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RRFC Challengers 28 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between KC Arellano (ranked 4738 p4p, 425 weight class) and Stefanos Drakatis (ranked 24536 p4p, 511 weight class). KC Arellano had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. 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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160 lbs
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Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, KC Arellano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stefanos Drakatis!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arellano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice takedown defense from Drakatis. No joy for Arellano on that attempt.
Drakatis drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Arellano defends it well.
Drakatis changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Arellano looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Arellano defending against the ground and pound.
Drakatis is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Arellano's shoulder. That is not cool.
Drakatis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arellano keeps working.
Arellano is trying to control Drakatis's posture but Drakatis avoids it.
Arellano looks to move to half guard but instead Drakatis has passed into mount! Damn!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arellano tries to reverse the position but Drakatis maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drakatis manages to capitalize on a mistake by Arellano to take his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arellano is trying to get back to his feet but Drakatis has full control of the position and if anything, Arellano has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Drakatis not allowing Arellano to control his hands.
Arellano can't escape the position.
Drakatis trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Arellano doesn't escape.
Drakatis struggling to land strikes to the head as Arellano covers up.
Arellano is in bad spot here.
Arellano is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drakatis controls the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arellano is keeping busy.
Arellano tries to roll but Drakatis sticks to his back.
Drakatis keeps control of the position easily here as Arellano tries to buck him off.
Drakatis looking to break Arellano's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Arellano remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Drakatis will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakatis throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Arellano wants to escape the position.
Arellano breaks Drakatis's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Drakatis managing to control the position.
Arellano wants to control from the top but Drakatis keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drakatis lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Drakatis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Arellano is looking for a triangle here but Drakatis uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Drakatis misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefanos Drakatis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Drakatis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Drakatis decides to stand back up.
Arellano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Drakatis as he jumps to the side.
KC Arellano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arellano tries to sprawl but Drakatis drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Arellano tries to roll over but Drakatis keeps him under control.
Arellano pushes Drakatis off looking to stand but Drakatis dives back in and keeps control.
Drakatis is thwarting Arellano's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakatis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Drakatis sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Arellano trying to control but Drakatis postures up.
Drakatis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arellano keeps working.
Drakatis is taking a breather. Arellano 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Arellano is trying to control but can't.
Drakatis stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Arellano to get to his feet.
Arellano fails with a takedown attempt.
Arellano misses with a takedown attempt - Drakatis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for KC Arellano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drakatis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Stefanos Drakatis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Drakatis trying to control but Arellano is working from the bottom.
Arellano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Drakatis on the ground.
Drakatis slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellano is not content to let Drakatis control the position.
Arellano wants to control but Drakatis is keeping busy.
Still in half guard, Drakatis seems content to control.
Drakatis prevents Arellano from improving his position.
Drakatis wants to control but Arellano is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Arellano manages to get to full guard.
Arellano looking for a guillotine here but Drakatis defends easily.
Drakatis working some strikes from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drakatis pushes down on Arellano's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefanos Drakatis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.
Drakatis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Drakatis feints and as Arellano raises his hands in defense, Drakatis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Arellano manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Drakatis gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drakatis gets to his feet. Arellano looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Drakatis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Arellano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Arellano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Arellano tries to get out of the position.
Arellano managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Drakatis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drakatis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakatis working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Drakatis trying to control the action but Arellano is working from the bottom.
Drakatis stands up and beckons Arellano to his feet.
Drakatis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Arellano throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arellano darts in looking for a takedown but Drakatis gets double underhooks and turns Arellano into the cage.
Drakatis closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drakatis is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Arellano doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Drakatis.
Drakatis is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellano is looking to improve his position.
Arellano is not content to let Drakatis control the position.
Arellano looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Drakatis pushes past his half guard into mount!
Arellano wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Drakatis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Drakatis controlling from mount.
Drakatis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Drakatis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drakatis wants to control the pace but Arellano is squirming around nicely.
KC Arellano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stefanos Drakatis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Drakatis controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Stefanos Drakatis.
