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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Project Doom (ranked 638 p4p, 85 weight class) and Meltroco Bimbotinque (ranked 693 p4p, 91 weight class). Doom kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Battle Beast - Touch in the Night. 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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179 lbs
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172 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Project Doom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Meltroco Bimbotinque!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bimbotinque throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bimbotinque steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Doom. That one must have hurt.
Nice uppercut lands for Bimbotinque. That snapped Doom's head back.
Bimbotinque misses with a hook. Doom ducked under it nicely.
Doom swings for the body but Bimbotinque moves out of range.
Bimbotinque is looking for the big counter here.
Bimbotinque shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Doom manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Doom pushes Bimbotinque off and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doom blocks a jab.
Doom swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A combination from Doom does no damage.
Doom misses with an uppercut.
Bimbotinque scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bimbotinque moves out of range as Doom strikes.
Bimbotinque fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bimbotinque throws a big shot that misses.
Bimbotinque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doom thinks about countering with a body kick.
Bimbotinque cracks a nice hook into Doom's ribs.
Bimbotinque misses the jab.
Bimbotinque misses with a wild body shot.
Bimbotinque shoots in for a double leg but Doom sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Doom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doom missing with a left hand there. Bimbotinque was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Doom.
Doom scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bimbotinque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doom digs a good body shot into Bimbotinque's ribs.
Bimbotinque throws a lazy uppercut
and Doom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Doom thows a leg kick but Bimbotinque checks it
and Bimbotinque counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bimbotinque manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bimbotinque scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Doom is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bimbotinque throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Doom wants to get back to his feet.
Bimbotinque takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Doom has one foot on Bimbotinque's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Bimbotinque keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doom.
Bimbotinque closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Doom quickly recovers to half guard.
Doom manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Bimbotinque keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Doom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meltroco Bimbotinque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bimbotinque on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Doom misses with a hook
and Bimbotinque cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bimbotinque throws out a loose jab but Doom uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bimbotinque shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bimbotinque won't allow Doom to get back to his feet.
Bimbotinque slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Doom is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bimbotinque is controlling him.
Bimbotinque trying to control but Doom is working from the bottom.
Doom wants to stand and escape but Bimbotinque is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Doom misses with a head kick.
Bimbotinque closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Doom to the mat! Doom manages to get full guard.
Doom is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bimbotinque swings wildly with an uppercut but Doom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doom manages to break the clinch.
Bimbotinque changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doom scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bimbotinque ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doom moves away.
Doom looks to land a combination but Bimbotinque avoids it well.
Bimbotinque avoids the body shot from Doom.
Bimbotinque lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doom. Bimbotinque does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bimbotinque misses with a hook
and Bimbotinque takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Doom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Project Doom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bimbotinque misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Project Doom dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bimbotinque smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bimbotinque looks to land a left hand but Doom moved out of range nicely.
Bimbotinque throws out a powerful jab.
Doom slips a straight right by Bimbotinque.
Doom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bimbotinque connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bimbotinque lands with a shot to the body.
Doom takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bimbotinque jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Doom really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Doom slips under a jab.
Doom ducks under a wild hook from Bimbotinque.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bimbotinque throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bimbotinque takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Doom throws a body shot but no joy.
Bimbotinque takes a swing at Doom's ribcage but misses.
Bimbotinque lands a nice looking body shot.
Bimbotinque tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Doom defends well and Bimbotinque ends up having to push Doom into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Doom lands a glancing blow to the side of Bimbotinque's head.
Doom moves out of range as Bimbotinque strikes.
Doom throws a shot from downtown. Bimbotinque moves away and avoids it.
Bimbotinque avoids the body shot from Doom.
Bimbotinque with the counter takedown but Doom avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Doom finds it's target.
Doom swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doom throws a hook but Bimbotinque blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom tried to score with a low kick but Bimbotinque checks it.
Bimbotinque looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bimbotinque loads up on a big right hand but Doom slips the punch.
Doom misses with a looping right.
Doom scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bimbotinque lands with a right hand.
Bimbotinque lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bimbotinque fails with a takedown attempt.
Bimbotinque avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice shot by Bimbotinque.
Bimbotinque walks into a straight right hand from Doom.
Bimbotinque ducks under a wild hook from Doom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom throws out a loose jab but Bimbotinque uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doom uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bimbotinque.
Bimbotinque blocks a leg kick.
Bimbotinque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Bimbotinque lands.
Bimbotinque cracks a nice hook into Doom's ribs.
Doom scores with a leg kick.
Bimbotinque looks for a takedown but Doom sprawls well.
Doom went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Project Doom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Meltroco Bimbotinque.
Doom avoids the body shot from Bimbotinque.
Bimbotinque misses with an uppercut. Doom saw that one coming.
Doom throws a lazy head kick
and Bimbotinque cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Doom misses
and Bimbotinque counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bimbotinque or perhaps it was just good defense by Doom, which made it look bad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bimbotinque scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bimbotinque throws a nice looking combination but Doom bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bimbotinque misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Doom throws a low kick, looking for Bimbotinque's leg but Bimbotinque calmly moves out of range.
A big left from Doom misses.
Bimbotinque scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Doom kicks off Bimbotinque and gets to his feet.
Bimbotinque ducks under a wild hook from Doom.
Bimbotinque connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bimbotinque lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Meltroco Bimbotinque will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bimbotinque misses with a hook to the body
and Doom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bimbotinque connects with a right hand. Doom shakes it off.
Doom misses with a straight left.
Bimbotinque fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bimbotinque throws a jab but it's blocked by Doom.
Doom throws a front kick aimed at Bimbotinque's knee but Bimbotinque avoids it well.
A jab from Bimbotinque does it's job there.
Doom throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Doom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bimbotinque bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Doom's head backwards.
Doom works over Bimbotinque's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Meltroco Bimbotinque has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doom takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Doom misses with a hook. Bimbotinque ducked under it nicely.
