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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Bronson (ranked 3910 p4p, 427 weight class) and Jason Rocks (ranked 2708 p4p, 323 weight class). Bronson comes into the arena with Glass Candy blaring out of the sound system. Don Bronson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bronson
vs
Rocks

189 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
179 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Rocks!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocks drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Jason Rocks has been cut.
Bronson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rocks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rocks moves out of range as Bronson throws a body kick.
Rocks is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Rocks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bronson. Bronson obviously looking to wear him down.
Rocks slips a straight right by Bronson.
Bronson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rocks steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bronson.
Bronson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rocks. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocks moves out of range as Bronson strikes.
Bronson throws a leg kick but Rocks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bronson sets himself, and Rocks steps forward looking for the clinch! Bronson avoids it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocks avoids a kick to the body.
Rocks wants to counter with a clinch but Bronson pushes him away.
Bronson wants to land a leg kick but Rocks is out of range.
Rocks tries to counter with a clinch but Bronson shakes him off and moves away.
Bronson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rocks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bronson.
Bronson lands a nice shot to the body.
Bronson takes a swing at Rocks's ribcage but misses.
Bronson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rocks tries to counter with a clinch but Bronson shakes him off and moves away.
Rocks moves out of range as Bronson throws a body kick.
Rocks steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bronson.
Don Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson is looking to land body kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rocks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bronson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Bronson throws a leg kick but Rocks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bronson scores with a sloppy right hand. Rocks should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Bronson.
Bronson throws a hook to the side of Rocks's head but Rocks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bronson lands a big right hand that sends Rocks crashing to the mat! Bronson stays standing though and waves Rocks back to his feet!

Rocks is rocked!
Bronson drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Rocks's head, knocking him out cold! Bronson is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Don Bronson!
Don Bronson 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.
Jason Rocks spoke after the fight, saying 'You watched fight. I got money. Win-win.'.

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FIGHT
RATING
40%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yhorm Cinder (ranked 4385 p4p, 160 weight class) and Pedro Fuentes (ranked 901 p4p, 43 weight class). Pedro Fuentes told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Cinder
vs
Fuentes

225 cm
29
300 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

200 cm
22
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yhorm Cinder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Fuentes!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cinder.

It looks like Pedro Fuentes has been cut.
A slapping body kick lands there for Fuentes.
Cinder shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fuentes defends it nicely.
Fuentes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cinder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Cinder rushes Fuentes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cinder is working for takedown but Fuentes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fuentes stalls.
Cinder drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fuentes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yhorm Cinder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from Fuentes.
Cinder is breathing heavily.
Fuentes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cinder.
Nice body punch from Fuentes.
Fuentes slows down the pace here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good body shot from Fuentes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes gets through Cinder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fuentes lands a body shot.
Cinder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cinder definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A nice left hand lands by Fuentes.
Fuentes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fuentes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Fuentes as the two fighters clinch.
Fuentes lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Fuentes.

Cinder is rocked!

It looks like Yhorm Cinder has been cut.

Fuentes drops Cinder onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Cinder is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Cinder is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Fuentes.
Fuentes pushes off and lands a massive hook that knocks Cinder out cold! The fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pedro Fuentes!

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FIGHT
RATING
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Rothco (ranked 2496 p4p, 286 weight class) and Patrick Bower (ranked 1295 p4p, 173 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.

