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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dulles Bush (ranked 1915 p4p, 1330 weight class) and Tree Fortay (ranked 200 p4p, 144 weight class). Fortay has chosen The Choice Is Yours as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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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 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Dulles Bush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Tree Fortay!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortay throws out a powerful jab.
Bush takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bush throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
An inside leg kick from Fortay misses.
Bush avoids the body shot from Fortay.
Fortay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fortay cracks Bush with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fortay digs a good body shot into Bush's ribs.
Fortay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bush tests Fortay's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left and a right from Bush both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortay dodges the punch combination from Bush.
Fortay lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fortay cracks Bush with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fortay slips a jab and a cross from Bush.
Bush takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bush misses the shot to the body.
Fortay lands with a good body shot.
Fortay throws the left hand but Bush avoids the punch easily.
Bush throws a big counter combination but Fortay scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Fortay finds it's way through Bush's defenses.
Tree Fortay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bush moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fortay scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bush doesn't seem bothered though.
Fortay has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fortay there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bush misses with a two punch combination.
Fortay avoids a kick to the body.
Fortay throws a low kick but Bush avoids it.
Fortay throws a looping overhand right but Bush ducks down to avoid it.
Bush takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bush lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fortay's sensitive parts.
Fortay takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fortay throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bush avoids the body shot from Fortay.
Fortay has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bush attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bush throws a leg kick but Fortay sees it coming and moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Fortay on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fortay is looking to clinch.
Fortay scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Bush.
A low kick lands for Fortay.
Fortay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bush was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortay.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with a head kick.
Bush was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bush just misses with a punch to the body.
Fortay misses with an uppercut. Bush saw that one coming.
Bush throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fortay sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fortay cracks Bush with a good jab.
Fortay looks to throw the jab but Bush is out of range.
Bush looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fortay.
Fortay looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bush scores with a one two! Fortay had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bush throws a sloppy head kick and Fortay moves out of range easily.
Fortay lunges at Bush with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bush's hand.
Fortay throws a head kick but Bush moves out of range.
Bush throws a push kick but Fortay slaps the foot to one side.
Fortay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bush.
Bush shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fortay.
Fortay steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bush.
Fortay scores with a decent looking hook.
Fortay moves out of range as Bush strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortay closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bush manages to break the clinch.
Fortay throws a shot to the body.
Fortay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bush.
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bush paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bush throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bush throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A big right from Fortay misses.
Bush throws a right hand that Fortay ducks under and follows up with a left that Fortay also avoids with ease.
Bush misses with a body shot.
Fortay instigates a clinch.
Fortay tries a body shot but Bush blocks it.
Fortay is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bush to keep the fight standing.
Fortay fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fortay misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortay tries a knee to the head but Bush blocks it.
Bush breaks the clinch.
Fortay cracks Bush with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fortay scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bush.
Fortay loads up on a big right hand but Bush slips the punch.
Bush moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fortay lands with a cross.
Fortay changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortay loads up on a big right hand but Bush slips the punch.
As Fortay looks to move away, Bush throws a big counter combo but Fortay just gets out of the way.
Fortay changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bush throws the left hand but Fortay avoids the punch easily.
Fortay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bush looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bush lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fortay moves in looking to clinch but Bush pushes him off.
Fortay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fortay throws a lazy uppercut
and Bush counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bush throws a shot from downtown. Fortay moves away and avoids it.
Fortay works the jab nicely.
Fortay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bush was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortay.
Bush moves away from the strike by Fortay.
Bush pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tree Fortay dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fortay on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice straight punches there by Fortay. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fortay.
Fortay connects with a jab.
Bush lands a jab to Fortay's midsection.
Fortay lands a jab to the nose.
Dulles Bush is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bush takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Bush finds it's way through Fortay's defenses.
Bush throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fortay scoring well with a low kick there.
Fortay uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bush has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bush throws a body shot but no joy.
Bush connects with a leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Bush scores with a four punch combination!
Fortay throws a good cross that connects.
Fortay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bush.
Bush pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bush lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bush throws the kick towards the body but Fortay avoids it.
Bush throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fortay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortay throws a looping overhand right but Bush ducks down to avoid it.
Fortay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bush.
Fortay is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bush with a body shot.
Fortay works Bush's body with a nice hook.
Bush throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fortay connects with a looping right hand.
Fortay tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bush manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fortay.
Tree Fortay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fortay tries to clinch up.
Bush fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fortay looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bush looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fortay works on Bush's body with a couple of short punches.
Bush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fortay moves into the clinch.
Bush tries to circle away but Fortay has him pinned against the cage.
Fortay throws a punch but it's blocked by Bush.
A head punch on the inside from Fortay fails to land.
Fortay has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bush avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fortay misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fortay misses with a straight right.
Bush feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Fortay throws a lazy right hand but Bush sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bush connects with a jab.
Bush is looking to land body kicks.
Bush slips under a jab.
Fortay throws a shot from downtown. Bush moves away and avoids it.
Fortay throws an off balance right hand
and Bush counters with a body kick that stops Fortay in his tracks momentarily.
Fortay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bush.
Bush uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fortay.
Bush misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fortay tries to clinch up but Bush circles away and keeps his distance.
Bush takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fortay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bush throws a head kick that misses.
Fortay tries a quick counter leg kick but Bush is wise to it.
Fortay misses with a wild body shot.
Bush is looking to land body kicks.
Fortay looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fortay throws out the jab.
Bush throws a leg kick but Fortay checks it.
Fortay throws an overhand right that lands on Bush's shoulder, as Bush tries to avoid the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fortay.
Fortay takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bush attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bush circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bush swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bush misses with an uppercut.
Bush throws a body punch but Fortay moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Fortay on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fortay checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fortay.
Fortay missing with a left hand there. Bush was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Bush, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fortay catches Bush with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fortay wants to clinch.
Bush throws a head kick but Fortay moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortay lands with a hook. Bush tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bush takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fortay throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bush misses with a wild body shot.
Fortay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bush.
Bush misses with an uppercut. Fortay saw that one coming.
Fortay wants to slow Bush down by chopping away at his legs.
Bush moves away from the strike by Fortay.
Fortay misses with a straight right.
Fortay cracks Bush with an open hand slap.
Bush missing with a left hand there. Fortay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fortay missing with a left hand there. Bush was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bush looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bush throws a series of punches but Fortay moves out of range.
Bush looks to throw the jab but Fortay is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Fortay on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bush takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fortay gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short left from Fortay.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tree Fortay will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fortay.
Bush tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fortay was well out of range. Poor timing from Bush.
Bush tried to score with a low kick but Fortay checks it.
Fortay forces Bush back against the cage and clinches.
Fortay keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bush's efforts to push away.
Fortay lands with a light punch inside.
Fortay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fortay is trying to pull guard but Bush turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Fortay fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bush.
Bush breaks from the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Fortay there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fortay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bush lands with a straight right. Fortay didn't see that one coming.
Bush swats away the attempt to clinch by Fortay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush staying out of range there.
Fortay misses with a wild body shot.
Fortay missing with a left hand there. Bush was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bush is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bush displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fortay throws out the jab.
Fortay moves into the clinch.
Bush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bush is looking to score with low kicks.
Fortay now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fortay uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fortay checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fortay scores with a nice head shot.
Fortay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bush throws a leg kick but Fortay sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fortay attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fortay throws an overhand right that lands on Bush's shoulder, as Bush tries to avoid the shot.
Fortay's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bush under the eye.
Fortay has Bush up against the cage in a clinch.
Bush blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bush blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fortay up against the cage.
Bush blocking some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortay looking to throw knees to the head but Bush is blocking nicely.
Bush tries to break free but Fortay pushes him back against the cage.
Fortay working aggressively here.
Bush looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fortay has Bush pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bush manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fortay working Bush over with knees to the body.
Fortay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bush is trying to force a seperation but Fortay has the dominant position.
Bush can't break the clinch.
Fortay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bush blocks an uppercut.
Bush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fortay jabs at Bush's body.
Bush looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fortay throws out a counter right but Bush avoids it with no problem.
Bush takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush looks for the body kick but Fortay saw that one coming.
Fortay connects with a looping right hand.
Bush throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Fortay was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bush needs to keep his hands up - Fortay had a free shot at his head there.
Nice uppercut lands for Fortay. That snapped Bush's head back.
Fortay lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fortay lands a leg kick that knocks Bush off balance momentarily.
Fortay has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bush.
Fortay scores with a jab. Bush acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fortay is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fortay lands with a cross.
Fortay connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bush lands a jab to the head.
Fortay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bush fires out a quick counter leg kick but Fortay just manages to avoid it.
Bush lands a two punch combo.
Bush moves forwards but Fortay connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fortay moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bush looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fortay.
Fortay throws a lazy right hand but Bush sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bush seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bush takes one to the chin there.
Fortay scores with a punch to the head.