Well Drakatis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefanos Drakatis!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Leal (ranked 4263 p4p, 359 weight class) and Tyrone Jones (ranked 5433 p4p, 402 weight class). Nathan Leal has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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275 lbs
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265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick |
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Brawler
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Leal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Jones!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leal leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones darts in looking for a takedown but Leal gets double underhooks and turns Jones into the cage.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nathan Leal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyrone Jones.
Jones closes the distance but Leal moves to the side
and Leal counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Jones to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Leal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nathan Leal!
Our winner, Nathan Leal, 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dom Walker (ranked 3942 p4p, 412 weight class) and Will Jankins (ranked 24455 p4p, 575 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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204 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dom Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Jankins!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walker looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Jankins scores with a jab to the body.
Jankins dives in for a single leg takedown but Walker sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jankins shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense.
Walker throws a hook to the side of Jankins's head but Jankins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walker stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walker wants it to stay on the feet.
We've been told by Walker's head coaches at Cozad MMA New York that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dom Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Jankins.
Jankins shoots for a takedown but Walker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jankins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walker pinned against the cage. Walker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jankins shoots in and drives through. Walker sprawls well.
Jankins shoots for a double leg takedown but Walker sprawls well. He's pushed Jankins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jankins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jankins shoots in looking for a takedown. Walker tries to sprawl out of it but Jankins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Walker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Walker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Jankins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walker as he jumps to the side.
Walker misses with a double jab.
Jankins wants to counter with a clinch but Walker pushes him away.
Jankins throws a series of strikes that have Walker backpedaling.
Jankins misses with a takedown attempt - Walker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Jankins shoots in.
Walker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walker throws a lazy head kick
and Jankins counters with a one-two to the body.
Jankins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Jankins moves out of range easily.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jankins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Jankins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Left hook, right uppercut from Jankins.
Jankins wants to clinch.
Jankins fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jankins has closed the distance and engaged Walker in a clinch.
Walker avoids a wild elbow strike from Jankins.
Jankins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Walker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Walker misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker gets tackled into the cage by Jankins. Jankins maintains the clinch.
Jankins is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jankins wants to take the fight to the mat but Walker manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jankins prevents the takedown attempt.
Jankins has Walker pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Walker manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Walker gets control of Jankins's arms and successfully pulls guard. Walker will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jankins content to stall in guard here.
Let's hope that Jankins has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker is working an open guard so Jankins takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jankins gets a clinch.
The referee calls for Jankins to work.
Jankins wants a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Walker dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jankins dodges the punch combination from Walker.
A shot to the body from Walker misses
and Jankins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walker stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walker wants it to stay on the feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Walker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jankins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Walker defends it nicely.
Dom Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jankins or perhaps it was just good defense by Walker, which made it look bad.
Dom Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Jankins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jankins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jankins tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Walker defends well and Jankins ends up having to push Walker into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Walker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jankins fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jankins goes for a double leg but Walker avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Walker continues to drive forward.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jankins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jankins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Walker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jankins moves into the clinch.
Jankins fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jankins fails to pull guard.
Walker is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jankins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Jankins moves out of range easily.
Jankins misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Walker misses.
Jankins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jankins or perhaps it was just good defense by Walker, which made it look bad.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walker tries to keep at a distance but Jankins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jankins is looking to take this one to the mat.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankins instigates a clinch.
Jankins lands with a light punch inside.
Walker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jankins is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jankins stalls.
Jankins manages to break the clinch.
Jankins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walker pinned against the cage. Walker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jankins avoids the head kick by Walker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jankins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jankins tries to clinch up.
Walker changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Jankins tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jankins clinches.
Walker scores with a shoulder strike.
Walker breaks the clinch.
Jankins closes the distance and clinches.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Jankins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jankins is looking to take this one to the mat.
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 Dom Walker will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Walker throws the kick towards the body but Jankins avoids it.
Dom Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Jankins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walker circles away.
Walker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jankins tries a head kick but it misses.
Walker gets tackled into the cage by Jankins. Jankins maintains the clinch.
Will Jankins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jankins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jankins tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jankins throws a chopping leg kick but Walker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Walker slips a jab and a cross from Jankins.
