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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Bellafontane (ranked 7833 p4p, 234 weight class) and Josh Heath (ranked 5909 p4p, 112 weight class). Heath is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Blaze all day -by KOTTONMOUTH KINGS. Sam Bellafontane could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Josh Heath 's chin.
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250 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sam Bellafontane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Heath !
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bellafontane.
Bellafontane bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Heath has one of Bellafontane's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Heath is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bellafontane's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Heath moves into full guard.
Bellafontane wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Heath 's closed guard. He's half up but Heath has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Heath pivots and extends the arm, Bellafontane falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Heath ! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Josh Heath !
Josh Heath thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddrick Constantine (ranked 3498 p4p, 136 weight class) and Richie Hutchins (ranked 7460 p4p, 229 weight class). Freddrick Constantine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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290 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Freddrick Constantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richie Hutchins!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Topper Green and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Constantine lands a high kick!
Constantine throws a head kick but Hutchins moves out of range.
Hutchins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Constantine.
Constantine scores with a nice right hand.
Hutchins defending well as Constantine loads up on a big left hand.
Hutchins drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Constantine defends it well.
Hutchins moves into the clinch.
Hutchins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Constantine slowing the pace effectively.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Constantine misses with a knee strike.
Constantine trying to stall but Hutchins improves his position.
A short right from Constantine.
Constantine looking to throw knees to the head but Hutchins is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine working aggressively here.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Hutchins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Constantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Constantine's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Constantine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Hutchins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Constantine misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Constantine is stalling here.
Constantine leaning against his opponent.
Constantine utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Constantine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hutchins.
Constantine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Constantine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins letting Constantine take a breather here.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.
Hutchins cracks Constantine with a nice body shot.
Constantine tries to stall but Hutchins uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hutchins avoiding damage as Constantine throws knees to the body.
Constantine content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hutchins tries to throw a body punch but Constantine avoids it by throwing Hutchins back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddrick Constantine dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A head kick misses from Hutchins.
Hutchins darts in looking for a takedown but Constantine gets double underhooks and turns Hutchins into the ropes.
Constantine feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Constantine looks to throw the jab but Hutchins is out of range.
Freddrick Constantine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good leg kick by Constantine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hutchins clinches up with Constantine and pushes him back against the ropes.
Constantine scores with a shoulder strike.
Constantine stalling in the clinch but Hutchins improves position.
Constantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Hutchins.
Constantine taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Hutchins.
Constantine with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Constantine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.
Hutchins wants to get back to striking at distance but Constantine won't allow it.
Constantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Hutchins.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.
Hutchins letting Constantine take a breather here.
Constantine stalls.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Constantine for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hutchins wants to stall.
Constantine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine lands a nice uppercut.
Hutchins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hutchins avoiding damage as Constantine throws knees to the body.
Constantine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Constantine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hutchins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Constantine is trying to maintain a safe position but Hutchins gets an underhook and turns Constantine into the ropes.
Constantine working Hutchins over with knees to the body.
Hutchins is breathing heavily.
Hutchins can't find room to land a body shot as Constantine controls the action.
Hutchins misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins blocking some punches.
Hutchins trying to control the position but instead, Constantine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hutchins into the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hutchins.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hutchins.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine tries a knee to the head but Hutchins blocks it.
Constantine landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Constantine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hutchins.
Constantine lands with a light punch inside.
Constantine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Freddrick Constantine has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Constantine looking to throw knees to the head but Hutchins is blocking nicely.
Constantine taking a breather.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Constantine stalling in the clinch.
Constantine will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hutchins up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddrick Constantine dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Constantine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hutchins does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Constantine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hutchins has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Constantine looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Constantine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hutchins avoids the head kick by Constantine.
Constantine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Constantine.
Constantine throws a sloppy head kick and Hutchins moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hutchins goes for a double leg but Constantine avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Constantine continues to drive forward.
Constantine thows a body kick. Hutchins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hutchins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hutchins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Constantine can pounce on him.
Constantine misses with a hook.
And Hutchins tries to counter it with a takedown but Constantine pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Constantine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine scores with a head kick.
Constantine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Constantine rushes Hutchins and presses him up against the ropes.
