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The Island Season 9, 205 lbs, Round 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 2948 p4p, 335 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 116 p4p, 16 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Olha a Explosão. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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211 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kazushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sakuraba is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gracie's half guard.
Sakuraba has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Sakuraba is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sakuraba has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sakuraba is sitting in close to Gracie's body. Gracie has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Sakuraba is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Sakuraba is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Gracie.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artur Gutu (ranked 1507 p4p, 191 weight class) and Tom Jahr (ranked 3536 p4p, 0 weight class). Artur Gutu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tom Jahr's chin.
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213 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Artur Gutu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Jahr!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gutu lands a nice looking body shot.
Gutu works Jahr's body with a nice hook.
Jahr gets the takedown into side control.
Gutu explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Gutu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jahr.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gutu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jahr, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gutu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gutu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jahr throws a head punch that misses.
Gutu lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Tom Jahr has been cut.
Gutu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gutu lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gutu.
Jahr can't get the takedown.
Clinched against the cage, Gutu lands a big elbow that drops Jahr! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Jahr is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Artur Gutu!
Our winner, Artur Gutu, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Watne (ranked 3466 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Kristo (ranked 884 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Kristo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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Excellent MT
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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 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Watne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matt Kristo!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kristo fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kristo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watne swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watne.
Kristo throws out a counter right but Watne avoids it with no problem.
Watne avoids the body shot from Kristo.
Kristo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watne.
Kristo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Watne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watne moves into range and connects with a jab.
Watne scores with a jab.
Watne defending well as Kristo loads up on a big left hand.
Watne's corner calls for a 1-2. Watne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kristo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Watne digs a good body shot into Kristo's ribs.
Kristo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kristo ducks under a wild hook from Watne.
Kristo tries to counter with a clinch but Watne shakes him off and moves away.
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!
Watne looks to score with a jab to the body but Kristo is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Watne.
The fighters circling - Watne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kristo tries to bum rush Watne with a series of wild strikes but Watne uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watne throws the left hand but Kristo avoids the punch easily.
Kristo tries to clinch up but Watne circles away and keeps his distance.
Watne was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kristo misses with a straight right.
Watne thuds his right hand into Kristo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kristo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Watne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Watne slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kristo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Watne lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kristo tries to land a knee to the head but Watne blocks with his arms.
Watne struggles to land a body shot inside as Kristo controls his hands.
Kristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kristo.
Kristo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Watne's defenses.
It looks like Tom Watne has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Watne has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Watne has a couple of punches blocked by Kristo.
Kristo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watne blocks an elbow strike.
Watne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kristo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Watne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tom Watne's cut is getting worse.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kristo throws an elbow but misses.
Kristo misses with a knee strike.
Watne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kristo's elbow.
Watne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Watne lands a shot to the body.
Watne takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tom Watne's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kristo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kristo misses with an elbow strike.
Watne lands with a right to the head.
Watne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kristo pushes off an throws an elbow but Watne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Watne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Watne digs a right hand underneath Kristo's ribcage. Kristo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watne struggles to land a body shot inside as Kristo controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Kristo.
Kristo tries to land knees in the clinch but Watne avoids the damage to the body.
Watne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watne can't find room to land a body shot as Kristo controls the action.
Kristo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kristo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watne is defending well for now.
Watne managing to block the knees to the body from Kristo.
Kristo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watne throws a punch but it's blocked by Kristo.
Watne takes an elbow to the temple.
We've been informed that Kristo has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kristo.
Kristo stalling against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kristo.
Kristo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Watne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watne has a couple of punches blocked by Kristo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristo connects with a knee to the head.
Watne scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kristo misses with some punches.
Watne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watne lands a shot to the body.
Watne misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kristo throws an elbow but misses.
Watne lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kristo looking to throw knees to the head but Watne is blocking nicely.
Watne managing to block the knees to the body from Kristo.
Watne lands with a light punch inside.
Watne lands with a short shot to the head.
Watne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kristo is working Watne over against the cage.
Kristo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watne is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kristo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kristo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kristo prevents a body shot from Watne.
Kristo blocking some punches.
Kristo looking to throw knees to the head but Watne is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Watne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Watne's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kristo throws a poor cross that misses
and Watne counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Watne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kristo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kristo pushes Watne up against the cage in a clinch.
Kristo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Watne here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Kristo stalling the fight.
Watne lands a nice uppercut.
Watne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watne scores with a shot to the side of Kristo's head.
Kristo trying to land knees to the body.
Watne dodges an elbow strike from Kristo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watne.
Kristo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watne avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Watne.
Watne lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watne lands a right hand.
Kristo misses with an elbow strike.
Watne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kristo pushes off an throws an elbow but Watne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Watne tries to throw a body punch but Kristo avoids it by throwing Watne back against the cage.
