with a decent uppercut.
Alvado wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alvado thuds his right hand into Taylor 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Alvado dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Taylor throws the left hand but Alvado avoids the punch easily.
It looks like David Taylor has been cut.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Alvado.
Alvado on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taylor misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvado counters with a right hand to the body.
Alvado scores with a body shot.
Good shot there by Alvado.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvado staying out of range there.
Marco Alvado is winning the standup battle so far.
Taylor throws the left hand but Alvado avoids the punch easily.
Taylor lands a nice shot that snaps Alvado's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Taylor lands in his opponent's guard.
Alvado seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Alvado continues to stall.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taylor is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Alvado utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alvado works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alvado working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Taylor .
Alvado avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Alvado with a hook.
Alvado stuns Taylor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alvado ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Taylor throws a lazy uppercut
and Alvado counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvado.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvado slips a jab from Taylor .
Marco Alvado is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Alvado appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Alvado scores with a jab to the head.
Taylor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alvado.
The fighters circle momentarily. Alvado darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Alvado connects with a body shot that sends Taylor 's belly button to the back.
Alvado ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Taylor tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Alvado moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvado appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Alvado throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses with an uppercut. Alvado saw that one coming.
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Taylor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Alvado dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taylor . That did some damage!
Alvado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvado.
Alvado lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvado misses with a straight left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alvado.
Taylor slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Alvado dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Taylor 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Taylor moves away from the strike by Alvado.
A countering left hand to the body from Taylor misses.
Alvado scores with a jab to the body.
Alvado throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.
Taylor scores with the left hand. Alvado knows he should have avoided that one.
Alvado punishes Taylor 's body with a nice straight punch.
Taylor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alvado.
Alvado swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Alvado lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvado connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvado.
Alvado slips under a jab.
Alvado is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Alvado misses the target.
Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvado.
Taylor misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Alvado to counter with a crisp jab.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taylor can do to turn this around?
Taylor misses with a body shot
and Alvado counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taylor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alvado stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Taylor looks to land a right hand but Alvado moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvado.
A slow jab from Taylor misses its intended target.
Alvado uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Taylor .
Alvado scores with a decent looking hook.
Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvado.
Taylor misses with a jab to the body
and Taylor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Jab, jab by Alvado - just one landing.
Taylor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alvado looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alvado throws out a powerful jab.
Alvado connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvado. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvado misses the target.
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor throws a hook but Alvado blocks it.
Alvado connects with a body shot that sends Taylor 's belly button to the back.
Taylor misses with a left hand
and Alvado counters with a nice uppercut.
Taylor missing with a left hand there. Alvado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Taylor swings for the body but Alvado moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Alvado is out of range.
Taylor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Taylor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvado moves away.
Alvado was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Taylor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alvado misses with a shot to the body
and Taylor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Taylor slips a straight right by Alvado.
Taylor drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Alvado defends it well.
We've been told by Alvado's head coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Taylor misses with a takedown attempt
and Alvado counters with a nice uppercut.
David Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Alvado showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alvado, 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Alvado!
Marco Alvado seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raja Abdullaev (ranked 3444 p4p, 447 weight class) and David Orston (ranked 22598 p4p, 811 weight class). Raja Abdullaev has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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213 lbs
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raja Abdullaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Orston!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdullaev throws a shot to the body.
Orston blocks a low kick nicely.
We've been informed that Orston has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Abdullaev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Orston can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdullaev. Orston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Orston misses with a low kick.
Abdullaev avoids the head kick by Orston.
Abdullaev misses with a hook. Orston ducked under it nicely.
Abdullaev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Orston scores with a shot to the body.
Abdullaev 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.
Orston feints and then cracks Abdullaev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abdullaev down.
Orston lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Abdullaev at a distance.
Orston is looking to slow Abdullaev down with leg kicks.
Abdullaev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Orston displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abdullaev throws out the jab.
Orston paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Raja Abdullaev has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Abdullaev misses.
Orston takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Abdullaev scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullaev fails to land with a series of punches.
Orston throws a head kick that misses.