Rothco
vs
Bower

194 cm
21
210 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

199 cm
21
220 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Rothco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patrick Bower!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rothco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bower takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bower looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rothco misses with a double jab.
Rothco throws an off balance right hand
and Rothco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rothco defending well as Bower loads up on a big left hand.
Bower checks a leg kick nicely.
Bower goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bower looks to land a right hand but Rothco moved out of range.
Rothco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bower wants to counter with a clinch but Rothco pushes him away.
Rothco fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bower looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rothco has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Blanc Fitness Academy in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bower connects with a crisp jab.
Bower waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rothco.
Rothco was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rothco lands a jab to the nose.
Bower lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bower misses with a right hand
letting Rothco counter with a right hand.
Bower lands a nice shot to the body.
Bower connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bower just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Rothco misses the target.
Bower misses with a low kick.
Bower thuds his right hand into Rothco's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rothco clobbers Bower with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rothco takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bower scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bower.
Rothco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters circling a little - Rothco finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rothco scores with a nice strike.
Bower takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothco misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bower. Rothco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rothco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Rothco lands a big head kick that sends Bower tumbling to the mat! Rothco takes a step backwards and waves Bower back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Bower is rocked!
Rothco throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rothco moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBower.
Bower cracks Rothco with an open hand slap.
Bower swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rothco connects with a leg kick. Bower looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bower throws a looping overhand right but Rothco ducks down to avoid it.
Rothco throws a sloppy body shot
and Bower counters with a straight right hand.
Rothco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bower was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothco.
Bower throws a jab when Rothco was well out of range.
Rothco scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rothco misses with a hook to the body
and Bower counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Rothco is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Rothco misses.
Bower throws a shot from downtown. Rothco moves away and avoids it.
Rothco cracks a nice hook into Bower's ribs.
Rothco is looking to wear down Bower with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bower lands a lovely overhand right.
Rothco lands with a nice body punch.
Bower misses with a lunging right hand
and Rothco counters with a straight right hand.
Bower steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rothco. That one must have hurt.
Rothco moves out of range as Bower strikes.
It looked like Rothco was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bower chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rothco can pounce on him.
Bower scores with a one two! Rothco had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Oh Rothco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Frank Rothco has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bower keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Bower does no damage.
Rothco seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bower scores with a jab to the body.
Bower lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bower looks to land a combination but Rothco avoids it well.
Rothco scores with a nice strike.
Rothco misses with a body shot.
Bower misses with a hook to the body
and Rothco counters with a left to the body.
Bower scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bower tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rothco was well out of range. Poor timing from Bower.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rothco - that will leave a mark!
Bower stuns Rothco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rothco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bower throws out the jab.
Bower fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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 Frank Rothco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Rothco's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bower punishes Rothco's body with a nice straight punch.
Rothco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bower moves away.
Bower connects with a looping right hand.
Rothco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothco swings for the body but Bower moves out of range.
Bower takes a swing at Rothco's ribcage but misses.
Bower throws a head kick that misses
and Rothco counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bower connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rothco punishes Bower's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothco throws a head kick but Bower moves out of range.
Rothco blocks a low kick nicely.
Rothco on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rothco takes a swing at Bower's ribcage but misses.
Bower scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rothco doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bower checks a low kick from Rothco.
A combination from Bower does no damage.
A shot to the body from Bower misses
and Rothco counters with a right hand to the body.
Rothco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bower throws a body punch but Rothco moves out of range.
Bower throws a body shot but no joy.
Rothco throws a shot to the body.
Bower is breathing heavily.
Rothco works the jab nicely.
Bower uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rothco.
Rothco sets himself, and Bower steps forward looking for the clinch! Rothco avoids it this time.
Rothco takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bower takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bower wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rothco takes a swing at Bower's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Bower on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bower lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rothco swings for the body but Bower moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Rothco.
Bower scores with a nice right hand.
Rothco blocks a leg kick.
Bower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Rothco was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rothco connects with a single shot there.
Rothco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rothco lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rothco misses with a wild body shot.
Bower ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rothco moves away.
Bower dodges the punch combination from Rothco.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rothco. Bower does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rothco misses with a wild body shot.
Rothco misses with a body shot.
Rothco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bower manages to avoid it.
Bower fails to land with a series of punches.
Rothco appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rothco misses the shot to the body.
Rothco punishes Bower's body with a nice straight punch.
Bower just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bower.
Rothco swings widly with a right hand
and Bower counters with a nice body shot.
Bower throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rothco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bower misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bower thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bower misses with an uppercut
and Rothco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rothco cracks Bower with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rothco moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rothco is looking to chop away at Bower's legs.
A big right from Bower misses.
Rothco scores with a punch to the head.
Bower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothco swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bower counters with a left to the body.
Bower lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bower just misses with a punch to the body.
Rothco misses with a wild body shot.
Bower looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bower lands a right hook to the body.
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 Frank Rothco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Rothco's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Rothco slips a jab from Bower.
Rothco looks to score with a jab to the body but Bower is just out of range.
Bower avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bower! But no joy.
Rothco avoids the head kick by Bower.
Rothco throws a looping overhand right but Bower ducks down to avoid it.
Bower lands with a hook. Rothco tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rothco misses the shot to the body.
Bower connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bower displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rothco throws out the jab.
Rothco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bower dodges the punch combination from Rothco.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothco throws a sloppy body shot
and Bower counters with a nice body shot.
Bower checks a leg kick nicely.
A shot to the liver by Bower. Beautiful body shot.
A good leg kick by Rothco.
Bower misses with a body shot.
Rothco was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rothco shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rothco cracks Bower with a good jab.
Rothco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothco misses with a shot to the body
and Bower counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bower avoids the body shot from Rothco.
Bower avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bower misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bower goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Rothco.
Bower lands a nice hook to Rothco's body. Rothco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Rothco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bower.
Rothco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothco lands a nice shot to the body.
Rothco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rothco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bower.
Bower throws a poor cross that misses
letting Rothco counter with a right hand.
Bower tries to move into range but Rothco moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bower keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rothco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bower.
Bower throws out a counter right but Rothco avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bower throws a combination that misses
and Rothco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bower looks to land a combination. Rothco sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bower takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rothco throws a lazy head kick
and Bower makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rothco throws a body shot but no joy.
Rothco throws a good cross that connects.
Bower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothco scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rothco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bower ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rothco moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Rothco misses the target.
Frank Rothco is winning the standup battle so far.
Bower swings for the body but Rothco moves out of range.
Rothco throws a big counter combination but Bower scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rothco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bower.
Rothco looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rothco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bower.
Frank Rothco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothco looks to score with a jab to the body but Bower is just out of range.
Bower keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rothco.
A jab from Bower misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bower misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rothco.
Bower tries to bum rush Rothco with a series of wild strikes but Rothco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rothco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bower.
Patrick Bower has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bower walks into a stiff left hand from Rothco.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bower. Rothco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rothco lands with a shot to the body.
Rothco lands with a good body shot.
Rothco jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rothco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bower was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothco.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Rothco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rothco 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Frank Rothco!
Frank Rothco spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.