Bush tries a head kick but it misses.
Dulles Bush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fortay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fortay checks a low kick from Bush.
Fortay lands with an overhand left.
Bush avoids the body shot from Fortay.
Bush swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bush throws a leg kick but Fortay sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fortay tests Bush's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fortay just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortay throws a good cross that connects.
Bush swats away the attempt to clinch by Fortay.
Fortay lands a nice shot that snaps Bush's head back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tree Fortay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fortay has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tree Fortay!
An out of breath Tree Fortay thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trond Asmundsen (ranked 693 p4p, 964 weight class) and Patrick River (ranked 101 p4p, 143 weight class). River has chosen Pantera - Walk as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trond Asmundsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick River!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
River swings and misses with a hook to the body.
River swings and misses with a hook to the body.
River throws a low kick but Asmundsen avoids it.
River throws a right and a left that both miss.
River turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
River gets caught flat footed, as Asmundsen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
River has his foot on Asmundsen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Asmundsen works his way back into a safe position though.
River is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Asmundsen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Asmundsen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asmundsen wants to control from the top but River keeps moving.
River can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Asmundsen controls the pace.
Asmundsen tries to free his leg and advance position but River is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River wants to sweep here but Asmundsen controlling him for the moment.
River keeping moving, preventing Asmundsen from controlling successfully.
River is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Asmundsen stays in close to River's body and controls the position.
Asmundsen lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
River looking for a guillotine here but Asmundsen defends easily.
River avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Asmundsen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Asmundsen slips nicely into half guard.
Asmundsen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Asmundsen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River wants to get back to full guard.
Asmundsen is thwarting River's attempts to control the position.
River actively working from the bottom here.
River trying to hold on to Asmundsen's head to control him but Asmundsen postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Asmundsen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Asmundsen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, River has managed to free his arm - good work.
Nice strikes from Asmundsen there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asmundsen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but River does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Asmundsen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
River is looking to control Asmundsen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can River avoid being mounted?
River might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Asmundsen haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Asmundsen thows a huge punch but River dodges it nicely.
River is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Asmundsen scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Trond Asmundsen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Asmundsen.
River throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Asmundsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Asmundsen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of River's head.
Asmundsen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that River can do to turn this around?
Asmundsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
River misses with a low kick.
River swings for the body but Asmundsen moves out of range.
River takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
 It looks like Trond Asmundsen has been cut.
Asmundsen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
River misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asmundsen.
River uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Asmundsen throws the left hand but River avoids the punch easily.
River throws a leg kick but Asmundsen moved away.
Asmundsen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
An inside leg kick from River misses.
River misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Asmundsen throwing a counter right hand but River manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asmundsen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Asmundsen throws a big shot that misses.
Asmundsen avoids the body shot from River.
Asmundsen fires out a quick counter leg kick but River just manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by River.
River throws a head kick but Asmundsen moves out of range.
Asmundsen misses with a hook.
River thows a body kick. Asmundsen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
River throws a nice outside leg kick.
River fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
River blocks a jab.
Asmundsen moves away from the strike by River.
Asmundsen misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
River scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Asmundsen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A chopping leg kick lands by Asmundsen.
River looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Asmundsen lands a really nice looking cross but River seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asmundsen looks to land a combination but River avoids it well.
Asmundsen lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River is looking to slow Asmundsen down with leg kicks.
Asmundsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Asmundsen avoids the body shot from River.
A looping hook to the body misses from River. Asmundsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Asmundsen.
River on the wrong end of a nice jab.
River defending well as Asmundsen loads up on a big left hand.
River motions for Asmundsen to come forward. River throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
River scores with a shot to the body.
River misses with a looping left.
River on the wrong end of a nice jab.
River throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Patrick River seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Asmundsen dips to his left and cracks River with an uppercut!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Asmundsen tests River's chin there with a solid looking shot.
River swings away with a body shot that misses
and Asmundsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Crunch! River slams his shin into Asmundsen's torso.
River misses with a lunging right hand
and Asmundsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River tests Asmundsen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Asmundsen misses its intended target.
River throws out a counter right but Asmundsen avoids it with no problem.
Patrick River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asmundsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
River misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asmundsen.
River throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
River throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Asmundsen on the side of the head.
River swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asmundsen moves away from the strike by River.
Asmundsen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
River waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Asmundsen.
Asmundsen throws out a powerful jab.
River looks to land a right hand but Asmundsen moved out of range.
River throws a predictable looking body shot
and Asmundsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Asmundsen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Asmundsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
River misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asmundsen thows a body kick. River tries to catch it but that hurt him.
River gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Asmundsen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
River is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Asmundsen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Asmundsen landing with the ground and pound.
Asmundsen won't allow River to sweep him here.
Asmundsen trying to control but River is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Trond Asmundsen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Trond Asmundsen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Asmundsen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Asmundsen throws a poor cross that misses
letting River counter with a right hand.
River falls off balance throwing a combination
and Asmundsen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A leg kick checked by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract River.
Asmundsen moves out of range as River strikes.
A quick step to the side and Asmundsen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
River throws out a loose jab but Asmundsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
River misses with a looping left.
River turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
River defending well as Asmundsen loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River lands the left hand.
Asmundsen tries to clinch up but River circles away and keeps his distance.
River avoids the body shot from Asmundsen.
River avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
River scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice uppercut there from Asmundsen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Asmundsen.
Asmundsen lands a nice looking body kick.
Asmundsen misses with an uppercut.
River throws a looping overhand right but Asmundsen ducks down to avoid it.
Donk. River catches Asmundsen right on the button with a cross.
Asmundsen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and River counters with an outside leg kick.
Asmundsen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
River lands a nice leg kick that just misses Asmundsen's sensitive parts.
River throws a body shot but no joy.
River displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Asmundsen throws out the jab.
River misses with a body kick.
River fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Asmundsen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Asmundsen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Asmundsen moves away from the strike by River.
River takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asmundsen throws a looping overhand right but River ducks down to avoid it.
Asmundsen throws a series of punches but River avoids them all with ease.
Asmundsen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from River.
Patrick River is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Asmundsen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Asmundsen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? River is fending him off so far but Asmundsen persists. Nope, River circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trond Asmundsen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
River displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Asmundsen.
Nice cross by River.
River smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
River takes a swing at Asmundsen's ribcage but misses.
A quick step to the side and Asmundsen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
River pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
River throws a jab but it's blocked by Asmundsen.
Patrick River has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asmundsen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and River cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
River tries to score with a low kick but Asmundsen moves his leg out of the way.
River checks a leg kick nicely.
And River responds with a good body kick, but Asmundsen manages to step out the way in time.
Asmundsen tries to close the distance and clinch but River swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Asmundsen lands a two punch combo.
Asmundsen loads up on a big right hand but River slips the punch.
Asmundsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as River throws out the jab.
Asmundsen scores with a hook to the body. River takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
River steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Asmundsen.
River fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
River connects with a solid leg kick.
Asmundsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Asmundsen moves out of range of the body kick from River.
River misses with a combination
and Asmundsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asmundsen blocks a leg kick.
Asmundsen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asmundsen drives through with a takedown into River's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
River has momentary wrist control but Asmundsen slips an elbow through the middle.
Asmundsen throws a strike but River rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
River is posturing up here but Asmundsen has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! River tries to roll out but it's too tight and River has to tap! Slick submission there by Asmundsen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Trond Asmundsen!
An out of breath Trond Asmundsen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert MacArthur Jnr (ranked 379 p4p, 701 weight class) and Nig Nig (ranked 64 p4p, 107 weight class). MacArthur Jnr comes to the cage accompanied by barbarian pipe band. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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 36 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert MacArthur Jnr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nig Nig!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nig throws a hook but MacArthur Jnr blocks it.
It looked like MacArthur Jnr was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nig.
MacArthur Jnr tests Nig's chin there with a solid looking shot.
MacArthur Jnr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
MacArthur Jnr looks for the body kick but Nig saw that one coming.
A jab from MacArthur Jnr finds it's way through Nig's defenses.
 It looks like Nig Nig has been cut.
Nig lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nig looks to land a right hand but MacArthur Jnr moved out of range.
MacArthur Jnr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nig on the side of the head.
Nig cracks MacArthur Jnr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nig tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MacArthur Jnr was well out of range. Poor timing from Nig.
We've been informed that Nig 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.
Nig throws a looping overhand right but MacArthur Jnr ducks down to avoid it.
MacArthur Jnr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nig connects with a body shot.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a kick 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!
Nig changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a hook.
Nig misses with a shot to the body
and Nig takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
MacArthur Jnr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nig is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nig throws a leg kick which misses MacArthur Jnr's front leg but catches the back leg as MacArthur Jnr tries to avoid it.
Nig wants to land a leg kick but MacArthur Jnr is out of range.
Nig wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
MacArthur Jnr cracks Nig with a good jab.
MacArthur Jnr throws a wild body kick that Nig sees coming a mile off.