Orston connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Orston scores with a jab. Abdullaev acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Orston looks to score with a jab to the body but Abdullaev is just out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Orston, right into the meat.
Abdullaev misses with an uppercut.
Orston connects with a leg kick. Abdullaev looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Abdullaev ducks right into an uppercut from Orston.
Orston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abdullaev's sensitive parts.
Orston moves out of range of the strikes.
Abdullaev throws a hook but Orston blocks it.
Orston counters with a body kick.
Abdullaev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Orston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abdullaev.
Orston lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abdullaev.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Orston checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orston misses with a looping right.
Abdullaev throws a chopping leg kick but Orston manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Abdullaev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Abdullaev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orston is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Orston throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jab from Orston.
Abdullaev throws a hook but Orston blocks it.
Orston gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Orston, right into the meat.
Abdullaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orston moves away.
A little jabbing left from Orston on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Orston misses with a head kick.
Abdullaev connects with a single shot there.
Abdullaev scores with a jab. Orston acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like David Orston has been cut.
A good leg kick by Orston.
Abdullaev misses with a looping right.
Orston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abdullaev's sensitive parts.
Raja Abdullaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev lands with a shot to the body.
Orston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abdullaev.
Abdullaev backing away here, and Orston unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Abdullaev blocks a head kick by Orston.
Abdullaev thuds his right hand into Orston's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Abdullaev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Orston is out of range and Abdullaev settles back down.
A solid body kick from Orston.
A low kick from Abdullaev misses
and Orston counters with a solid body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orston.
Orston throws a head kick but Abdullaev moves out of range.
Abdullaev seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Abdullaev takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A slapping leg kick lands for Orston.
Abdullaev lands with a thumping leg kick.
That kick from Abdullaev tenderised Orston's leg. Orston is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orston lands a nice shot that snaps Abdullaev's head back.
Orston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abdullaev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abdullaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Orston.
Orston throws a lazy head kick
enabling Abdullaev to counter with a crisp jab.
Abdullaev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Orston's sensitive parts.
Abdullaev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Abdullaev misses its intended target.
Abdullaev throws a body shot but no joy.
Orston steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Abdullaev looks to land a left hand but Orston moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Abdullaev.
Orston bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Abdullaev's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orston scores with a head kick.
Orston lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Orston avoids the head kick by Abdullaev.
Orston unleashes a big counter combination but Abdullaev bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Abdullaev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Orston.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Orston dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Abdullaev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Abdullaev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Orston with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Abdullaev misses with an uppercut
and Orston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Abdullaev throws out a powerful jab.
Abdullaev is looking to land body kicks.
Orston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abdullaev.
Abdullaev throws a hook but Orston blocks it.
Abdullaev misses with a lunging right hand
and Orston counters with a nice leg kick.
Abdullaev throws a leg kick
and Orston counters with an outside leg kick.
Abdullaev walks into a stiff left hand from Orston.
Orston moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Orston. Abdullaev shrugs it off though.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Abdullaev might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orston cracks the inside of Abdullaev's front leg.
Orston thows a body kick. Abdullaev tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abdullaev takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Abdullaev walks into a jab.
Orston fakes the leg kick and cracks Abdullaev in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orston lands an overhand right.
Orston cracks Abdullaev with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Orston connects with a crisp jab.
Orston lands a nice looking body kick.
Abdullaev takes one to the chin there.
Raja Abdullaev's cut is getting worse.
Orston connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A lazy left from Orston finds it's target.
Orston has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A solid body kick from Orston.
Orston turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orston scores with a leg kick.
Orston lands a big head kick that sends Abdullaev to the canvas! Orston follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Orston!
An out of breath David Orston 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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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ike Ibeabuchi (ranked 1995 p4p, 234 weight class) and Lothar Lothall (ranked 22029 p4p, 665 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Lothar Lothall enters the cage!
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244 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ike Ibeabuchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lothar Lothall!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lothall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big left from Ibeabuchi misses.
Lothall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ibeabuchi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lothall thinking.
Lothall shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ibeabuchi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lothall looks winded!
