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Luke I'm your father PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devin Skrumbellos (ranked 14215 p4p, 15651 weight class) and Sandy Gower (ranked 562 p4p, 586 weight class). Skrumbellos 's entrance music is CANT BE TOUCHED!!!. A fine choice. This should be a great matchup!
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11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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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 29 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Devin Skrumbellos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sandy Gower!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gower throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gower checks a leg kick nicely.
Skrumbellos misses with a looping right.
Skrumbellos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gower counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gower lands with a good body shot.
Skrumbellos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've been informed that Gower has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gower avoids the body shot from Skrumbellos .
Gower scores with a jab. Skrumbellos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gower. That's going to slow Skrumbellos down.
Sandy Gower seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skrumbellos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gower finds it's way round the side to connect with Skrumbellos 's head.
A head kick by Skrumbellos misses
enabling Gower to counter with a crisp jab.
Gower lands with a nice body kick.
Gower is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Gower catches Skrumbellos right on the button with a cross.
Skrumbellos misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Gower to counter with a crisp jab.
Gower scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skrumbellos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Skrumbellos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick from Skrumbellos is predictable there
and Gower counters with a straight right hand.
Gower stuns Skrumbellos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Skrumbellos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice body punch from Gower.
A big left from Skrumbellos misses.
Skrumbellos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gower.
Gower on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Skrumbellos . Skrumbellos obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Gower.
That kick from Gower tenderised Skrumbellos 's leg. Skrumbellos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gower thows a body kick. Skrumbellos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skrumbellos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Skrumbellos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gower.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower lands a nice looking body shot.
A slow jab from Skrumbellos misses its intended target.
Gower catches Skrumbellos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gower slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Skrumbellos connects with a body shot.
Skrumbellos is breathing heavily.
Gower connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Skrumbellos momentarily.
Gower ducks under a wild hook from Skrumbellos .
Skrumbellos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gower lands a two punch combo.
 It looks like Devin Skrumbellos has been cut.
Good exchange - Gower coming out on top.
Gower lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gower is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Skrumbellos had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Skrumbellos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gower digs a good body shot into Skrumbellos 's ribs.
Gower digs a good body shot into Skrumbellos 's ribs.
Gower throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gower stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gower lands a really nice looking cross but Skrumbellos seems unphased.
Gower throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gower with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Skrumbellos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gower tests Skrumbellos 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gower connects with a nice looking jab.
Gower moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Gower.
Skrumbellos misses with a body shot
and Gower counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Skrumbellos thinking.
Gower clobbers Skrumbellos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gower lands a nice hook to Skrumbellos 's body. Skrumbellos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gower ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
Gower fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Skrumbellos .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gower scores with a one two! Skrumbellos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gower lands with a cross.
Gower throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gower lands a jab to the nose.
Gower throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Skrumbellos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Skrumbellos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gower lands a really nice looking cross but Skrumbellos seems unphased.
Gower with a hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gower.
Gower ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Skrumbellos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gower.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gower is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Skrumbellos throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Skrumbellos 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sandy Gower dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devin Skrumbellos 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gower connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Skrumbellos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sandy Gower seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gower lands with a kick to the temple. Skrumbellos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gower scores with a sloppy right hand. Skrumbellos should have avoided that one.
Gower sizes up Skrumbellos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Skrumbellos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gower connects with a leg kick.
Skrumbellos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gower sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gower has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Skrumbellos throws a leg kick
enabling Gower to counter with a crisp jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Skrumbellos might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Skrumbellos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gower counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gower scores with a leg kick.
Skrumbellos connects with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gower throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Skrumbellos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gower to score with a decent uppercut.
Skrumbellos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gower.
Skrumbellos motions for Gower to come forward. Skrumbellos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gower smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gower fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gower lands with a nice body punch.
Nice shot lands for Gower.
Skrumbellos slips a jab and a cross from Gower.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gower. Skrumbellos shrugs it off though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skrumbellos slips under a jab from Gower.
Skrumbellos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gower scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Skrumbellos doesn't seem bothered though.
Gower connects with a right hand. Skrumbellos shakes it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gower.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Gower. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Skrumbellos misses the body punch
and Gower counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Gower staying out of range there.
Gower scores with a crisp jab that stopped Skrumbellos in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower lands with a thumping leg kick.
Donk. Gower catches Skrumbellos right on the button with a cross.
Skrumbellos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Skrumbellos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Skrumbellos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gower is out of range.
Gower fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Skrumbellos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gower lands a slapping body shot.
Gower cracks Skrumbellos with a good jab.
Gower staying out of range there.
Gower now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Skrumbellos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gower thumps Skrumbellos with a low kick.
Skrumbellos takes one on the button.
Gower connects with a nice looking jab.
Gower lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gower bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Skrumbellos 's head backwards.
Gower scores with a hook to the body. Skrumbellos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gower lands a body shot.
Good leg kick by Gower.
Gower scores with the left hand. Skrumbellos knows he should have avoided that one.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Skrumbellos crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gower - the referee stops the clock and Skrumbellos gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gower. Skrumbellos manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Skrumbellos takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Skrumbellos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gower throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gower smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gower lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Skrumbellos backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gower clinches up with Skrumbellos and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gower - that landed with a thud.
Gower lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gower is leaning against Skrumbellos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gower creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
 Skrumbellos is rocked!
Gower breaks from the clinch.
Oh Skrumbellos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Skrumbellos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Skrumbellos walks into a jab.
A low kick lands for Gower.