Project Doom is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom staying out of range there.
Doom looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bimbotinque swings for the body but Doom moves out of range.
Doom swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Doom walks into a stiff left hand from Bimbotinque.
Bimbotinque throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Doom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Doom misses with a combination
and Bimbotinque cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bimbotinque throws an off balance right hand
and Doom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good exchange - Bimbotinque coming out on top.
Bimbotinque uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doom.
Bimbotinque has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Bimbotinque closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doom is trying to stand.
Doom manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Bimbotinque keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bimbotinque can't get the takedown.
Bimbotinque blocking some punches.
Bimbotinque gets through Doom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Doom misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bimbotinque.
Doom throws a punch but it's blocked by Bimbotinque.
Doom lands a knee to the head.
Doom blocks an uppercut.
Doom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bimbotinque is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Bimbotinque fails to land.
Bimbotinque misses with a punch to the body.
Doom looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Doom scores with a nice hook to the head.
Doom tries a knee to the head but Bimbotinque blocks it.
Bimbotinque's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bimbotinque drops down looking for an ankle pick but Doom pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bimbotinque scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doom throws a sloppy head kick and Bimbotinque moves out of range easily.
Bimbotinque connects with a jab.
Doom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bimbotinque fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doom manages to avoid it.
Bimbotinque misses the shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Doom.
Bimbotinque will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bimbotinque slips under a jab.
Bimbotinque misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom blocks a jab.
Doom throwing a counter right hand but Bimbotinque manages to avoid it.
Bimbotinque cracks Doom with a good jab.
Bimbotinque misses with a looping right.
Doom is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bimbotinque checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Doom misses with a body shot.
Bimbotinque gets a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bimbotinque thows a huge punch but Doom dodges it nicely.
Doom is looking to get back to is feet but Bimbotinque passes into side control.
Doom wants to get back to his feet.
Doom trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Meltroco Bimbotinque.
I think Bimbotinque has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vertti Ekstrovertti (ranked 358 p4p, 49 weight class) and Aleksandr Sinytsyn (ranked 528 p4p, 80 weight class). 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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194 lbs
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195 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Vertti Ekstrovertti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Sinytsyn!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekstrovertti tries for a takedown but Sinytsyn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sinytsyn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ekstrovertti.
An attempted straight right counter from Ekstrovertti misses the target.
Ekstrovertti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sinytsyn.
Ekstrovertti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sinytsyn stuns Ekstrovertti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sinytsyn throws a jab but it's blocked by Ekstrovertti.
It looked like Ekstrovertti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sinytsyn throws out a loose jab but Ekstrovertti uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sinytsyn.
Ekstrovertti misses with a straight right.
Ekstrovertti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ekstrovertti takes one to the side of the head.
Ekstrovertti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sinytsyn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ekstrovertti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Sinytsyn misses.
Ekstrovertti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sinytsyn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ekstrovertti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sinytsyn throws out a counter right but Ekstrovertti avoids it with no problem.
Ekstrovertti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti throws a leg kick but Sinytsyn sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sinytsyn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ekstrovertti manages to avoid it.
Jab from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn moves into the clinch.
Sinytsyn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ekstrovertti lands an uppercut.
Ekstrovertti misses with a body punch.
Ekstrovertti stalling in the clinch but Sinytsyn improves position.
Ekstrovertti stalling the fight.
Sinytsyn tries a knee to the head but Ekstrovertti blocks it.
Sinytsyn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ekstrovertti's defenses.
Ekstrovertti will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sinytsyn up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ekstrovertti - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sinytsyn trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti is trying to maintain a safe position but Sinytsyn gets an underhook and turns Ekstrovertti into the cage.
Ekstrovertti has Sinytsyn pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vertti Ekstrovertti.
Sinytsyn's corner calls for a 1-2. Sinytsyn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ekstrovertti connects with a body shot.
Sinytsyn is looking to slow Ekstrovertti down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinytsyn misses with a jab to the body
and Ekstrovertti counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Sinytsyn. Those never looked like landing.
Sinytsyn doesn't manage to clinch there - Ekstrovertti circles away.
A cross from Sinytsyn lands.
Ekstrovertti throws a body shot but no joy.
Sinytsyn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinytsyn moves away.
Ekstrovertti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sinytsyn manages to avoid it.
Ekstrovertti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn takes the fight into the clinch.
Sinytsyn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ekstrovertti avoids the damage to the body.
Sinytsyn slowing the pace effectively.
Ekstrovertti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti trying to stall but Sinytsyn improves his position.
Sinytsyn lands a body shot.
Sinytsyn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ekstrovertti is struggling to control the position.
Ekstrovertti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ekstrovertti is looking to control Sinytsyn's arms but Sinytsyn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ekstrovertti has his back to the cage.
Ekstrovertti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ekstrovertti misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Ekstrovertti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn being controlled against the cage.
Sinytsyn missing with knees to the body.
Ekstrovertti tries a body shot but Sinytsyn blocks it.
Ekstrovertti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sinytsyn's elbow.
Sinytsyn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ekstrovertti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sinytsyn misses with an elbow strike.
Sinytsyn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ekstrovertti's elbow.
Sinytsyn misses with some punches.
Ekstrovertti struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinytsyn controls his hands.
Ekstrovertti wants to stall.
Sinytsyn digs a right hand into Ekstrovertti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ekstrovertti's gas tank.
Sinytsyn tries to work over Ekstrovertti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sinytsyn throws a shot to the body.
Ekstrovertti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sinytsyn avoids the body shot from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sinytsyn avoids the head kick by Ekstrovertti.
Sinytsyn jabs Ekstrovertti right on the nose. Ekstrovertti blinks but takes it well.
Sinytsyn lands a nice shot that snaps Ekstrovertti's head back.
Sinytsyn moves out of range of the strikes.