Nig was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nig keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacArthur Jnr throws a looping overhand right but Nig ducks down to avoid it.
Nig Nig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nig slips a straight right by MacArthur Jnr.
Nig doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nig throws a lazy uppercut
and MacArthur Jnr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a left hand
and Nig counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nig connects with a solid leg kick.
Nig attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nig works MacArthur Jnr's body with a nice hook.
Nig lands the left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacArthur Jnr looks to score with a jab to the body but Nig is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as MacArthur Jnr blocks the leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr thumps Nig with a low kick.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
MacArthur Jnr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nig.
Nig lands an overhand right.
MacArthur Jnr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
MacArthur Jnr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nig.
Nig scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
MacArthur Jnr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A low kick lands for Nig.
Nig misses with a low kick.
MacArthur Jnr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nig.
Nig checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
MacArthur Jnr connects with a body shot.
Nig throws a low kick but MacArthur Jnr moves out of range easily.
MacArthur Jnr quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nig changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nig with the inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Nig finds it's target.
Nig swings away with a body shot that misses
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from MacArthur Jnr. Nig does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nig throws a sloppy body shot
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Nig. MacArthur Jnr does a little dance to reset his feet.
MacArthur Jnr throws a big counter combination but Nig scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
MacArthur Jnr throws a wild body kick that Nig sees coming a mile off.
Nig throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent MacArthur Jnr stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nig misses with a low kick as MacArthur Jnr jumps back.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a looping left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nig.
Nig blocks a jab.
MacArthur Jnr checks a low kick from Nig.
MacArthur Jnr is looking to counter punch.
MacArthur Jnr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nig blocks a jab.
MacArthur Jnr looks for the body kick but Nig saw that one coming.
MacArthur Jnr with the inside leg kick.
Nig is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by MacArthur Jnr.
Nig throws out a loose jab but MacArthur Jnr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nig misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from MacArthur Jnr.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nig.
Nig uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacArthur Jnr.
A swing and a miss from Nig.
An attempted straight right counter from MacArthur Jnr misses the target.
Nig lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nig misses with a leg kick
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nig listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nig. MacArthur Jnr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nig lands with a good body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nig Nig will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nig Nig's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nig will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nig ducks down and throws a hook to the body but MacArthur Jnr moves away.
Nig Nig seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nig scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. MacArthur Jnr doesn't seem bothered though.
Nig's jab looks to have found its range, popping MacArthur Jnr under the eye.
MacArthur Jnr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nig is able to avoid easily.
Nig misses with a shot to the body
and MacArthur Jnr makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nig lands a jab to MacArthur Jnr's midsection.
A punch lands to the side of Nig 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nig is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down MacArthur Jnr rather than just go for the knockout.
Nig misses with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by MacArthur Jnr. Beautiful body shot.
MacArthur Jnr takes a swing at Nig's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacArthur Jnr connects with a right hand. Nig shakes it off.
MacArthur Jnr throws a body shot but no joy.
Nig misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling MacArthur Jnr to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Nig blocks a head kick by MacArthur Jnr.
Nig throws an off balance right hand
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nig throws a low kick, looking for MacArthur Jnr's leg but MacArthur Jnr calmly moves out of range.
Nig throws out a loose jab but MacArthur Jnr uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from MacArthur Jnr misses the target.
Nig scores with a body shot.
Nig throws a body shot but no joy.
Nig missing with a left hand there. MacArthur Jnr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
MacArthur Jnr lands a jab to Nig's midsection.
MacArthur Jnr lands a big head kick that sends Nig tumbling to the mat! MacArthur Jnr takes a step backwards and waves Nig back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Nig is rocked!
MacArthur Jnr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nig is still on wobbly legs! Can MacArthur Jnr finish him?
MacArthur Jnr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nig seems to have recovered his senses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacArthur Jnr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nig.
MacArthur Jnr is looking to counter punch.
Nig lands a jab to the nose.
A good leg kick by MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a straight right.
MacArthur Jnr slips under a jab from Nig.
As Nig backs away, MacArthur Jnr returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
MacArthur Jnr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nig scores with a jab to the body.
Nig connects with a jab.
A big left from Nig misses.
Nig scores with a jab.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nig in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nig keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Nig does no damage.
MacArthur Jnr takes a jab right on the kisser.
MacArthur Jnr throws a looping overhand right but Nig ducks down to avoid it.
Nig throws a poor cross that misses
letting MacArthur Jnr counter with a right hand.
Nig throws a body punch but MacArthur Jnr moves out of range.
Nig fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
MacArthur Jnr does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nig throws a right hand that misses
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nig misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nig lands with an overhand left.
Nig misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacArthur Jnr.
Nig throws a shot from downtown. MacArthur Jnr moves away and avoids it.
Nig takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
MacArthur Jnr looks to land a right hand but Nig moved out of range.
MacArthur Jnr checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
MacArthur Jnr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nig. That did some damage!
Nig throws a leg kick
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a nice body kick.
Nig feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits MacArthur Jnrs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
MacArthur Jnr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a push kick.
MacArthur Jnr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nig.
MacArthur Jnr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nig slips under a jab from MacArthur Jnr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur Jnr cracks Nig with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacArthur Jnr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nig walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nig throws a jab when MacArthur Jnr was well out of range.
MacArthur Jnr quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nig ducks under a wild hook from MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr throws a series of punches but Nig moves out of range.
Nig was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nig throws a poor cross that misses
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a lovely shot to the body.
MacArthur Jnr has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nig finds it's way round the side to connect with MacArthur Jnr's head.
Nig lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nig misses the shot to the body.
MacArthur Jnr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacArthur Jnr swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nig lands a right hook to the body.
Nig looks to score with a jab to the body but MacArthur Jnr is just out of range.
MacArthur Jnr half committed to a counter leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr connects with a leg kick.
Nig throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
MacArthur Jnr is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert MacArthur Jnr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nig Nig's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
MacArthur Jnr throws a hook but Nig avoids it easily.
MacArthur Jnr swings widly with a right hand
and Nig counters with a stiff right hand.
Nig motions for MacArthur Jnr to come forward. Nig throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
MacArthur Jnr throws out a loose jab but Nig uses good head movement to avoid it.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a looping right.
Nig thumps MacArthur Jnr with a low kick.
A big left from MacArthur Jnr misses.
Nig digs a good hook to MacArthur Jnr's body.
MacArthur Jnr throws the kick towards the body but Nig avoids it.
Nig doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A left lands for Nig.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nig misses with a body shot
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a thumping low kick.
MacArthur Jnr moves out of range of the strikes.
MacArthur Jnr throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nig avoids it.
Nig keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nig swings for the body but MacArthur Jnr moves out of range.
Nig misses with a hook. MacArthur Jnr ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nig scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. MacArthur Jnr doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nig. MacArthur Jnr does a little dance to reset his feet.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a body kick.
Nig misses the body punch
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a thumping low kick.
MacArthur Jnr lands a body shot.
MacArthur Jnr jabs Nig right on the nose. Nig blinks but takes it well.
MacArthur Jnr lands a body shot.
Nig takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice uppercut lands for MacArthur Jnr. That snapped Nig's head back.
MacArthur Jnr throws a low kick but Nig avoids it.
Nig only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nig is looking to score with low kicks.
Nig throws a leg kick
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a lovely shot to the body.
MacArthur Jnr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nig.
MacArthur Jnr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nig.
MacArthur Jnr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nig misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nig connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nig feints and then cracks MacArthur Jnr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow MacArthur Jnr down.
A jab from MacArthur Jnr misses.
MacArthur Jnr throws a nice inside leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nig stuns MacArthur Jnr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a push kick.
Nig closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a sloppy right hand. Nig should have avoided that one.
Nig swings and misses with a shot to the body
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a straight right hand.
Nig takes a swing at MacArthur Jnr's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from MacArthur Jnr misses its target.
MacArthur Jnr moves out of range of the leg kick from Nig.
Nig checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nig looks to score with a jab to the body but MacArthur Jnr is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a hook
and Nig counters with a low kick, right behind MacArthur Jnr 's knee.
Nig throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
MacArthur Jnr is looking to counter punch.
MacArthur Jnr throws a wild body kick that Nig sees coming a mile off.
MacArthur Jnr lands a slapping body shot.
Nig wants to slow MacArthur Jnr down by chopping away at his legs.
Nig swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nig dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
MacArthur Jnr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nig works MacArthur Jnr's body with a nice hook.
A kick lands to the mid section there for MacArthur Jnr.
Nig throws a leg kick
letting MacArthur Jnr counter with a right hand.
Nig misses with a straight right.
MacArthur Jnr drops his hands momentarily and Nig takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nig throws a body punch but MacArthur Jnr moves out of range.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a body shot.
MacArthur Jnr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nig.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice inside leg kick there by Nig. That's going to slow MacArthur Jnr down.
MacArthur Jnr checks a leg kick nicely.
Nig fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
MacArthur Jnr works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nig.