Gower keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gower cracks Skrumbellos on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Skrumbellos falls backwards against the cage. Gower follows up with more strikes that drop Skrumbellos to his knees. Gower keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Skrumbellos ! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sandy Gower!
Our winner, Sandy Gower, 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Tempe Gorge (ranked 3016 p4p, 2708 weight class) and Jack Hanma (ranked 302 p4p, 272 weight class). Gorge comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hanma's choice of entrance music: Krewella - Say Goodbye. Jack Hanma is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tempe Gorge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorge turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gorge darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gorge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanma.
Hanma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanma 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.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hanma. That's going to slow Gorge down.
A swing and a miss from Hanma.
Gorge manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hanma on his heels. He'll look to pass Hanma's guard now, I'm sure.
Gorge stopping the sweep attempt from Hanma.
Gorge is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hanma avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gorge has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gorge wants to control from the top but Hanma keeps moving.
Gorge is working Hanma over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hanma is on top in guard.
Hanma is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gorge keeping moving, preventing Hanma from controlling successfully.
Hanma showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hanma's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorge looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hanma puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hanma sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gorge defending well though.
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. Hanma connects with a nice short shot to Gorge's temple.
Hanma is looking to stall here but Gorge recovers full guard.
Gorge is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hanma defends well.
Gorge is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hanma's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma wants to pass the guard but Gorge is keeping the position.
Gorge looking to control.
Gorge is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hanma is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hanma trying to control but Gorge is working from the bottom.
Hanma engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gorge keeping moving, preventing Hanma from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gorge is defended easily by Hanma.
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.
Gorge darts in looking for a takedown but Hanma gets double underhooks and turns Gorge into the cage.
Gorge throws a jab when Hanma was well out of range.
Hanma is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gorge darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gorge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hanma swats away the attempt to clinch by Gorge.
Gorge has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Tempe Gorge has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Hanma.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gorge throws a jab when Hanma was well out of range.
Hanma avoids a kick to the body.
Hanma doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A combination from Gorge does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jack Hanma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tempe Gorge'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.
Hanma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gorge.
Hanma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gorge. That did some damage!
Gorge scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Gorge misses.
A nice leg kick from Hanma, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tempe Gorge is winning the standup battle so far.
Gorge scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gorge doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gorge throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hanma on the side of the head.
Donk. Gorge catches Hanma right on the button with a cross.
Hanma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gorge moves away.
Hanma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanma tries a quick counter leg kick but Gorge is wise to it.
Hanma takes a swing at Gorge's ribcage but misses.
Gorge throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Hanma to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma throws the left hand but Gorge avoids the punch easily.
Hanma scores with a nice right hand.
Hanma keeps the fight on the outside.
Hanma connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hanma is looking to slow Gorge down with leg kicks.
Gorge misses with a looping right.
Hanma takes one on the button.
Hanma lands with a shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gorge, as that shot connected.
Hanma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gorge swings widly with a right hand
and Hanma counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gorge tries to clinch up.
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!
Gorge closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hanma counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Gorge!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gorge keeps working.
Gorge tries to bench press Hanma off him but Hanma keeps the position.
Hanma is putting a hurting on Gorge here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gorge tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gorge is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hanma connects with a decent elbow.
Gorge is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma trying to control the position but Gorge is working away.
Hanma cracks Gorge with a big right hand but Gorge just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hanma wants to control but Gorge is keeping him busy.
Hanma tries to move to mount but Gorge blocks the move with his legs.
Gorge takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hanma working the head with strikes.
Gorge gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorge is looking to improve his position.
Gorge is staying active underneath Hanma, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gorge looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hanma seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gorge does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gorge is looking to improve his position.
Gorge missing with punches from the bottom.
Gorge tries to kick Hanma off but Hanma keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Hanma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tempe Gorge's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A clash of legs there as Hanma blocks the low kick.
Gorge uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanma.
Hanma throws a leg kick which misses Gorge's front leg but catches the back leg as Gorge tries to avoid it.
Hanma throws a looping overhand right but Gorge ducks down to avoid it.
Gorge tries to counter by clinching up but Hanma breaks away and moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gorge.
Jab, jab by Hanma - just one landing.
Hanma takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hanma lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gorge's sensitive parts.
Gorge misses with an uppercut
enabling Hanma to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanma scores with a push kick.
Gorge is looking to clinch.
Gorge cracks Hanma with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hanma connects with a right hand. Gorge shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorge throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gorge throws out a powerful jab.
Gorge fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gorge misses with an uppercut. Hanma saw that one coming.
Hanma is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gorge with a body shot.
Hanma staying out of range there.
Gorge is looking to score with low kicks.
Tempe Gorge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gorge pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanma misses with a low kick.
Gorge misses with a low kick.
Gorge slips a jab from Hanma.
Gorge avoids the body shot from Hanma.
Hanma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gorge moves away.
Tempe Gorge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gorge takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hanma takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fighters circling - Hanma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gorge tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hanma throws an overhand right that lands on Gorge's shoulder, as Gorge tries to avoid the shot.
Gorge scores with a three punch combo!
 It looks like Jack Hanma has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorge swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hanma.
Gorge throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Gorge misses its intended target.
Hanma only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hanma on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hanma tries to clinch but Gorge is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Gorge misses its intended target.
Hanma walks into a left hand.
Hanma loads up on a big right hand but Gorge slips the punch.
Gorge throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hanma keeps the fight on the outside.
Gorge takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gorge throws a right hand that misses
and Hanma counters with a nice leg kick.
Gorge connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hanma misses with a body punch
and Gorge counters with a straight right hand.
Gorge wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hanma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gorge swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorge misses with a body shot.