Walker seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jankins fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Jankins with that takedown attempt.
Dom Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Jankins.
Jankins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walker throws a right hand that Jankins ducks under and follows up with a left that Jankins also avoids with ease.
Jankins throws a counter combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Jankins shoots in.
Walker throws a combination. Jankins tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jankins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jankins is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Walker pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Walker is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jankins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jankins will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Walker up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jankins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting on Jankins's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankins breaks from the clinch.
Walker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A head kick misses from Walker.
Jankins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Jankins shoots in.
Jankins doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dom Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jankins blocks a head kick by Walker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jankins takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jankins digs a right hand underneath Walker's ribcage. Walker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jankins breaks from the clinch.
Jankins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Walker defends it nicely.
Jankins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankins moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
As Jankins looks to move away, Walker throws a big counter combo but Jankins just gets out of the way.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jankins is looking for the big counter here.
Nice takedown defense from Walker. No joy for Jankins on that attempt.
Good shot there by Walker.
Walker throws a head kick that misses.
Jankins rushes Walker and presses him up against the cage.
Jankins manages to break the clinch.
Walker throws a leg kick but Jankins checks it.
Walker stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walker wants it to stay on the feet.
Walker attempts a counter takedown but Jankins avoids it well and moves away.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Jankins moves out of range easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jankins is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Walker misses with a wild combination.
Will Jankins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dom Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker checks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dom Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walker, 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom Walker!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chief Zapata (ranked 3650 p4p, 392 weight class) and Samuel Orr (ranked 3806 p4p, 406 weight class). Orr has chosen Ricky as his entrance music. Samuel Orr is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 lbs
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167 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Zapata!
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, Samuel Orr!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zapata drops his shoulder and cracks Orr with a huge uppercut! Orr goes down! Can Zapata finish him?
It looks like Samuel Orr has been cut.
Zapata is working Orr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zapata is sitting in close to Orr's body. Orr has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Zapata is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Zapata is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Orr.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Samuel Orr!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maximilian Rockatansky (ranked 4043 p4p, 424 weight class) and Alex Green (ranked 2998 p4p, 348 weight class). Rockatansky comes to the cage accompanied by Victory. 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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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maximilian Rockatansky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Green!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rockatansky swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Green counters with a left and a right that stings Rockatansky.
Rockatansky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.
Rockatansky uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Green has time to react.
Rockatansky stuns Green with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Green wants to clinch up but Rockatansky keeps it at a distance.
Green throws a jab but it's blocked by Rockatansky.
Rockatansky 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.
Rockatansky uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Green lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rockatansky has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rockatansky and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rockatansky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rockatansky lands a stunning uppercut that sends Green to the mat!
Green is rocked!
Rockatansky decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Green throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rockatansky looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rockatansky lands with a shot to the body.
Green looks winded!
Green fails to land with a series of punches.
Rockatansky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Green moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Green showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rockatansky.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockatansky plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Green to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Green just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Maximilian Rockatansky!
Maximilian Rockatansky 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Budinha (ranked 5296 p4p, 251 weight class) and Jimmy McNabb (ranked 3904 p4p, 210 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jimmy McNabb was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos Budinha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Jimmy McNabb!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budinha moves in looking to clinch but McNabb pushes him off.
Budinha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Budinha looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Budinha on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McNabb works the jab nicely.
McNabb misses with a wild body shot.
Budinha just misses with a punch to the body.
Budinha slips a jab and a cross from McNabb.
McNabb 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.
Marcos Budinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McNabb fails to land with a series of punches.
Budinha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Budinha lands with a kick to the temple. McNabb shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
McNabb lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Budinha tries to clinch up.
Budinha with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McNabb tries to keep at a distance but Budinha has taken the fight into the clinch.
McNabb tries to break the clinch but Budinha is controlling the position.
Budinha trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNabb wants to get back to striking at distance but Budinha won't allow it.
Budinha with a knee to the head.
Budinha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McNabb's defenses.
McNabb can't break the clinch.
Budinha scores with a knee to the head.
McNabb lands a nice uppercut.