Nig appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nig thows a leg kick but MacArthur Jnr checks it
and MacArthur Jnr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
MacArthur Jnr throws an overhand right that drops Nig like a sack of potatoes! MacArthur Jnr dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert MacArthur Jnr!
Robert MacArthur Jnr decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Regueiro (ranked 550 p4p, 273 weight class) and Dragomir Savic (ranked 86 p4p, 47 weight class). Savic has chosen Good Day as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!
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World class 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 25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Julio Regueiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Dragomir Savic!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Regueiro misses the jab.
Regueiro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A punch combination from Regueiro misses.
Savic throws a body shot but no joy.
Regueiro moves out of range of the body kick.
Savic connects with a body shot.
Regueiro throws a jab when Savic was well out of range.
Savic ducks under a wild hook from Regueiro.
Regueiro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Savic counters with a stiff right hand.
Regueiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Savic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Regueiro closes the distance and pushes Savic back into the cage.
Regueiro jumps guard but Savic stands there with Regueiro around his waist. Regueiro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Savic misses with a punch to the body.
Savic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Regueiro's elbow.
Savic can't find room to land a body shot as Regueiro controls the action.
Regueiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A solid leg kick lands there for Regueiro.
Regueiro with a nice calf kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Regueiro throws out a loose jab but Savic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Regueiro is looking to clinch but Savic is avoiding it.
Savic throws out a loose jab but Regueiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Savic 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Regueiro tries to clinch but Savic is having none of it.
Savic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Savic throws a front kick aimed at Regueiro's knee but Regueiro avoids it well.
A jab from Regueiro misses.
Regueiro is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Savic's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Regueiro misses with a looping right.
Savic was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Savic moves away from the strike by Regueiro.
Savic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Regueiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Savic.
Regueiro misses the jab.
Regueiro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Savic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Regueiro throws a big counter combination but Savic scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Savic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Regueiro moves out of range of the leg kick from Savic.
Regueiro throws a series of punches but Savic avoids them all with ease.
Regueiro wants to slow Savic down by chopping away at his legs.
Regueiro throws a body punch but Savic moves out of range.
Regueiro throws a right hand that Savic ducks under and follows up with a left that Savic also avoids with ease.
Regueiro takes a swing at Savic's ribcage but misses.
Savic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Regueiro. Regueiro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Savic cracks Regueiro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Regueiro doesn't seem bothered though.
Savic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Savic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Regueiro on the side of the head.
Savic throws a looping overhand right but Regueiro ducks down to avoid it.
Regueiro misses with a combination
and Savic counters with a leg kick.
Savic slips a straight right by Regueiro.
Savic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Regueiro moves out of range of the body kick.
Regueiro blocks a jab.
Savic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Savic ducks under a wild hook from Regueiro.
Regueiro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Savic, pushing him back against the cage.
Savic lands a nice shot to the body.
Regueiro jumps guard but Savic stands there with Regueiro around his waist. Regueiro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Savic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Regueiro drags the fight down to the ground.
Savic sitting in guard here, content to control.
Savic trying to control the position from guard on top but Regueiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Regueiro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Savic doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Savic manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Savic sitting in guard here, content to control.
Regueiro is looking for a triangle here but Savic uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Regueiro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Savic taking a breather here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Savic is looking to take a break and control but Regueiro is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Regueiro struggling a bit here.
You can see the frustration on Regueiro's face as Savic controls the position.
Regueiro is looking for a sweep.
Regueiro is working hard here to advance position.
You can see the frustration on Regueiro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Regueiro is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dragomir Savic will probably get the nod.
That's time! Regueiro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Regueiro throws a jab when Savic was well out of range.
Savic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Regueiro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Savic looks to land a right hand but Regueiro moved out of range.
Nice shot by Savic.
Savic lands a nice looking body kick.
Regueiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Savic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Regueiro is looking to score with low kicks.
It seemed like Savic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Savic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Regueiro misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Savic to counter with a crisp jab.
Regueiro lands a jab.
Regueiro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Julio Regueiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick from Savic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Regueiro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Savic is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Regueiro attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Savic lands a glancing blow to the side of Regueiro's head.
Dragomir Savic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Regueiro checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Regueiro jabs Savic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Regueiro tries to clinch up
and Savic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Savic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Regueiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savic misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Savic.
Savic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Regueiro.
Regueiro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savic was well out of range. Poor timing from Regueiro.
Savic is looking to land body kicks.
Regueiro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Savic throws a shot to the body.
Savic throws a low kick, looking for Regueiro's leg but Regueiro calmly moves out of range.
Regueiro takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Regueiro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Regueiro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Regueiro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savic throws a hook but Regueiro blocks it.
Regueiro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Savic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Savic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Regueiro throws a right hand that misses
and Savic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Regueiro throws a low kick, looking for Savic's leg but Savic calmly moves out of range.
Regueiro looks to throw the jab but Savic is out of range.
Savic throws out a leg kick but Regueiro moves out of range and Savic only half commits.
A little feinted left hand from Regueiro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Savic. That's going to slow Regueiro down.
Regueiro stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Savic has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Savic misses with a kick to the body.
Regueiro misses with a straight right.
Regueiro tries to clinch but Savic is having none of it.
Regueiro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Savic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Regueiro throws a hook but Savic avoids it easily.
Savic lands a jab.
Regueiro throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Savic counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro takes one to the chin there.
Regueiro misses with a shot to the body
and Savic counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Regueiro slips a jab from Savic.
Regueiro misses with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Savic.
Regueiro misses with a looping left.
Savic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Regueiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Savic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Regueiro manages to pull guard.
Savic slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Savic tries to free his leg and advance position but Regueiro is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Regueiro can't keep his opponent in guard - Savic advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Savic with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic is looking to advance position but Regueiro won't allow it.
Regueiro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Regueiro trying to control but Savic postures up.
Regueiro looking for submissions off his back.
Savic content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dragomir Savic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Savic connects with an inside leg kick.
Regueiro connects with a crisp jab.
Savic scores with a leg kick.
Regueiro takes one to the side of the head.
Savic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good work by Regueiro as he checks the leg kick.
Regueiro checks a leg kick.
Savic thumps Regueiro with a low kick.
Regueiro slips under a jab from Savic.
Savic throws the left hand but Regueiro avoids the punch easily.
Savic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Regueiro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Regueiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Savic circles away.
Regueiro lands a head shot.
Savic keeps the fight on the outside.
Regueiro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Savic misses with a kick to the body.
Savic swings for the body but Regueiro moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savic swings for the body but Regueiro moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Savic.
Nice shot by Regueiro.
Regueiro throws a looping overhand right but Savic ducks down to avoid it.
Regueiro throws a lazy right hand but Savic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Savic scores with a body shot.
Regueiro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Savic can pounce on him.
Regueiro throws a right hand that misses
and Savic counters with a nice uppercut.
Savic just misses with a punch to the body.
Savic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Regueiro.
Regueiro clobbers Savic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Savic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Savic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Regueiro will feel that in the morning.
Savic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Savic.
Regueiro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Regueiro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Savic dodges the punch combination from Regueiro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Savic circles away.
A slow jab from Regueiro misses its intended target.
Savic moves out of range of the strikes.
Regueiro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Savic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Regueiro is looking to counter punch.
Regueiro looks to land a right hand but Savic moved out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Savic.
Savic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Savic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Regueiro.
Regueiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savic manages to avoid it.
Regueiro lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Savic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Regueiro.
Savic lands a right hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Savic misses the target.
Regueiro misses with an uppercut. Savic saw that one coming.
A good leg kick by Savic.
Savic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Savic slips a straight right by Regueiro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Regueiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Regueiro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Savic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Savic throws a shot from downtown. Regueiro moves away and avoids it.
Regueiro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Savic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Savic is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Regueiro misses with a hook. Savic ducked under it nicely.
Regueiro tries to score with a low kick but Savic moves his leg out of the way.
Regueiro throws a hook to the side of Savic's head but Savic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Regueiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Savic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Savic misses with a body kick.
Savic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Savic jabs at Regueiro's body.
Savic blocks a jab.
Regueiro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Savic is out of range and Regueiro settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic swings for the body but Regueiro moves out of range.
Regueiro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Regueiro tries to clinch up but Savic circles away and keeps his distance.
Savic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Julio Regueiro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Regueiro misses with a left hand
and Savic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Regueiro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Savic.
Good standup being displayed there by Regueiro as he connects with a hook.
Savic misses with an uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Regueiro.
Dragomir Savic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Savic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Savic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Savic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Regueiro will feel that in the morning.
Savic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savic slips a jab from Regueiro.
Regueiro throws a poor cross that misses
and Savic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Regueiro's knee momentarily.
Regueiro lands a lovely overhand right.
Savic connects with a solid leg kick.
Regueiro throws a leg kick that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dragomir Savic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Savic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dragomir Savic!
Dragomir Savic decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Klay Dee (ranked 817 p4p, 476 weight class) and Darren Dixon (ranked 88 p4p, 58 weight class). Dee comes to the cage accompanied by Tyler, The Creator - Who Dat Boy. 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Klay Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Dixon!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon checks a low kick from Dee.