Constantine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Constantine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hutchins backwards.
Hutchins is trying to break free.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Constantine tries a knee to the head but Hutchins blocks it.
Constantine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hutchins.
Hutchins stalling in the clinch but Constantine improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins misses with an elbow over the top.
Constantine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hutchins backwards.
Constantine looking to slow down the pace here.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine prevents a body shot from Hutchins.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Constantine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Constantine tries to land knees in the clinch but Hutchins avoids the damage to the body.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine missing with knees to the body.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine gets through Hutchins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Constantine just leaning against Hutchins, taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Constantine tries to land knees in the clinch but Hutchins avoids the damage to the body.
Hutchins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Constantine obliges.
Hutchins avoiding damage as Constantine throws knees to the body.
Constantine is trying to maintain a safe position but Hutchins gets an underhook and turns Constantine into the ropes.
Constantine working Hutchins over with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Constantine.
A bit of stalling here from Constantine.
Constantine blocking some punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice left hand lands by Hutchins.
Richie Hutchins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Freddrick Constantine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hutchins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Freddrick Constantine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Constantine 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddrick Constantine!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Sierra (ranked 5777 p4p, 202 weight class) and Muhammad Khalil (ranked 5781 p4p, 109 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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285 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Felix Sierra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Muhammad Khalil!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Watson and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khalil lands with an overhand left.
Khalil throws a low kick but Sierra avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Khalil with a jab.
Sierra lands with a kick to the temple. Khalil shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sierra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khalil lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Khalil forces Sierra back against the ropes and clinches.
Sierra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Khalil lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khalil tries to break free but Sierra pushes him back against the ropes.
Sierra tries to land knees in the clinch but Khalil avoids the damage to the body.
Khalil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sierra wants to clinch up but Khalil keeps it at a distance.
Khalil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khalil feints a jab promting Sierra to slip. Khalil then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sierra slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sierra takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalil pushes Sierra up against the ropes in a clinch.
Khalil throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khalil avoiding damage as Sierra throws knees to the body.
Sierra avoids the elbow strike from Khalil, against the ropes.
Khalil lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khalil tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khalil avoiding damage as Sierra throws knees to the body.
Khalil tries to land knees in the clinch but Sierra avoids the damage to the body.
Khalil has had enough of the clinch but Sierra keeps him there for the moment.
Sierra leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Khalil throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sierra tries to land knees in the clinch but Khalil avoids the damage to the body.
Sierra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khalil is trying to break the clinch but Sierra is controlling him.
Khalil misses with an elbow over the top.
Khalil is trying to break the clinch but Sierra has him pressed against the ropes.
Sierra working Khalil over with knees to the body.
Sierra prevents Khalil from breaking the clinch.
Sierra crunches a lovely knee into Khalil's ribcage.
Sierra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sierra throws a head kick but Khalil moves out of range.
Sierra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sierra throws a counter high kick but Khalil was just alert enough to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sierra tries a head kick but it misses.
Khalil lands with an overhand left.
Khalil blocks a head kick by Sierra.
Khalil moves out of range of the leg kick from Sierra.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalil lands a jab.
Khalil throws a leg kick that misses.
Sierra takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sierra throws a head kick that misses.
Khalil looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Khalil does it's job there.
Sierra takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sierra gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sierra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sierra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sierra walks into a jab.
Sierra tries to clinch but Khalil is having none of it.
Sierra connects with a nice looking jab.
Khalil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sierra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khalil is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sierra had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sierra throws a head kick that half lands.
Sierra is breathing heavily.
Sierra tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Khalil counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sierra throws a lazy head kick
and Khalil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sierra has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sierra there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sierra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice side step and Khalil releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Khalil lands a right hook to the body.
Khalil goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Khalil scores with a nice right hand.
Khalil with a nice cross.
Khalil stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khalil scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sierra walks into a stiff left hand from Khalil.
Khalil scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalil clinches up with Sierra and pushes him back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Khalil dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Khalil fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sierra, pushing him back against the ropes.
Muhammad Khalil seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khalil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Khalil fails to land.
Khalil avoiding damage as Sierra throws knees to the body.