McNabb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Budinha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Budinha is struggling to control the position.
Budinha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McNabb in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Budinha looking to throw knees to the head but McNabb is blocking nicely.
Budinha scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jimmy McNabb has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McNabb.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McNabb blocks it with crossed arms.
Budinha keeps control of McNabb as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McNabb wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Budinha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Budinha lands a good knee to the midsection. McNabb won't want to take too many of those.
Budinha manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Budinha has McNabb pressed against the cage, preventing McNabb from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McNabb has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Budinha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McNabb's defenses.
McNabb is looking to break free of the clinch but Budinha has double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McNabb as Budinha tries to tie him up.
McNabb wants to get back to striking at distance but Budinha won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNabb tries to break the clinch but Budinha is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Budinha.
McNabb lands an uppercut.
Budinha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McNabb is looking to break free of the clinch but Budinha has double underhooks.
McNabb is looking to break free of the clinch but Budinha has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Budinha.
Budinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McNabb is defending well for now.
Budinha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Budinha lands a good knee to the midsection. McNabb won't want to take too many of those.
Budinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McNabb is trying to break free.
Budinha connects with a knee to the head.
McNabb tries to land knees in the clinch but Budinha avoids the damage to the body.
McNabb can't find room to land a body shot as Budinha controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. McNabb lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Budinha landing knees to the head.
McNabb can't find room to land a body shot as Budinha controls the action.
McNabb managing to block the knees to the body from Budinha.
Budinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McNabb blocks it with crossed arms.
McNabb is trying to break the clinch but Budinha is controlling him.
McNabb managing to block the knees to the body from Budinha.
McNabb on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McNabb dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Budinha misses with a knee to the head.
Budinha scores with a knee to the head.
McNabb tries to break the clinch but Budinha is controlling the position.
McNabb is trying to force a seperation but Budinha has the dominant position.
Budinha effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcos Budinha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy McNabb's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Budinha tries to close the distance and clinch up but McNabb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McNabb looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McNabb ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Budinha moves away.
McNabb ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Budinha moves away.
Budinha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Budinha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Budinha lands a leg kick that knocks McNabb off balance momentarily.
McNabb throws a looping overhand right but Budinha ducks down to avoid it.
Budinha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McNabb throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McNabb cracks a nice hook into Budinha's ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Budinha, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McNabb takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McNabb throws a hook but Budinha blocks it.
McNabb takes a kick to the side of the head.
McNabb rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Budinha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Budinha is looking to counter the offense by McNabb and move into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Budinha tries to close the distance and clinch up but McNabb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNabb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Budinha circles away quickly and effectively.
Marcos Budinha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Budinha lands with a slapping head kick.
Budinha tries a head kick but it misses.
Budinha doesn't manage to clinch there - McNabb circles away.
McNabb throws a body punch but Budinha moves out of range.
Budinha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McNabb has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Budinha is looking to clinch.
As Budinha backs off McNabb throws a huge counter combo but Budinha manages to avoid it all.
Budinha scores with a head kick. McNabb tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
McNabb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Budinha.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Budinha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McNabb has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McNabb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Budinha wants to clinch up but McNabb keeps it at a distance.
McNabb has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Budinha.
McNabb's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Some wild striking there from McNabb.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from McNabb does no damage.
Budinha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McNabb, pushing him back against the cage.
Budinha connects with a nasty looking knee right to McNabb's face.
Budinha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McNabb blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Budinha on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McNabb is defending well for now.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Budinha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McNabb tries to break free but Budinha pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNabb avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
McNabb has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marcos Budinha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McNabb is looking to break free of the clinch but Budinha has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McNabb tries to land knees in the clinch but Budinha avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Budinha.
Budinha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McNabb can do to turn this around?
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but McNabb avoids the damage to the body.
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but McNabb avoids the damage to the body.
Budinha manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Budinha.
McNabb wants to break the clinch but can't.
McNabb is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Budinha lands an elbow just above McNabb 's eye.
Budinha working McNabb over with knees to the body.
McNabb wants to break free but Budinha has control.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
Budinha crunches a lovely knee into McNabb's ribcage.
