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WPFC 46 - Nunes vs. Newgate PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dwight Edgar (ranked 3785 p4p, 332 weight class) and Jagga Obidisson (ranked 24396 p4p, 449 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jagga Obidisson enters the cage!
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135 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin |
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Brawler
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dwight Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jagga Obidisson!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obidisson delivers a nice body kick.
Obidisson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Obidisson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Edgar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A left and a right from Obidisson both land. Nice combination.
Obidisson tries for a takedown but Edgar circles away easily
and Edgar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Edgar.
Obidisson can't get the takedown.
Obidisson tries to break the clinch but Edgar is controlling the position.
Edgar controlling the action here for a moment.
Edgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Obidisson looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edgar leaning his opponent against the cage.
Edgar lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Obidisson is defending well for now.
Obidisson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edgar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Edgar trying to land knees to the body.
Edgar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Edgar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Edgar misses with a punch to the body.
Edgar lands a nice knee to the body.
Edgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Edgar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Obidisson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Edgar.
Edgar lands a good knee to the midsection. Obidisson won't want to take too many of those.
Edgar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Edgar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edgar landing knees to the head.
Edgar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Obidisson up against the cage.
Edgar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Edgar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Edgar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Edgar lands an elbow just above Obidisson 's eye.
Edgar working Obidisson over with knees to the body.
Edgar lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Edgar obliges.
Obidisson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Edgar seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Obidisson can turn it around.
Edgar with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jagga Obidisson has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar lands a knee to the body.
Edgar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Edgar taking a breather.
Edgar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Edgar lands a knee to the head.
Edgar scores a nice knee to the body.
Edgar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Edgar controlling the action here for a moment.
Edgar slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Edgar for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Knees to the body from Edgar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Edgar stalling the fight.
Edgar lands a good knee to the midsection. Obidisson won't want to take too many of those.
Edgar working Obidisson over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Edgar obliges.
Knees to the body from Edgar.
Edgar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Edgar crunches a lovely knee into Obidisson's ribcage.
Edgar has Obidisson pushed against the cage.
Obidisson takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwight Edgar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jagga Obidisson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Edgar darts in and clinches Obidisson up against the cage.
Obidisson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Edgar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Edgar leaning against his opponent.
Edgar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Obidisson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Edgar.
Edgar is stalling here.
Edgar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edgar connects with a knee to the head.
Obidisson is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Edgar.
Obidisson takes an elbow to the forehead.
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!
Edgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar lands an elbow that stopped Obidisson in his tracks for a moment.
Edgar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Edgar.
A knee to the head by Edgar.
Nice body punch from Edgar - that landed with a thud.
Edgar scores a nice knee to the body.
Edgar landing knees to the body.
Edgar stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Edgar lands a body shot in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Edgar.
Edgar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Edgar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Obidisson's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obidisson being controlled against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edgar lands a nice knee to the body.
Obidisson takes a knee right on the jaw!
That has opened up Jagga Obidisson's cut even more.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Edgar obliges.
Edgar stalling against the cage.
Obidisson is trying to break free.
Edgar with a knee to the head.
Edgar scores with a knee to the head.
Edgar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Edgar.
Obidisson being controlled against the cage.
Edgar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Edgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Edgar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Edgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Edgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Edgar obliges.
Edgar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dwight Edgar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Edgar landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar taking a breather.
Edgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edgar lands a nice elbow.
Edgar landing knees to the body.
Edgar lands a good knee to the midsection. Obidisson won't want to take too many of those.
Edgar lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Edgar obliges.
Edgar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Edgar taking a breather.
Edgar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwight Edgar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jagga Obidisson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Obidisson misses with a hook
and Edgar counters with a thumping low kick.
Obidisson throws a combination that misses
and Edgar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Edgar crunches a lovely knee into Obidisson's ribcage.
Edgar lands an elbow inside.
Edgar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Obidisson is defending well for now.
Edgar tries to land knees in the clinch but Obidisson avoids the damage to the body.
Edgar taking a breather.
Edgar lands an elbow just above Obidisson 's eye.
Obidisson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edgar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Obidisson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar stalling against the cage.
Edgar trying to land knees to the body.
Edgar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Edgar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Obidisson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Edgar obliges.
Edgar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Edgar keeps control of Obidisson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees to the body from Edgar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obidisson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Edgar avoiding damage.
Obidisson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Edgar landing knees to the body.
Edgar working Obidisson over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Edgar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Edgar can't find room to land a body shot as Obidisson controls the action.
Edgar is stalling here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Obidisson.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Obidisson avoids it.
Edgar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jagga Obidisson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Obidisson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Edgar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Obidisson.
Edgar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Obidisson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Edgar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Obidisson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Edgar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dwight Edgar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Obidisson throws a head punch that misses.
Obidisson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Obidisson tries to break free but Edgar pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Obidisson manages to pull guard.
Edgar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dwight Edgar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Edgar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwight Edgar!
A relieved looking Dwight Edgar 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dah Winner (ranked 3983 p4p, 407 weight class) and Harry Weinstein (ranked 5437 p4p, 467 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent 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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dah Winner !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Weinstein!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weinstein takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Weinstein takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Winner avoids the body shot from Weinstein.
Winner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winner looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Winner closes the distance and clinches up with Weinstein, looking for a takedown. Winner pushes Weinstein against the cage but Weinstein circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Winner misses with a combination
letting Weinstein counter with a right hand.
Winner defending well as Weinstein loads up on a big left hand.
Winner swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Winner looks for a takedown but Weinstein sprawls well.
Winner connects with a crisp jab.
Winner shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Weinstein pinned against the cage. Weinstein gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dah Winner . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winner lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner throws a low kick but Weinstein moves out of range easily.
A nice combination there by Winner .
Weinstein takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Weinstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Weinstein stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice shot lands for Winner .
Winner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weinstein.
Winner darts in trying to clinch
letting Weinstein counter with a right hand.