Gorge wants to clinch
and Hanma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gorge is looking to clinch but Hanma is avoiding it.
Gorge lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hanma's sensitive parts.
Gorge lands with a straight right. Hanma didn't see that one coming.
Hanma loads up on a big right hand but Gorge slips the punch.
Gorge wants to clinch but Hanma slips to the side
and Hanma counters with a body kick that stops Gorge in his tracks momentarily.
Hanma drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big right from Gorge misses.
Hanma feints a counter leg kick.
Gorge throws a body punch but Hanma moves out of range.
Gorge throws an off balance right hand
and Hanma counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tempe Gorge.
I think Hanma 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martez Lopez (ranked 3260 p4p, 4040 weight class) and Rui Rodrigo Germano (ranked 411 p4p, 495 weight class). Germano has chosen HIM - Don't Fear The Reaper as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martez Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rui Rodrigo Germano!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Germano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Martez Lopez has been cut.
Germano takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A slow jab from Lopez misses its intended target.
Germano drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lopez defends it well.
Germano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lopez throws out the jab.
Lopez misses the jab.
Germano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopez 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.
A jab from Germano does it's job there.
Lopez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Germano under the eye.
Lopez lands a glancing blow to the side of Germano's head.
Germano looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.
Germano throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Germano looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopez is just out of range.
Lopez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Germano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Germano goes for a double leg but Lopez avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Lopez continues to drive forward.
Germano just misses with a punch to the body.
Germano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Germano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez slips a jab from Germano.
Germano throws a shot to the body.
Lopez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lopez slips a nice elbow through Germano's hands, connecting with Germano's forehead.
Lopez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Germano is staying active underneath Lopez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Germano is pressing down on Lopez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Lopez is looking to work some ground and pound but Germano has wrist control.
Lopez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Germano looking for a sweep. Not yet Germano, not yet.
Lopez works over Germano with some ground and pound from guard.
Lopez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Germano 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.
Germano trying to control the position.
Germano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Germano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Germano has his foot on Lopez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lopez works his way back into a safe position though.
Lopez stopping the sweep attempt from Germano.
Lopez postures up and lands a big shot to Germano's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Lopez trying to control but Germano is working from the bottom.
Germano is trying to control the position but Lopez postures up.
Germano keeping full guard, as Lopez tries to pass.
Lopez landing some decent shots from guard.
Germano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lopez landing with the ground and pound.
Germano wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lopez is in close to Germano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Germano wants to sweep here but Lopez controlling him for the moment.
Lopez is working Germano over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Germano bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lopez's guard.
Germano working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Germano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lopez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Germano is one step ahead there.
Lopez keeping moving, preventing Germano from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Germano sitting in guard here, content to control.
Germano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Germano trying to control but Lopez is working from the bottom.
Lopez pulls Germano in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martez Lopez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lopez needs to keep his hands up - Germano had a free shot at his head there.
Lopez tests Germano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Germano can do to turn this around?
Germano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
Lopez lands the left hand.
Lopez slips a jab and a cross from Germano.
Martez Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez's corner calls for a 1-2. Lopez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Germano blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Germano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Germano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Germano under the eye.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Germano throws a combination. Lopez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez thuds his right hand into Germano's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a hook. Germano ducked under it nicely.
Lopez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lopez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Germano throws a poor cross that misses
and Lopez counters with a right hand to the body.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Germano.
Lopez lands an overhand right.
Lopez throws out a loose jab but Germano uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Germano misses the target.
A jab from Germano misses.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Germano.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Germano moved out of range nicely.
A cross from Lopez lands.
Germano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Germano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lopez connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Germano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Germano shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Germano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Germano thuds a left hand into Lopez's body.
Germano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Germano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Germano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lopez lands a nice hook to Germano's body. Germano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Germano changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lopez slips a straight right by Germano.
Lopez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Germano.
Germano blocks a jab.
Germano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Germano with the counter takedown but Lopez avoids it easily.
Germano throws a series of punches but Lopez avoids them all with ease.
Germano looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
Germano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Germano slips under a jab from Lopez.
Nice sprawl there from Lopez as Germano shoots in.
Germano misses with an uppercut.
Lopez cracks a nice hook into Germano's ribs.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Germano is just out of range.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Germano was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
Germano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Germano misses.
A lazy left from Lopez finds it's target.
Germano throws a jab but it's blocked by Lopez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Germano misses with a wild combination.
Lopez tests Germano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Germano misses with a body shot.
Lopez looks for a takedown but Germano sprawls well.
Lopez connects with a body shot.
Lopez misses with an uppercut.
Lopez scores with a jab to the body.
Germano throws an overhand right that lands on Lopez's shoulder, as Lopez tries to avoid the shot.
Lopez thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martez Lopez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nice uppercut there from Lopez.
Martez Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez misses with a hook
and Germano counters with a shoot takedown. Lopez fights it but they end up in guard.
Germano tries to free his leg and advance position but Lopez is retaining full guard.
Lopez looking to control.
Germano passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Germano wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lopez keeps working.
Germano creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lopez sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez is trying to get back to half guard.
Lopez is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Germano off and has taken his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Germano rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Germano is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Germano is still trying to improve position.
Lopez passes to side control.
Germano tries to bench press Lopez off him but Lopez keeps the position.
Lopez 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.
Germano manages to work his way to half guard, despite Lopez's best efforts.
Germano moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lopez landing with the ground and pound.
Rui Rodrigo Germano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martez Lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lopez stopping the sweep attempt from Germano.
Lopez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Germano is trying to keep Lopez in close.
Lopez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Germano wants to sweep but no luck.
Lopez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Germano 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.