McNabb is breathing heavily.
McNabb is trying to push Budinha away but Budinha has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McNabb wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Budinha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McNabb tries to circle away but Budinha has him pinned against the cage.
Budinha on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha lands a good knee to the midsection. McNabb won't want to take too many of those.
Budinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Budinha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McNabb is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcos Budinha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy McNabb's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
McNabb has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Budinha.
McNabb misses with a wild combination.
McNabb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Budinha doesn't manage to clinch there - McNabb circles away.
McNabb takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Budinha turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Budinha wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Budinha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Budinha lands a leg kick that knocks McNabb off balance momentarily.
Budinha staying out of range there.
Budinha delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNabb misses with a body shot.
Budinha throws a quick head kick that skims the top of McNabb's head.
McNabb's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Budinha connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McNabb scrambles back to his feet.
Marcos Budinha is winning the standup battle so far.
McNabb circles away from the clinch attempt.
McNabb is looking for the big counter here.
Budinha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Budinha throws a head kick that misses.
McNabb is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Budinha with a body shot.
McNabb jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McNabb misses with a shot to the body
and Budinha counters with a nice body kick.
Budinha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McNabb misses the jab.
McNabb throws a jab when Budinha was well out of range.
No joy there for Budinha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McNabb will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McNabb takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha is looking to clinch.
Budinha lands with a nice combination. McNabb backs away looking to recover.
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 swing and a miss from McNabb.
McNabb circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Budinha, right into the meat.
McNabb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Budinha circles away quickly and effectively.
Budinha lands a front kick.
Budinha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Budinha throws a quick head kick that skims the top of McNabb's head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McNabb tries to stall but Budinha uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Budinha landing knees to the head.
McNabb is rocked!
Budinha lands a big knee to the head and McNabb goes down! Budinha pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcos Budinha!
After winning the bout, Marcos Budinha thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Lewis (ranked 2782 p4p, 327 weight class) and Marko Rakic (ranked 3723 p4p, 396 weight class). Lewis comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - Slippin. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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192 lbs
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195 lbs
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Brawler
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kyle Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marko Rakic!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rakic to the mat! Rakic manages to get full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rakic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lewis prevents Rakic from getting back to his feet.
Lewis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lewis trying to control the position from guard on top but Rakic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lewis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rakic pulls Lewis in to control the position.
Lewis trying to control the position from guard on top but Rakic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lewis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rakic manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lewis manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakic throws a big right hand that misses.
Rakic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lewis wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rakic throws a big right hand that misses.
Lewis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rakic lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rakic trying to control but Lewis is working from the bottom.
Rakic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two 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.
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Rakic from controlling successfully.
Rakic throws a big elbow that misses.
Rakic is looking to stand up but Lewis won't let him.
Rakic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rakic landing some decent shots from guard.
Lewis seems keen to control Rakic's posture.
Rakic is working Lewis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Rakic from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lewis is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rakic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lewis is controlling him.
Lewis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lewis looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lewis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lewis 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.
Rakic keeping full guard, as Lewis tries to pass.
Rakic trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lewis throws an elbow that misses. Rakic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lewis's guard. Nice move by Rakic!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Rakic working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rakic throws an elbow that misses. Lewis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rakic's guard. Nice move by Lewis!
Lewis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lewis wants to pass the guard but Rakic is keeping the position.
Lewis preventing the sweep.
Lewis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rakic lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Lewis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marko Rakic will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Lewis throws a looping overhand right but Rakic ducks down to avoid it.
Rakic blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Lewis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lewis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lewis misses with a looping left.
Rakic feints and as Lewis raises his hands in defense, Rakic changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lewis has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rakic off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Rakic stuffs the takedown.
Rakic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rakic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lewis to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Marko Rakic has been cut.
Rakic slips a jab and a cross from Lewis.
Lewis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rakic's guard.
Rakic has his feet on Lewis's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Lewis shoots in for a double leg but Rakic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rakic throws a right hand that Lewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lewis also avoids with ease.
Lewis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakic misses with a double jab.