Winner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Harry Weinstein has been cut.
Weinstein throws an overhand right that lands on Winner 's shoulder, as Winner tries to avoid the shot.
Winner lands with a hook. Weinstein tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Winner .
The fight stays on the outside here - Winner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A left lands for Winner .
Winner misses with a low kick as Weinstein jumps back.
Weinstein is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Winner with a body shot.
Winner scores with a one two! Weinstein had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Winner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Winner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Weinstein moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Weinstein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Winner . Weinstein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Weinstein walks into a stiff left hand from Winner .
Winner throws a right and a left that Weinstein avoids nicely.
Weinstein looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Weinstein looks to throw the jab but Winner is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner throws a series of punches but Weinstein moves out of range.
Dah Winner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winner digs a good body shot into Weinstein's ribs.
Winner blocks a jab.
Harry Weinstein is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Weinstein takes one on the button.
Winner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Winner was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Weinstein takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Winner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Weinstein swats away the attempt to clinch by Winner .
Weinstein throws a hook to the side of Winner 's head but Winner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Winner seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Winner cracks Weinstein with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Winner throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Weinstein takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Weinstein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Winner .
It seemed like Weinstein was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Weinstein.
A lazy left from Winner finds it's target.
Weinstein moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Weinstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winner wants to clinch.
Weinstein scores with a jab to the head.
Winner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Winner lands a body shot.
Winner rushes Weinstein and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Weinstein.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dah Winner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harry Weinstein's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Winner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dah Winner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Weinstein throws a hook to the side of Winner 's head but Winner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Winner shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Weinstein eats them both and turns towards Winner to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Winner throws a leg kick that is checked
and Weinstein counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch but Weinstein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Weinstein on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Weinstein tries to move into range but Winner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Weinstein looks to land a right hand but Winner moved out of range.
Winner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Weinstein now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Winner works over Weinstein's head and body with a nice combination.
Winner ducks under a wild hook from Weinstein.
Winner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Winner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Weinstein can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weinstein waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Winner .
Winner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Winner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weinstein looks to score with a jab to the body but Winner is just out of range.
Winner moves away from the strike by Weinstein.
Winner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Weinstein momentarily.
Winner wants to clinch but Weinstein slips to the side
and Weinstein counters with a stiff right hand.
Winner wants to clinch up but Weinstein keeps it at a distance.
Weinstein looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Weinstein moves out of range of the body kick from Winner .
Winner shoots in for a takedown but Weinstein shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Weinstein throws a hook but Winner avoids it easily.
Dah Winner is winning the standup battle so far.
Winner fails with a takedown attempt.
Winner lands a glancing blow to the side of Weinstein's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner throws a series of punches but Weinstein avoids them all with ease.
Weinstein swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Weinstein on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Winner throws a shot to the body.
Winner feints a jab promting Weinstein to slip. Winner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Weinstein slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Winner there.
Winner slips a straight right by Weinstein.
Weinstein has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Weinstein slips a jab from Winner .
Winner displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Weinstein showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Winner .
Winner tries to clinch there but Weinstein circles away.
Weinstein throws a lazy right hand but Winner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weinstein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winner moves away.
Weinstein slips a jab and a cross from Winner .
Winner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Winner is looking to land body kicks.
Winner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Weinstein on the side of the head.
Winner looks for a takedown but Weinstein sprawls well.
Weinstein swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dah Winner . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winner lands with a cross.
Weinstein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Winner .
Winner defending well as Weinstein loads up on a big left hand.
Weinstein blocks a leg kick.
Weinstein circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Winner . That snapped Weinstein's head back.
Winner throws a combination. Weinstein tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Winner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weinstein.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weinstein misses the shot to the body.
Weinstein misses with an uppercut.
Weinstein throws a hook but Winner avoids it easily.
Winner scores with a jab to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Winner .
Weinstein might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Winner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Weinstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Weinstein throws a body punch but Winner moves out of range.
Winner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Weinstein to counter with a crisp jab.
Winner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dah Winner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harry Weinstein's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Winner throws a right hand that Weinstein ducks under and follows up with a left that Weinstein also avoids with ease.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Weinstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winner feints a jab promting Weinstein to slip. Winner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Weinstein slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Winner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Winner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Winner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Winner punishes Weinstein's body with a nice straight punch.
Weinstein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A big right from Weinstein misses.
Weinstein avoids the body shot from Winner .
Winner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Winner misses with the body kick
and Winner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner just misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Weinstein.
Winner tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Weinstein is able to avoid easily.
Weinstein throws a hook but Winner avoids it easily.
Winner slips under a jab.
Weinstein misses with a looping right.
A punch combination from Winner misses.
Winner misses with a two punch combination.
Weinstein looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Weinstein connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Weinstein misses.
Winner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Winner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harry Weinstein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner throws the left hand but Weinstein avoids the punch easily.
Winner avoids the body shot from Weinstein.
Weinstein throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Winner looks to land a combination but Weinstein avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Winner .
Weinstein looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
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!
Winner throws a body shot but no joy.
Weinstein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Winner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Weinstein.
It looked like Winner wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Weinstein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winner moves away.
Winner feints a jab promting Weinstein to slip. Winner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Weinstein slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Weinstein throws out a loose jab but Winner uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weinstein stuffs the takedown.
Winner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Winner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Winner lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Weinstein showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Winner .
Winner ducks right into an uppercut from Weinstein.
Weinstein throws a big shot that misses.
Winner misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Winner .
Winner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Weinstein looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Weinstein counter with a right hand.
Weinstein avoids the body shot from Winner .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winner shoots in for a double leg but Weinstein sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dah Winner . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Weinstein dodges the punch combination from Winner .
Dah Winner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Weinstein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Winner with a nice cross.
Weinstein takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Winner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weinstein.
Weinstein is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Winner with a body shot.