A jab from Dee finds it's way through Dixon's defenses.
Dee's corner calls for a 1-2. Dee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dee misses with a head kick.
Dixon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dixon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dixon throws an overhand right that lands on Dee's shoulder, as Dee tries to avoid the shot.
Dee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klay Dee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Dixon misses.
Dee is looking to counter punch.
Dee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dixons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dee throws a head kick but Dixon moves out of range.
Dee throws a sloppy head kick and Dixon moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dee scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dee throws a hook but Dixon blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dixon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dee. Dixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dee misses with a left hand
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Dee throws a shot to the body.
Dixon looks to land a left hand but Dee moved out of range nicely.
As Dixon looks to move away, Dee throws a big counter combo but Dixon just gets out of the way.
Dixon dives in and grabs Dee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dee pushes down on Dixon's head and hops out.
Dee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A right-left combo lands from Dee.
Dee fails to land with a series of punches.
Dee misses with a low kick as Dixon jumps back.
Dixon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Dee - just one landing.
Dixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dee connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice body kick there by Dee.
Dee throws a shot from downtown. Dixon moves away and avoids it.
Dee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dixon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dee connects with a nice looking jab.
Dee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And Dixon tries to counter it with a takedown but Dee pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A swing and a miss from Dee.
A countering left hand to the body from Dixon misses.
Dee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dixon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dee misses with a right hand
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Dee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dee misses the shot to the body.
Dixon tests Dee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dee lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee lands a head shot.
Dee misses with a straight left.
Dixon feints the counter takedown.
Dee throws out a powerful jab.
Dixon avoids a kick to the body.
Dee takes a swing at Dixon's ribcage but misses.
Dee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dixon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dixon.
Dee scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Dee is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dixon moves out of range of the body kick from Dee.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dee throws a big shot that misses.
Dixon just misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon tries to clinch there but Dee circles away.
Dee misses with a body kick.
Dee throws a hook but Dixon avoids it easily.
Dixon feints the counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dixon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dee - the referee stops the clock and Dixon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dee. Dixon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dixon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dixon with the counter takedown but Dee avoids it easily.
Dixon has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Dixon ducks under a wild hook from Dee.
Dee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dixon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dixon staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Dixon.
Dixon throws a jab but it's blocked by Dee.
An attempted straight right counter from Dee misses the target.
Dee takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dee throws a looping overhand right but Dixon ducks down to avoid it.
Dixon with the counter takedown but Dee avoids it easily.
Dixon moves away from the strike by Dee.
Dee takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dee throws a head kick that half lands.
Dee throws a sloppy head kick
and Dixon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
 Dee is rocked!
Dee regains full guard. Nicely done.
Oh Dee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dixon pushing down on Dee's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dixon is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Klay Dee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Dixon avoids the head kick by Dee.
Dee seems to have got his legs back now.
Dee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dixon can do to turn this around?
Dee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dixon moves away.
Dixon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Dixon.
Dee throws a right hand that misses
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Dixon takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dixon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dixon misses with an uppercut.
Dixon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dee.
Dixon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dee misses with an uppercut. Dixon saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Dixon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Klay Dee is winning the standup battle so far.
Dixon takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dee connects with a leg kick.
Dixon jabs at Dee's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Dixon misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee connects with the punch.
Dee throws a hook to the side of Dixon's head but Dixon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dixon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Dee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Dee - just one landing.
Dee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dee lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dixon takes a step back to recover.
Dee misses with a looping left.
Dixon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dixon lands a nice looking body shot.
Dee throws a lazy head kick
and Dixon counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dixon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Klay Dee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dee takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dixon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dee defends it nicely.
Dixon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dixon darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dixon tries to pass to full mount but Dee defends it.
Dixon passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dixon content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Dee wants to hold on but Dixon pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dee wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Dee is squirming around, avoiding Dixon's attempts to control the action.
Dixon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dee is trying to escape the mount.
Dixon trying to control but Dee is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dee trying desperately to get to his feet.
Dee is looking to improve his position but Dixon isn't that keen on the idea.
Dee is working hard here to advance position.
Dixon moves to the back.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Dee trying to control but not successfully.
Dee prevents Dixon from getting a body triangle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Darren Dixon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Dee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dixon at a distance.
Dixon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dixon loads up on a big right hand but Dee slips the punch.
Dixon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dixon with the counter takedown but Dee avoids it easily.
Dixon lands a lovely overhand right.
Dee throws a head kick that Dixon semi-blocks.
Dee misses with a hook
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Dee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dee throws a head kick that misses.
It seemed like Dixon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dixon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dixon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dixon looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon is trying to work for a kimura but Dee is defending well.
Dixon content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dixon wants to take a breather but Dee is having none of it.
Dixon passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dee really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee prevents Dixon from taking his back.
Dee is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Dixon fails to move to back control.
Dee wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Dixon looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dixon wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Dixon content just to control the position here.
Dee wants to control but Dixon is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dixon controlling from mount.
Dee manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Dixon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dee is looking to control Dixon's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dee avoid being mounted?
Dixon wants to control but Dee is keeping him busy.
Dixon is thwarting Dee's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dee is trying to stand back up but Dixon is controlling him
Dixon is controlling the pace.
Dixon trying to pass the guard but Dee defending well.
Dee is trying to maintain the position but Dixon is very close to passing his half guard.
Darren Dixon has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dixon trying to control from half guard but Dee is working away.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dee throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Dee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dee misses with an uppercut. Dixon saw that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Darren Dixon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dixon 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darren Dixon!
Darren Dixon decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Daughtrey (ranked 229 p4p, 259 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 35 p4p, 44 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class 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 28 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Daughtrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Daughtrey. That snapped Sirakanian's head back.
It looks like Narek Sirakanian has been cut.
Daughtrey has closed the distance and engaged Sirakanian in a clinch.
Daughtrey blocking some punches.
Daughtrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daughtrey tries a body shot but Sirakanian blocks it.
Sirakanian blocks an elbow strike from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Sirakanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daughtrey definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sirakanian.
Daughtrey struggles to land a body shot inside as Sirakanian controls his hands.
Sirakanian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sirakanian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sirakanian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daughtrey lands an uppercut.
Sirakanian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sirakanian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sirakanian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Daughtrey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sirakanian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sirakanian walks into a jab.
Daughtrey scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daughtrey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Daughtrey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sirakanian. Sirakanian obviously looking to wear him down.
Daughtrey drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up but Sirakanian circles away and keeps his distance.
Daughtrey misses with an uppercut
and Sirakanian makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Daughtrey closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sirakanian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sirakanian throws a big shot that misses.
Kevin Daughtrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirakanian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Daughtrey cracks Sirakanian with a good jab.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Daughtrey's leg. Daughtrey is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daughtrey throws the left hand but Sirakanian avoids the punch easily.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daughtrey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Daughtrey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Daughtrey has Sirakanian up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey misses with a body punch.
Daughtrey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sirakanian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sirakanian wants to slow Daughtrey down by chopping away at his legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daughtrey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daughtrey cracks Sirakanian with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That has opened up Narek Sirakanian's cut even more.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sirakanian flicks out a counter leg kick but Daughtrey steps away.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sirakanian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sirakanian circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sirakanian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Daughtrey avoids the body shot from Sirakanian.
Daughtrey misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Daughtrey.
Sirakanian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Daughtrey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sirakanian throws out a leg kick but Daughtrey moves out of range and Sirakanian only half commits.
Daughtrey moves in looking to clinch but Sirakanian pushes him off.
Sirakanian throws out a counter right but Daughtrey avoids it with no problem.
Daughtrey is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Daughtrey clinches with his opponent.
Sirakanian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sirakanian lands a body shot.
A short right from Daughtrey on the inside.
Sirakanian has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sirakanian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daughtrey is working Sirakanian over against the cage.
Sirakanian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Daughtrey or not.
Daughtrey blocks a body shot from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian blocks the elbow strike.
Sirakanian can't find room to land a body shot as Daughtrey controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daughtrey throws a head punch that misses.
Daughtrey has a couple of punches blocked by Sirakanian.
Daughtrey tries a body shot but Sirakanian blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Sirakanian.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sirakanian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sirakanian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Daughtrey blocking some punches.
Daughtrey tries to work over Sirakanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Daughtrey tries to work over Sirakanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Sirakanian.
A right hand to the body from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Daughtrey fails to land.
A short uppercut from Daughtrey.
A body shot lands from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian blocks a body shot from Daughtrey.
A hook to the body from Sirakanian.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kevin Daughtrey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
That's time! Daughtrey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sloppy strikes from Daughtrey. Those never looked like landing.
Daughtrey moves forwards but Sirakanian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Daughtrey misses the shot to the body.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daughtrey manages to avoid it.
Daughtrey missing with a left hand there. Sirakanian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirakanian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Daughtrey.
A shot to the liver by Daughtrey. Beautiful body shot.