Kyle Lewis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lewis shoots for a double leg takedown but Rakic sprawls well. He's pushed Lewis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lewis throws a right hand that misses
and Rakic counters with a stiff right hand.
Lewis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rakic but Rakic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rakic throws a right hand that Lewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lewis also avoids with ease.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lewis or perhaps it was just good defense by Rakic, which made it look bad.
Nice sprawl there from Rakic as Lewis shoots in.
Rakic ducks under a wild hook from Lewis.
Lewis misses with a hook. Rakic ducked under it nicely.
Rakic throws a counter combo.
Lewis misses with an uppercut.
Rakic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rakic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rakic lands a shoulder strike.
Rakic is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Lewis can't fight it off and eventually Rakic manages to take the fight to the floor. Lewis looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rakic is looking to work some ground and pound but Lewis has wrist control.
Lewis trying to control the position.
Rakic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lewis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rakic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rakic wants to control from the top but Lewis keeps moving.
Rakic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rakic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lewis is looking to stand up but Rakic isn't so interested in that idea.
Rakic sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rakic throws a big elbow that misses.
Rakic is looking to work some ground and pound but Lewis has wrist control.
Lewis trying to keep a closed guard but Rakic is proving a slippery customer.
Rakic throws a big elbow that misses.
Rakic is looking to stand up but Lewis won't let him.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nice uppercut lands for Lewis. That snapped Rakic's head back.
Lewis connects with a looping right hand.
Lewis misses with a hook.
Rakic ducks under a wild hook from Lewis.
Lewis looks to land a right hand but Rakic moved out of range.
Lewis misses with a few strikes there.
Lewis throws a lazy uppercut
and Rakic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rakic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lewis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rakic but Rakic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rakic throws a right hand that Lewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lewis also avoids with ease.
Lewis has his takedown stuffed
and Rakic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rakic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rakic slips under a jab.
Rakic changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Rakic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marko Rakic'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. 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.
Rakic rushes Lewis and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Lewis is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Rakic piles on the pressure and Lewis crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Rakic!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Mokete (ranked 3006 p4p, 324 weight class) and Konichiwa Jempsa (ranked 2153 p4p, 244 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Mokete!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Konichiwa Jempsa!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jempsa doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Mokete counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Jempsa.
Mokete takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jempsa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mokete takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jempsa creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jempsa grinds an elbow into Mokete's temple.
Mokete is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jempsa off and has taken his back!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mokete has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Jempsa has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Mokete patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Mokete is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mokete has the hooks in. Jempsa is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Jempsa trying to control the action but Mokete just sinks the hooks in.
Mokete has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Jempsa has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Mokete looking for the RNC.
Mokete looking to break Jempsa's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Jempsa remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Mokete will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Mokete is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jempsa is defending well though. Mokete let's go of the attempt for now.
Mokete goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Jempsa escapes and is now in half guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mokete on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jempsa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jempsa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jempsa is taking a breather. Mokete 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.
Let's hope that Jempsa has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mokete tries to get to full guard but Jempsa has control of the leg.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jempsa working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mokete trying to control here.
Jempsa moves nicely into side control.
Jempsa works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mokete is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jempsa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jempsa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jempsa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jempsa wants to pass the guard but Mokete is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mokete tries to roll over but Jempsa keeps him under control.
Mokete trying to hold on to Jempsa's head to control him but Jempsa postures up.
Mokete is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jempsa is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jempsa 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.
Jempsa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jempsa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mokete tries to roll over but Jempsa keeps him under control.
Mokete is trying to maintain the position but Jempsa is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konichiwa Jempsa 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.
Jempsa gets a takedown into half guard.
Mokete gets back to full guard.
Jempsa chips away with some ground and pound.
Mokete looking for subs off his back but Jempsa has passed one foot through into half guard.
Mokete tries to get to full guard but Jempsa has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mokete is controlling Jempsa's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jempsa lands strikes from half guard.
Jempsa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mokete with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mokete has hold of Jempsa's hands but Jempsa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mokete looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jempsa working the head and body with strikes.
Jempsa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mokete wants to improve his position but Jempsa is controlling well.