Winner jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Some bone on bone action there as Weinstein checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dah Winner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Winner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dah Winner !
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dartemis Bleak (ranked 3549 p4p, 307 weight class) and Daniel Kaspian (ranked 7133 p4p, 462 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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250 lbs
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280 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dartemis Bleak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Kaspian!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaspian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bleak with a nice cross.
Kaspian connects with a leg kick. Bleak looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kaspian avoids the head kick by Bleak.
Kaspian tries to sprawl but Bleak drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bleak missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kaspian preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Kaspian is looking for a sweep. Bleak is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bleak sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kaspian defending well though.
Ground and pound from Bleak.
Kaspian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kaspian is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bleak scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bleak sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kaspian defending well though.
Bleak thows a huge punch but Kaspian dodges it nicely.
Kaspian controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaspian is looking to control Bleak's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kaspian avoid being mounted?
Bleak trying to mount his opponent but Kaspian defends it.
Bleak has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bleak working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaspian is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bleak scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bleak slips a nice elbow through Kaspian's hands, connecting with Kaspian's forehead.
Bleak is nestled in close to Kaspian, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bleak working Kaspian over with strikes.
Bleak lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Kaspian quite badly. Kaspian pulls Bleak in close trying to recover. Bleak postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Kaspian on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Kaspian doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dartemis Bleak!
Our winner, Dartemis Bleak, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Gambino (ranked 2925 p4p, 262 weight class) and Mo Back (ranked 7057 p4p, 459 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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20
268 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Salvatore Gambino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mo Back!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gambino throws an overhand right that has Back reeling! Gambino follows up with more punches and Back is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Salvatore Gambino!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Monty Fiske (ranked 3309 p4p, 339 weight class) and Koryu Miyagi (ranked 3426 p4p, 350 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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159 lbs
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156 lbs
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Basic striking
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Monty Fiske!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koryu Miyagi!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fiske throws a body punch but Miyagi moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Fiske 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fiske misses with a wild body shot.
Miyagi feints a counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Miyagi checks a leg kick.
Miyagi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fiske tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Fiske is predictable there
and Miyagi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fiske has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiske looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fiske throws his legs up looking for a submission but Miyagi uses it to pass to side control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Miyagi working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Fiske is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Miyagi trying to control the position but Fiske is working away.
Fiske struggling a bit here.
Miyagi advances to mount.
Fiske knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Miyagi on the ground.
Miyagi tries to control but Fiske wriggling away.
Miyagi lands with some strikes.
Fiske is in a horrible position here. Miyagi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Miyagi unloading with bombs!
Fiske is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Miyagi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fiske wants to control but Miyagi is having none of it.
Fiske is working to get back to half guard.
Miyagi looking to control but Fiske is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We've been hearing good reports from Fiske's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Fiske on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fiske tries to get out of the position.
Fiske tries to hold on but Miyagi pushes him away.
Fiske is trying to escape the mount.
Miyagi lands a nice shot to the head.
Fiske is trying desperately to improve position.
Miyagi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fiske is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiske wants to control but Miyagi is having none of it.
Miyagi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miyagi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
It looks like Monty Fiske has been cut.
Miyagi wants to control the pace but Fiske is squirming around nicely.
Miyagi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Miyagi lands a couple of good shots and Fiske has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fiske wants to control his opponent's hands but Miyagi gets his hands free.
Miyagi lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Miyagi is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Fiske defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Fiske wants to escape the position but for the time being he's just trying to control the pace.
I really don't envy Fiske right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiske wants to control his opponent's hands but Miyagi gets his hands free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miyagi scores with punches and elbows.
Fiske tries to escape but Miyagi has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Miyagi punches Fiske on the ear.
Miyagi working for the choke.
Fiske is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Miyagi trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Miyagi lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Miyagi has the hooks in. Fiske is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Miyagi controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koryu Miyagi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Monty Fiske's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Miyagi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Monty Fiske's cut is getting worse.
Fiske misses with a body shot.
Miyagi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fiske defends it nicely.
Fiske went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Fiske pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fiske tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Miyagi was well out of range. Poor timing from Fiske.
Miyagi shoots in for a takedown but Fiske shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miyagi shoots for a takedown but Fiske saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Monty Fiske has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Koryu Miyagi.
Fiske misses with a body kick.
Fiske is looking to clinch.
Miyagi lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Miyagi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Miyagi enables Fiske to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Miyagi manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Miyagi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fiske postures up.
Fiske stopping the sweep attempt from Miyagi.
Fiske looking to pass the guard.
Fiske trying to control the position from guard on top but Miyagi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fiske has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fiske wants to pass the guard but Miyagi is keeping the position.
Miyagi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Miyagi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fiske's guard.
Miyagi works over Fiske with some ground and pound from guard.
Miyagi throwing strikes from guard but Fiske blocks nicely.
Miyagi wants to control from the top but Fiske keeps moving.
Koryu Miyagi has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiske looking to control.
Fiske lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Miyagi is working Fiske over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fiske controlling the position.
Miyagi trying to control the position from guard on top but Fiske is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fiske looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Miyagi trying to control but Fiske is working from the bottom.
Miyagi stands up over Fiske, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Miyagi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Miyagi throws a big right hand that misses.
Fiske controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiske looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fiske keeping moving, preventing Miyagi from controlling successfully.
Fiske seems keen to control Miyagi's posture.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Fiske is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Miyagi is stalling in the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Miyagi dives in for a single leg takedown but Fiske sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Miyagi cracks Fiske with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fiske tries to bum rush Miyagi with a series of wild strikes but Miyagi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Monty Fiske is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miyagi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fiske manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fiske looks to land a body kick but Miyagi moved away.
Miyagi feints the counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi is looking to clinch.
Fiske is looking for a counter combo.