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FIGHT
RATING
72%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pax Africa (ranked 1201 p4p, 149 weight class) and Jay Brown (ranked 1649 p4p, 205 weight class). Brown has chosen Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Africa
vs
Brown

175 cm
23
160 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

174 cm
22
160 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Determined

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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pax Africa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Brown!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Africa.
Pax Africa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown misses with a hook.
Africa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brown slips a straight right by Africa.
A punch combination from Brown misses.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Africa.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Brown takes one on the button.

It looks like Jay Brown has been cut.
Africa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Africa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brown at a distance.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Africa looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Africa tests Brown's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Africa looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Brown throws out a powerful jab.

Africa dives in and scores a takedown into Brown's guard.
Brown controls Africa momentarily but Africa frees himself.
Africa wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Africa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Africa is one step ahead there.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brown works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brown pulls Africa in to control the position.
Africa trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Africa stopping the sweep attempt from Brown.
Brown controls Africa momentarily but Africa frees himself.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A big right from Africa misses.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Africa.
Brown throws a right and a left that Africa avoids nicely.
Africa scores with a nice right hand.
Brown avoids the body shot from Africa.
A big right from Africa misses.
Brown changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Africa connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Africa stuns Brown with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Africa connects with a body shot that sends Brown's belly button to the back.
Africa misses with an uppercut.
Africa misses with a looping right.
Africa just misses with a punch to the body.
Good exchange - Africa coming out on top.