Jempsa landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jempsa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jempsa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mokete on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jempsa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mokete wants to improve his position but Jempsa is controlling well.
Jempsa slips a nice elbow through Mokete's hands, connecting with Mokete's forehead.
Mokete trying to control but Jempsa postures up.
Konichiwa Jempsa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jempsa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mokete moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jempsa wants to pass the guard but Mokete is keeping the position.
Jempsa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mokete had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jempsa defends it easily.
Jempsa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jempsa working some strikes from top position.
Mokete looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jempsa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mokete striking off his back but it's not causing Jempsa any problems.
Jempsa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jempsa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mokete controls Jempsa momentarily but Jempsa frees himself.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jempsa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mokete has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jempsa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konichiwa Jempsa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Mokete misses with a right hand
and Jempsa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Mokete on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jempsa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jempsa working Mokete over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Jempsa there.
Mokete actively working from the bottom here.
Mokete has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jempsa is working away from the top position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mokete tries to get to full guard but Jempsa has control of the leg.
Mokete is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jempsa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jempsa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mokete taking some punishment here, with Jempsa in his half guard.
Jempsa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mokete looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jempsa working over Mokete with some ground and pound. Mokete looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alexander Mokete has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jempsa connects with a nice short shot to Mokete's temple.
Jempsa lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jempsa is continuing to stall.
Jempsa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Mokete is looking to control Jempsa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mokete avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jempsa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mokete is pressing down on Jempsa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mokete is trying to hold Jempsa in close to prevent damage but Jempsa has managed to pass into half guard.
Still in half guard, Jempsa seems content to control.
Mokete wants to control but Jempsa is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jempsa slows the pace down in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mokete trying to control but Jempsa postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jempsa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mokete but Mokete pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jempsa ducks under a wild hook from Mokete.
Jempsa shoots in but no luck this time.
Jempsa dives in for a single leg takedown but Mokete sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Alexander Mokete has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Konichiwa Jempsa.
Mokete tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jempsa was well out of range. Poor timing from Mokete.
Nice jab there from Mokete.
Jempsa shoots for a takedown but Mokete saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mokete looks to score with a jab to the body but Jempsa is just out of range.
Mokete ducks right into an uppercut from Jempsa.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mokete misses with a left hand
and Jempsa counters with a takedown into side control.
Mokete being controlled for a moment.
Konichiwa Jempsa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mokete is looking to regain half guard here but Jempsa keeps moving and retains side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Konichiwa Jempsa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jempsa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konichiwa Jempsa!
During a confident post fight interview, Konichiwa Jempsa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shane Mitchell (ranked 1133 p4p, 131 weight class) and Myles Brady (ranked 2413 p4p, 236 weight class). Mitchell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Michael Jackson - Beat it. Brady has chosen Aaron Lewis - Country Boy as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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Basic striking
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Mitchell!
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, Myles Brady!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brady tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mitchell decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Brady's guard.
Mitchell trying to move into half guard but instead Brady has managed to sweep!
Brady trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brady looking to sit in guard and control but Mitchell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Brady has Mitchell pulled in close to control his posture.
Mitchell trying to control the position from guard on top but Brady is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brady pulls Mitchell in close to prevent any damage.
Brady keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady wants to sweep here but Mitchell controlling him for the moment.
Mitchell trying to control the position from guard on top but Brady is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mitchell preventing the sweep.
Brady keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
Mitchell won't allow Brady to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mitchell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brady swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mitchell wants to control from the top but Brady keeps moving.
Brady is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brady is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Brady tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell drives through and clinches with Brady against the cage.
Brady is trying to maintain a safe position but Mitchell gets an underhook and turns Brady into the cage.
Brady can't find room to land a body shot as Mitchell controls the action.
Mitchell prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brady.
Brady effectively controlling the action here.
A short right from Mitchell.
Brady throws a punch but it's blocked by Mitchell.
Mitchell lands a takedown into guard.
Brady keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
Brady is trying to keep Mitchell in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brady is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brady's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mitchell working for a triangle but Brady defends it easily.