Miyagi shoots in looking for a takedown. Fiske tries to sprawl out of it but Miyagi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fiske manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fiske dives in for a single leg takedown but Miyagi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Fiske misses with a right hand
and Miyagi counters with a one-two to the body.
Miyagi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fiske has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Miyagi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fiske turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miyagi wants to control but Fiske postures up.
Fiske trying to control the action but Miyagi is working from the bottom.
Miyagi is looking for a sweep.
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 Monty Fiske will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Monty Fiske's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Fiske clinches with his opponent.
Miyagi wants to take the fight to the mat but Fiske manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Fiske prevents a takedown attempt there.
Miyagi tries for a takedown but Fiske manages to get underhooks.
Monty Fiske has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Koryu Miyagi.
Miyagi has Fiske pressed against the cage, preventing Fiske from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Miyagi is looking for a takedown.
Fiske effectively controlling the action here.
Fiske is trying to drag Miyagi to the mat but Miyagi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Fiske tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Miyagi avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miyagi drags the fight down to the ground.
Miyagi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miyagi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fiske's guard.
Miyagi tries to free his leg and advance position but Fiske is retaining full guard.
Fiske had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miyagi defends it easily.
Fiske working for a triangle but Miyagi defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiske is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Miyagi is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miyagi wants to control from the top but Fiske keeps moving.
Miyagi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Miyagi postures up.
Miyagi trying to control the position from guard on top but Fiske is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Miyagi chips away with some ground and pound.
Miyagi stopping the sweep attempt from Fiske.
Miyagi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fiske has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Miyagi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Miyagi landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Miyagi stands up over Fiske, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Miyagi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fiske pulls Miyagi in to control the position.
Miyagi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Miyagi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fiske's head.
Miyagi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Miyagi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Miyagi passes Fiske's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Miyagi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Miyagi lands strikes from half guard.
Miyagi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fiske is staying active underneath Miyagi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi controlling the action here.
Miyagi is nestled in close to Fiske, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fiske tries to get to full guard but Miyagi has control of the leg.
Miyagi working over Fiske with some ground and pound. Fiske looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Miyagi lands a nice short elbow.
Fiske desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Fiske is trying to maintain the position but Miyagi is very close to passing his half guard.
Miyagi blocks the strikes from Fiske.
Miyagi working the head and body with strikes.
Fiske wants to control but Miyagi is keeping busy.
Miyagi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiske trying to control but Miyagi postures up.
Miyagi is nestled in close to Fiske, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fiske looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Miyagi connects with a nice short shot to Fiske's temple.
Miyagi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fiske sees it coming and defends easily.
Miyagi controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Miyagi there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ground and pound from Miyagi.
Miyagi is trying to control the action in half guard but Fiske is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Miyagi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koryu Miyagi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Miyagi 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koryu Miyagi!
Koryu Miyagi decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bilal Vinsson (ranked 2964 p4p, 274 weight class) and Brendan Quiniou (ranked 3914 p4p, 337 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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152 lbs
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Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bilal Vinsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brendan Quiniou!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quiniou throws a body punch but Vinsson moves out of range.
Vinsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quiniou scores with a nice strike.
Quiniou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quiniou is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Quiniou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Quiniou changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Quiniou connects with the punch.
Quiniou has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Vinsson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Vinsson takes one to the side of the head.
Vinsson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Quiniou misses the target.
Quiniou stuffs the takedown.
Vinsson tries to clinch up but Quiniou circles away and keeps his distance.
Quiniou lands with a hook. Vinsson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Quiniou with a hook.
Quiniou's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vinsson under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vinsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quiniou is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Quiniou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vinsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quiniou is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vinsson's half guard.
Vinsson tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Quiniou manages to move to mount!
Vinsson is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The Forge, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Quiniou working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinsson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Vinsson tries to hold on but Quiniou postures up.
Quiniou looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Quiniou can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vinsson is looking to escape.
Quiniou is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Vinsson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Vinsson shrugs it off.
Quiniou goes for an armbar but Vinsson turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Vinsson.
Quiniou looking for a sweep. Not yet Quiniou, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quiniou trying to keep a closed guard but Vinsson is proving a slippery customer.
Quiniou has momentary wrist control but Vinsson slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vinsson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vinsson scoring with some ground and pound.
Quiniou looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Vinsson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Quiniou is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Vinsson is aware though and is defending well.
Quiniou escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vinsson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Vinsson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vinsson stands and throws Quiniou's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ground and pound from Vinsson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quiniou is looking for a sweep.
Quiniou takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Quiniou is looking to reverse the position.
Quiniou manages to get back to half guard.
Quiniou is refusing to be controlled, as Vinsson sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vinsson lands strikes from half guard.
Quiniou is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vinsson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vinsson's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vinsson is in a bad position with Quiniou working for a choke. Vinsson manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
Quiniou is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Quiniou is looking for a kimura but Vinsson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Quiniou to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinsson wants to get back to full guard.
Quiniou not doing much here.
Quiniou wants to pass to mount but Vinsson is defending the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quiniou trying to control the pace.
Quiniou is looking to take a break and control but Vinsson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Quiniou frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Vinsson has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Quiniou's lack of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Quiniou dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Vinsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quiniou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quiniou swings for the body but Vinsson moves out of range.
Vinsson dives in for a single leg takedown but Quiniou sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Vinsson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quiniou swivels and escapes.
Quiniou thuds a left hand into Vinsson's body.
Vinsson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vinsson tries to move into range but Quiniou moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vinsson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bilal Vinsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quiniou scores with a nice head shot.
Vinsson goes for a double leg but Quiniou avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Quiniou continues to drive forward.
Quiniou tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Nice cross by Quiniou.
Quiniou jabs at Vinsson's body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vinsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Quiniou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quiniou takes a swing at Vinsson's ribcage but misses.
Vinsson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Quiniou gets tackled into the cage by Vinsson. Vinsson maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quiniou cracks Vinsson with a nice body shot.
Quiniou slowing the pace effectively.