Khalil is looking to control Sierra's arms but Sierra gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khalil has his back to the ropes.
Sierra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khalil lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khalil throws an elbow that misses.
Khalil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sierra is defending well for now.
Khalil trying to control the position but instead, Sierra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khalil into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalil tries to circle away but Sierra has him pinned against the ropes.
Khalil using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sierra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Khalil.
Khalil working hard to break the clinch.
Khalil managing to block the knees to the body from Sierra.
Sierra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khalil wants to break free but Sierra has control.
Khalil trying to stall but Sierra improves his position.
Khalil is breathing heavily.
Sierra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Khalil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Khalil just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sierra's brow.
Sierra displaying some good clinch control by pressing Khalil up against the ropes.
Sierra scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalil takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sierra missing with knees to the body.
Khalil is trying to maintain a safe position but Sierra gets an underhook and turns Khalil into the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sierra obliges.
Sierra stalling the fight.
Sierra landing knees to the body.
Sierra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sierra throws an overhand right that lands on Khalil's shoulder, as Khalil tries to avoid the shot.
Sierra lands a big head kick that sends Khalil tumbling to the mat! Sierra takes a step backwards and waves Khalil back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Muhammad Khalil has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sierra tries to clinch up but Khalil circles away and keeps his distance.
Khalil swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sierra clinches up against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sierra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khalil is defending well for now.
Sierra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sierra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crack! A monster head kick from Sierra and Khalil falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Sierra!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Felix Sierra!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Habana (ranked 5779 p4p, 110 weight class) and Augusto Carvarlo (ranked 5780 p4p, 107 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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245 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benny Habana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Augusto Carvarlo!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Chris Dean and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Habana is looking to clinch.
Habana throws a sloppy head kick and Carvarlo moves out of range easily.
Carvarlo tries to clinch up.
Habana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carvarlo.
Carvarlo throws a series of punches but Habana avoids them all with ease.
Carvarlo cracks Habana with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Habana lands a head kick!
Carvarlo lands with a shot to the body.
Carvarlo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Habana misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Habana working hard to break the clinch.
Habana is looking to control Carvarlo's arms but Carvarlo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Habana has his back to the ropes.
Carvarlo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Habana - that landed with a thud.
Habana throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carvarlos head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Habana avoids a wild elbow strike from Carvarlo.
Carvarlo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Habana's efforts to push away.
Carvarlo managing to block the knees to the body from Habana.
Carvarlo avoiding damage as Habana throws knees to the body.
Carvarlo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Habana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carvarlo avoids it.
Carvarlo is trying to stall.
Carvarlo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carvarlo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Carvarlo misses.
Habana throws a quick counter kick to the body but Carvarlo avoids it.
Carvarlo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Habana moves away.
Habana tries to close the distance and clinch but Carvarlo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carvarlo throws a series of punches but Habana avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvarlo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Habana avoids the body shot from Carvarlo.
Habana is looking for a counter combo.
Carvarlo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Habana was well out of range. Poor timing from Carvarlo.
Habana has taken the fight to the clinch.
Habana avoids the elbow strike from Carvarlo, against the ropes.
Habana has had enough of the clinch but Carvarlo keeps him there for the moment.
Carvarlo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carvarlo tries to clinch up.
A little feinted left hand from Habana on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Carvarlo connects with a body shot that sends Habana's belly button to the back.
Carvarlo throws a hook but Habana blocks it.
Habana looks to land a combination but Carvarlo avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carvarlo tries to work over Habana's front leg with a kick but Habana checks it.
Habana lands with a kick to the ribs.
Habana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carvarlo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Carvarlo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Habana.
Carvarlo connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvarlo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Habana seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Habana moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Habana swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Habana misses with a two punch combination.
Habana throws a sloppy head kick and Carvarlo moves out of range easily.
Habana misses with a two punch combination.
Carvarlo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Carvarlo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No joy there for Habana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Habana is breathing heavily.
Carvarlo throws a low kick but Habana avoids it.
Habana takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carvarlo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Augusto Carvarlo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Carvarlo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Habana scores with a sloppy right hand. Carvarlo should have avoided that one.
Carvarlo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carvarlo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Habana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Carvarlo moves into the clinch.