Ibeabuchi catches Lothall with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Lothar Lothall has been cut.
Ibeabuchi catches Lothall with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ibeabuchi punishes Lothall's body with a nice straight punch.
Ibeabuchi lands a big right hand that sends Lothall crashing to the mat! Ibeabuchi stays standing though and waves Lothall back to his feet!
Lothall is rocked!
That has opened up Lothar Lothall's cut even more.
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!
Ibeabuchi lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Lothall is looking to close the distance but Ibeabuchi sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Lothall crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Lothall is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Ike Ibeabuchi!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rober Garfield (ranked 4653 p4p, 460 weight class) and Caspian Waters (ranked 3747 p4p, 397 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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260 lbs
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275 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rober Garfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Caspian Waters!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waters has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Garfield connects with a crisp jab.
Waters takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garfield fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garfield dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Waters takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Caspian Waters has been cut.
Garfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Garfield scores with a hook to the body. Waters takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Waters looks winded!
Garfield scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garfield throws a body shot but no joy.
Garfield is looking to wear down Waters with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Waters takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Waters with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garfield to score with a decent uppercut.
Waters bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Garfield comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Waters falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Waters was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rober Garfield!
After the fight, Rober Garfield was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eliott Leighton (ranked 2676 p4p, 361 weight class) and Fred Dodd (ranked 2188 p4p, 303 weight class). Leighton comes into the arena with Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood 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.
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eliott Leighton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fred Dodd!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dodd just misses with a punch to the body.
Eliott Leighton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dodd throws a head kick but Leighton moves out of range.
As Dodd tries to get set, Leighton tries to push him back and clinch up but Dodd manages to avoid the attempt.
Dodd motions for Leighton to come forward. Dodd throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leighton closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dodd.
Leighton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leighton throws a head punch that misses.
Leighton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dodd is stalling here.
Leighton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dodd working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leighton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dodd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dodd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dodd misses with some punches.
Dodd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dodd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leighton misses with a punch on the inside.
Leighton lands a hook that snaps the head of Dodd backwards.
Leighton lands with a light punch inside.
Dodd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dodd effectively controlling the action here.
Leighton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dodd slows down the pace here.
Dodd taking a breather.
Leighton scores with a shoulder strike.
Leighton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dodd has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Leighton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dodd can turn it around.
Dodd prevents a body shot from Leighton.
The referee is keeping an eye on Leighton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Leighton misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leighton misses with a knee strike.
Dodd stalling against the cage.
Leighton misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Leighton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Leighton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dodd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leighton.
Leighton misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Leighton's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Come on Dodd - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Leighton has a couple of punches blocked by Dodd.
Leighton throws a punch but it's blocked by Dodd.
Leighton tries a body shot but Dodd blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dodd throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leighton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leighton has Dodd pressed against the cage.
Leighton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dodd backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Leighton lands an uppercut.
Leighton misses with an elbow over the top.
Dodd taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leighton.
Leighton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Leighton has a couple of punches blocked by Dodd.
Dodd dodges an elbow strike from Leighton.
Dodd has Leighton pushed against the cage.
Leighton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leighton stalling in the clinch but Dodd improves position.
Nice body punch from Leighton - that landed with a thud.
Dodd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leighton tries to throw a body punch but Dodd avoids it by throwing Leighton back against the cage.
Dodd swings wildly with an uppercut but Leighton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dodd.
Dodd avoids a wild elbow strike from Leighton.
Dodd working aggressively here.
Leighton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Leighton throws an elbow but misses.
Leighton can't find room to land a body shot as Dodd controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Leighton.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leighton throws a head punch that misses.
Dodd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eliott Leighton dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Leighton lands a nice hook to Dodd's body. Dodd takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dodd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dodd throws a nice looking combination but Leighton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leighton misses with a wild combination.
Dodd is looking for the big counter here.
Leighton misses with a hook. Dodd ducked under it nicely.
Dodd lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dodd.
Dodd throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Leighton on the side of the head.
Dodd moves out of range of the strikes.