Brady trying to control but Mitchell is working from the bottom.
Mitchell is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Brady defends well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brady trying to control but Mitchell is working from the bottom.
Mitchell is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Mitchell dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Brady closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brady controlling the action here.
Mitchell is trying to get back to full guard.
Brady wants to control but Mitchell is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchell trying to hold on to Brady's head to control him but Brady postures up.
Mitchell regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Brady.
Brady slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady stands up over Mitchell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mitchell keeping moving, preventing Brady from controlling successfully.
Mitchell has his foot on Brady's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Brady works his way back into a safe position though.
Brady works over Mitchell with some ground and pound from guard.
Mitchell working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brady doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brady manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mitchell controlling Brady's posture.
Brady looking to sit in guard and control but Mitchell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell trying to control but Brady is working from the bottom.
Brady looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Brady bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mitchell's guard.
Brady trying to control the position from guard on top but Mitchell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mitchell seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Mitchell escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brady gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady trying to control the position from guard on top but Mitchell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brady is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Mitchell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brady defends it easily.
Mitchell can't keep his opponent in guard - Brady advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Brady looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mitchell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mitchell looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brady is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brady trying to mount his opponent but Mitchell defends it.
Mitchell regains full guard. Nicely done.
Brady works over Mitchell with some ground and pound from guard.
Brady wants to control from the top but Mitchell keeps moving.
Brady works over Mitchell with some ground and pound from guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mitchell holds on and takes a little breather.
Brady stands and throws Mitchell's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Myles Brady showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Brady swats away the attempt to clinch by Mitchell.
Mitchell lands a slapping body shot.
Brady shoots in looking for a takedown but Mitchell manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brady's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mitchell fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brady, pushing him back against the cage.
Brady is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mitchell pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brady misses with a punch to the body.
Brady is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mitchell is defending well.
Shane Mitchell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myles Brady.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brady can't find room to land a body shot as Mitchell controls the action.
Brady prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchell misses with a punch on the inside.
Brady lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Brady lands strikes from half guard.
Well, if Brady is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady trying to control the action but Mitchell is working from the bottom.
Brady tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mitchell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mitchell wants to control but Brady is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Brady is taking a breather. Mitchell 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.
Mitchell is trying to maintain the position but Brady is very close to passing his half guard.
Myles Brady has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brady trying to control from half guard but Mitchell is working away.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mitchell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Brady.
Brady trying to mount his opponent but Mitchell defends it.
Brady looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mitchell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Myles Brady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brady shoots in looking for a takedown. Mitchell tries to sprawl out of it but Brady keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mitchell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mitchell is looking to counter the offense by Brady and move into the clinch.
Brady scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mitchell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brady working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady trying to control the action but Mitchell is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Mitchell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brady wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mitchell keeps working.
Mitchell can't do much from the bottom here.
Brady fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brady wants to control but Mitchell is keeping him busy.
Mitchell is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Mitchell is looking to reverse the position.
Brady controls the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brady wants to control for a moment but Mitchell uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Brady is trying to control the action in half guard but Mitchell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Myles Brady comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brady 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Myles Brady!
Myles Brady decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hax Molloway (ranked 1496 p4p, 195 weight class) and Wesley Poker (ranked 2512 p4p, 296 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hax Molloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wesley Poker!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poker is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Molloway.
Molloway with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Molloway takes the fight into the clinch.
Poker breaks from the clinch.
Molloway gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Molloway has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Poker avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Molloway lands an elbow inside.
Molloway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Molloway throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poker working hard to break the clinch.
Poker has had enough of the clinch but Molloway keeps him there for the moment.
Molloway drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Molloway misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molloway lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Poker or not.
Molloway tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Molloway with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Molloway connects with a knee to the head.
Poker is trying to force a seperation but Molloway has the dominant position.
Molloway tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Molloway ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Molloway no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Poker is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Molloway is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Molloway is looking to cinch up a triangle. Poker throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Molloway's body to avoid the submission. Molloway has instead reached around Poker's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Molloway arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Hax Molloway!
In his post fight interview, Hax Molloway started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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