Ekstrovertti moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sinytsyn wants to clinch up but Ekstrovertti keeps it at a distance.
Ekstrovertti feinted with a counter takedown.
Sinytsyn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ekstrovertti doesn't seem bothered though.
Sinytsyn tries to clinch but Ekstrovertti moves out of range.
Sinytsyn wants to clinch up but Ekstrovertti keeps it at a distance.
Sinytsyn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinytsyn throws a head kick but Ekstrovertti moves out of range.
Ekstrovertti looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinytsyn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ekstrovertti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinytsyn avoids the body shot from Ekstrovertti.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the side of Ekstrovertti's head but Ekstrovertti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ekstrovertti's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sinytsyn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ekstrovertti scrambles back to his feet.
Sinytsyn misses with a low kick.
Ekstrovertti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ekstrovertti misses with a body shot.
Sinytsyn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sinytsyn avoids the body shot from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti takes a swing at Sinytsyn's ribcage but misses.
Ekstrovertti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ekstrovertti is looking to counter punch.
Sinytsyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sinytsyn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ekstrovertti connects with a leg kick. Sinytsyn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sinytsyn misses with a right hand
and Ekstrovertti counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sinytsyn is looking for a sweep. Ekstrovertti is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ekstrovertti with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ekstrovertti scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ekstrovertti lands a nice short elbow.
Ekstrovertti 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.
Sinytsyn taking some punishment here, with Ekstrovertti in his half guard.
Ekstrovertti blocks the strikes from Sinytsyn.
Ekstrovertti lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ekstrovertti prevents Sinytsyn from improving his position.
Sinytsyn wants to get back to his feet.
Sinytsyn is refusing to be controlled, as Ekstrovertti sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sinytsyn manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sinytsyn throws a body punch but Ekstrovertti moves out of range.
Sinytsyn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ekstrovertti, pushing him back against the cage.
Ekstrovertti can't find room to land a body shot as Sinytsyn controls the action.
Ekstrovertti is looking to control Sinytsyn's arms but Sinytsyn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ekstrovertti has his back to the cage.
Ekstrovertti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut there from Ekstrovertti.
A jab from Sinytsyn does it's job there.
Good leg kick by Ekstrovertti there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sinytsyn tries to bum rush Ekstrovertti with a series of wild strikes but Ekstrovertti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sinytsyn tries to score with a low kick but Ekstrovertti moves his leg out of the way.
Sinytsyn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ekstrovertti takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinytsyn is looking to land body kicks.
Sinytsyn doesn't manage to clinch there - Ekstrovertti circles away.
Sinytsyn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ekstrovertti. That one must have hurt.
Ekstrovertti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ekstrovertti scores with a punch to the head.
Ekstrovertti is looking to score with low kicks.
Ekstrovertti throws out a leg kick but Sinytsyn moves out of range and Ekstrovertti only half commits.
A lazy left from Ekstrovertti finds it's target.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ekstrovertti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sinytsyn takes a swing at Ekstrovertti's ribcage but misses.
Ekstrovertti connects with an inside leg kick.
Ekstrovertti misses with a body shot.
Sinytsyn wants to counter with a clinch but Ekstrovertti pushes him away.
A jab from Sinytsyn misses.
Sinytsyn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ekstrovertti is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sinytsyn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ekstrovertti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sinytsyn.
As Sinytsyn backs away, Ekstrovertti returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
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 Vertti Ekstrovertti will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Sinytsyn tries to bum rush Ekstrovertti with a series of wild strikes but Ekstrovertti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sinytsyn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sinytsyn avoids the head kick by Ekstrovertti.
Sinytsyn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ekstrovertti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sinytsyn misses with a straight right.
Ekstrovertti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sinytsyn on the side of the head.
Ekstrovertti throws a hook but Sinytsyn blocks it.
Ekstrovertti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ekstrovertti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ekstrovertti swats away the attempt to clinch by Sinytsyn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinytsyn throws a right hand that misses
and Ekstrovertti counters with a left to the body.
Sinytsyn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ekstrovertti misses with a straight left.
Sinytsyn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ekstrovertti works Sinytsyn's body with a nice hook.
Sinytsyn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Donk. Sinytsyn catches Ekstrovertti right on the button with a cross.
Sinytsyn throws a lazy head kick
and Ekstrovertti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ekstrovertti's corner calls for a 1-2. Ekstrovertti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ekstrovertti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ekstrovertti ducks under a wild hook from Sinytsyn.
Ekstrovertti throws a solid leg kick but Sinytsyn takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ekstrovertti throws a body punch but Sinytsyn moves out of range.
Sinytsyn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ekstrovertti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Ekstrovertti misses.
Ekstrovertti is looking to wear down Sinytsyn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A head kick by Ekstrovertti misses
and Sinytsyn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sinytsyn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Sinytsyn as he connects with a hook.
Sinytsyn tries to clinch up.
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!
Sinytsyn works Ekstrovertti's body with a nice hook.
Ekstrovertti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sinytsyn.
Ekstrovertti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sinytsyn circles away quickly and effectively.
Ekstrovertti tries to score with a low kick but Sinytsyn moves his leg out of the way.
Sinytsyn misses with a straight left.
Sinytsyn lands with a good body shot.
Sinytsyn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ekstrovertti looks to score with a jab to the body but Sinytsyn is just out of range.
Sinytsyn clinches up against the cage.
Sinytsyn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ekstrovertti trying to stall but Sinytsyn improves his position.
Sinytsyn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ekstrovertti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sinytsyn throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn tries a body shot but Ekstrovertti blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sinytsyn takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sinytsyn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sinytsyn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ekstrovertti tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sinytsyn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ekstrovertti somewhat.
Sinytsyn misses the shot to the body.
Ekstrovertti went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ekstrovertti misses with a kick to the body.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ekstrovertti lands a nice shot that snaps Sinytsyn's head back.
Sinytsyn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ekstrovertti misses the shot to the body.