Lopez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Germano looking to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Lopez darts in looking for a takedown but Germano gets double underhooks and turns Lopez into the cage.
A punch combination from Germano misses.
A jab from Lopez does it's job there.
Lopez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Germano's head backwards.
Germano takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Lopez shoots in for a double leg but Germano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lopez lands with a straight right. Germano didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez moves out of range as Germano strikes.
A big right from Lopez misses.
Germano feints the counter takedown.
Lopez scores with a nice strike.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Germano throws a big shot that misses.
Lopez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Germano lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez digs a good hook to Germano's body.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Germano feints the counter takedown.
Nice uppercut there from Lopez.
A swing and a miss from Germano.
Germano misses with a straight left.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Germano.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Martez Lopez.
Well Lopez 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martez Lopez!
A very excited looking Martez Lopez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thoreaux AssKicken (ranked 2368 p4p, 4447 weight class) and Iain Reilly (ranked 316 p4p, 523 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think AssKicken might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Winds of Change. Reilly has chosen Dubliners - Fields of Athenry as his entrance music. Iain Reilly has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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23 - 28 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thoreaux AssKicken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 28 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly misses with a body shot.
Reilly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Iain Reilly has been cut.
AssKicken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
AssKicken appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
AssKicken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
AssKicken gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reilly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here as AssKicken stalls from top position.
AssKicken is working Reilly over with some ground and pound from side control.
AssKicken tries to move to mount but Reilly blocks the move with his legs.
AssKicken creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Reilly sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
AssKicken remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's one minute gone in the round.
AssKicken wants to lay and pray for a moment but Reilly keeps working.
Reilly is looking for a sweep.
Reilly keeps trying to improve his position.
We've been hearing good reports from AssKicken's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Reilly manages to work his way to half guard, despite AssKicken's best efforts.
AssKicken is keen to just control but Reilly is a slippery customer.
Reilly pushes AssKicken off looking to stand but AssKicken dives back in and keeps control.
AssKicken works his foot free and advances to mount.
Reilly is bucking up trying to escape but AssKicken cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
AssKicken tries to control but Reilly wriggling away.
AssKicken lands a big elbow.
AssKicken cracks Reilly with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
 Reilly is rocked!
AssKicken postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Reilly in real trouble here! The ref calls for Reilly to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thoreaux AssKicken!
During a confident post fight interview, Thoreaux AssKicken thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thug Life (ranked 1669 p4p, 3010 weight class) and Logan Justis (ranked 249 p4p, 408 weight class). Life's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, For Heavy Metal we will die!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thug Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Justis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Life.
A nice side step and Justis releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A looping hook to the body misses from Life. Justis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've been informed that Justis has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A jab lands there for Life.
Justis moves into range and clinches up with Life.
Justis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Life misses with a hook to the ribs.
Life lands a nice uppercut.
Justis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Justis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justis moves away from the strike by Life.
Justis follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Life throws a low kick but Justis avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Justis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Justis throws a body shot but no joy.
Life on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life throws a shot from downtown. Justis moves away and avoids it.
Justis throws a shot to the body.
Life tries to land a body kick
letting Justis counter with a right hand.
Life looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Justis checks a leg kick.
Life misses with a hook
and Justis counters with a nice body shot.
Justis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Life can pounce on him.
Thug Life seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Life lands a jab to Justis's midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Life.
Life with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Justis throws a leg kick but Life moved away.
Justis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Life misses with a leg kick.
Justis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Life fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Life connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Justis's hands.
Life fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Justis on the side of the head.
Life scores with a body shot.
Life goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Life.
Justis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Justis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Justis throws a jab when Life was well out of range.
Justis moves out of range as Life strikes.
Justis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Life can pounce on him.
Life punishes Justis's body with a nice straight punch.
Life slips a jab from Justis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Justis throws out the jab.
Life thows a body kick. Justis tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Life throws a jab when Justis was well out of range.
Justis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Life throws a leg kick which misses Justis's front leg but catches the back leg as Justis tries to avoid it.
Justis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Justis.
Life swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Life lands a jab to the head.
Justis checks a leg kick.
Life throws a leg kick
and Justis counters with a body kick that stops Life in his tracks momentarily.
Life misses with a body kick.
Justis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Life 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 Justis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Justis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A low kick from Life misses
and Justis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Life throws a hook but Justis blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a front kick aimed at Justis's knee but Justis avoids it well.
Justis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Life tests Justis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Justis avoids the body shot from Life.
Justis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Life throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Justis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Justis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Justis.
A quick step to the side and Life tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Life pivots, looking for a leg kick but Justis is out of range and Life settles back down.
Justis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Life on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A low kick lands for Life.
Life throws a body kick that misses
and Justis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Life moves out of range as Justis strikes.
Life lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thug Life dominated that round.
That's time! Life's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Justis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life lands with an uppercut that bounces Justis off the cage and back into range.
Life throws a nice outside leg kick.
Life looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Life connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Justis's hands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Life.
Thug Life is winning the standup battle so far.
Life throws a quick inside leg kick.
Life lands a nice shot that snaps Justis's head back.
Life misses with a kick to the body
and Justis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Life slips a jab from Justis.
Life swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Life rushes Justis and presses him up against the cage.
Justis pushes Life back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Justis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Life can't find room to land a body shot as Justis controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Life throws a punch but it's blocked by Justis.
Life wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Life throws a head punch that misses.
Justis blocks an uppercut.
Life misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Life.
Life misses with a hook to the ribs.
Life working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Life.
Life lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justis.
Life misses with a short punch on the inside.
Life working aggressively here.