Quiniou lands with a short shot to the head.
Quiniou lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinsson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Quiniou manages to get to full guard.
Quiniou bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vinsson's guard.
Quiniou passes Vinsson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vinsson is trying to get back to full guard.
Quiniou seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Vinsson is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Brendan Quiniou!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lusmu Kutvonen (ranked 1848 p4p, 216 weight class) and Ryan Mcarthy (ranked 1840 p4p, 215 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lusmu Kutvonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Mcarthy!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Mcarthy misses
and Kutvonen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kutvonen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mcarthy is looking to stand up but Kutvonen isn't so interested in that idea.
Kutvonen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kutvonen landing with the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mcarthy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kutvonen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mcarthy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kutvonen won't allow Mcarthy to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcarthy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kutvonen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mcarthy is looking to stand up but Kutvonen isn't so interested in that idea.
Kutvonen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mcarthy wants to stand up but Kutvonen is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kutvonen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kutvonen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kutvonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mcarthy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mcarthy wants to get back to his feet but Kutvonen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kutvonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mcarthy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcarthy wants to stand but Kutvonen is controlling the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kutvonen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mcarthy wriggles free and stands up.
Mcarthy scores with a hook to the body. Kutvonen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mcarthy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A good leg kick by Kutvonen.
Mcarthy clinches up against the cage.
Mcarthy is trying to break the clinch but Kutvonen is controlling him.
Kutvonen misses with a punch to the body.
Kutvonen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcarthy stalling.
Kutvonen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mcarthy up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcarthy is looking to break free of the clinch but Kutvonen has double underhooks.
Kutvonen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mcarthy letting Kutvonen take a breather here.
Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kutvonen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kutvonen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kutvonen throws a leg kick but Mcarthy checks it.
Mcarthy throws a big counter head kick but Kutvonen avoids it with no problem.
Mcarthy clinches with his opponent.
Mcarthy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kutvonen looking for a takedown.
Mcarthy has a couple of punches blocked by Kutvonen.
Kutvonen misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcarthy working aggressively here.
Kutvonen is working for takedown but Mcarthy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mcarthy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mcarthy tries to land knees in the clinch but Kutvonen avoids the damage to the body.
Mcarthy letting Kutvonen take a breather here.
Mcarthy blocks a body shot from Kutvonen.
Mcarthy is trying to break the clinch but Kutvonen has him pressed against the cage.
Kutvonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kutvonen trying to control the position but instead, Mcarthy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kutvonen into the cage.
Mcarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mcarthy tries to close the distance and clinch but Kutvonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mcarthy has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ryan Mcarthy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kutvonen.
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!
Mcarthy throws a nice head kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kutvonen, right into the meat.
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 Lusmu Kutvonen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mcarthy tries to clinch but Kutvonen is having none of it.
Kutvonen misses with a kick to the body
and Mcarthy counters with a nice uppercut.
Kutvonen tries to land a body kick
letting Mcarthy counter with a right hand.
Mcarthy takes a swing at Kutvonen's ribcage but misses.
Kutvonen drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mcarthy sprawls and moves away.
Kutvonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mcarthy misses with a double jab.
Kutvonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice sprawl there from Mcarthy as Kutvonen shoots in.
Kutvonen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mcarthy pinned against the cage. Mcarthy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcarthy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kutvonen.
Kutvonen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mcarthy slips a jab from Kutvonen.
A low kick from Kutvonen is predictable there
and Mcarthy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ryan Mcarthy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kutvonen tries to score with a low kick but Mcarthy moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcarthy lands a right hook to the body.
Kutvonen forces Mcarthy back against the cage and clinches.
Mcarthy throws a head punch that misses.
Kutvonen wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lusmu Kutvonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kutvonen tries to stall but Mcarthy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mcarthy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mcarthy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mcarthy manages to break the clinch.
Mcarthy clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mcarthy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kutvonen backwards.
Kutvonen lands an uppercut.
Mcarthy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kutvonen goes for a takedown attempt but Mcarthy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kutvonen moves into range and clinches up with Mcarthy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mcarthy struggles to land a body shot inside as Kutvonen controls his hands.
Mcarthy tries to stall but Kutvonen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kutvonen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mcarthy manages to break the clinch.
Kutvonen moves away from the strike by Mcarthy.
Kutvonen misses with a low kick.
Kutvonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mcarthy. That did some damage!
Mcarthy connects with an inside leg kick.
Kutvonen throws a leg kick that misses.
Kutvonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mcarthy.
Kutvonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcarthy throws out a powerful jab.
Mcarthy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab by Kutvonen.
Mcarthy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mcarthy drives through and clinches with Kutvonen against the cage.
Mcarthy pushes Kutvonen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kutvonen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mcarthy manages to break the clinch.
Mcarthy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kutvonen gets tackled into the cage by Mcarthy. Mcarthy maintains the clinch.
Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mcarthy tries to clinch up but Kutvonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Mcarthy darts in and clinches Kutvonen up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mcarthy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kutvonen's brow.
Mcarthy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mcarthy is trying to break free.
Mcarthy swings wildly with an uppercut but Kutvonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kutvonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kutvonen lands a really nice looking cross but Mcarthy seems unphased.
Kutvonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mcarthy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kutvonen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mcarthy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It appears Kutvonen was looking to counter with a kick there.
Ryan Mcarthy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kutvonen blocks a head kick by Mcarthy.
Kutvonen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kutvonen wants to land a leg kick but Mcarthy is out of range.
Mcarthy throws a counter combo.
An inside leg kick lands from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen thumps Mcarthy with a low kick.
Kutvonen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mcarthy.
Good work by Mcarthy as he checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Mcarthy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mcarthy tries to clinch up.
Kutvonen attempts a counter takedown but Mcarthy avoids it well and moves away.
Mcarthy motions for Kutvonen to come forward. Mcarthy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kutvonen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A bone on bone clash there as Mcarthy blocks the leg kick.