Africa shoots in and gets a takedown into Brown's guard.
Brown looking to control.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Africa being controlled here momentarily.
Brown looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Coffins MMA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Brown pulls Africa in to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Africa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Africa.
A shot to the body from Africa misses
and Brown counters with a series of strikes. Africa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Africa throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Africa. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Africa misses.
Africa throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Africa throws a body shot but no joy.
Brown is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Africa with a body shot.
Brown throws a hook but Africa avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pax Africa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Brown's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Africa.
Jay Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Africa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Browns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brown throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Africa misses its intended target.
Africa looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Brown's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Brown duly obliges.
Africa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Africa throws out the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brown.

Africa drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
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!
Brown tries to bench press Africa off him but Africa keeps the position.
Africa happy to just control the position for now.
Brown can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Africa tries to move to mount but Brown blocks the move with his legs.
Brown tries to bench press Africa off him but Africa keeps the position.
Brown can't do much from the bottom here.
Brown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Africa wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Africa works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Africa misses with the ground and pound.
Brown manages to get back to half guard.
Africa wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.
Africa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Africa stalling away here and it's allowed Brown to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Africa passes into half guard.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but Africa is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brown manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Africa postures up.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Africa manages to get himself to full guard.

Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Africa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brown in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Africa is on top in guard.

Africa passes Brown's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Africa throwing shots but Brown is blocking nicely.
Pax Africa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Africa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working.
Africa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brown's head.
Brown is looking for a sweep. Africa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Africa winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Africa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Africa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brown has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Africa is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Africa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Africa is taking a breather. Brown says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Brown is staying active underneath Africa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Africa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brown is looking to control Africa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brown avoid being mounted?

Africa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Brown doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Africa.
Africa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pax Africa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jay Brown'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. And we move into the final round!

Brown slips a jab and a cross from Africa.
Africa avoids the body shot from Brown.
Africa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Africa takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown lands a jab to the nose.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Africa is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Africa lands a jab to Brown's midsection.
Africa looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Africa cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Africa throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Brown scores with a one two! Africa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Brown throws a series of punches but Africa avoids them all with ease.
Africa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Africa throws a big shot that misses.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Africa misses with a looping left.
Africa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from Brown misses.
Africa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Africa tests Brown's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown misses with the combination.
Brown misses with a hook.
Africa looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Brown.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Africa's head but Africa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pax Africa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
A big right from Africa misses.
Brown connects with a body shot that sends Africa's belly button to the back.
Africa lands a glancing blow to the side of Brown's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Africa defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Pax Africa is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown falls off balance throwing a combination
and Africa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Africa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Africa.
Brown avoids the body shot from Africa.
Africa misses with a looping left.
Brown misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown moves away from the strike by Africa.
Brown is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Brown throws the left hand but Africa avoids the punch easily.
Brown moves away from the strike by Africa.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Africa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Africa. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Africa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Africa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.

Africa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Brown is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brown wants to control but Africa postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Africa advances to full mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown is squirming around, avoiding Africa's attempts to control the action.
Africa controlling his opponent.
Africa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brown is working to get back to half guard.
Africa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brown wants to control but Africa is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pax Africa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Africa 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pax Africa!
After winning the bout, Pax Africa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
49%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raiam Dos Santos (ranked 1645 p4p, 203 weight class) and Ricardo Cruz (ranked 752 p4p, 104 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Dos Santos
vs
Cruz

187 cm
30
195 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

190 cm
23
198 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raiam Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz shoots and misses
and Dos Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dos Santos sprawls well. Dos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.