Justis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Life swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Life lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Life.
Justis prevents a body shot from Life.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Justis.
Justis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Life.
Justis blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Life tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Life - that landed with a thud.
Life swings wildly with an uppercut but Justis uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Life.
Life misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justis.
Life prevents a body shot from Justis.
Justis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Justis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Justis avoids the body shot from Life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Justis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Decent striking displayed by Life there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Life. That's going to slow Justis down.
Justis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Life throws out the jab.
Life throws a hook but Justis avoids it easily.
Life cracks Justis with a good jab.
Life doesn't manage to clinch there - Justis circles away.
Justis wants to clinch up but Life keeps it at a distance.
Life jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Justis blocks a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Life throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Justis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Life throws a jab when Justis was well out of range.
Justis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Life tries to close the distance and clinch up but Justis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A countering left hand to the body from Justis misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thug Life dominated that second round.
That's time! Life's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Justis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Life keeps the fight on the outside.
Justis misses the shot to the body.
Life throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Life takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Life comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Life tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Justis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Life connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Justis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Justis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Life rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life throws a shot to the body.
Life slips a straight right by Justis.
Life dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Justis. That did some damage!
Life misses with a jab to the body
letting Justis counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis checks a low kick from Life.
Life is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Justis can do to turn this around?
Life throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Justis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Justis blocks a low kick nicely.
Life throws a jab but it's blocked by Justis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Life. Justis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Life throws a low kick, looking for Justis's leg but Justis calmly moves out of range.
It seemed like Justis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Justis throws a body shot but no joy.
Life throws a hook but Justis avoids it easily.
Life tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Justis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Life swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Justis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Life throws a chopping leg kick but Justis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a push kick but Justis slaps the foot to one side.
A clash of legs there as Justis blocks the low kick.
It seemed like Justis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Justis stalks Life and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Life's face. Life staggers backwards, shaken.
Justis connects with a nice looking jab.
Life attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Logan Justis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick from Life misses.
Life lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Justis at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Justis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Life connects with a leg kick.
Life cracks Justis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Justis moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Justis! But no joy.
Justis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Life throws a leg kick but Justis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Justis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Life is looking to land body kicks.
Justis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Justis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Life thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Life backs off Justis throws a huge counter combo but Life manages to avoid it all.
Life cracks Justis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Justis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Life lands a right hook to the body.
Justis 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.
Justis throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
Thug Life is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Life gets a clinch.
Life softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Justis looks to score with a jab to the body but Life is just out of range.
Life throws a low kick but Justis avoids it.
Life misses with a body shot
and Justis counters with an outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justis avoids the body shot from Life.
Justis blocks a jab.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Justis.
Justis lands with an overhand left.
Life throws a head kick that misses.
Justis throws a big counter head kick but Life avoids it with no problem.
Life staying out of range there.
Life throws a head kick that misses
and Justis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thug Life showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Life 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thug Life!
A very excited looking Thug Life rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Yung (ranked 2281 p4p, 1836 weight class) and Torcadall Sailcirc (ranked 328 p4p, 278 weight class). Yung comes to the cage accompanied by 陳小春 - 亂世巨星. Sailcirc comes into a darkened arena with his song building. THE SCOTTS kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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39
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15 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Yung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Torcadall Sailcirc!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yung feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yung is working Sailcirc over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sailcirc keeping full guard, as Yung tries to pass.
Yung with a nice head shot there.
Sailcirc is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yung is aware though and is defending well.
Sailcirc working a defensive guard but Yung manages to pass into side control anyway.
Yung landing a few strikes.
Yung wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sailcirc keeps working.
Yung working the ground and pound.
Yung wants to control but Sailcirc is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yung is working Sailcirc over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sailcirc is not content to let Yung control the position.
Sailcirc is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailcirc takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Yung cracks Sailcirc with a big elbow.
Sailcirc manages to get back to half guard.
Yung lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Yung trying to control from half guard but Sailcirc is working away.
Yung is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sailcirc is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Yung is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sailcirc is looking for a sweep. Yung is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yung is working for a submission of some sort.
Yung is looking to take a break and control but Sailcirc is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sailcirc is in trouble now - Yung has advanced to mount!
Sailcirc is squirming around, avoiding Yung's attempts to control the action.
Sailcirc really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yung looking for a guillotine from mount but Sailcirc is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yung looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Yung lands a heavy elbow.
Sailcirc is desperately trying to improve his position but Yung has a good base and remains in mount.
Yung controlling from the full mount.
Yung fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sailcirc is trying to escape the mount.
Sailcirc is controlling an arm, preventing Yung from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Yung looking to secure an arm triangle but Sailcirc defends it well.
Yung with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yung lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yung takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yung lands with some strikes.
Sailcirc keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yung with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Yung.
Sailcirc regains half guard.
Sailcirc makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sailcirc.
Sailcirc keeping moving, preventing Yung from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Yung dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sailcirc drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
My spies in BLK Elite MMA Gym inform me that Sailcirc has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Sailcirc gets to mount! Yung was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Yung is desperately trying to improve his position but Sailcirc has a good base and remains in mount.
Yung regains half guard.
Sailcirc tries to pass to full mount but Yung defends it.
Sailcirc is thwarting Yung's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yung is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sailcirc is looking to pass Yung's guard but actually Yung recovers to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailcirc looking to sit in guard and control but Yung gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Yung drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yung jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yung might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Yung wants to control from the top but Sailcirc keeps moving.
Sailcirc looking to control.
Sailcirc is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yung trying to control but Sailcirc is working from the bottom.