Matt Kristo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kristo blocks a body shot from Watne.
Watne throws a head punch that misses.
Watne is leaning against Kristo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kristo crunches a lovely knee into Watne's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kristo.
Watne misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kristo.
Watne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kristo can do to turn this around?
Kristo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kristo throws an elbow that misses.
Watne can't find room to land a body shot as Kristo controls the action.
Watne scores with a shot to the side of Kristo's head.
A nice left hand lands by Watne.
Kristo blocks a body shot from Watne.
Watne digs a right hand into Kristo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kristo's gas tank.
Watne lands a hook that snaps the head of Kristo backwards.
Watne pushes Kristo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kristo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kristo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kristo pushes off an throws an elbow but Watne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kristo is trying to maintain a safe position but Watne gets an underhook and turns Kristo into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kristo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Watne's brow.
Watne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kristo tries to land knees in the clinch but Watne avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kristo.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watne.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watne.
Watne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Watne lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Watne.
A right handed body shot lands from Watne.
Kristo is breathing heavily.
Kristo misses with an elbow strike.
Kristo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watne avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watne.
Watne digs a right hand into Kristo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kristo's gas tank.
Watne can't find room to land a body shot as Kristo controls the action.
Watne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watne gets through Kristo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kristo is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watne swings wildly with an uppercut but Kristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kristo is still on wobbly legs! Can Watne finish him?
Watne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watne misses with some punches.
Watne misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watne.
Watne throws a punch but it's blocked by Kristo.
Watne throws a head punch that misses.
Watne misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Watne.
Watne swings wildly with an uppercut but Kristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watne misses with some punches.
Kristo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watne swings wildly with an uppercut but Kristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kristo seems to have recovered his senses.
Watne lands a nice shot to the body.
Watne pushes Kristo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Watne.
Kristo throws an elbow but it misses.
Watne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kristo backwards.
Watne lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kristo.
Jeez, Tom Watne's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Watne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watne struggles to land a body shot inside as Kristo controls his hands.
Watne struggles to land a body shot inside as Kristo controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Watne.
Watne lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristo prevents a body shot from Watne.
Watne misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Watne fails to land.
Watne blocks an elbow strike.
Watne lands a right hand.
Watne misses with a body punch.
Watne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Watne takes an elbow to the temple.
Watne scores with a shot to the side of Kristo's head.
Watne lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Watne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Watne struggles to land a body shot inside as Kristo controls his hands.
Watne blocks an elbow strike from Kristo.
Watne lands a big right hand that drops Kristo! The killer instinct kicks in and Watne finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Watne!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Watne!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apolinario Mabini (ranked 681 p4p, 90 weight class) and Jimbo Cricky (ranked 3209 p4p, 0 weight class). Mabini comes to the cage accompanied by Noypi by Bamboo. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Apolinario Mabini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimbo Cricky!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mabini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cricky cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cricky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mabini was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cricky looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mabini swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mabini throws an overhand right that lands on Cricky's shoulder, as Cricky tries to avoid the shot.
Mabini pushes Cricky up against the cage in a clinch.
Cricky tries to break free but Mabini pushes him back against the cage.
Mabini lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cricky is looking to break free of the clinch but Mabini has double underhooks.
Mabini lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cricky or not.
Mabini lands with a light punch inside.
Mabini has a couple of punches blocked by Cricky.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mabini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cricky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cricky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Mabini.
Mabini misses with a punch on the inside.
Mabini lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mabini lands a nice uppercut.
Mabini keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cricky's efforts to push away.
Cricky wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mabini has him pressed against the cage.
Mabini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cricky is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cricky stalling in the clinch.
Cricky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mabini throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cricky is trying to push Mabini away but Mabini has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cricky has a couple of punches blocked by Mabini.
Mabini lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mabini keeps control of Cricky as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mabini breaks the clinch.
Cricky lands a jab-cross combination.
Mabini rushes Cricky and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Mabini on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cricky working hard to break the clinch.
Mabini lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cricky backwards.
Mabini lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mabini throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crickys head.
Mabini lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Mabini.
Cricky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mabini working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cricky has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short right from Mabini.
Mabini lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Mabini.
Mabini lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Mabini.
Mabini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cricky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cricky wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cricky is trying to break the clinch but Mabini has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mabini lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Mabini.
Cricky is trying to break the clinch but Mabini has him pressed against the cage.
Mabini digs a right hand into Cricky's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cricky's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cricky.
Mabini lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cricky backwards.
Mabini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mabini lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cricky wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cricky is trying to break free.
Cricky is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cricky has had enough of the clinch but Mabini keeps him there for the moment.
Mabini lands with a short shot to the head.
Mabini lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cricky is rocked!