Cruz has Dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Dos Santos is pressed up against the cage. Cruz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dos Santos down to the mat. Dos Santos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Raiam Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Cruz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've been told by Dos Santos's head coaches at Relentless Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A shot to the liver by Dos Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Dos Santos misses with a straight right.
Dos Santos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cruz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Dos Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Ricardo Cruz has been cut.
Dos Santos throws a combination that misses

and Cruz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cruz.

Dos Santos is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Cruz presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Cruz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Cruz breaks the clinch.
Cruz fails with the takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horrible takedown attempt by Cruz or perhaps it was just good defense by Dos Santos, which made it look bad.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cruz is defended easily by Dos Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cruz rushes Dos Santos and presses him up against the cage.

Dos Santos breaks the clinch.
Raiam Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No luck for Cruz with that takedown attempt.
Dos Santos misses the jab.
Cruz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Dos Santos to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cruz.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Cruz working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Cruz just content to control the position.
Dos Santos wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Dos Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dos Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Cruz is working for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dos Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cruz controls the pace.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos wants to stand but Cruz is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raiam Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Cruz'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.

Nice takedown defense from Dos Santos. No joy for Cruz on that attempt.
Dos Santos throws a series of strikes that have Cruz backpedaling.
No luck for Cruz with that takedown attempt.
Dos Santos is looking to wear down Cruz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cruz wants to clinch.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Cruz. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.
Raiam Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Cruz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cruz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dos Santos finds it's way round the side to connect with Cruz's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz walks into a stiff left hand from Dos Santos.
Raiam Dos Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Cruz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dos Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dos Santos lands with a hook. Cruz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dos Santos misses with a straight left.
Dos Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cruz.
Dos Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Cruz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Dos Santos.
Cruz trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz can do to turn this around?
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos is retaining full guard.

Dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dos Santos wants to sweep here but Cruz controlling him for the moment.
Cruz trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Cruz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
Cruz postures up.
Ricardo Cruz has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz landing some decent shots from guard.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos being controlled here, momentarily.
Cruz stops Dos Santos from standing up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cruz fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dos Santos. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.

Cruz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Cruz is in Dos Santos's guard.
Cruz stops Dos Santos from standing up.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cruz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dos Santos is not content to let Cruz control the position.
Cruz seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raiam Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Cruz'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. This is the final round!

Cruz throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dos Santos was covering up waiting for the punch and Cruz finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Cruz forces his way into half guard.
Dos Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Cruz wants to take a breather but Dos Santos is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dos Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dos Santos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cruz slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cruz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet but Cruz drags him back down.
Cruz is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Dos Santos will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dos Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cruz on the ground.
Dos Santos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to half guard.

Cruz tries for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking to regain half guard here but Cruz keeps moving and retains side control.
Dos Santos can't do much from the bottom here.
Cruz prevents Dos Santos from escaping the position.
Dos Santos trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Cruz has an Americana. Dos Santos didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Cruz is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Cruz hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ricardo Cruz!

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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Stormchaser (ranked 2197 p4p, 255 weight class) and Giuseppe Turturro (ranked 1383 p4p, 181 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stormchaser
vs
Turturro

182 cm
21
197 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
184 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Stormchaser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stormchaser throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turturro.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Stormchaser wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stormchaser takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stormchaser plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Stormchaser throws the left hand but Turturro avoids the punch easily.
James Stormchaser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turturro ducks right into an uppercut from Stormchaser.
Stormchaser throws a series of punches but Turturro avoids them all with ease.
Stormchaser misses the shot to the body.
Stormchaser swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turturro throws a sloppy head kick and Stormchaser moves out of range easily.
Turturro misses with a head kick.
Turturro tries a head kick but it misses.
Stormchaser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stormchaser is looking to counter with a body kick.
Stormchaser tests Turturro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stormchaser blocks a head kick by Turturro.
Turturro's coach down at Crassus was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Turturro's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turturro moves out of range of the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Stormchaser blocks the leg kick.
Stormchaser throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Stormchaser misses.