Daughtrey tries to clinch there but Sirakanian circles away.
Sirakanian throws a chopping leg kick but Daughtrey manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Daughtrey closes the distance and pushes Sirakanian back into the cage.
Daughtrey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daughtrey tries to work over Sirakanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Sirakanian.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sirakanian.
A short right from Sirakanian on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Daughtrey.
Sirakanian blocks a body shot from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daughtrey can't find room to land a body shot as Sirakanian controls the action.
Sirakanian blocks the elbow strike.
Sirakanian breaks from the clinch.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Daughtrey is just out of range.
Daughtrey takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sirakanian slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sirakanian in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Daughtrey misses with a wild combination.
Daughtrey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sirakanian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daughtrey.
Sirakanian blocks a body shot from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey blocks a body shot from Sirakanian.
Kevin Daughtrey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Daughtrey lands with a right to the head.
Daughtrey lands a damaging elbow.
Sirakanian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sirakanian has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sirakanian or not.
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!
Sirakanian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daughtrey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daughtrey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sirakanian throws a head punch that misses.
Daughtrey throws an elbow that misses.
Sirakanian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Daughtrey does no damage.
Daughtrey misses the shot to the body.
Daughtrey moves in looking to clinch but Sirakanian pushes him off.
Daughtrey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sirakanian on the side of the head.
The cut above Narek Sirakanian's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sirakanian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daughtrey closes the distance but Sirakanian moves to the side
and Sirakanian counters with a nice uppercut.
Daughtrey throws the left hand but Sirakanian avoids the punch easily.
Daughtrey takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sirakanian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daughtrey moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian misses with a two punch combination.
Sirakanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirakanian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sirakanian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sirakanian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Daughtrey lunges at Sirakanian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sirakanian's hand.
Daughtrey lands a jab to the nose.
Sirakanian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Daughtrey backs up against the cage.
It looks like Kevin Daughtrey has been cut.
Sirakanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Sirakanian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sirakanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Daughtrey tries to clinch there but Sirakanian circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daughtrey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Daughtrey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
Daughtrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Daughtrey moves out of range.
Daughtrey looks to score with a jab to the body but Sirakanian is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daughtrey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sirakanian connects with a leg kick.
Daughtrey connects with a body shot that sends Sirakanian's belly button to the back.
Daughtrey is looking to clinch.
Daughtrey misses the body punch
and Sirakanian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sirakanian circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sirakanian counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Daughtrey throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Sirakanian counter with a right hand.
Sirakanian with a nice calf kick.
Daughtrey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sirakanian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daughtrey is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sirakanian digs a good hook to Daughtrey's body.
Sirakanian connects with an inside leg kick.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Sirakanian misses with a hook. Daughtrey ducked under it nicely.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sirakanian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sirakanian lands with an uppercut that bounces Daughtrey off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Daughtrey tries to clinch there but Sirakanian circles away.
Daughtrey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Daughtrey on the inside.
Sirakanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Daughtrey.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daughtrey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daughtrey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sirakanian struggles to land a body shot inside as Daughtrey controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sirakanian.
A nice left hand lands by Sirakanian.
Daughtrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sirakanian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daughtrey's elbow.
Daughtrey tries to throw a body punch but Sirakanian avoids it by throwing Daughtrey back against the cage.
Sirakanian throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Daughtrey.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Sirakanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it misses.
Sirakanian has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
Sirakanian blocks an elbow strike from Daughtrey.
Sirakanian scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sirakanian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sirakanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sirakanian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Daughtrey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sirakanian backwards.
Narek Sirakanian's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Daughtrey.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daughtrey presses Sirakanian against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sirakanian tries to throw a body punch but Daughtrey avoids it by throwing Sirakanian back against the cage.
Daughtrey blocks an uppercut.
Daughtrey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sirakanian throws a head punch that misses.
Sirakanian blocks an elbow strike.
Sirakanian tries a body shot but Daughtrey blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian misses with some punches.
Daughtrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey misses with the head strike.
Daughtrey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daughtrey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daughtrey tries to work over Sirakanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daughtrey.
Sirakanian gets through Daughtrey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Daughtrey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sirakanian lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Daughtrey.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sirakanian scores with a shot to the side of Daughtrey's head.
Daughtrey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daughtrey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Daughtrey tries a body shot but Sirakanian blocks it.
Daughtrey scores with a hook to the body.
Sirakanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Daughtrey.
Sirakanian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daughtrey misses with the head strike.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Sirakanian.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daughtrey throws an elbow that misses.
Daughtrey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sirakanian or not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey lands a nice shot to the body.
Sirakanian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Daughtrey throws a head punch that misses.
Sirakanian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Daughtrey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daughtrey digs a right hand underneath Sirakanian's ribcage. Sirakanian let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Daughtrey misses with an elbow over the top.
Daughtrey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Narek Sirakanian's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kevin Daughtrey!
Kevin Daughtrey took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FUClothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shane Raffington (ranked 251 p4p, 634 weight class) and Papa Legba (ranked 33 p4p, 93 weight class). Raffington comes into the arena with Logan Lucky blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Papa Legba!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legba lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Legba connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Legba throws a hook to the side of Raffington's head but Raffington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by Raffington. That's going to slow Legba down.
An inside leg kick from Raffington misses.
Raffington looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Legba needs to keep his hands up - Raffington had a free shot at his head there.
Legba misses with a hook.
Raffington misses the jab.
Legba scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Raffington doesn't seem bothered though.
Raffington throws a hook but Legba avoids it easily.
Legba has Raffington up against the cage in a clinch.
Raffington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Legba fails to land.
Legba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Legba misses with some punches.
Legba misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Legba.
Raffington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Legba blocks a body shot from Raffington.
Raffington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legba tries for a takedown. No joy.
Legba lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Legba blocks a body shot from Raffington.
Raffington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Legba blocks an uppercut.
Legba swings wildly with an uppercut but Raffington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raffington tries to work over Legba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raffington presses Legba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Legba misses with a punch to the body.
Legba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Legba takes a shot to the head.
Legba lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Raffington.
Legba misses with the head strike.
Legba misses with the head strike.
Raffington misses with a punch on the inside.
Legba tries to throw a body punch but Raffington avoids it by throwing Legba back against the cage.
Raffington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Raffington can't find room to land a body shot as Legba controls the action.
Raffington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legba swings wildly with an uppercut but Raffington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raffington is leaning against Legba and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raffington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Legba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raffington misses with a punch to the body.
Legba has a couple of punches blocked by Raffington.
Legba misses with a short punch on the inside.
Legba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Raffington pushes Legba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Legba softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Legba - that landed with a thud.
Raffington gets underhooks to prevent Legba's takedown attempt.
Legba is working Raffington over against the cage.
Raffington blocks an uppercut.
Raffington misses with a body punch.
Raffington working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Legba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Legba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raffington tries a body shot but Legba blocks it.
Legba misses with some punches.
Raffington blocking some punches.
Raffington blocks an uppercut.
Raffington tries a body shot but Legba blocks it.
A short left from Legba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raffington lands a left hand.
Legba pushes Raffington back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Raffington.
Legba blocks a body shot from Raffington.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Legba.
Raffington lands a nice uppercut.
Raffington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Legba.
Legba working aggressively here.
Raffington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raffington working aggressively here.
Raffington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raffington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Legba lands an uppercut.
Legba misses with the head strike.
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!
Legba misses with a punch on the inside.
Raffington blocks an uppercut.
Legba misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legba.
Legba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Raffington.
Raffington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Legba throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short left from Raffington.
Raffington tries a body shot but Legba blocks it.
Raffington misses with a body punch.
Legba misses with the head strike.
Legba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Raffington lands an uppercut.
Raffington blocks an uppercut.
Legba is leaning against Raffington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Legba lands with a short shot to the head.
Legba lands a left hand.
Raffington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Legba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Legba throws a punch but it's blocked by Raffington.
Legba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raffington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Raffington gets through Legba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Raffington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Legba lands a body shot.
Raffington tries to work over Legba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Papa Legba will probably get the nod.
That's time! Raffington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Legba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raffington was well out of range. Poor timing from Legba.
Raffington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Legba looks to throw the jab but Raffington is out of range.
Raffington connects with an inside leg kick.
Legba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Legba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Raffington.
A jab from Legba misses.
Raffington seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Raffington smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Raffington tries to close the distance and clinch but Legba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Legba misses with an uppercut.
Legba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Legba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raffington misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legba.
Raffington scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raffington blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Legba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Raffington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Legba blocking some punches.
Legba misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Raffington.
Raffington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raffington lands a shot to the body.
Legba is breathing heavily.
Raffington cracks Legba with a nice body shot.
Raffington tries a body shot but Legba blocks it.
Raffington lands a nice uppercut.
Raffington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raffington scores with a shot to the side of Legba's head.
Raffington presses Legba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Legba misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raffington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Legba backwards.
Raffington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Legba's elbow.
Raffington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Raffington lands a body shot in the clinch.