Yung stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sailcirc swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yung is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sailcirc is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sailcirc looking for a guillotine here but Yung defends easily.
Sailcirc looking to control.
Sailcirc pulls Yung in close to prevent any damage.
Sailcirc keeping moving, preventing Yung from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yung is working Sailcirc over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Yung lands a couple of elbows.
Sailcirc keeping moving, preventing Yung from controlling successfully.
Sailcirc is looking for a triangle but Yung pushes his legs off easily.
Yung wants to control from the top but Sailcirc keeps moving.
Yung looking to pass the guard.
Yung got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sailcirc has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Yung has managed to get both his arms back between Sailcirc's legs - danger averted.
Yung looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yung working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sailcirc's head.
Yung working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sailcirc's head.
Yung trying to control the position from guard on top but Sailcirc is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yung working some strikes from top position.
Yung advances position into side control!
Sailcirc takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sailcirc tries to improve position but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yung tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Yung lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Yung dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Yung takes one to the side of the head.
Sailcirc closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Yung to the mat! Yung manages to get full guard.
Yung is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sailcirc is aware though and is defending well.
Yung is trying to keep Sailcirc in close.
Yung is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sailcirc can do to turn this around?
Yung wants to sweep but no luck.
Sailcirc stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yung swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sailcirc wants to control from the top but Yung keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sailcirc trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yung is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yung is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yung controls Sailcirc momentarily but Sailcirc frees himself.
Yung is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sailcirc is aware though and is defending well.
Yung trying to keep a closed guard but Sailcirc is proving a slippery customer.
Sailcirc wants to pass the guard but Yung is keeping the position.
Sailcirc is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sailcirc slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two 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.
Yung tries to bench press Sailcirc off him but Sailcirc keeps the position.
Sailcirc wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yung, who protects the arm well.
Yung manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Yung is trying to maintain the position but Sailcirc is very close to passing his half guard.
Yung wants to improve his position but Sailcirc is controlling well.
Sailcirc trying to pass the guard but Yung defending well.
Sailcirc takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Yung wants to improve his position but Sailcirc is controlling well.
David Yung is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailcirc moves into full mount! Yung won't be happy about that!
Sailcirc looking to control but Yung is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yung keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yung sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Sailcirc wants to control but Yung is keeping him busy.
Yung is doing well to control the position and prevent Sailcirc from advancing to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yung wants to improve his position but Sailcirc is controlling well.
Sailcirc frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sailcirc can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yung is looking to escape.
David Yung overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yung tries to hold on but Sailcirc postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sailcirc fails to advance to Yung's back.
Sailcirc can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yung is looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Torcadall Sailcirc comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yung has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Yung!
David Yung 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roger Dawson (ranked 1583 p4p, 1307 weight class) and Nathan Wallace (ranked 178 p4p, 156 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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38
146
28 - 18 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roger Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace looks to land a combination but Dawson avoids it well.
Dawson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jab from Wallace.
Wallace slips a jab from Dawson.
The fighters circling - Wallace throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wallace lands a right hook to the body.
Wallace punishes Dawson's body with a nice straight punch.
Dawson 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.
Oooooh!!! Wallace has knocked Dawson down with a huge combo! Wallace steps away and waves a wobbly Dawson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Dawson is rocked!
It looks like Roger Dawson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace punishes Dawson's body with a nice straight punch.
Wallace with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wallace has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dawson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dawson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wallace counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wallace walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dawson.
Nice cross by Dawson.
Wallace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dawson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Dawson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Roger Dawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dawson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wallace dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawson tries to keep at a distance but Wallace has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wallace blocks a body shot from Dawson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wallace.
Dawson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wallace lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dawson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dawson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wallace swings wildly with an uppercut but Dawson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wallace misses with some punches.
Wallace swings wildly with an uppercut but Dawson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wallace prevents a body shot from Dawson.
Wallace misses with some punches.
Wallace goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dawson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wallaces head.
Wallace misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wallace working aggressively here.
Dawson misses with a body punch.
Wallace misses with a punch to the body.
Dawson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wallace throws a punch but it's blocked by Dawson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson tries a body shot but Wallace blocks it.
Dawson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dawson scores with a hook to the body.
Wallace tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dawson's elbow.
Dawson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dawson breaks the clinch.
Dawson cracks Wallace with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wallace avoids the head kick by Dawson.
Dawson jabs Wallace to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good work by Wallace as he checks the leg kick.
Dawson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wallace throws a head kick that misses.
Wallace misses with a leg kick.
Dawson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A nice leg kick from Dawson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dawson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wallace throws a series of punches but Dawson avoids them all with ease.
Wallace cracks Dawson with a good jab.
Dawson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wallace under the eye.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dawson - that will leave a mark!
Dawson connects with a nice looking jab.
Dawson throws a hook to the side of Wallace's head but Wallace sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wallace 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.
Nice cross by Dawson.
Dawson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wallace is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dawson rather than just go for the knockout.
Dawson tests Wallace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wallace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dawson moves away.
Wallace needs to keep his hands up - Dawson had a free shot at his head there.
Dawson scores with a punch to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wallace ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dawson lands a lovely overhand right.
Wallace scores with a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Wallace checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wallace misses with a hook. Dawson ducked under it nicely.
Dawson throws a push kick but Wallace slaps the foot to one side.
Wallace tries to clinch but Dawson moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace swings widly with a right hand
and Dawson counters with a nice body kick.
Wallace throws a hook but Dawson blocks it.
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
Wallace is looking to clinch but Dawson is avoiding it.
A cross from Dawson lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Dawson misses the target.
Dawson lands a nice shot that snaps Wallace's head back.
Dawson misses with a straight left.