Mcarthy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mcarthy throws a jab but it's blocked by Kutvonen.
Mcarthy misses with a few strikes there.
Mcarthy moves in looking to clinch but Kutvonen pushes him off.
Mcarthy throws a leg kick but Kutvonen checks it.
Kutvonen lands a jab to Mcarthy's midsection.
Mcarthy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kutvonen lands an overhand right.
Mcarthy blocks a jab.
Mcarthy misses with a looping left.
Mcarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kutvonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcarthy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcarthy tries to clinch but Kutvonen is having none of it.
Kutvonen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kutvonen won't allow Mcarthy to get back to his feet.
Kutvonen is standing up over Mcarthy. Mcarthy looks to escape but Kutvonen dives into side control.
Mcarthy is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kutvonen is controlling him well.
Kutvonen cracks Mcarthy with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mcarthy pushes Kutvonen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kutvonen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcarthy tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Mcarthy is trying to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen lands strikes to the head.
Mcarthy wants to get back to his feet.
Kutvonen scores with strikes from the back.
Kutvonen scores with punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kutvonen softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Kutvonen lands shots from the back.
Kutvonen is landing with strikes. Mcarthy can't take much more of this.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen lands strikes to the head.
Kutvonen lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Mcarthy is trying to get back to his feet but Kutvonen has full control of the position and if anything, Mcarthy has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Kutvonen scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Mcarthy is covering up but some of the strikes from Kutvonen are getting through and doing damage.
Kutvonen lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kutvonen softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Mcarthy is rocked!
A bit of a pause in the action here. Kutvonen controlling the positon.
Mcarthy is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen cracks Mcarthy with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Mcarthy from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Mcarthy covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Kutvonen is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Mcarthy is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Will Kutvonen go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Mcarthy wants to get back to his feet.
Mcarthy is trapped and Kutvonen is scoring with shots to the head and body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lusmu Kutvonen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kutvonen 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lusmu Kutvonen!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cesare Tiramanti (ranked 1029 p4p, 140 weight class) and Yka Sonni (ranked 1873 p4p, 228 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cesare Tiramanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yka Sonni!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonni defending well as Tiramanti loads up on a big left hand.
Sonni misses with a body shot
and Tiramanti counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sonni loads up on a big right hand but Tiramanti slips the punch.
Sonni misses with an uppercut
and Tiramanti counters with a straight right hand.
Sonni looks for the body kick but Tiramanti saw that one coming.
Yka Sonni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sonni attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A shot to the body from Sonni misses
letting Tiramanti counter with a right hand.
Tiramanti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sonni walks into a left hand.
Sonni tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tiramanti is able to avoid easily.
Tiramanti cracks Sonni with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sonni 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tiramanti misses with a series of wild punches.
Sonni lands a leg kick that knocks Tiramanti off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni throws out a powerful jab.
Sonni lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sonni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sonni dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tiramanti. That did some damage!
Sonni shoots in for a takedown but Tiramanti shows good takedown defense.
Tiramanti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sonni misses with a lunging right hand
and Tiramanti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A big left from Tiramanti misses.
Cesare Tiramanti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Tiramanti. Those never looked like landing.
Tiramanti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tiramanti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sonni misses with a wild body shot.
Sonni misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiramanti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($800/week) in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiramanti slips a jab from Sonni.
Tiramanti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tiramanti lands with an overhand left.
Sonni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sonni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sonni has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sonni there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sonni throws a leg kick but Tiramanti moved away.
Sonni tries for a takedown but Tiramanti sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Sonni.
Sonni just misses with a punch to the body.
Tiramanti is looking to counter punch.
Sonni throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tiramanti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sonni misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tiramanti holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti lands a shoulder strike.
Tiramanti stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sonni misses with the head strike.
Tiramanti effectively controlling the action here.
Sonni leaning against his opponent.
Tiramanti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sonni misses with some punches.
Sonni working aggressively here.
Sonni lands with a right to the head.
Tiramanti breaks the clinch.
Sonni throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tiramanti counters with a crisp one two that drops Sonni! Tiramanti thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Sonni to his feet! Sonni is in big trouble!
No joy there for Tiramanti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good leg kick by Sonni there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sonni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sonni lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sonni connects with a single shot there.
Sonni lands with a nice body punch.
Tiramanti drops his hands momentarily and Sonni takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tiramanti moves away from the strike by Sonni.
Sonni wants to clinch up but Tiramanti keeps it at a distance.
Sonni dodges the punch combination from Tiramanti.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Tiramanti.
Tiramanti cracks Sonni with a good jab.
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 Cesare Tiramanti will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sonni. Tiramanti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tiramanti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sonni momentarily.
Sonni misses with a straight left.
Sonni throws a body shot but no joy.
Tiramanti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sonni manages to avoid it.
Sonni attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cesare Tiramanti is winning the standup battle so far.
Sonni fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sonni has closed the distance and engaged Tiramanti in a clinch.
Sonni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tiramanti's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonni prevents a body shot from Tiramanti.
Tiramanti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sonni lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sonni throws a body punch but Tiramanti moves out of range.
Sonni throws a jab when Tiramanti was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Tiramanti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sonni throws a low kick, looking for Tiramanti's leg but Tiramanti calmly moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Tiramanti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cesare Tiramanti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tiramanti misses with a double jab.
Sonni now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sonni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sonni!
Sonni throws a low kick but Tiramanti avoids it.
Tiramanti tries to move into range but Sonni moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sonni has managed to clinch.
Sonni misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tiramanti.
Sonni taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sonni lands a left hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Tiramanti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonni stalling.
Tiramanti letting Sonni take a breather here.
Sonni goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tiramanti can't find room to land a body shot as Sonni controls the action.
Sonni swings wildly with an uppercut but Tiramanti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sonni just leaning against Tiramanti, taking a breather.
Tiramanti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sonni backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tiramanti blocks an uppercut.