Sinytsyn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sinytsyn instigates a clinch.
Sinytsyn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ekstrovertti takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinytsyn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ekstrovertti is defending well for now.
Ekstrovertti misses with the head strike.
Sinytsyn struggles to land a body shot inside as Ekstrovertti controls his hands.
Ekstrovertti swings wildly with an uppercut but Sinytsyn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn working Ekstrovertti over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ekstrovertti dodges an elbow strike from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn blocks an uppercut.
Sinytsyn blocks an uppercut.
Sinytsyn lands a damaging elbow.
Sinytsyn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ekstrovertti looking to slow down the pace here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksandr Sinytsyn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sinytsyn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksandr Sinytsyn!
Aleksandr Sinytsyn thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert MacArthur Jnr (ranked 356 p4p, 49 weight class) and Konstantin Sokolov (ranked 606 p4p, 96 weight class). MacArthur Jnr comes to the cage accompanied by barbarian pipe band. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert MacArthur Jnr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konstantin Sokolov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Sokolov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
MacArthur Jnr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sokolov.
Sokolov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before MacArthur Jnr can pounce on him.
Sokolov misses with a hook
and MacArthur Jnr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sokolov misses with a lunging right hand
letting MacArthur Jnr counter with a right hand.
MacArthur Jnr lands a nice looking body kick.
MacArthur Jnr staying out of range there.
MacArthur Jnr throws a leg kick but Sokolov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sokolov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sokolov missing with a left hand there. MacArthur Jnr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
MacArthur Jnr lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Konstantin Sokolov has been cut.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a sloppy right hand. Sokolov should have avoided that one.
MacArthur Jnr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
MacArthur Jnr slips under a jab.
MacArthur Jnr is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
MacArthur Jnr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sokolov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacArthur Jnr lands a really nice looking cross but Sokolov seems unphased.
Sokolov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sokolov shoots and misses
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a huge left! Sokolov is in big trouble! He's backing up but MacArthur Jnr isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Sokolov from any more damage. A dominating finish by MacArthur Jnr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert MacArthur Jnr!
A victorious Robert MacArthur Jnr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Cage (ranked 607 p4p, 89 weight class) and Big Guns (ranked 478 p4p, 70 weight class). 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 24 - 2, fighting out of London, Big Guns!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage 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.
Guns thuds his right hand into Cage's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cage lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cage misses the shot to the body.
Cage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guns throws a head kick but Cage moves out of range.
Cage just misses with a punch to the body.
Guns appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A head kick misses from Guns.
Guns checks a low kick from Cage.
Cage looks to land a right hand but Guns moved out of range.
Guns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guns moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Guns takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guns gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Guns wants to sweep but no luck.
Guns preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cage postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cage wanted to stand there but Guns had control of the position.
Cage stopping the sweep attempt from Guns.
Guns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cage has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cage throwing strikes but missing.
Guns looking to control.
Cage slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Guns.
Cage blocks the strikes from Guns.
Guns flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Cage is looking for a kimura but Guns is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cage to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage trying to control the pace.
Guns is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cage's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cage's back!
Cage trying to control the action but Guns just sinks the hooks in.
Guns missing with strikes.
Guns looking to break Cage's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Cage remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Guns will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Guns misses with an elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guns working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Cage wants to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Cage to escape the position.
Guns looking to break Cage's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Cage remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Guns will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Cage turns into Guns and is now in his guard.
Guns thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Guns isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Cage stacks Guns on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Cage!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guns is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cage off and has taken his back!
Cage is keeping busy.
Cage manages to reverse the position and now he's in Guns's guard. Nice work there by Cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guns working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cage doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cage manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guns not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Guns looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Cage passes into side control.
Guns manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Guns tries to get to full guard but Cage has control of the leg.
Cage is trying to control. Guns wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Cage there.
Cage is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Guns sees it coming and defends easily.
Cage decides to return to a standing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tyler Cage will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Guns gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cage managing to block the knees to the body from Guns.
Guns controlling the action here for a moment.
Guns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guns.
Cage misses the shot to the body.
Guns connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cage. Cage circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Cage misses.
Cage defending well as Guns loads up on a big left hand.
Guns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Guns fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Cage there.
Cage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guns was well out of range. Poor timing from Cage.
Guns takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Guns with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cage to score with a decent uppercut.
Guns looks to score with a jab to the body but Cage is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cage lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Guns.
Guns is looking to clinch.
A combination from Guns does no damage.
Cage was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Guns tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cage swats away the attempt to clinch by Guns.
Cage was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tyler Cage is winning the standup battle so far.
Cage shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Guns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cage wants to control from the top but Guns keeps moving.
Our spies down at at Jed's Gym inform us that Guns has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Cage preventing the sweep.
Cage is fighting to break Guns's control of his arms but Guns is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cage wanted to stand there but Guns had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage trying to control the position from guard on top but Guns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyler Cage overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Guns trying to control the position.
Cage won't allow Guns to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cage scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Guns wants to clinch.
Guns doesn't manage to clinch there - Cage circles away.
Big Guns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cage 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guns misses with a right hand
and Guns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guns takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cage throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice shot lands for Cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage throws a combination that misses
and Guns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cage tries to clinch up but Guns circles away and keeps his distance.
Guns throws a head kick that misses.
Guns throws a shot to the body.
Guns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cage cracks Guns with a good jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guns.
Guns pushes Cage up against the cage in a clinch.
Guns is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cage is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guns just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cage's brow.
Guns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cage throws a low kick, looking for Guns's leg but Guns calmly moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Guns's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
An inside leg kick lands from Guns.
Tyler Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Cage.
Guns misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guns cracks the inside of Cage's front leg.
Guns misses with a wild body shot.
Cage blocks a head kick by Guns.
Cage looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Guns moves out of range of the strikes.
Cage throws a body punch but Guns moves out of range.
Cage clinches.