Turturro darts in and clinches Stormchaser up against the cage.
Turturro tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stormchaser smiles and moves away.
Turturro throws out a leg kick but Stormchaser moves out of range and Turturro only half commits.
Stormchaser lands with an uppercut that bounces Turturro off the cage and back into range.
Stormchaser has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Turturro clinches with his opponent.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stormchaser to keep the fight standing.
Turturro tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stormchaser smiles and moves away.
James Stormchaser has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giuseppe Turturro.
Stormchaser throws a shot from downtown. Turturro moves away and avoids it.
Turturro throws a hook but Stormchaser avoids it easily.
Stormchaser throws a lazy right hand but Turturro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stormchaser does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Turturro moves into the clinch successfully.
Turturro fails to pull guard.
Turturro jumps guard but Stormchaser turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Turturro jumps into guard, dragging Stormchaser to the mat.
Stormchaser has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Turturro keeping moving, preventing Stormchaser from controlling successfully.

Turturro has his foot on Stormchaser's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Stormchaser works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Turturro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Turturro looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Turturro has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Stormchaser doesn't defend quickly enough and Turturro has managed to lock this one up! Can Stormchaser escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Turturro on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Giuseppe Turturro!
Giuseppe Turturro 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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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aapo Jukola (ranked 704 p4p, 106 weight class) and Tony Winkle (ranked 1399 p4p, 186 weight class). Aapo Jukola could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tony Winkle's chin.

Jukola
vs
Winkle

200 cm
23
218 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

184 cm
29
205 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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Pit Bull Development

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aapo Jukola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Winkle!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winkle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice jab there from Jukola.
Winkle tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jukola defends well and Winkle ends up having to push Jukola into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Winkle has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jukola connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Oooooh!!! Jukola has knocked Winkle down with a huge combo! Jukola steps away and waves a wobbly Winkle back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Winkle is rocked!

It looks like Tony Winkle has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winkle has his takedown stuffed
and Jukola counters with a nice body shot.
Winkle tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jukola counters with a huge left! Winkle is in big trouble! He's backing up but Jukola isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Winkle from any more damage. A dominating finish by Jukola!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aapo Jukola!
Tony Winkle spoke after the fight, saying 'I'd like to apologise to my sponsors for losing thank you for the fight Aapo. I'm still willing to fight any lad in the division.'.

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energy
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hype
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pate Parret (ranked 211 p4p, 35 weight class) and Akoni Jackson (ranked 922 p4p, 123 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Parret
vs
Jackson

183 cm
21
195 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

177 cm
30
193 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Condemned
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pate Parret!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Akoni Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Parret, right into the meat.
Jackson misses with a hook. Parret ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Parret misses.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Parret. Parret obviously looking to wear him down.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Parret is just out of range.
Parret tried to counter with a leg kick but Jackson avoided it.
Parret uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
A big right from Parret misses.
Jackson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Parret misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That kick from Parret tenderised Jackson's leg. Jackson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jackson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Jackson does it's job there.
Parret keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parret uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
That kick from Parret tenderised Jackson's leg. Jackson is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Jackson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jackson misses with an uppercut. Parret saw that one coming.
Parret throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parret connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Parret's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jackson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Parret scrambles back to his feet.
Parret takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Akoni Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Parret.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Parret throws a poor cross that misses
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Parret blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Parret on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Parret buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Parret thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.
Jackson swings for the body but Parret moves out of range.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parret manages to avoid it.
Jackson slips under a jab from Parret.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parret misses with an uppercut
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson throws a hook but Parret avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parret looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson lands a jab to Parret's midsection.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Parret misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Parret throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parret lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
Parret throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body. Parret takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jackson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Parret buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Parret.

Jackson forces Parret back against the cage and clinches.