Sonni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sonni lands a hook that snaps the head of Tiramanti backwards.
Tiramanti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sonni shoots and misses
and Tiramanti counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonni misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big left from Sonni misses.
Sonni throws a leg kick which misses Tiramanti's front leg but catches the back leg as Tiramanti tries to avoid it.
Sonni misses with a left hand
and Tiramanti counters with a crisp one two that drops Sonni! Tiramanti thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Sonni to his feet! Sonni is in big trouble!
Sonni is rocked!
Sonni throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tiramanti counters with a crisp right that sends Sonni to the canvas! Tiramanti follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesare Tiramanti!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kaiji Inoue (ranked 996 p4p, 126 weight class) and Lynton Miller (ranked 962 p4p, 121 weight class). Inoue comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentlemen (Saliva). 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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159 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kaiji Inoue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lynton Miller!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller keeps the fight on the outside.
Inoue scores with a jab to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Miller has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Miller drives through with a takedown into Inoue's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Inoue bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Miller's guard.
Miller seems keen to control Inoue's posture.
Miller looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Inoue puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Miller trying to get back to full guard but Inoue takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Miller is looking to get to half guard.
Inoue wants to control the pace but Miller is squirming around nicely.
Miller is looking to get to half guard.
Inoue is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Inoue!
Miller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Inoue looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Miller throws a right hand that Inoue ducks under and follows up with a left that Inoue also avoids with ease.
Inoue throws a jab when Miller was well out of range.
Kaiji Inoue is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miller throws a body punch but Inoue moves out of range.
Miller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Inoue wants to clinch.
Inoue moves in looking to clinch but Miller pushes him off.
Miller throws a shot from downtown. Inoue moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Miller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Miller scores with a takedown into Inoue's guard.
Miller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Miller throws a strike but Inoue rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller 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.
Inoue wants to get back to full guard.
Miller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Inoue blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
Miller is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Miller misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Miller scoring with strikes but Inoue is staying in there.
Miller lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
Miller sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Miller working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Inoue is trying to escape the mount.
Miller working Inoue over with strikes here.
Miller throws some wild stikes that Inoue manages to avoid easily.
Inoue tries to reverse the position but Miller maintains control.
Miller misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Miller avoids the attempt from Inoue to control.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miller scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller working Inoue over with strikes here.
Miller lands a big elbow.
Miller wants to control the pace but Inoue is squirming around nicely.
Inoue tries to hold on but Miller pushes him away.
Miller scoring with strikes but Inoue is staying in there.
Inoue tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Miller breaks from Inoue's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller looking to control but Inoue is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Miller is landing with some decent strikes but Inoue is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Inoue keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Miller cracks Inoue with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lynton Miller dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Miller.
Miller tries to score with some ground and pound. Inoue controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Miller lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miller wants to lay and pray for a moment but Inoue keeps working.
Miller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miller sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Inoue is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Inoue is trying to get back to his feet.
Miller fails to land a wild elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Miller with the ground and pound but Inoue regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Miller slips a nice elbow through Inoue's hands, connecting with Inoue's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.
Miller thows a huge punch but Inoue dodges it nicely.
Miller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Inoue keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Miller.
Miller throwing shots but Inoue is blocking nicely.
Miller winds up and cracks Inoue with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Miller thows a huge punch but Inoue dodges it nicely.
Miller with the ground and pound but Inoue uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Miller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Inoue seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Inoue avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Miller lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller is looking to work some ground and pound but Inoue has wrist control.
Lynton Miller has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Miller postures up in Inoue's guard and throws a big left but Inoue blocks it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Miller throws an elbow that misses. Inoue uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Miller's guard. Nice move by Inoue!
Miller trying to strike off his back.
Miller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Miller is still trying to improve position.
Miller is controlling Inoue's posture.
Inoue preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller is controlling Inoue's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Miller misses with a lunging right hand
and Inoue counters with a nice leg kick.
Inoue just misses with a punch to the body.
Inoue keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miller misses with a body shot.
Miller shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Inoue is trying to defend but Miller finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Miller throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Inoue to regain full guard.
Miller throwing strikes from guard but Inoue blocks nicely.
Miller postures up in Inoue's guard and throws a big left but Inoue blocks it.
Miller stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Inoue throws up his legs and catches Miller in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Miller tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Inoue! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Kaiji Inoue!
Kaiji Inoue managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Iron Wolf Discount Supplements (Q111-151/$75-150), into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amanda Nunes (ranked 143 p4p, 20 weight class) and Edward Newgate (ranked 2309 p4p, 226 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Amanda Nunes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Newgate!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newgate lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Amanda Nunes has been cut.
Nunes swings for the body but Newgate moves out of range.
Nunes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nunes throws a low kick, looking for Newgate's leg but Newgate calmly moves out of range.
Newgate misses with a body punch
and Nunes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nunes rushes Newgate and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nunes pushes Newgate back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Newgate creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Newgate can't break the clinch.
Nunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Newgate controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newgate tries to throw a body punch but Nunes avoids it by throwing Newgate back against the cage.
Newgate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nunes can't find room to land a body shot as Newgate controls the action.
Newgate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newgate lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nunes backwards.
Nunes has a couple of punches blocked by Newgate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes lands a right hand.
Nunes has a couple of punches blocked by Newgate.
Newgate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nunes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newgate backwards.
Newgate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nunes lands a nice uppercut.
Newgate tries a body shot but Nunes blocks it.
Newgate tries to throw a body punch but Nunes avoids it by throwing Newgate back against the cage.
Newgate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nunes's elbow.
Nunes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Newgate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newgate's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nunes.
A head punch on the inside from Nunes fails to land.
Nunes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nunes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Newgate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nunes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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!
Nunes blocks a body shot from Newgate.
Newgate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nunes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Newgate fails to land.
Nunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Newgate can't find room to land a body shot as Nunes controls the action.