Leighton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dodd.
Leighton 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.
Leighton lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leighton ducks right into an uppercut from Dodd.
Leighton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dodd.
Dodd misses with a double jab
and Leighton counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dodd is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Leighton 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.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dodd scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dodd swings wildly with an uppercut but Leighton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Leighton.
Leighton throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leighton.
Leighton tries to work over Dodd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dodd leaning against his opponent.
Leighton blocks an uppercut.
Leighton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Leighton fails to land.
Dodd manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dodd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leighton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dodd explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Leighton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leighton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dodd shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leighton moves into the clinch.
Leighton has a couple of punches blocked by Dodd.
Leighton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Leighton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dodd can do to turn this around?
Leighton throws a punch but it's blocked by Dodd.
Dodd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leighton presses Dodd against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dodd lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leighton misses with the head strike.
Leighton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dodd wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Dodd fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dodd.
Leighton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dodd trying to stall but Leighton improves his position.
Dodd tries a body shot but Leighton blocks it.
Eliott Leighton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Leighton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dodd's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodd slowing the pace effectively.
Leighton landing knees to the head.
It looks like Fred Dodd has been cut.
Leighton tries to throw a body punch but Dodd avoids it by throwing Leighton back against the cage.
Dodd lands an uppercut.
Leighton lands with a light punch inside.
Leighton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leighton prevents Dodd from breaking the clinch.
Dodd scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Leighton.
Leighton tries to throw a body punch but Dodd avoids it by throwing Leighton back against the cage.
Leighton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leighton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dodd up against the cage.
Dodd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leighton backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dodd lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dodd taking a breather.
Leighton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leighton.
Leighton works on Dodd's body with a couple of short punches.
Leighton tries a body shot but Dodd blocks it.
Leighton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Dodd.
Dodd lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dodd just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leighton's brow.
Dodd gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leighton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dodd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leighton taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Fred Dodd will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Fred Dodd's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Leighton.
Leighton throws a lazy body kick
and Dodd counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leighton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dodd.
Leighton slips under a jab from Dodd.
Fred Dodd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dodd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dodd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leighton connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dodd. Dodd circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Leighton scores with a jab to the head.
Leighton wants to clinch.
Dodd pushes Leighton up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leighton cracks Dodd with a nice body shot.
Leighton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leighton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leighton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Leighton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dodd scores with a shoulder strike.
Come on Leighton - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Leighton lands a nice uppercut.
Leighton swings wildly with an uppercut but Dodd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dodd blocking some punches.
Leighton throws a punch but it's blocked by Dodd.
Dodd lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Leighton on the inside.
Leighton misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dodd missing with knees to the body.
Leighton lands with a left to the head.
Dodd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leighton.
Dodd is trying to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Leighton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dodd blocks an uppercut.
Dodd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dodd throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leighton.
Dodd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dodd looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Leighton misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leighton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leighton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dodd backwards.
Nice body punch from Leighton.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dodd swings wildly with an uppercut but Leighton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leighton misses with a body punch.
Dodd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leighton pushes Dodd back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Leighton misses with some punches.
Leighton scores with a shot to the side of Dodd's head.
Leighton is struggling to control the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Leighton.
Leighton misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dodd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Leighton struggles to land a body shot inside as Dodd controls his hands.
Dodd lands with a right to the head.
Leighton lands a shoulder strike.
Leighton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leighton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leighton taking a breather.
Leighton lands a left hand.
Leighton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leighton blocks the elbow strike.
Dodd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dodd throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leighton can't find room to land a body shot as Dodd controls the action.
Leighton lands a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eliott Leighton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Leighton 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eliott Leighton!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Eliott Leighton waved his t-shirt featuring Pit Bull Development's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dale Bomber (ranked 1481 p4p, 192 weight class) and Brent Reid (ranked 2773 p4p, 305 weight class). Reid is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: At The Hundredth Meridian - The Tragically Hip. Dale Bomber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dale Bomber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brent Reid!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Bomber.
Reid throws an overhand right that lands on Bomber's shoulder, as Bomber tries to avoid the shot.