Mabini throws a big uppercut that drops Cricky! More strikes from Mabini and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Cricky lies dazed against the cage as Mabini celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Apolinario Mabini!
A relieved looking Apolinario Mabini thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 3083 p4p, 345 weight class) and Sultan Yusupov (ranked 565 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Georges St Pierre has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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175 lbs
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208 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sultan Yusupov!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yusupov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yusupov clinches up against the cage.
Yusupov manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
St Pierre trying to stand up but can't free himself from Yusupov's guard.
Yusupov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. St Pierre defends it easily.
Yusupov working a defensive guard here.
Yusupov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yusupov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
St Pierre wanted to stand there but Yusupov had control of the position.
Yusupov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Pierre's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusupov passes into half guard.
Yusupov seems to be working for a kimura but St Pierre defends the submission attempt.
St Pierre looks like he's trying to stand up.
St Pierre is kicking away at Yusupov from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Yusupov grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with St Pierre trying to push Yusupov off... St Pierre taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Sultan Yusupov!
A very excited looking Sultan Yusupov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Whitaker (ranked 1172 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kahuna Kiele (ranked 1885 p4p, 235 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eric Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kahuna Kiele!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiele throws a hook but Whitaker avoids it easily.
Whitaker pushes Kiele up against the cage in a clinch.
Whitaker blocks an uppercut.
Whitaker throws a head punch that misses.
Whitaker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Whitaker - that landed with a thud.
Whitaker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitaker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whitaker lands a nice uppercut.
Whitaker misses with a punch on the inside.
Kiele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kiele throws a punch but it's blocked by Whitaker.
A nice left hand lands by Kiele.
Whitaker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Whitaker lands a left hand.
It looks like Kahuna Kiele has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitaker tries to work over Kiele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker is working Kiele over against the cage.
Kiele blocks a body shot from Whitaker.
Whitaker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kieles head.
Kiele misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitaker throws a head punch that misses.
Whitaker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiele misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitaker keeps control of Kiele as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitaker.
Whitaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Whitaker.
Whitaker can't find room to land a body shot as Kiele controls the action.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker is working Kiele over against the cage.
Whitaker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whitaker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whitaker lands a nice uppercut.
Kiele lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kiele looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kieles head.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kiele.
Whitaker pushes Kiele back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Whitaker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Whitaker lands with a short shot to the head.
Whitaker is working Kiele over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Whitaker.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker tries a body shot but Kiele blocks it.
Whitaker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whitaker lands with a left to the head.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.
Whitaker presses Kiele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kiele.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whitaker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Whitaker scores with a shot to the side of Kiele's head.
Whitaker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Whitaker lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Whitaker.
A shot in the inside from Whitaker.
Whitaker digs a right hand into Kiele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kiele's gas tank.
Whitaker scores with a shoulder strike.
Kiele blocks a body shot from Whitaker.
A right hook to the body lands for Whitaker.
A left hand lands to the body for Whitaker.
Whitaker lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Whitaker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whitaker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Whitaker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Whitaker as the two fighters clinch.
Kiele looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker tries a body shot but Kiele blocks it.
Whitaker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Whitaker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Whitaker.
Whitaker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitaker misses with a body punch.
Whitaker lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Whitaker.
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Whitaker misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitaker lands an uppercut.
Whitaker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Whitaker lands a shoulder strike.
Whitaker lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Whitaker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kahuna Kiele's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Eric Whitaker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Whitaker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whitaker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Whitaker fails to land.
Whitaker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kiele or not.
Whitaker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Whitaker works on Kiele's body with a couple of short punches.
Whitaker lands with a short shot to the head.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.
Whitaker lands an uppercut.
Kiele is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Whitaker as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker blocks an uppercut.
Kiele is breathing heavily.
Whitaker misses with a punch to the body.
Whitaker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kiele is still on wobbly legs! Can Whitaker finish him?
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitaker lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kiele to his knees! Whitaker keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Whitaker!
Eric Whitaker 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 Cesare Tiramanti (ranked 3688 p4p, 400 weight class) and Piet Smit (ranked 1327 p4p, 170 weight class). Smit has chosen Baby Got Back as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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210 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Cesare Tiramanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Piet Smit!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smit fails with the takedown.
As Smit tries to get set, Tiramanti tries to push him back and clinch up but Smit manages to avoid the attempt.
Tiramanti throws a big shot that misses.
Tiramanti misses with the combination.
Smit tries a quick counter leg kick but Tiramanti is wise to it.
Smit doesn't manage to clinch there - Tiramanti circles away.
Tiramanti wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smit gets a clinch.
Tiramanti prevents Smit from breaking the clinch.
Tiramanti effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramanti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smit moves out of range of the strikes.