Raffington lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raffington presses Legba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Raffington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Raffington lands with a left to the head.
Raffington presses Legba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Raffington lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raffington scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raffington scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raffington lands with a light punch inside.
Raffington manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Shane Raffington has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Raffington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Raffington tries to throw a body punch but Legba avoids it by throwing Raffington back against the cage.
Legba throws a head punch that misses.
Raffington makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Raffington.
Raffington is working Legba over against the cage.
Raffington scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Raffington on the inside.
A hook to the body from Raffington.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raffington.
Legba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raffington lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Legba or not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raffington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Raffington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Legbas head.
Legba is rocked!
Raffington tries a body shot but Legba blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raffington lands with a short shot to the head.
Legba is still on wobbly legs! Can Raffington finish him?
Raffington digs a right hand into Legba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Legba's gas tank.
Legba seems to have recovered his senses.
Raffington scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raffington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raffington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Raffington can't find room to land a body shot as Legba controls the action.
Raffington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Raffington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Raffington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Legba throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Raffington.
A nice left hand lands by Raffington.
Raffington scores with a shot to the side of Legba's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legba takes a shot to the head.
Raffington presses Legba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Raffington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legba can do to turn this around?
Raffington lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raffington.
Raffington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Raffington lands with a left to the head.
Legba throws a punch but it's blocked by Raffington.
Raffington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raffington can't find room to land a body shot as Legba controls the action.
Legba throws a punch but it's blocked by Raffington.
A hook to the body from Raffington.
Raffington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Legbas head.
Legba blocks a body shot from Raffington.
Raffington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raffington lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Legba.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raffington.
Raffington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Legba backwards.
Still in the clinch, Raffington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Legba prevents a body shot from Raffington.
Legba prevents a body shot from Raffington.
Legba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raffington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Legba tries a body shot but Raffington blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raffington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Raffington lands a nice uppercut.
Legba throws a head punch that misses.
Raffington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Legba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Raffington dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A slow jab from Raffington misses its intended target.
Legba bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Raffington's head.
Legba tries to clinch but Raffington is having none of it.
Legba scores with a nice head shot.
Nice straight punches there by Raffington. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Raffington.
Legba shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Raffington as he avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Raffington.
Legba misses with a left hand
and Raffington counters with a straight right hand.
Legba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Legba checks a leg kick nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Legba there.
Raffington throws a leg kick but Legba sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Legba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Raffington works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slow jab from Raffington misses its intended target.
Raffington misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raffington throws a sloppy head kick and Legba moves out of range easily.
Papa Legba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legba connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A big left from Raffington misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba throws a shot from downtown. Raffington moves away and avoids it.
Legba shoots for a takedown but Raffington saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A slow jab from Legba misses its intended target.
Legba scores with a punch to the head.
Legba tries to clinch but Raffington is having none of it.
It looked like Raffington was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Legba.
Raffington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A good leg kick by Raffington.
Legba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Legba misses with an uppercut.
Raffington throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Legba checks the leg kick nicely there.
Raffington ducks under a wild hook from Legba.
Legba fails to land the takedown.
Shane Raffington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Papa Legba.
Raffington smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Legba is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba tries to clinch there but Raffington circles away.
Legba lands with a straight right. Raffington didn't see that one coming.
Raffington avoids the body shot from Legba.
Raffington throws a chopping leg kick but Legba manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Legba blocks a jab.
Legba connects with a jab.
Shane Raffington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Legba swings widly with a right hand
and Legba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Legba misses the target.
Raffington throws a jab when Legba was well out of range.
Legba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Legba scores with a nice right hand.
Legba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raffington moves away.
Raffington explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Legba takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Raffington throws a head kick that Legba semi-blocks.
Raffington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Legba.
Legba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raffington moves away.
Raffington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Legba.
A quick step to the side and Raffington tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raffington looks to land a body kick but Legba moved away.
A little jabbing left from Legba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raffington moves forwards but Legba connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Legba paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A clash of legs there as Legba blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Legba. Raffington does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick from Raffington, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab, jab by Raffington - just one landing.
Legba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shane Raffington is winning the standup battle so far.
Raffington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Legba.
Legba scores with a body shot.
Raffington takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Legba misses with an uppercut. Raffington saw that one coming.
Legba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raffington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raffington was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Legba avoids the body shot from Raffington.
Legba misses with a looping right.
Legba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raffington.
Legba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raffington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Legba tries to clinch there but Raffington circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legba wants to clinch but Raffington slips to the side
and Raffington makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raffington feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Legbas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Raffington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raffington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Raffington. That's going to slow Legba down.
A swing and a miss from Legba.
Legba shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Legba tries to clinch up but Raffington circles away and keeps his distance.
Raffington throws the kick towards the body but Legba avoids it.
Raffington scores with a nice body kick.
Legba fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Legba throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by Legba.
Raffington looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Legba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raffington bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Raffington scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Legba connects with a right hand. Raffington shakes it off.
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 Shane Raffington.
Well Raffington 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Raffington!
Our winner, Shane Raffington, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franck Kodjia (ranked 320 p4p, 598 weight class) and Tyson Cobb (ranked 13 p4p, 18 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franck Kodjia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyson Cobb!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kodjia swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb ducks right into an uppercut from Kodjia.
It looks like Tyson Cobb has been cut.
Kodjia wants to clinch
and Cobb counters with a straight right hand.
Kodjia takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Kodjia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cobb throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kodjia throws a sloppy head kick and Cobb moves out of range easily.
Good work by Kodjia as he checks the leg kick.
Cobb moves forwards but Kodjia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cobb takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cobb blocks a head kick by Kodjia.
Cobb scores with a shot to the body.
Kodjia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kodjia with a body shot.
Kodjia is looking to land body kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kodjia lands with a hook. Cobb tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That has opened up Tyson Cobb's cut even more.
Kodjia connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cobb momentarily.
Cobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kodjia misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kodjia misses with a shot to the body
and Cobb counters with a left and a right that stings Kodjia.
Cobb tries to keep at a distance but Kodjia has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kodjia.
Cobb pushes Kodjia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
I was talking to Kodjia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cobb dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kodjia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kodjia lands a damaging elbow.
The cut above Tyson Cobb's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Cobb blocks an uppercut.
Kodjia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cobb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cobb has had enough of the clinch but Kodjia keeps him there for the moment.
Cobb is trying to break the clinch but Kodjia has him pressed against the cage.
Kodjia scores with a knee to the head.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kodjia landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kodjia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kodjia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cobb's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tyson Cobb's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cobb's coach down at Alpha Brasil was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Cobb's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Cobb misses with the head strike.
Cobb using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kodjia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cobb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobb can't find room to land a body shot as Kodjia controls the action.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cobb prevents a body shot from Kodjia.
Kodjia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cobb lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kodjia misses with a knee to the head.
Cobb controlling the action here for a moment.
Cobb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cobb misses with a knee to the head.
Cobb blocks an uppercut.
Kodjia misses with the head strike.
Kodjia scores with a shot to the side of Cobb's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb blocks a body shot from Kodjia.
Kodjia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kodjia has a couple of punches blocked by Cobb.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cobb misses with some punches.
Cobb avoids a wild elbow strike from Kodjia.
Kodjia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb misses with a punch to the body.
Kodjia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tyson Cobb's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Franck Kodjia!
After the fight, Franck Kodjia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Benedetti (ranked 33 p4p, 105 weight class) and Santino Lombardo (ranked 6 p4p, 19 weight class). Benedetti comes to the cage accompanied by Bajafondo. Lombardo has chosen Illusions as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Benedetti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Santino Lombardo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Lombardo - just one landing.
Lombardo throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo blocks it.
Benedetti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lombardo defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti tests Lombardo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo avoids it easily.
Lombardo 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.
Benedetti lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Lombardo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lombardo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Benedetti with a body shot.
Lombardo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Lombardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lombardo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lombardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lombardo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lombardo throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti connects with a looping right hand.
Lombardo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice defenses there by Lombardo.
It seemed like Lombardo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lombardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Lombardo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab from Benedetti.
Lombardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lombardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It looked like Benedetti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lombardo.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick.
Benedetti lands a glancing blow to the side of Lombardo's head.
Mario Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Lombardo saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lombardo.
Good work by Lombardo as he checks the leg kick.
Lombardo throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
Benedetti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Lombardo moves out of range.
Lombardo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Lombardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Benedetti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lombardo listening to his corner there, landing 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!
Lombardo cracks a nice hook into Benedetti's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti tries to bum rush Lombardo with a series of wild strikes but Lombardo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lombardo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lombardo throws a body kick that misses.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick from Lombardo.
Benedetti appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Benedetti is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice cross by Benedetti.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti connects with a solid leg kick.
Benedetti lands with a shot to the body.
Lombardo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lombardo thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Lombardo.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lombardo cracks Benedetti with an open hand slap.
Lombardo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lombardo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lombardo throws a low kick but Benedetti avoids it.