Guns has Cage pressed against the cage, preventing Cage from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Guns struggles to land a body shot inside as Cage controls his hands.
Guns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cages head.
Stalling in the clinch from Guns.
Cage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cage connects with a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Guns finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cage throws a right hand that Guns ducks under and follows up with a left that Guns also avoids with ease.
Cage scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cage jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
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 Tyler Cage will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Guns jabs Cage right on the nose. Cage blinks but takes it well.
Guns scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Guns tries to clinch up.
Cage misses with a right hand
and Guns counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cage's knee momentarily.
Guns lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Guns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from Guns.
Guns throws a nice outside leg kick.
Guns tries a head kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Cage.
Guns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice cross by Cage.
Cage shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Guns counters with a three punch combo that has Cage backing up. Cage nods at Guns to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cage scoring well with a low kick there.
Guns takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cage is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Guns lands with a good body shot.
Cage throws a jab when Guns was well out of range.
Guns tries a head kick but it misses.
Guns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cage was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Guns tries a head kick but it misses.
Guns throws an overhand right that lands on Cage's shoulder, as Cage tries to avoid the shot.
Cage tests Guns's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guns was well out of range. Poor timing from Cage.
Cage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guns.
Cage 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cage avoids the body shot from Guns.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A right-left combo lands from Cage.
Guns moves out of range as Cage throws a body kick.
Guns is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Guns gets caught napping as Cage dives in and scores a takedown. Guns manages to retain guard.
Guns had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cage defends it easily.
Guns striking off his back but it's not causing Cage any problems.
Guns striking from his own guard.
Cage passes Guns's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Guns tries to get to full guard but Cage has control of the leg.
Guns slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage wanted to stand there but Guns had control of the position.
Guns throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Guns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cage is looking to work some ground and pound but Guns has wrist control.
Guns trying to control the position.
Cage postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Guns has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cage wanted to stand there but Guns had control of the position.
Cage postures up.
Big Guns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Guns keeping moving, preventing Cage from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Tyler Cage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cage is looking to work some ground and pound but Guns has wrist control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A combination from Guns does no damage.
Guns has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slow jab from Guns misses its intended target.
Guns looks for the body kick but Cage saw that one coming.
Cage fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Guns avoids it really well and circles away.
Guns bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cage's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Big Guns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cage has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Big Guns!
After winning the bout, Big Guns thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taran Chula (ranked 566 p4p, 71 weight class) and Bonerz McGee (ranked 425 p4p, 54 weight class). 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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36
155 lbs
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Taran Chula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bonerz McGee!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee misses with a right hand
and Chula connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Bonerz McGee has been cut.
Chula has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ice Cream Parlour in the buildup to the fight.
McGee throws a combination that misses
and Chula counters with a three punch combo that has McGee backing up. McGee nods at Chula to acknowledge the strikes.
Chula missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGee slips a jab and a cross from Chula.
That kick from Chula tenderised McGee's leg. McGee is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chula checks the leg kick nicely there.
Chula is looking to counter with a body kick.
Chula throws a body punch but McGee moves out of range.
McGee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chula paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chula appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Chula throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chula misses with a looping left.
McGee moves out of range as Chula throws a body kick.
Chula lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McGee fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for McGee.
McGee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A big right from McGee misses.
McGee avoids the body shot from Chula.
McGee misses with a right hand
and Chula counters with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from McGee. Those never looked like landing.
Chula takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McGee! But no joy.
McGee is looking to chop away at Chula's legs.
McGee changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Chula tries to avoid it but McGee manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Chula to the ground. Chula escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McGee misses with a leg kick.
McGee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chula drops McGee with a beautiful combination! McGee stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Chula is looking for the KO!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Taran Chula has been cut.
Chula looks to score with a jab to the body but McGee is just out of range.
McGee scores with a sloppy right hand. Chula should have avoided that one.
Chula moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chula thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGee scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chula in his tracks.
McGee throws a lazy uppercut
and Chula counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chula swings for the body but McGee moves out of range.
McGee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McGee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chula throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGee throws a counter combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chula throws a nice looking combination but McGee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chula fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McGee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chula throws a right and a left that McGee avoids nicely.
Chula misses with a body punch
and McGee counters with a nice uppercut.
Chula looks to score with a jab to the body but McGee is just out of range.
McGee steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Chula.
McGee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bonerz McGee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chula scores with a crisp jab that stopped McGee in his tracks.
McGee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chula misses the body punch
and McGee makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Chula misses with a hook to the body
and McGee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chula smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee dives in and scores a takedown into Chula's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGee with a nice head shot there.
McGee postures up in Chula's guard and throws a big left but Chula blocks it.
McGee with a flurry of punches that miss.
McGee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McGee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McGee throwing strikes but missing.
Chula preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McGee scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGee throwing strikes but missing.
McGee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taran Chula dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Chula's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A left lands for Chula.
McGee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chula manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chula moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McGee, as that shot connected.
Chula throws a big shot that misses.
McGee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd cheers as Chula lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGee doesn't seem phased though.
That kick from Chula tenderised McGee's leg. McGee is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McGee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chula is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGee can do to turn this around?
Chula ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGee throws a push kick but Chula slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee avoids the body shot from Chula.
Chula digs a good body shot into McGee's ribs.
Chula takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for McGee.
Chula throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Taran Chula is winning the standup battle so far.
McGee staying out of range there.
McGee throws a big shot that misses.
Chula jabs at McGee's body.
McGee cracks Chula with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Taran Chula is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGee scores with a hook.
McGee throws a wild body kick that Chula sees coming a mile off.
Chula is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Chula. Those never looked like landing.
McGee with the counter takedown but Chula avoids it easily.
Chula wants to land a leg kick but McGee is out of range.
Chula fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGee manages to avoid it.
Chula ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGee moves away.
McGee steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chula throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGee throws a nice head kick!