Tiramanti throws a big shot that misses.
Tiramanti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tiramanti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right handed body shot lands from Tiramanti.
Smit's coach down at Temp Spar Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Smit's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Smit manages to break the clinch.
Tiramanti has managed to clinch.
Tiramanti is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tiramanti has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Smit takes the fight into the clinch.
Tiramanti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tiramanti stops a takedown attempt from Smit.
Cesare Tiramanti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piet Smit.
Tiramanti dodges an elbow strike from Smit.
Tiramanti misses with a body punch.
Smit has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tiramanti after a bit of a struggle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti throws a punch but it's blocked by Smit.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tiramanti.
Smit drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tiramanti gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smit can't get the takedown.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smit.
Smit blocking some punches.
Tiramanti stalls.
Tiramanti tries to throw a body punch but Smit avoids it by throwing Tiramanti back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tiramanti is fighting off a takedown attempt but Smit is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Tiramanti to the mat. Tiramanti regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Smit landing some decent shots from guard.
Smit drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Smit seems to have locked his on tight now - Tiramanti screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Smit, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Piet Smit!
Our winner, Piet Smit, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anton Shibaev (ranked 340 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincenzo Lambrucci (ranked 3101 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anton Shibaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vincenzo Lambrucci!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lambrucci looks to land a combination but Shibaev avoids it well.
Lambrucci misses with a straight right.
Shibaev tries to counter with a takedown but Lambrucci is quick to defend against it.
Lambrucci lands a right hook to the body.
Lambrucci misses with a lunging right hand
and Shibaev counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lambrucci working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shibaev.
Shibaev is stalling in the full guard.
Lambrucci is trying to keep Shibaev in close.
Shibaev has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lambrucci avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shibaev throws a big right hand that misses.
Shibaev thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lambrucci utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambrucci working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shibaev.
Shibaev with a nice head shot there.
Shibaev throws a big right hand that misses.
Lambrucci is trying to keep Shibaev in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shibaev trying to control the position from guard on top but Lambrucci is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shibaev throws a big right hand that misses.
Shibaev is looking to work some ground and pound but Lambrucci has wrist control.
Shibaev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two 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.
Lambrucci wants to get back to his feet but Shibaev passes into half guard.
Well, if Shibaev is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lambrucci wants to control but Shibaev is keeping busy.
Lambrucci really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shibaev. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lambrucci avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shibaev.
Shibaev content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lambrucci pushes Shibaev off looking to stand but Shibaev dives back in and keeps control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lambrucci throws a right hand that misses
and Shibaev counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambrucci parries the strikes from Shibaev easily there. Shibaev is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lambrucci to escape.
Shibaev content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Shibaev creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lambrucci sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Shibaev throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Shibaev is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Lambrucci looks calm but he's in trouble here. Shibaev gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Lambrucci is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Shibaev lets go of the hold and Lambrucci can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anton Shibaev!
Anton Shibaev 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 Abel Clements (ranked 1601 p4p, 209 weight class) and Mister Tea (ranked 220 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mister Tea was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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213 lbs
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225 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abel Clements!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mister Tea!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tea avoids the body shot from Clements.
Clements has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tea shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tea doesn't manage to clinch there - Clements circles away.
Tea swings for the body but Clements moves out of range.
Clements swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Clements goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tea throws an elbow but it misses.
Tea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clements avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clements.
Tea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clements avoids a wild elbow strike from Tea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tea misses with a knee to the head.
Tea pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clements throws a punch but it's blocked by Tea.
Clements lands a nice uppercut.
Clements lands a hook that snaps the head of Tea backwards.
Tea utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clements softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tea trying to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Clements.
Clements avoids the elbow strike from Tea, against the cage.
Clements works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tea using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clements has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tea lands an elbow just above Clements 's eye.
It looks like Abel Clements has been cut.
Tea tries a knee to the head but Clements blocks it.
Tea throws an elbow that misses.
Clements has a couple of punches blocked by Tea.
Clements lands a nice uppercut.
Clements dodges an elbow strike from Tea.
Tea lands a nice knee to the body.
Tea throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tea throws an elbow but it misses.
Clements managing to block the knees to the body from Tea.
Clements swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tea creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Clements fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clements dodges an elbow strike from Tea.
Tea blocks a body shot from Clements.
Good body shot from Clements.
Tea blocks an uppercut.
Tea pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clements avoiding damage as Tea throws knees to the body.
Clements misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tea gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clements has a couple of punches blocked by Tea.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tea throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tea throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tea.
A left hand lands to the body for Clements.
Tea lands an elbow just above Clements 's eye.
Tea lands a good knee to the midsection. Clements won't want to take too many of those.
Tea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tea is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clements is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tea throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tea connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clements's face.