Wallace walks into a stiff left hand from Dawson.
Wallace lands a jab to the nose.
Wallace checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A countering left hand to the body from Wallace misses.
Wallace takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dawson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dawson connects with a body shot.
Wallace staying out of range there.
Dawson throws out a loose jab but Wallace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dawson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wallace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nathan Wallace will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roger Dawson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wallace takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dawson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dawson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A jab lands there for Dawson.
Dawson tests Wallace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wallace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dawson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wallace throws a leg kick that misses.
Dawson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dawson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wallace misses with a straight left.
Roger Dawson is winning the standup battle so far.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Dawson there.
Wallace throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dawson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wallace. Wallace circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wallace displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dawson throws out the jab.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Dawson misses its target.
Dawson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace swinging wildly here.
Decent striking displayed by Wallace there.
Dawson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wallace misses with a hook
and Dawson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dawson thuds his right hand into Wallace's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dawson misses with a low kick.
Wallace misses with a straight right.
Wallace lands a head kick. Dawson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wallace throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wallace takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wallace lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawson lands a nice hook to Wallace's body. Wallace takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oooooh!!! Wallace has knocked Dawson down with a huge combo! Wallace steps away and waves a wobbly Dawson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Oh Dawson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dawson throws a body punch but Wallace moves out of range.
Dawson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wallace has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wallace checks a leg kick nicely.
Wallace drops Dawson with a big left hand! Dawson is injured, injured bad! Wallace jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Wallace!
Nathan Wallace seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Pyke (ranked 871 p4p, 442 weight class) and Arthur Morgan (ranked 118 p4p, 64 weight class). Morgan has chosen Battle Cry as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 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 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Pyke!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pyke's head backwards.
Morgan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pyke swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pyke fails with a takedown attempt.
Morgan lands a body shot.
Magnus Pyke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Pyke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan wants to slow Pyke down by chopping away at his legs.
Morgan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pyke will feel that in the morning.
Pyke connects with the punch.
Pyke lunges at Morgan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morgan's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyke closes the distance and clinches.
Pyke is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morgan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pyke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Morgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morgan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pyke misses with the head strike.
Pyke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan tries a body shot but Pyke blocks it.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Morgan - that landed with a thud.
Morgan throws a punch but it's blocked by Pyke.
Pyke 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.
A short body shot lands from Pyke as the two fighters clinch.
Pyke has Morgan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Magnus Pyke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pyke tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Pyke drops back down to his feet.
Morgan is leaning against Pyke and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pyke is breathing heavily.
Morgan cracks Pyke with a nice body shot.
Morgan lands with a right to the head.
Morgan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pyke backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pyke is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Morgan to keep the fight standing.
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pyke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Pyke.
Pyke backing away here, and Morgan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Morgan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morgan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pyke doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pyke tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Pyke throws the left hand but Morgan avoids the punch easily.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Pyke takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pyke tries to clinch there but Morgan circles away.
Pyke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Morgan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Pyke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pyke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morgan works Pyke's body with a nice hook.
Pyke moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.
Pyke working aggressively here.
A short right from Morgan on the inside.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Pyke.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan has a couple of punches blocked by Pyke.
Morgan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pyke or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Pyke fails to land.
A short right from Pyke.
Pyke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pyke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgan.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Morgan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pyke seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Morgan can turn it around.
Pyke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pyke gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pyke lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan has a couple of punches blocked by Pyke.
Morgan gets underhooks to prevent Pyke's takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
Pyke swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Morgan.
Morgan gets through Pyke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pyke lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pyke.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pyke.
Morgan working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Morgan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morgan scores with a hook.
It looks like Magnus Pyke has been cut.
Morgan lands with a shot to the body.
Morgan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pyke throws a looping overhand right but Morgan ducks down to avoid it.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Morgan tries to work over Pyke's front leg with a kick but Pyke checks it.
Pyke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pyke loses concentration momentarily and Morgan pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Pyke crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Morgan finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Arthur Morgan! Arthur Morgan retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Arthur Morgan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xafan Kong (ranked 1128 p4p, 707 weight class) and Frog Ribbit (ranked 161 p4p, 106 weight class). Kong comes to the cage accompanied by Demon's Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xafan Kong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frog Ribbit!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribbit connects with a leg kick.
Ribbit wants to clinch.
Ribbit lands a nice looking body shot.
Kong misses with a low kick.
Ribbit has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kong is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ribbit moves out of range of the body kick.
Ribbit pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kong is out of range and Ribbit settles back down.
Kong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And Kong counters with a quick kick to the body but Ribbit blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ribbit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kong.
Kong throws a quick counter kick to the body but Ribbit avoids it.
Ribbit throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kong.
Ribbit has managed to clinch.
Kong tries to throw a body punch but Ribbit avoids it by throwing Kong back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kong working aggressively here.
Ribbit throws a head punch that misses.
Kong lands a right hand.
Ribbit lands with a light punch inside.
Kong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ribbit backwards.
Kong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ribbit's elbow.
Kong swings wildly with an uppercut but Ribbit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribbit missing with knees to the body.
Kong blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kong.
Ribbit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kong's elbow.
Kong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ribbit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kong is defending well for now.
Kong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ribbit connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribbit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kong.
Kong misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kong throws a punch but it's blocked by Ribbit.
Kong lands a nice shot to the body.
Kong scores with a shoulder strike.
Kong working aggressively here.
Kong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ribbits head.
Kong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kong tries to work over Ribbit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kong swings wildly with an uppercut but Ribbit uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kong misses with a punch on the inside.
Ribbit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ribbit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kong is defending well for now.