Carvarlo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Habana's efforts to push away.
Habana breaks from the clinch.
Carvarlo misses with a straight left.
Carvarlo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Habana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab by Carvarlo.
Habana wants to clinch up but Carvarlo keeps it at a distance.
Habana connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Augusto Carvarlo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Carvarlo throws a jab but it's blocked by Habana.
Habana throws a head kick but Carvarlo moves out of range.
Carvarlo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benny Habana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carvarlo tries to clinch up.
Carvarlo throws a solid leg kick but Habana takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Carvarlo.
Carvarlo darts in and clinches Habana up against the ropes.
Habana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Habana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Habana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carvarlo has him pressed against the ropes.
Carvarlo throws an elbow that misses.
Carvarlo lands an elbow just above Habana 's eye.
It looks like Benny Habana has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carvarlo misses with an elbow over the top.
Habana takes an elbow to the temple.
Habana is rocked!
Carvarlo throws an elbow but it misses.
Oh Habana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carvarlo has Habana pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Habana is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Carvarlo - that's hurt Habana badly! Oh, another knee lands and Habana is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Habana doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Augusto Carvarlo!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zack Crowder (ranked 6136 p4p, 208 weight class) and Rick Rude (ranked 7036 p4p, 223 weight class). Crowder comes into the arena with Arms wide open by-CREED blaring out of the sound system. Rude is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Beautiful people-by MARILYN MANSON. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zack Crowder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Rude!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rude connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Zack Crowder has been cut.
Crowder moves out of range of the strikes.
Crowder on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Crowder gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rude.
Rude throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crowder throwing a counter right hand but Rude manages to avoid it.
Crowder misses the shot to the body.
Rude slips under a jab from Crowder.
It seemed like Rude was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rude throws a looping overhand right but Crowder ducks down to avoid it.
Crowder takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crowder scores with a shot to the body.
Rude misses with a wild body shot.
Rude takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crowder misses with a straight right.
Rude unleashes a big counter combination but Crowder bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A jab from Rude finds it's way through Crowder's defenses.
Rude misses with a looping right.
A combination from Rude does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowder gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Rude gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Crowder is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Rude!
In defeat, Zack Crowder stepped up to the mic, saying 'Chewbacca noises'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herbal The Leaf (ranked 4851 p4p, 92 weight class) and Jacek Kaniecki (ranked 23657 p4p, 140 weight class). Jacek Kaniecki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herbal The Leaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jacek Kaniecki!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Francis DeMontford and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Leaf takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kaniecki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kaniecki has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as The Leaf is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The Leaf gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Kaniecki to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaniecki with a jab.
Kaniecki throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends The Leaf stumbling backwards into the ropes! The Leaf bounces back off the ropes towards Kaniecki, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Kaniecki lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Kaniecki celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jacek Kaniecki!
Jacek Kaniecki 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Anderson (ranked 4284 p4p, 153 weight class) and Andrew Elliot (ranked 3406 p4p, 73 weight class). Anderson comes into the arena with For Whom The Bell Tolls by-METALLICA 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lars Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Elliot!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Watson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Elliot to the ground. Anderson is now in Elliot's guard.
Elliot keeping full guard, as Anderson tries to pass.
Anderson stopping the sweep attempt from Elliot.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Elliot is keeping the position.
We've been hearing that Anderson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Elliot keeps moving.
Anderson is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elliot is looking for a triangle but Anderson pushes his legs off easily.
Anderson slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to control. Elliot wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Elliot tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
Anderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Elliot on the ground.
Anderson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Elliot has managed to free his arm - good work.
Anderson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Anderson is pressing down on Elliot's thigh, looking to free his foot. Elliot is holding on for now.
Elliot is pressing down on Anderson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson won't allow Elliot to sweep him here.
Elliot lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anderson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Elliot is aware though and is defending well.
Elliot in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Elliot throws a big right hand that misses.
Elliot is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Anderson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Elliot sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Anderson's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Elliot is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Anderson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elliot not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Anderson looking for submissions off his back.
Anderson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Elliot thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Elliot is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Anderson is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andrew Elliot!
Andrew Elliot is the new super heavyweight champion!
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