Abel Clements's cut is getting worse.
Tea with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tea has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Clements seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tea can turn it around.
Clements fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tea lands an elbow that stopped Clements in his tracks for a moment.
Tea landing knees to the head.
Abel Clements's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tea displaying some good clinch control by pressing Clements up against the cage.
Clements throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Teas head.
Clements struggles to land a body shot inside as Tea controls his hands.
Clements avoiding damage as Tea throws knees to the body.
Clements fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tea using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clements has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tea misses with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clements.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tea misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tea is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clements is defending well for now.
Clements struggles to land a body shot inside as Tea controls his hands.
Clements tries to throw a body punch but Tea avoids it by throwing Clements back against the cage.
Clements blocks an elbow strike from Tea.
Tea throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tea is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Clements is breathing heavily.
Clements takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tea throws an elbow but it misses.
Clements takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tea lands an elbow inside.
Tea lands a damaging elbow.
Jeez, Abel Clements's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tea lands an elbow inside.
Clements misses with some punches.
Tea tries to land knees in the clinch but Clements avoids the damage to the body.
Tea lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Abel Clements's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mister Tea!
Mister Tea decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Guedes (ranked 1186 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nqobile Ndlandla (ranked 3015 p4p, 338 weight class). Nqobile Ndlandla has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Paulo Guedes's chin.
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213 lbs
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200 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulo Guedes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nqobile Ndlandla!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ndlandla works Guedes's body with a nice hook.
Ndlandla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ndlandla moves out of range of the strikes.
Ndlandla tries a head kick but it misses.
Ndlandla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guedes.
A big right from Ndlandla misses.
Ndlandla looks to score with a jab to the body but Guedes is just out of range.
Ndlandla throws a shot from downtown. Guedes moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Guedes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Guedes misses the shot to the body.
Ndlandla misses the jab.
We've been informed that Ndlandla 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.
Guedes misses with a hook
and Ndlandla counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ndlandla misses with a body shot.
Guedes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ndlandla is out of range.
Ndlandla throws a head kick that misses
and Guedes counters with a nice uppercut.
Guedes wants to land a leg kick but Ndlandla is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ndlandla throws a hook but Guedes avoids it easily.
Guedes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ndlandla takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Guedes throws out a powerful jab.
Guedes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ndlandla throws out the jab.
Guedes throws a nice looking combination but Ndlandla bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little jabbing left from Ndlandla on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ndlandla lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ndlandla misses with a looping right.
Guedes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ndlandla misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ndlandla 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 Guedes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Guedes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Guedes is looking to counter punch.
Guedes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ndlandla misses with a body kick.
Ndlandla throws a body punch but Guedes moves out of range.
Guedes misses with a hook.
Guedes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Ndlandla.
Guedes takes a swing at Ndlandla's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ndlandla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guedes.
Guedes moves out of range of the body kick from Ndlandla.
Guedes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Guedes is looking to counter punch.
Ndlandla throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Guedes's head.
It looks like Paulo Guedes has been cut.
Ndlandla lands a head shot.
Ndlandla tries a head kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Ndlandla.
Ndlandla misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guedes stuns Ndlandla with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ndlandla uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guedes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guedes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guedes throws a lazy right hand but Ndlandla sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A combination from Ndlandla does no damage.
Guedes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ndlandla counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Guedes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ndlandla doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Nqobile Ndlandla has been cut.
Guedes walks into a left hand.
A head kick misses from Ndlandla.
Ndlandla is looking to land body kicks.
Guedes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guedes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ndlandla.
Guedes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ndlandla throws a jab when Guedes was well out of range.
Ndlandla ducks under a wild hook from Guedes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ndlandla lands a front kick.
Ndlandla throws a body punch but Guedes moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ndlandla is looking to land body kicks.
Guedes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ndlandla's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guedes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ndlandla scrambles back to his feet.
Ndlandla lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guedes's sensitive parts.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Guedes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ndlandla - the referee stops the clock and Guedes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ndlandla. Guedes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ndlandla lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A head kick misses from Ndlandla.
Guedes moves out of range as Ndlandla throws a body kick.
Guedes misses with a wild body shot.
Ndlandla throws a leg kick but Guedes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nqobile Ndlandla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ndlandla misses the body punch
and Guedes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guedes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Guedes is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nqobile Ndlandla dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ndlandla throws an overhand right that drops Guedes like a sack of potatoes! Ndlandla dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nqobile Ndlandla!
A very excited looking Nqobile Ndlandla made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Cena (ranked 1909 p4p, 236 weight class) and Sol Fitzsimmons (ranked 1070 p4p, 0 weight class). Cena's entrance music is My Time Is Now. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
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215 lbs
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Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sol Fitzsimmons!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cena. Fitzsimmons does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fitzsimmons slaps away a takedown attempt from Cena, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fitzsimmons looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fitzsimmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cena.