Chula scores with a leg kick.
Chula missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGee works over Chula's head and body with a nice combination.
McGee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chula was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chula takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Chula was covering up waiting for the punch and McGee finishes the takedown easily into guard.
McGee wants to pass the guard but Chula is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McGee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McGee throws a big elbow that misses.
McGee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McGee throwing strikes from guard but Chula blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chula seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
McGee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chula working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McGee.
McGee connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGee postures up in Chula's guard and throws a big left but Chula blocks it.
McGee looking to pass the guard.
Chula is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
McGee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McGee is looking to work some ground and pound but Chula has wrist control.
McGee is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
McGee thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bonerz McGee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Chula throws a leg kick
and McGee counters with a series of strikes. Chula will be more careful next time no doubt.
A combination from Chula does no damage.
Chula misses the shot to the body.
Chula misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
Chula misses with a body shot.
McGee with the counter takedown but Chula avoids it easily.
Chula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chula slips a straight right by McGee.
McGee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chula will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McGee fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Chula to the ground. McGee is now in Chula's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chula avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chula trying to control the position.
Chula working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McGee.
Chula working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McGee.
McGee looking to pass the guard.
McGee throwing strikes but missing.
Chula is pulling down on McGee's head. It's preventing any offense from McGee, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McGee is looking to work some ground and pound but Chula has wrist control.
Chula avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McGee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bonerz McGee has got the better of the ground game so far.
McGee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McGee looking to pass the guard.
McGee chips away with some ground and pound.
McGee landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chula knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McGee on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McGee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McGee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McGee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McGee cracks Chula with a solid left hand.
McGee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McGee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McGee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McGee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McGee is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McGee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McGee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chula swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McGee working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McGee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McGee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chula swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McGee is looking to work some ground and pound but Chula has wrist control.
McGee passes Chula's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bonerz McGee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McGee has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bonerz McGee!
During a confident post fight interview, Bonerz McGee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Sepulveda (ranked 752 p4p, 88 weight class) and Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit (ranked 176 p4p, 26 weight class). Sepulveda comes to the cage accompanied by Lady Gaga - Alejandro. Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Alejandro Sepulveda's chin.
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141 lbs
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27
139 lbs
16 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alejandro Sepulveda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit lands with a nice body punch.
Sepulveda has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marty Robbin's Fight Ranch™ in the buildup to the fight.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Sepulveda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit gets caught napping as Sepulveda dives in and scores a takedown. Sitsongrit manages to retain guard.
Sitsongrit is trying to keep Sepulveda in close.
Sepulveda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sitsongrit is keeping the position for now.
Sepulveda is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit keeping moving, preventing Sepulveda from controlling successfully.
Sitsongrit wants to stand and escape but Sepulveda is having none of it.
Sepulveda wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda won't allow Sitsongrit to sweep him here.
Sepulveda is stalling in the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sitsongrit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sepulveda digs a good hook to Sitsongrit's body.
A left lands for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sitsongrit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sepulveda counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sitsongrit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sitsongrit sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sepulveda somewhat.
Sitsongrit wants to counter the offense by Sepulveda and move into the clinch position.
The crowd cheers as Sitsongrit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sepulveda doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
Sitsongrit looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good exchange - Sitsongrit coming out on top.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Sepulveda looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Sepulveda's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sepulveda connects with a looping right hand.
Sitsongrit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sepulveda on the side of the head.
Sepulveda blocks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sepulveda is out of range.
Sitsongrit lands a nice shot to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Sepulveda moves away and avoids it.
Sepulveda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sepulveda. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit cracks Sepulveda with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch but Sepulveda swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sepulveda throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sepulveda's head backwards.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the nose.
A slow jab from Sepulveda misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Sepulveda blocks it.
Sepulveda looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sepulveda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sepulveda lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sepulveda.
Sitsongrit is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sepulveda had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sitsongrit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sepulveda checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Sepulveda stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sepulveda is looking to wear down Sitsongrit with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sepulveda lands a slapping body shot.
Sitsongrit rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sepulveda counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sitsongrit!
Sepulveda is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sitsongrit knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sitsongrit has one of Sepulveda's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Sepulveda trying to control the position but Sitsongrit is working away.
Sitsongrit sneaks out the side door and pushes Sepulveda away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sepulveda tries to clinch there but Sitsongrit circles away.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Sepulveda has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sitsongrit finds it's way round the side to connect with Sepulveda's head.
Sepulveda works the jab nicely.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sepulveda.
Sitsongrit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sepulveda throws a leg kick which misses Sitsongrit's front leg but catches the back leg as Sitsongrit tries to avoid it.
Sepulveda does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sitsongrit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sepulveda misses the jab.
Sitsongrit steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sepulveda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Sepulveda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sitsongrit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sitsongrit's hands.
Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Sepulveda off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit avoids a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Sepulveda moves out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
Sepulveda avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sepulveda throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd cheers as Sitsongrit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sepulveda doesn't seem phased though.
A leg kick checked by Sitsongrit.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
Sepulveda takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sepulveda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
A low kick from Sepulveda misses
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Sepulveda moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sitsongrit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Sitsongrit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sepulveda walks into a straight right hand from Sitsongrit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sepulveda takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Sepulveda strikes.
Sepulveda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sepulveda misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Sepulveda does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Sepulveda misses.
Sepulveda misses the jab.
Sitsongrit has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sepulveda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sepulveda wants to clinch.
Sepulveda tries to clinch but Sitsongrit is having none of it.
Sitsongrit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sepulveda's head.
Sepulveda moves out of range as Sitsongrit strikes.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sepulveda misses with a kick to the body.
Sepulveda moves out of range of the body kick.
Sepulveda moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sepulveda manages to avoid it.
Sepulveda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sepulveda walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sitsongrit counters with a right hand to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook
and Sepulveda counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sepulveda lands a nice shot to the body.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
Sepulveda closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit circles away.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
Sitsongrit lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sepulveda is rocked!