Parret breaks the clinch.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Parret counters with an inside leg kick.
Parret lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jackson misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Parret to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackson misses the jab.
Parret throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parret manages to avoid it.
Parret appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Parret. Parret obviously looking to wear him down.
Parret uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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!
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parret uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Parret thinks about countering with a body kick.
Parret throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Jackson is looking for the big counter here.
Jackson dips to his left and cracks Parret with an uppercut!
Jackson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Parret is avoiding it.
Parret connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Parret ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Jackson 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.
Jackson misses the jab.
A big right from Parret misses.
A nice side step and Jackson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jackson moves out of range as Parret strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parret throws an overhand right that lands on Jackson's shoulder, as Jackson tries to avoid the shot.
Parret clobbers Jackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Parret throws a leg kick but Jackson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Parret throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
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 Pate Parret will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Parret lands with a thumping leg kick.
Parret uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parret sizes up Jackson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jackson misses with a looping right.

Jackson pushes Parret up against the cage in a clinch.
Parret fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parret has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jackson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson struggles to land a body shot inside as Parret controls his hands.

Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson scores with a jab to the head.
Jackson throws a hook but Parret blocks it.
Parret slips a straight right by Jackson.
Parret scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson misses with a left hand
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Parret pushes him off.
Parret swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Parret, right into the meat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parret. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Parret throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson connects with a looping right hand.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parret throws out the jab.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Parret moved out of range nicely.
Parret half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Parret moved out of range nicely.
Parret cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Jackson throws out a loose jab but Parret uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parret.
Parret fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parret manages to avoid it.
Parret moves out of range of the strikes.
Parret throwing a counter right hand but Jackson manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parret smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jackson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A shot to the body from Jackson misses
and Parret counters with a leg kick.
Parret misses with a body shot.
Jackson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Parret tries to work over Jackson's front leg with a kick but Jackson checks it.
Parret scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jackson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Parret on the side of the head.
Parret throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Parret feints and then cracks Jackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jackson down.
Parret uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parret throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Parret throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parret sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parret.
Parret defending well as Jackson loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Parret counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body
and Parret counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jackson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jackson throws a right hand that Parret ducks under and follows up with a left that Parret also avoids with ease.
Parret looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Parret misses with a lunging right hand
and Parret takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pate Parret is winning the standup battle so far.
Parret misses with a leg kick.
Jackson misses with an uppercut.
Parret avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Parret misses.
A right-left combo lands from Parret.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jackson misses with a hook
and Parret counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Parret does a little dance to reset his feet.
Parret lands with a kick to the temple. Jackson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Parret will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Parret moves out of range.
Parret dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
Jackson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Parret at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Parret back to the cage. Jackson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Parret's shoulder, as Parret tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson jabs at Parret's body.
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 Pate Parret will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Parret cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Parret dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Parret does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Parret throws an off balance right hand
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Parret.
Jackson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Parret looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Parret moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Jackson misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parret throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parret.
Jackson misses with a hook
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Parret appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Jackson.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Parret.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Parret.
Good leg kick by Parret there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Parret pushes him off.
Parret misses with a low kick.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Parret counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jackson's knee momentarily.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Parret.
Parret bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good exchange - Jackson coming out on top.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parret.
Parret feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jackson's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parret bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Parret moves out of range of the strikes.
Parret thows a body kick. Jackson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Jackson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parret was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Parret lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab from Parret.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Parret fakes the leg kick and cracks Jackson in the body.
Jackson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Parret counters with a nice leg kick.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Parret finish him?
Parret connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jackson momentarily.
Jackson swings for the body but Parret moves out of range.
Parret fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jackson just manages to avoid it.
Jackson misses with an uppercut. Parret saw that one coming.
Parret seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Parret throws a solid leg kick but Jackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Parret.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Parret appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jackson walks into a left hand.
Parret slips a jab from Jackson.
A slow jab from Jackson misses its intended target.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Parret counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Parret counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Jackson is out cold! A devastating KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Pate Parret!
Pate Parret retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Pate Parret thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.