Bomber slips under a jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Reid has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Reid shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bomber napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bomber dodges the ground and pound from Reid.
Reid throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bomber parries the strikes from Reid easily there. Reid is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bomber to escape.
The ground and pound from Reid seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Reid is working Bomber over with some ground and pound from side control.
Reid scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bomber to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reid sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bomber is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Reid throws an elbow but Bomber slips to the side and avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reid scoring with punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Reid moves into full mount!
Reid trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bomber blocking the ground and pound.
Reid thowing shots but they're missing.
Bomber holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Reid tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Reid jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Bomber manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Bomber has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Reid but great work by Bomber.
Reid is trying to escape the position but Bomber is controlling the position.
Reid regains half guard.
Reid is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Reid has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bomber is working away from the top position though.
Reid is pressing down on Bomber's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid looking for a sweep. Not yet Reid, not yet.
Reid working for a triangle but Bomber defends it easily.
Reid looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bomber passes into side control.
You can see the frustration on Reid's face as Bomber controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reid gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brent Reid dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Reid shoots for a takedown but Bomber saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reid fails to land the takedown.
Bomber connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reid momentarily.
Reid takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Reid thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bomber appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Reid is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bomber.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reid throws a looping overhand right but Bomber ducks down to avoid it.
Bomber cracks Reid with an open hand slap.
Reid is rocked!
Bomber stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bomber wants it to stay on the feet.
Reid is still on wobbly legs! Can Bomber finish him?
Dale Bomber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brent Reid.
Reid throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bomber counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dale Bomber!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Domingo Chavez (ranked 819 p4p, 110 weight class) and Alen Ohanian (ranked 1172 p4p, 158 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 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingo Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alen Ohanian!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ohanian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chavez has time to react.
Chavez 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.
Ohanian misses with an uppercut.
Domingo Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ohanian.
Ohanian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ohanian 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.
Nice uppercut lands for Ohanian. That snapped Chavez's head back.
Chavez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ohanian if he has to take too many more of those.
Chavez blocks a jab.
Ohanian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ohanian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
A good leg kick by Chavez.
Chavez connects with a body shot that sends Ohanian's belly button to the back.
Ohanian throws a body shot but no joy.
Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ohanian.
Chavez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ohanian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chavez finds it's way round the side to connect with Ohanian's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohanian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chavez.
Ohanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Ohanian misses with a double jab
letting Chavez counter with a right hand.
Ohanian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chavez blocks a jab.
Ohanian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chavez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ohanian connects with the punch.
Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Ohanian ducks down to avoid it.
Ohanian defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Chavez works the jab nicely.
Ohanian looks to land a body kick but Chavez moved away.
Chavez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chavez misses with a body shot.
Ohanian throws a leg kick but Chavez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ohanian, right into the meat.
Chavez lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ohanian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ohanian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ohanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chavez throws a poor cross that misses
and Ohanian counters with a stiff right hand.
Chavez throws an off balance right hand
and Ohanian counters with a leg kick.
Ohanian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chavez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ohanian connects with a leg kick. Chavez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chavez throws an overhand right that lands on Ohanian's shoulder, as Ohanian tries to avoid the shot.
Ohanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Chavez misses.
Chavez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ohanian misses with a hook
and Chavez counters with a solid body kick.
Ohanian connects with a crisp jab.
A clash of legs there as Chavez blocks the low kick.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ohanian.
Chavez misses with a left hand
and Ohanian counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a body punch
and Ohanian counters with a stiff right hand.
Ohanian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Good leg kick by Chavez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ohanian goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chavez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ohanian just manages to avoid it.
Chavez throws a front kick aimed at Ohanian's knee but Ohanian avoids it well.
Ohanian misses with a low kick.
Ohanian misses with a jab to the body
and Chavez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ohanian's knee momentarily.
Chavez throws a jab when Ohanian was well out of range.
Chavez throws a jab but it's blocked by Ohanian.
Chavez with a jab.
Chavez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chavez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ohanian blocks a low kick nicely.
Ohanian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chavez at a distance.
Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Ohanian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chavez throwing a counter right hand but Ohanian manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chavez delivers a nice body kick.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Ohanian slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Chavez.
Chavez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ohanian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Ohanian slips the punch.
Chavez misses with an uppercut. Ohanian saw that one coming.
Chavez works the jab nicely.
Chavez throws a nice head kick!
Ohanian throws out a leg kick but Chavez moves out of range and Ohanian only half commits.
Nice jab there from Ohanian.
Chavez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ohanian throws a jab but it's blocked by Chavez.
Nice defenses there by Ohanian.
Ohanian misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ohanian throws a push kick but Chavez slaps the foot to one side.
Chavez lands a nice hook to Ohanian's body. Ohanian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jab, jab by Chavez - just one landing.
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 Domingo Chavez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ohanian throws a big shot that misses.
Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chavez misses with a body punch
and Chavez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ohanian checks a low kick from Chavez.
A big left from Chavez misses.
Ohanian clobbers Chavez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A lazy left from Ohanian finds it's target.
Ohanian with a hook.
Chavez throws the left hand but Ohanian avoids the punch easily.
Ohanian throws a big shot that misses.
Ohanian moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Ohanian misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chavez avoids a kick to the body.
Ohanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
Ohanian throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Chavez counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez lands a nice shot that snaps Ohanian's head back.
Chavez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Chavez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ohanian.
Chavez lands a jab to Ohanian's midsection.
Ohanian throws a jab but it's blocked by Chavez.
Ohanian just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ohanian wants to land a leg kick but Chavez is out of range.
Ohanian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ohanian moves out of range of the leg kick from Chavez.
Chavez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ohanian tries a quick counter leg kick but Chavez is wise to it.
Ohanian lands with a thumping leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Ohanian ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Ohanian only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Chavez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ohanian misses with a lunging right hand
and Chavez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ohanian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chavez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ohanian drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ohanian scores with a punch to the head.
Chavez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
A shot to the liver by Ohanian. Beautiful body shot.
Ohanian throws a body shot but no joy.
Ohanian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
Ohanian misses with an uppercut.
Chavez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chavez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chavez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chavez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Chavez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ohanian misses with a leg kick
and Chavez counters with a good, hard body kick but Ohanian shrugs it off.
Ohanian loads up on a big right hand but Chavez slips the punch.
Ohanian has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chavez.
Ohanian throws a lazy uppercut
and Chavez counters with a nice uppercut.
Ohanian throws a jab when Chavez was well out of range.
Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ohanian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab by Ohanian.
Chavez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That kick from Ohanian tenderised Chavez's leg. Chavez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ohanian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chavez.
Ohanian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chavez.
Chavez misses with a body shot
and Ohanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
Ohanian misses with a hook.
Chavez has closed the distance and engaged Ohanian in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ohanian.
Chavez lands a nice uppercut.
Chavez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohanian lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chavez keeps control of Ohanian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ohanian pushes Chavez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohanian blocks a body shot from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ohanian is trying to break the clinch but Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Ohanian lands a shoulder strike.
Ohanian can't break the clinch.
Ohanian prevents a body shot from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a body punch.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chavez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chavez lands a body shot.
Ohanian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chavez throws a head punch that misses.
Chavez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ohanian throws a series of punches but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chavez quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Chavez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohanian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ohanian digs a good hook to Chavez's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alen Ohanian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. 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.
Ohanian slips a straight right by Chavez.
Chavez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ohanian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ohanian pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chavez is out of range and Ohanian settles back down.
Chavez throws a body punch but Ohanian moves out of range.
Ohanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Ohanian avoids the body shot from Chavez.
Ohanian throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Ohanian misses with a looping left.
Ohanian throws a series of punches but Chavez avoids them all with ease.
Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ohanian.
It looked like Chavez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice uppercut there from Chavez.
Ohanian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ohanian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chavez with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chavez looks to land a right hand but Ohanian moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Chavez.
Ohanian misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez throws out a loose jab but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohanian throws a right hand that Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Chavez also avoids with ease.