Kong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kong pushes Ribbit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kong misses with a punch on the inside.
Ribbit tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kong.
Ribbit misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ribbit.
Kong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ribbit or not.
Ribbit lands with a right to the head.
Ribbit with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ribbit misses with a punch to the body.
Ribbit missing with knees to the body.
Ribbit looking to throw knees to the head but Kong is blocking nicely.
Ribbit using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kong blocks a body shot from Ribbit.
Kong works on Ribbit's body with a couple of short punches.
Ribbit misses with a body punch.
A short left from Kong.
A short right from Ribbit.
Kong struggles to land a body shot inside as Ribbit controls his hands.
Ribbit stalling against the cage.
Kong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kong lands with a short shot to the head.
Kong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ribbit's elbow.
Kong misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kong working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Kong fails to land.
A hook to the body from Kong.
Ribbit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kong is defending well for now.
Ribbit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kong tries to work over Ribbit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kong.
Kong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kong scores with a hook to the body.
Ribbit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ribbit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ribbit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ribbit lands a knee to the head.
Ribbit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kong is defending well for now.
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 Xafan Kong will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kong throws a big shot that misses.
Ribbit moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribbit looks to land a body kick but Kong moved away.
Ribbit moves forwards but Kong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kong paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice body punch from Ribbit.
Ribbit just misses with a punch to the body.
As Ribbit backs away, Kong returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ribbit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kong scores with a decent looking hook.
Ribbit checks a low kick from Kong.
Ribbit steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kong. That one must have hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ribbit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbit clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Kong fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kong.
Ribbit using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kong takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ribbit with a knee to the head.
Kong tries to throw a body punch but Ribbit avoids it by throwing Kong back against the cage.
Ribbit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ribbit gets through Kong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ribbit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kong jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ribbit walks away with a smile on his face. Kong gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A nice leg kick from Ribbit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ribbit misses with a shot to the body
and Kong counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ribbit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kong feints and then cracks Ribbit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ribbit down.
Ribbit throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ribbit on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ribbit is looking to land body kicks.
Kong scores with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Ribbit.
Kong looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kong scores with a head kick. Ribbit tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kong fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Ribbit.
Kong throwing a counter right hand but Ribbit manages to avoid it.
Ribbit throws a chopping leg kick but Kong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ribbit throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kong throws a head kick that misses.
Kong uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ribbit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ribbit misses with a low kick.
Ribbit misses with a hook.
Kong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kong gets tackled into the cage by Ribbit. Ribbit maintains the clinch.
Ribbit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ribbit throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribbit looking to throw knees to the head but Kong is blocking nicely.
Kong tries a body shot but Ribbit blocks it.
Ribbit trying to land knees to the body.
Kong tries to pull guard but Ribbit won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Kong fails to land.
Kong working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ribbit looking to throw knees to the head but Kong is blocking nicely.
Frog Ribbit seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kong misses with a punch on the inside.
Kong avoiding damage as Ribbit throws knees to the body.
Kong cracks Ribbit with a nice body shot.
Ribbit is struggling to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ribbit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ribbit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kong avoids it.
Kong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ribbit throws a head punch that misses.
Ribbit blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Kong fails to land.
Kong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kong lands with a short shot to the head.
Kong has a couple of punches blocked by Ribbit.
Kong lands a hook that snaps the head of Ribbit backwards.
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 Xafan Kong will probably get the nod.
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!
Ribbit throws out a leg kick but Kong moves out of range and Ribbit only half commits.
Ribbit catches Kong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ribbit closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ribbit obliges.
Kong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ribbit gets through Kong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ribbit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ribbit tries a knee to the head but Kong blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ribbit.
Ribbit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kong is defending well for now.
Ribbit can't find room to land a body shot as Kong controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ribbit.
Ribbit lands a body punch.
Ribbit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kong avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ribbit lands a nice uppercut.
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!
Ribbit connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Xafan Kong has been cut.
Ribbit using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbit misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kong fails to land.
Ribbit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ribbit.
Ribbit utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Ribbit.
Nice body punch from Ribbit - that landed with a thud.
Ribbit scores with a shoulder strike.
Ribbit lands a knee to the head.
Ribbit cracks Kong with a nice body shot.
Ribbit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ribbit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kong is rocked!
Ribbit is working Kong over against the cage.
Oh Kong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ribbit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kong backwards.
Ribbit with the Thai clinch, moves his hips back and unleashes a brutal knee to the head! Kong drops to the mat in a crumpled heap! Huuuuuuge knee there! WOW!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Frog Ribbit!
Frog Ribbit thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Gregor (ranked 658 p4p, 308 weight class) and Kazuma Kuwabara (ranked 99 p4p, 50 weight class). Kuwabara has chosen Kazuma Kuwabara Theme as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Gregor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kazuma Kuwabara!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuwabara throws a nice looking combination but Gregor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gregor throwing a counter right hand but Kuwabara manages to avoid it.
Gregor throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuwabara counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gregor thinking.
Kuwabara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kuwabara lands with an uppercut that bounces Gregor off the cage and back into range.
Kuwabara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gregor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gregor with a poor takedown
and Kuwabara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gregor misses with the combination.
It seemed like Kuwabara was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kuwabara shoots in but Gregor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuwabara shoots in and bounces Gregor off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kuwabara is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gregor is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gregor has escaped and now he's on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregor is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Kuwabara has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Gregor is looking to defend but Kuwabara has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Gregor! Kuwabara pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Gregor taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kazuma Kuwabara!
Kazuma Kuwabara is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Kazuma Kuwabara made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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pop
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