Sol Fitzsimmons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cena shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fitzsimmons sprawls well. Fitzsimmons wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cena gets slowly back to his feet.
Fitzsimmons tries to land a leg kick but Cena saw it coming and moves away.
Cena misses with a jab to the body
and Fitzsimmons counters with a nice uppercut.
Cena gets tackled into the cage by Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons maintains the clinch.
Cena misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fitzsimmons just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cena's brow.
Fitzsimmons tries to break free but Cena pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzsimmons lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cena struggles to land a body shot inside as Fitzsimmons controls his hands.
Cena misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fitzsimmons breaks from the clinch.
Fitzsimmons throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cena appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Cena shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fitzsimmons has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Cena is on him like a limpet, forcing Fitzsimmons back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena blocks a body shot from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons lands with a left to the head.
Cena can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzsimmons controls the action.
Stalling in the clinch from Fitzsimmons.
Cena goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cena tries for a takedown but Fitzsimmons manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Cena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fitzsimmons lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cena lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fitzsimmons is controlling Cena's trapped leg to prevent Cena from advancing to side control.
Fitzsimmons is looking to improve his position.
Cena definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fitzsimmons trying to control but Cena postures up.
Cena is pressing down on Fitzsimmons's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fitzsimmons is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fitzsimmons is trying to control the position but Cena postures up.
Fitzsimmons trying to control the position here.
Fitzsimmons looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cena throws a big elbow that misses.
Fitzsimmons looking for a sweep. Not yet Fitzsimmons, not yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzsimmons bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cena's guard.
Cena has a closed guard, preventing Fitzsimmons from standing up.
Fitzsimmons trying to control but Cena is working from the bottom.
Cena is adopting a defensive guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons preventing the sweep.
Cena is pulling down on Fitzsimmons's head. It's preventing any offense from Fitzsimmons, at least for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fitzsimmons accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fitzsimmons would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Fitzsimmons looking to pass the guard.
Fitzsimmons throwing strikes but missing.
Cena pulls Fitzsimmons in close to prevent any damage.
Cena trying to keep a closed guard but Fitzsimmons is proving a slippery customer.
Cena looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fitzsimmons is one step ahead there.
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.
Cena manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fitzsimmons manages to get himself to full guard.
Cena throwing strikes from guard but Fitzsimmons blocks nicely.
Fitzsimmons trying to keep a closed guard but Cena is proving a slippery customer.
Fitzsimmons wants to sweep here but Cena controlling him for the moment.
Cena scoring with some ground and pound.
Fitzsimmons trying to control the position.
Cena throwing strikes from guard but Fitzsimmons blocks nicely.
Cena keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fitzsimmons's head.
Cena won't allow Fitzsimmons to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sol Fitzsimmons dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good leg kick by Fitzsimmons there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fitzsimmons pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cena misses with a straight right.
Fitzsimmons throws a chopping leg kick but Cena manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cena throws a body shot but no joy.
Cena takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like John Cena has been cut.
Fitzsimmons misses with a kick to the body
and Cena counters with a shoot takedown. Fitzsimmons fights it but they end up in guard.
Cena throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cena working some strikes from top position.
Fitzsimmons utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cena throws an elbow that misses. Fitzsimmons uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cena's guard. Nice move by Fitzsimmons!
Cena pulls Fitzsimmons in to control the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Cena looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fitzsimmons is one step ahead there.
Fitzsimmons trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
John Cena overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cena tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Cena avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fitzsimmons throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cena might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cena working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons stopping the sweep attempt from Cena.
Cena will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Fitzsimmons in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fitzsimmons stopping the sweep attempt from Cena.
Cena keeping moving, preventing Fitzsimmons from controlling successfully.
Fitzsimmons won't allow Cena to sweep him here.
Cena is pulling down on Fitzsimmons's head to control his posture.
Fitzsimmons is looking to stand up but Cena won't let him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Fitzsimmons tries to clinch but Cena moves out of range.
Cena shoots in and gets a takedown into Fitzsimmons's guard.
Cena works over Fitzsimmons with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Fitzsimmons lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Fitzsimmons wants to stand but Cena is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cena has Fitzsimmons pulled in close to control his posture.
Cena looking for a sweep. Not yet Cena, not yet.
Cena controlling Fitzsimmons's posture.
Cena continues to stall.
Fitzsimmons is looking to work some ground and pound but Cena has wrist control.
Fitzsimmons trying to control but Cena is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cena is pulling down on Fitzsimmons's head. It's preventing any offense from Fitzsimmons, at least for the moment.