Ohanian feints a jab promting Chavez to slip. Ohanian then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chavez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ohanian checks a low kick from Chavez.
Ohanian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chavez.
A cross from Chavez lands.
Ohanian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ohanian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chavez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ohanian moves out of range of the body kick from Chavez.
Ohanian scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Chavez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chavez throws a shot from downtown. Ohanian moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chavez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ohanian counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chavez throws a leg kick but Ohanian moved away.
Domingo Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Ohanian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ohanian avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Chavez throws a shot from downtown. Ohanian moves away and avoids it.
Ohanian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chavez counters with a straight right hand.
Chavez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chavez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ohanian's sensitive parts.
Ohanian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ohanian takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ohanian takes a swing at Chavez's ribcage but misses.
And Chavez counters with a quick kick to the body but Ohanian blocks it.
Ohanian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chavez.
The crowd cheers as Ohanian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chavez doesn't seem phased though.
Chavez slips a jab from Ohanian.
Ohanian defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Ohanian.
Ohanian scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez pushes Ohanian away with a front kick.
Ohanian chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chavez can pounce on him.
Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ohanian.
Chavez throws a lazy right hand but Ohanian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ohanian scores with a jab to the body.
Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ohanian.
Ohanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Chavez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ohanian looks to land a combination but Chavez avoids it well.
Chavez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Chavez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ohanian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chavez jabs Ohanian right on the nose. Ohanian blinks but takes it well.
Chavez moves away from the strike by Ohanian.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ohanian was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Chavez scores with a nice head shot.
Chavez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez scores with a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Chavez scores with a jab to the body.
Chavez scores with a jab to the head.
Ohanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
Ohanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Chavez.
Ohanian throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chavez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ohanian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ohanian defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Chavez moves out of range of the body kick from Ohanian.
Chavez connects with a body shot that sends Ohanian's belly button to the back.
Ohanian moves out of range of the body kick from Chavez.
Ohanian misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chavez throws the left hand but Ohanian avoids the punch easily.
Ohanian misses with a body shot
and Chavez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Domingo Chavez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chavez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Domingo Chavez!
Domingo Chavez 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Tapani Kansalainen (ranked 863 p4p, 100 weight class) and Tom Rivers (ranked 1923 p4p, 189 weight class). Rivers has chosen start from scratch as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tapani Kansalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers misses with a looping right.
Kansalainen throws a big counter combination but Rivers scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rivers misses with a looping right.
Kansalainen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rivers with a nice cross.
Kansalainen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rivers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers connects with a nice looking jab.
Kansalainen misses with a lunging right hand
letting Rivers counter with a right hand.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
Rivers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tapani Kansalainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Rivers.
Kansalainen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
Rivers throws a big shot that misses.
Kansalainen slips a straight right by Rivers.
Kansalainen ducks under a wild hook from Rivers.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kansalainen slips under a jab from Rivers.
Rivers scores with a shot to the body.
Kansalainen throws an off balance right hand
and Rivers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rivers walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kansalainen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rivers tests Kansalainen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rivers counters with a one-two to the body.
Kansalainen throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kansalainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheers as Rivers lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kansalainen doesn't seem phased though.
Kansalainen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Tom Rivers has been cut.
Rivers moves out of range as Kansalainen strikes.
We've been told by Kansalainen's head coaches at Gangsterdamage that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rivers misses with an uppercut. Kansalainen saw that one coming.
Kansalainen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kansalainen throws a hook to the side of Rivers's head but Rivers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Kansalainen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kansalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Kansalainen throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Kansalainen misses the target.
Kansalainen staying out of range there.
Rivers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kansalainen misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kansalainen. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Some wild striking there from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivers looks to land a combination but Kansalainen avoids it well.
Kansalainen is looking to counter punch.
Kansalainen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rivers's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kansalainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kansalainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivers.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kansalainen doesn't seem bothered though.
Rivers moves out of range of the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivers is just out of range.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kansalainen moves away.
Kansalainen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riverss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rivers is rocked!
Kansalainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rivers.