Newgate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Newgate blocks a body shot from Nunes.
Newgate misses with some punches.
Newgate blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nunes is leaning against Newgate and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nunes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Newgate.
Newgate looks winded!
Nunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Newgate controls his hands.
Nunes stalling.
Nunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Newgate on the inside.
Nunes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nunes lands a hook that snaps the head of Newgate backwards.
Nunes can't find room to land a body shot as Newgate controls the action.
Nunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Newgate controls his hands.
Nunes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nunes throws a head punch that misses.
Nunes blocks a body shot from Newgate.
Newgate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newgate.
Nunes has a couple of punches blocked by Newgate.
A right hand to the body from Nunes.
Nunes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nunes misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Nunes.
Nunes pushes Newgate back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Newgate blocks an uppercut.
Nunes working aggressively here.
Nunes pushes Newgate back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nunes misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Nunes.
Nunes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nunes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Newgate struggles to land a body shot inside as Nunes controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Nunes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amanda Nunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amanda Nunes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Newgate misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nunes lands the left hand.
Nunes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Newgate now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nunes has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nunes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nunes throws an overhand right that lands on Newgate's shoulder, as Newgate tries to avoid the shot.
Nunes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Newgate takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nunes connects with an inside leg kick.
Nunes cracks the inside of Newgate's front leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nunes. Newgate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Newgate looks for the body kick but Nunes saw that one coming.
Nunes fails to land with a series of punches.
Newgate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes thumps Newgate with a low kick.
Newgate avoids the body shot from Nunes.
Newgate shapes to counter with a head kick.
Newgate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nunes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nunes is looking to counter punch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nunes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Newgate doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nunes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Newgate moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Newgate can do to turn this around?
A nice inside leg kick there by Nunes. That's going to slow Newgate down.
Newgate looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nunes lands a body shot.
Newgate misses with a head kick.
Nunes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Newgate, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newgate breaks from the clinch.
Newgate avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It seemed like Newgate was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nunes throws a looping overhand right but Newgate ducks down to avoid it.
Nunes cracks Newgate with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nunes throws a leg kick
and Newgate counters with a three punch combo that has Nunes backing up. Nunes nods at Newgate to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nunes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Newgate is breathing heavily.
Nunes rushes Newgate and presses him up against the cage.
Newgate is trying to push Nunes away but Nunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nunes swings wildly with an uppercut but Newgate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newgate blocks an uppercut.
Nunes is working Newgate over against the cage.
Nunes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nunes has Newgate pressed against the cage.
Newgate is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nunes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Newgate backwards.
Nunes lands with a short shot to the head.
Nunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Newgate creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Newgate has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nunes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Newgate can turn it around.
A nice left hand lands by Nunes.
Newgate blocks a body shot from Nunes.
Amanda Nunes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nunes lands with a right to the head.
Newgate blocks a body shot from Nunes.
Nunes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Nunes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nunes.
Newgate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunes lands with a light punch inside.
Nunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nunes pushes Newgate back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nunes.
Nunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Newgate controls his hands.
Nunes cracks Newgate with a nice body shot.
Nunes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nunes working aggressively here.
Nunes working aggressively here.
Nunes just leaning against Newgate, taking a breather.
Nunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nunes is stalling here.
Nunes lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amanda Nunes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Amanda Nunes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nunes tries to clinch up.
Nunes feints and then cracks Newgate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Newgate down.
Nunes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Newgate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Newgate throws a fast counter high kick but Nunes manages to duck under it in time.
Nunes works Newgate's body with a nice hook.
Amanda Nunes is winning the standup battle so far.
Newgate takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nunes scores with a nice strike.
Nunes pushes Newgate up against the cage in a clinch.
Newgate throws a punch but it's blocked by Nunes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nunes misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Newgate.
Newgate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newgate struggles to land a body shot inside as Nunes controls his hands.
Newgate taking a breather.
Nunes tries a body shot but Newgate blocks it.
Newgate throws a punch but it's blocked by Nunes.
Nunes has a couple of punches blocked by Newgate.
Newgate misses with a body punch.
Newgate can't find room to land a body shot as Nunes controls the action.
Nunes scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Nunes.
Newgate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nunes lands a left hand.
Nunes tries to work over Newgate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newgate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newgate tries to throw a body punch but Nunes avoids it by throwing Newgate back against the cage.
Nunes digs a right hand underneath Newgate's ribcage. Newgate let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nunes swings wildly with an uppercut but Newgate uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Newgate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nunes blocking some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nunes.
Nunes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Newgate's efforts to push away.
Newgate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Nunes.
Nunes working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Nunes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Newgate backwards.
Nunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Newgate controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Newgate.
Nunes misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Nunes.
Newgate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nunes.
Nunes lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nunes.
Nunes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Newgates head.
A head punch on the inside from Nunes fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Nunes.
Newgate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nunes fails to land.
Nunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes is leaning against Newgate and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nunes lands an uppercut.
Nunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nunes tries to work over Newgate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nunes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nunes misses with a punch to the body.
Nunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nunes prevents a body shot from Newgate.
Newgate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Newgate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nunes lands a right hand.
Nunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Newgate blocks a body shot from Nunes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amanda Nunes clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Amanda Nunes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Newgate slips under a jab.
Newgate is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Nunes swings for the body but Newgate moves out of range.
Newgate moves out of range of the strikes.
Amanda Nunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Nunes.
Newgate sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nunes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nunes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nunes lands with an overhand left.
Nunes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Newgate is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Newgate needs to keep his hands up - Nunes had a free shot at his head there.
Newgate moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes lands a big right hand that sends Newgate crashing to the mat! Nunes stays standing though and waves Newgate back to his feet!
Newgate is rocked!
Nunes throws a pinpoint strike between Newgate's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Newgate crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Nunes scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Amanda Nunes!
Amanda Nunes retains his heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, Amanda Nunes started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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pop
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