Fitzsimmons slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cena holds on and takes a little breather.
Cena trying to keep a closed guard but Fitzsimmons is proving a slippery customer.
Cena wants to sweep here but Fitzsimmons controlling him for the moment.
Cena manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fitzsimmons manages to get himself to full guard.
Fitzsimmons not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cena with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cena keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fitzsimmons's head.
Cena throws an elbow that misses. Fitzsimmons uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cena's guard. Nice move by Fitzsimmons!
Fitzsimmons wants to control from the top but Cena keeps moving.
Fitzsimmons has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cena is proving hard to escape from.
Cena has his hands on Fitzsimmons's head, controlling the position.
Cena working a defensive guard but Fitzsimmons passes into half guard.
Cena is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fitzsimmons wants to control but Cena is keeping him busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fitzsimmons thows a huge punch but Cena dodges it nicely.
Cena on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cena tries to get out of the position.
Cena moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Fitzsimmons stands and steps away. Cena gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that John Cena will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Cena's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Fitzsimmons lands a front kick.
Cena uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cena with a poor takedown
and Fitzsimmons counters with a straight right hand.
Cena throws an overhand right that lands on Fitzsimmons's shoulder, as Fitzsimmons tries to avoid the shot.
Cena swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fitzsimmons bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cena's head.
Fitzsimmons scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A jab from Fitzsimmons misses.
Cena throws a hook but Fitzsimmons avoids it easily.
Fitzsimmons is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cena with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Cena throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cena throws a lazy uppercut
and Fitzsimmons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Fitzsimmons. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fitzsimmons.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cena takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A low kick from Fitzsimmons misses
and Cena counters with a takedown into side control.
Fitzsimmons manages to get back to half guard.
Fitzsimmons avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cena's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cena's back!
Fitzsimmons punches the canvas rather than the man.
Fitzsimmons misses with a punch to the head.
Cena looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Cena is trying to break free.
Cena is working hard here to advance position.
Cena has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Cena tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Cena tries to lock up and control but Fitzsimmons gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Fitzsimmons has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fitzsimmons looking to ground and pound but Cena is blocking nicely.
Cena is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fitzsimmons cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
John Cena's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cena tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cena just holding on.
Sol Fitzsimmons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cena tries to lock up and control but Fitzsimmons gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fitzsimmons looking to control but Cena is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fitzsimmons avoids the attempt from Cena to control.
Fitzsimmons tries to control but Cena wriggling away.
Fitzsimmons controlling the position easily from mount.
Cena is squirming around, avoiding Fitzsimmons's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cena is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cena tries to hold on but Fitzsimmons postures up.
Cena can't escape the position.
Fitzsimmons can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cena is looking to escape.
Fitzsimmons looking to control and managing it successfully.
John Cena has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cena is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fitzsimmons content just to control the position here.
Cena is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fitzsimmons trying to control but Cena is having none of it.
Cena tries to hold on but Fitzsimmons pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons tries to control but Cena wriggling away.
Cena really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cena bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Cena landing with the ground and pound.
Cena working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fitzsimmons trying to keep a closed guard but Cena is proving a slippery customer.
Cena content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cena throwing strikes but missing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sol Fitzsimmons comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fitzsimmons has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Sol Fitzsimmons!
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Sol Fitzsimmons!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Sol Fitzsimmons!
Sol Fitzsimmons wins by unanimous decision!
John Cena was interviewed post fight and said 'My time is not yet now.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jambe De Bois (ranked 433 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stig Tuft (ranked 2961 p4p, 0 weight class). Stig Tuft 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jambe De Bois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stig Tuft!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuft walks into a left hand.
De Bois scores with a hook.
Tuft shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts De Bois as he jumps to the side.
De Bois changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
De Bois lands the left hand.
De Bois clobbers Tuft with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Bois 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.
De Bois feints and as Tuft raises his hands in defense, De Bois changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Bois content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
De Bois chips away with some ground and pound.
De Bois throws a strike but Tuft rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
De Bois is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tuft trying to control the position from guard on top but De Bois is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tuft wants to pass the guard but De Bois is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuft trying to control the position from guard on top but De Bois is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Bois seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Tuft postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! De Bois is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Tuft, into his guard.
De Bois tries to free his leg and advance position but Tuft is retaining full guard.
Tuft throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tuft lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Bois pulls Tuft in close to his closed guard and prevents Tuft from doing any damage or advancing position.
Tuft preventing the sweep.
De Bois on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if De Bois tries to get out of the position.
De Bois keeping full guard, as Tuft tries to pass.
De Bois is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tuft controlling from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuft drops back, looking for a kneebar! De Bois looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. De Bois looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from De Bois!
Tuft can't do much from the bottom here.