Kansalainen misses the jab.
Rivers slips a jab and a cross from Kansalainen.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen misses with a body punch
enabling Rivers to counter with a crisp jab.
Rivers 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.
Kansalainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Rivers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rivers 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.
A slow jab from Kansalainen misses its intended target.
Kansalainen misses the jab.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Kansalainen misses with a straight left.
A left lands for Rivers.
Kansalainen jabs Rivers right on the nose. Rivers blinks but takes it well.
Nice defenses there by Rivers.
Rivers throws a hook to the side of Kansalainen's head but Kansalainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Kansalainen misses the target.
Rivers misses with a series of wild punches.
A quick step to the side and Kansalainen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kansalainen staying out of range there.
Kansalainen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rivers slips under a jab from Kansalainen.
Rivers slips a jab from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen cracks Rivers with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kansalainen misses the jab.
Kansalainen misses with the combination.
Jab from Rivers.
Rivers has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kansalainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kansalainen cracks Rivers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rivers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kansalainen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kansalainen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kansalainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Kansalainen takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Kansalainen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rivers defending well as Kansalainen loads up on a big left hand.
Rivers rushes Kansalainen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
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 Tapani Kansalainen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tom Rivers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
A nice side step and Rivers releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tom Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Decent striking displayed by Kansalainen there.
Kansalainen misses with a looping left.
Rivers throws out a counter right but Kansalainen avoids it with no problem.
Rivers looks to land a right hand but Kansalainen moved out of range.
Kansalainen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen misses the shot to the body.
Kansalainen misses with a hook.
Kansalainen connects with the punch.
Rivers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kansalainen takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Tapani Kansalainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kansalainen lands a nice hook to Rivers's body. Rivers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kansalainen lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kansalainen lands with a good body shot.
Rivers misses with a double jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rivers might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kansalainen has got the better of the exchanges.
Kansalainen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rivers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kansalainen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rivers momentarily.
Rivers is still on wobbly legs! Can Kansalainen finish him?
Rivers throws a series of punches but Kansalainen avoids them all with ease.
Kansalainen lands a nice looking body shot.
Rivers throws a jab when Kansalainen was well out of range.
Rivers throws a big shot that misses.
Rivers seems to have recovered his senses.
Rivers throws a lazy uppercut
and Rivers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kansalainen throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Kansalainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Kansalainen misses the target.
Rivers let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kansalainen lands a body shot.
Rivers lands with a nice body punch.
Kansalainen blocks a jab.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
Kansalainen 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Rivers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rivers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen lands a body shot.
Kansalainen cracks a nice hook into Rivers's ribs.
Rivers connects with a jab.
Kansalainen throws a jab when Rivers was well out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kansalainen misses the target.
A shot to the liver by Rivers. Beautiful body shot.
Rivers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kansalainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Good exchange - Rivers coming out on top.
Rivers misses with a hook.
Kansalainen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kansalainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Rivers avoids the body shot from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers misses with a looping left.
Kansalainen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivers doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen misses with a body shot.
Rivers throws a jab when Kansalainen was well out of range.
Kansalainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
Kansalainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Kansalainen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rivers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Good shot there by Kansalainen.
Rivers throws a looping overhand right but Kansalainen ducks down to avoid it.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kansalainen.
Rivers lands with an overhand left.
Rivers throws a body shot but no joy.
Kansalainen is looking to counter punch.
Rivers lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kansalainen just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kansalainen connects with a crisp jab.
Kansalainen scores with a hook to the body. Rivers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Rivers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen 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.
Kansalainen misses with a straight right.
Kansalainen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Kansalainen thuds a left hand into Rivers's body.
Kansalainen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rivers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Kansalainen lands.
Kansalainen slips under a jab.
Kansalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Kansalainen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kansalainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kansalainen throws a looping overhand right but Rivers ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers moves forwards but Kansalainen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kansalainen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivers.
Rivers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kansalainen drops Rivers with a naaaaasty hook - Rivers is in real trouble here! Kansalainen dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tapani Kansalainen!
Tapani Kansalainen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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FIGHT
RATING
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