Sitsongrit throws a good cross that connects.
Oh Sepulveda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sepulveda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit knocks out Sepulveda with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Sitsongrit before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Sitsongrit picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit!
A relieved looking Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Ace Rob (ranked 700 p4p, 81 weight class) and Selfie Lord (ranked 345 p4p, 48 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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32
143 lbs
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40
147 lbs
34 - 24 - 2 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ace Rob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 24 - 2, fighting out of London, Selfie Lord!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord misses with a kick to the body
and Rob counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Lord!
Lord sneaks out the side door and pushes Rob away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Rob uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rob has managed to clinch.
Lord tries to work over Rob's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rob is looking to break free of the clinch but Lord has double underhooks.
Rob escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lord has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lord blocks a jab.
Rob throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lord connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lord takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jab by Rob.
Good exchange - Lord coming out on top.
Lord gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rob to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rob with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rob drops back looking for a leg! Lord is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lord manages to kick Rob off! Rob jumps back into Lord's guard.
Rob drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rob jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rob tries to free his leg and advance position but Lord is retaining full guard.
Rob trying to control but Lord is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lord wants to stand but Rob is controlling the position.
Rob scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
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.
Lord keeping moving, preventing Rob from controlling successfully.
Rob trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rob stands up over Lord, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rob wants to pass the guard but Lord is keeping the position.
Rob is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lord wants to stand but Rob is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rob wants to control from the top but Lord keeps moving.
Rob prevents Lord from getting back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Rob throws a jab but it's blocked by Lord.
Rob looks to land a left hand but Lord moved out of range nicely.
Lord throws out a counter right but Rob avoids it with no problem.
Rob scores with a nice right hand.
Rob fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lord, pushing him back against the cage.
Lord prevents the takedown attempt.
Lord misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rob escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rob takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rob is rocked!
Lord measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Rob! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Selfie Lord!
A relieved looking Selfie Lord 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 Badr Al Din (ranked 374 p4p, 52 weight class) and Michael Cole (ranked 159 p4p, 23 weight class). Al Din comes to the cage accompanied by RUNNING BACK. Cole is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I Won't Back Down. Badr Al Din has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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209 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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Badr Al Din!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Cole!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Din pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Al Din misses with an uppercut.
Al Din throws a body punch but Cole moves out of range.
Cole looks to land a combination but Al Din avoids it well.
Al Din rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cole moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Al Din takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Al Din throws a leg kick but Cole checks it.
Al Din keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Michael Cole has been cut.
Al Din throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cole drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Al Din defends it well.
Cole catches Al Din with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Badr Al Din has been cut.
Cole lunges at Al Din with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Al Din's hand.
Al Din seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cole's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Al Din connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cole scrambles back to his feet.
Al Din tries to work over Cole's front leg with a kick but Cole checks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Din throws a looping overhand right but Cole ducks down to avoid it.
Cole drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cole creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole scoring with punches and elbows.
Al Din tries to buck Cole off but Cole is having none of it.
Cole landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Al Din sneaks back into half guard.
Al Din controlling the position well.
Al Din taking some punishment here, with Cole in his half guard.
Cole 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.
Cole winds up and cracks Al Din with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cole throwing shots but Al Din is blocking nicely.
Al Din moves into full guard.
Cole trying to control but Al Din is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cole's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Al Din is trying to keep Cole in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cole content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cole landing with the ground and pound.
Cole scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cole's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cole wants to control from the top but Al Din keeps moving.
Cole postures up and lands a big shot to Al Din's brow.
Al Din looking to control.
Cole slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Din working a defensive guard here.
Cole cracks Al Din with a solid left hand.
Al Din will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Al Din is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cole defends well.
Cole makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Al Din looking for a guillotine here but Cole defends easily.
Cole is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Al Din not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.
Cole trying to control but Al Din is working from the bottom.
Cole sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Al Din throws a jab when Cole was well out of range.
Al Din is looking to slow Cole down with leg kicks.
Al Din swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Al Din thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cole blocks a low kick nicely.
Cole avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Al Din looks to land a combination. Cole sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cole has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Al Din throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cole lands with a right hand.
Al Din throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cole.
Cole moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Cole will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Al Din throws the kick towards the body but Cole avoids it.
Al Din misses with the body kick
and Cole counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cole.
Al Din is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cole is aware though and is defending well.
Cole keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Al Din's head.
Cole scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cole with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cole working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Al Din's head.
Cole trying to control but Al Din is working from the bottom.
Cole has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Al Din looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Cole is defending well. Al Din quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Cole has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Al Din celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Badr Al Din!
Badr Al Din 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Afeef Isa Baba (ranked 22 p4p, 3 weight class) and Lao Shin (ranked 86 p4p, 12 weight class). Baba comes to the cage accompanied by Nation Arabic Orchestra. Shin has chosen Shaolin Chamber of Death as his entrance music. Lao Shin told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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37
172 lbs
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176 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Afeef Isa Baba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
49 - 19 - 2, fighting out of London, Lao Shin!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shin throws a lazy right hand but Baba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baba falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shin counters with a nice leg kick.
Shin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baba.
Baba misses with a body kick.
Baba throws a lazy uppercut
and Shin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shin works the jab nicely.
It looks like Afeef Isa Baba has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baba slips under a jab.
Shin tried to score with a low kick but Baba checks it.
Baba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shin misses with a low kick.
A quick step to the side and Baba tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shin throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin throws a hook but Baba blocks it.
Shin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shin takes the fight into the clinch.
Shin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shin can't find room to land a body shot as Baba controls the action.
Shin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shin is leaning against Baba and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Shin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shin pushes Baba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baba.
Baba prevents a body shot from Shin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shin lands a shot to the body.
Baba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shin misses with a straight right.
Shin thows a leg kick but Baba checks it
and Baba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baba swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shin counters with a straight right hand.