We've been hearing that De Bois has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Bois remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
De Bois wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuft keeps working.
Tuft manages to get back to half guard.
Tuft is trying to maintain the position but De Bois is very close to passing his half guard.
De Bois is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Tuft!
De Bois lands a couple of good shots and Tuft has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Tuft's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
De Bois scores with punches from the back.
De Bois lands strikes to the head.
De Bois punches Tuft on the ear.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Bois looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Tuft is rocked!
De Bois is loading up with his shots from the back and Tuft is in big trouble! Tuft taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jambe De Bois!
Jambe De Bois 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amiti Speyer (ranked 3176 p4p, 352 weight class) and Anthony Romeo (ranked 680 p4p, 89 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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25
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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214 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Amiti Speyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Romeo!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Romeo does no damage.
Speyer misses with a hook
and Romeo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romeo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Speyer.
A jab from Speyer misses.
Speyer lands with a right hand.
Romeo lands with a right hand.
Speyer is looking to land body kicks.
A low kick from Speyer misses
and Romeo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romeo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Romeo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romeo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speyer manages to avoid it.
Romeo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romeo sends Speyer crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Romeo is motioning to the referee to let Speyer up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Speyer is rocked!
It looks like Amiti Speyer has been cut.
Romeo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Speyer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Speyer is breathing heavily.
Speyer throws a leg kick but Romeo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Romeo lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Speyer head around and knocks him out cold! Romeo hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Romeo!
Anthony Romeo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giampaolo Turturro (ranked 776 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jemerson Culpi (ranked 2282 p4p, 0 weight class). Jemerson Culpi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Giampaolo Turturro's chin.
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203 lbs
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213 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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Giampaolo Turturro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jemerson Culpi!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turturro rushes Culpi and presses him up against the cage.
Turturro tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Culpi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Turturro uses from the top position.
Turturro has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Turturro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Culpi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Culpi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Turturro controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Culpi is looking for a triangle but Turturro pushes his legs off easily.
Culpi has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Turturro should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Culpi has tightened it up now! Turturro should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jemerson Culpi!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stig Jahr (ranked 1473 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaensak Sor Ploenchit (ranked 1318 p4p, 167 weight class). Kaensak Sor Ploenchit will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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214 lbs
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Basic striking
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stig Jahr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kaensak Sor Ploenchit!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sor Ploenchit throws a shot to the body.
Jahr has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sor Ploenchit throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jahr drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jahr tries for a kimura but Sor Ploenchit is defending well.
Jahr looks up at the clock and then as Sor Ploenchit takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jahr smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sor Ploenchit trying to remain calm as Jahr controls from the top position.
Jahr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sor Ploenchit keeps working.
Jahr is working Sor Ploenchit over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jahr has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jahr with shots to the head and body - Sor Ploenchit looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jahr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jahr lands a nice shot to the head.
Sor Ploenchit in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sor Ploenchit is squirming around, avoiding Jahr's attempts to control the action.
Jahr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jahr lands with some strikes.
Jahr landing strikes from the mount.
Sor Ploenchit is rocked!
Sor Ploenchit really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jahr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
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!
Jahr postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Sor Ploenchit out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Jahr goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Stig Jahr!
After the fight, Stig Jahr 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.
In defeat, Kaensak Sor Ploenchit stepped up to the mic, saying 'You are just lucky today!'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Coleman (ranked 109 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackie Li (ranked 2947 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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223 lbs
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205 lbs
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Counter fighter
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Counter fighter
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phil Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jackie Li!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman instigates a clinch.
Coleman is working Li over against the cage.
Coleman is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Li drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Coleman gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Li's coach down at Black Flag Fight Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Li's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Coleman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Coleman.
Coleman lands a shoulder strike.
Coleman has picked Li up - he's going for a ride! Coleman dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Coleman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Coleman stalling.
Coleman lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coleman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Li really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coleman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Coleman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Coleman slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coleman connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Coleman lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coleman connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.
Li taking some punishment here, with Coleman in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coleman connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.
Coleman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Coleman working over Li with some ground and pound. Li looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Li is trying to get back to full guard.
Coleman is nestled in close to Li, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coleman connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.
Coleman lands with a punch from half guard.
Coleman working Li over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman lands strikes from half guard.
Coleman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Coleman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Li trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Coleman landing strikes from the mount and Li is in trouble!
Coleman landing strikes from the mount.
Li is rocked!
Coleman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Li is looking to escape.
Coleman dominating with strikes here.
Li is still in real trouble! Can Coleman finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Li seems to have recovered his senses.
Coleman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A big strike lands for Coleman! That's really hurt Li and he's turned his back - Coleman keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Coleman jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Coleman!
In his post fight interview, Phil Coleman started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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