Baba moves out of range of the body kick from Shin.
Baba misses with a hook
and Shin counters with a stiff right hand.
Shin misses with a body kick.
Shin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baba was well out of range. Poor timing from Shin.
Shin ducks under a wild hook from Baba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Baba in his tracks.
Baba slips a jab from Shin.
Shin misses with a kick to the body
and Baba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baba stalks Shin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shin's face. Shin staggers backwards, shaken.
Baba has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shin.
Baba moves out of range as Shin strikes.
Baba throws the left hand but Shin avoids the punch easily.
Shin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baba throws a head kick that misses.
Shin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baba lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Shin. That's going to slow Baba down.
Baba jabs at Shin's body.
Baba checks the leg kick nicely there.
Baba thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nice shot by Baba.
The fighters circle momentarily. Baba darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Baba misses with a hook
and Baba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baba moves out of range as Shin strikes.
Baba slips under a jab from Shin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lao Shin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Afeef Isa Baba's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Shin moves away from the strike by Baba.
Baba throws a right hand that Shin ducks under and follows up with a left that Shin also avoids with ease.
Baba takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lao Shin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Shin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shin tries to clinch but Baba is having none of it.
Baba connects with a single shot there.
Shin keeps Baba at a distance using the push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Baba scores with a jab to the jaw.
Baba rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Shin counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba sizes up Shin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Baba throws a poor cross that misses
and Shin counters with a stiff right hand.
Baba throws a nice head kick!
A slow jab from Baba misses its intended target.
Baba lands with an uppercut that bounces Shin off the cage and back into range.
Baba misses with a shot to the body
and Shin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shin misses with a straight right.
Baba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shin! But no joy.
Shin tries a low kick but Baba avoids it.
Shin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Baba checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Baba.
Shin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shin throws a body punch but Baba moves out of range.
Shin connects with an inside leg kick.
Baba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shin.
Shin misses with a straight left.
Shin looks to throw a body kick
letting Baba counter with a right hand.
Shin throws the kick towards the body but Baba avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shin connects with a jab.
Baba thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Shin if he has to take too many more of those.
Shin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shin misses with a low kick.
Shin lands with a cross.
Shin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baba counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Lao Shin has been cut.
Shin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shin misses with a left hand
and Baba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shin is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Baba misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shin lands with a hook. Baba tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shin avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shin! But no joy.
Shin tries to land a body kick
and Baba counters with a straight right hand.
Shin just misses with a punch to the body.
Baba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shin. Shin obviously looking to wear him down.
Shin looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Shin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baba.
Shin replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Baba blocks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lao Shin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A lazy body kick from Shin
and Baba counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Shin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baba manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Shin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baba scores with a head kick.
Baba swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big right from Baba misses.
Shin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baba comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baba misses with a right hand
and Shin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baba looks to land a right hand but Shin moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin throws a hook but Baba blocks it.
A clash of legs there as Baba blocks the low kick.
Baba is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Baba scores with a jab.
Shin throws a sloppy head kick
and Baba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shin blocks the body kick.
Baba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shin throws a hook but Baba blocks it.
Baba jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Shin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shin avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Baba swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shin counters with a stiff right hand.
Baba jabs Shin right on the nose. Shin blinks but takes it well.
Shin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baba swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baba digs a good hook to Shin's body.
Baba misses with a lunging right hand
and Shin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Baba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shin misses with a kick to the body
and Baba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Baba has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Shin.
Shin looks to land a left hand but Baba moved out of range nicely.
Shin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shin swings for the body but Baba moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba misses with a double jab.
Shin misses with a leg kick
and Baba counters with a stiff right hand.
Baba throws a head kick but Shin moves out of range.
Baba is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shin lands a jab.
Afeef Isa Baba's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shin throws a jab but it's blocked by Baba.
Baba was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Baba connects with a leg kick. Shin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Shin misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Baba misses the target.
Baba misses the shot to the body.
Shin looks to land a right hand but Baba moved out of range.
Baba looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Afeef Isa Baba did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Baba misses with a left hand
letting Shin counter with a right hand.
Baba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shin avoids the body shot from Baba.
Baba lands a lovely overhand right.
Baba goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baba throws a sloppy head kick and Shin moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baba takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice uppercut there from Shin.
Baba with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shin misses with an uppercut
and Baba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Baba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shin misses with a body kick.
Shin is looking to chop away at Baba's legs.
Baba thinks about countering with a body kick.
Shin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Shin connects with a single shot there.
Baba is rocked!
Baba throws a lazy body kick
and Shin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oh Baba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Shin cracks Baba with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Baba falls to his knees and Shin doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lao Shin!
Lao Shin is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Lao Shin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Closet Case Conservative (ranked 43 p4p, 4 weight class) and Sunray Spike (ranked 108 p4p, 8 weight class). Spike has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Closet Case Conservative!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sunray Spike!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conservative lands with a nice body punch.
A punch lands to the side of Conservative 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Conservative throws a shot from downtown. Spike moves away and avoids it.
Conservative shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spike is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Conservative swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spike shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Conservative eats them both and turns towards Spike to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Spike moves away from the strike by Conservative.
Conservative throws a hook to the side of Spike's head but Spike sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spike misses with a lunging right hand
and Conservative counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conservative lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spike's sensitive parts.
Conservative thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spike swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conservative connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Conservative.
Spike feints a counter leg kick.
Spike misses with the combination.
Spike lands a big head kick that sends Conservative tumbling to the mat! Spike takes a step backwards and waves Conservative back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Closet Case Conservative has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spike keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conservative.
Conservative lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Spike drops Conservative with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Conservative looks back up at him and smiles so Spike waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Spike throws a pinpoint strike between Conservative's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Conservative crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Spike scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sunray Spike!
Sunray Spike is the new super heavyweight champion!
Sunray Spike spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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