Lombardo thuds his shin into the meat of Benedetti's side.
Lombardo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It seemed like Lombardo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a jab when Lombardo was well out of range.
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo avoids it easily.
Lombardo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lombardo delivers a nice body kick.
Lombardo ducks right into an uppercut from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Lombardo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benedetti at a distance.
Lombardo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lombardo. That's going to slow Benedetti down.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Lombardo.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Lombardo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Benedetti tests Lombardo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
Lombardo misses with a hook.
Lombardo slips a straight right by Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lombardo closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Lombardo on the inside.
Lombardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lombardo misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Lombardo fails to land.
Lombardo lands a right hand.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Benedetti.
A short left from Lombardo.
Lombardo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lombardo backwards.
Lombardo blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Lombardo has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lombardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lombardo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lombardo.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Lombardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Santino Lombardo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Benedetti connects with a single shot there.
Benedetti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lombardo at a distance.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Lombardo's shoulder, as Lombardo tries to avoid the shot.
Lombardo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo blocks it.
Benedetti lands a body shot.
Lombardo staying out of range there.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick.
Lombardo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benedetti.
Lombardo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Lombardo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lombardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lombardo misses with a looping right.
Benedetti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Benedetti motions for Lombardo to come forward. Benedetti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Lombardo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lombardo takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Lombardo counters with a thumping low kick.
Benedetti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lombardo is able to avoid easily.
A big right from Lombardo misses.
Lombardo takes one to the chin there.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
Benedetti checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lombardo scores with a spinning back kick!
Lombardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lombardo looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo avoids it easily.
Benedetti digs a good body shot into Lombardo's ribs.
Benedetti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lombardo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lombardo misses with the combination.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Lombardo counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Lombardo ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Lombardo's head but Lombardo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Lombardo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That kick from Benedetti tenderised Lombardo's leg. Lombardo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benedetti throws a low kick, looking for Lombardo's leg but Lombardo calmly moves out of range.
Jab from Benedetti.
Lombardo blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Lombardo defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Lombardo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lombardo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lombardo! But no joy.
Benedetti lands with a good body shot.
Lombardo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Lombardo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Benedetti is able to avoid easily.
Benedetti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lombardo at a distance.
Lombardo looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Lombardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Lombardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lombardo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Lombardo moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lombardo throws out the jab.
Lombardo with a nice calf kick.
Benedetti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Benedetti avoids a kick to the body.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Benedetti as he connects with a hook.
Lombardo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lombardo throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Benedetti.
Lombardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Benedetti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti takes a swing at Lombardo's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lombardo misses the shot to the body.
Lombardo slips a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lombardo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nice shot lands for Benedetti.
Lombardo misses with a looping right.
Lombardo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mario Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Lombardo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti misses with a body punch
and Lombardo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short left from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lombardo backwards.
Lombardo throws a head punch that misses.
Lombardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice shot lands for Lombardo.
Lombardo misses with a body shot.
Lombardo dodges the punch combination from Benedetti.
A countering left hand to the body from Lombardo misses.
Benedetti takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lombardo works Benedetti's body with a nice hook.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
Benedetti is looking to slow Lombardo down with leg kicks.
Lombardo slips under a jab.
Lombardo feints a counter leg kick.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Lombardo is just out of range.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti connects with a body shot.
Lombardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo blocks it.
A left lands for Lombardo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lombardo misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Benedetti.
Benedetti comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lombardo tries to move into range but Benedetti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lombardo lands a head shot.
Lombardo throws a low kick, looking for Benedetti's leg but Benedetti calmly moves out of range.
Benedetti lands with a hook. Lombardo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and Lombardo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Benedetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benedetti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lombardo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lombardo ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Lombardo flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
Lombardo moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a body kick that misses.
Lombardo scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lombardo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body punch from Benedetti.
Lombardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Lombardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti swings for the body but Lombardo moves out of range.
Lombardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Lombardo.
Benedetti swats away the attempt to clinch by Lombardo.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti works the jab nicely.
Benedetti blocks a head kick by Lombardo.
Benedetti lands the left hand.
Benedetti throws the kick towards the body but Lombardo avoids it.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lombardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
A jab lands there for Benedetti.
Benedetti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lombardo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti takes a swing at Lombardo's ribcage but misses.
Lombardo misses with a body kick.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lombardo.
Benedetti misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Lombardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Lombardo misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Lombardo ducks down to avoid it.
Lombardo ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a push kick but Lombardo slaps the foot to one side.
Benedetti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Lombardo is out of range.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Lombardo moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti moves out of range as Lombardo strikes.
Lombardo lands a leg kick that knocks Benedetti off balance momentarily.
Lombardo staying out of range there.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Lombardo misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Lombardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lombardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo misses with a hook.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lombardo in his tracks.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lombardo moves away.
Benedetti takes a swing at Lombardo's ribcage but misses.
Lombardo misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Lombardo.
Lombardo misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lombardo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lombardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Lombardo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Benedetti with a body shot.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Lombardo throws a leg kick that misses.
Good work by Lombardo as he checks the leg kick.
Benedetti checks a leg kick.
Benedetti moves out of range as Lombardo throws a body kick.
Benedetti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Lombardo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lombardo moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lombardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lombardo looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lombardo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benedetti throws a front kick aimed at Lombardo's knee but Lombardo avoids it well.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Lombardo ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Lombardo counters with a straight right hand.
Lombardo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benedetti throws a combination that misses
enabling Lombardo to counter with a crisp jab.
Lombardo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lombardo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A cross from Benedetti lands.
Lombardo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti throws a sloppy head kick and Lombardo moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lombardo throws a wild body kick that Benedetti sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombardo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Lombardo saw that one coming.
Benedetti tries to bum rush Lombardo with a series of wild strikes but Lombardo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lombardo.
Benedetti connects with a solid leg kick.
Benedetti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lombardo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Lombardo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benedetti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Benedetti checks a low kick from Lombardo.
Lombardo moves out of range of the strikes.
Lombardo checks a low kick from Benedetti.
Lombardo ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lombardo.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lombardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lombardo scores with a jab. Benedetti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lombardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Lombardo counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a hook but Lombardo blocks it.
Lombardo lands a front kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Lombardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Lombardo.
Lombardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Lombardo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti takes a kick to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Lombardo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mario Benedetti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Benedetti walks into a stiff left hand from Lombardo.
Lombardo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Lombardo unleashes a big counter combination but Benedetti bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Benedetti takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lombardo. That's going to slow Benedetti down.
Lombardo thuds his shin into the meat of Benedetti's side.
Benedetti walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lombardo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Lombardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lombardo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lombardo throws a head kick that misses.
Benedetti throws a push kick but Lombardo slaps the foot to one side.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Lombardo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lombardo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lombardo. Benedetti shrugs it off though.
Lombardo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lombardo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Benedetti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lombardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Lombardo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Lombardo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benedetti at a distance.
Lombardo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lombardo throws a leg kick which misses Benedetti's front leg but catches the back leg as Benedetti tries to avoid it.
Benedetti connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lombardo throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
letting Lombardo counter with a right hand.
Lombardo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lombardo throws the kick towards the body but Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti cracks Lombardo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lombardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti lands an overhand right.
Lombardo throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti scores with a three punch combo!
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Lombardo.
Lombardo throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lombardo flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Santino Lombardo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Lombardo.
Lombardo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Lombardo moved out of range.
Benedetti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lombardo throws a push kick but Benedetti slaps the foot to one side.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Benedetti takes a swing at Lombardo's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti throws a right hand that Lombardo ducks under and follows up with a left that Lombardo also avoids with ease.
Lombardo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lombardo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Lombardo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lombardo throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Lombardo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lombardo's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombardo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Lombardo slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Lombardo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lombardo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Benedetti will feel that in the morning.
Lombardo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lombardo throws out the jab.
Benedetti connects with a single shot there.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick from Lombardo.
Lombardo moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti clobbers Lombardo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Benedetti tries to land a leg kick but Lombardo saw it coming and moves away.
Benedetti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lombardo is able to avoid easily.
Benedetti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lombardo misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lombardo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lombardo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Lombardo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lombardo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lombardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benedetti misses with a jab to the body
and Lombardo counters with a nice uppercut.
Lombardo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benedetti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lombardo ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and Lombardo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Lombardo connects with an inside leg kick.
Lombardo throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little jabbing left from Lombardo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lombardo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Lombardo manages to avoid it.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Lombardo scores with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lombardo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benedetti lands a nice hook to Lombardo's body. Lombardo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Benedetti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Lombardo moves out of range.
Benedetti moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLombardo.
Lombardo takes one to the chin there.
Jab by Benedetti.
Benedetti moves out of range as Lombardo throws a body kick.
Lombardo ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Lombardo throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Benedetti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lombardo misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Benedetti.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lombardo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lombardo connects with a nice looking jab.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Lombardo's head but Lombardo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lombardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lombardo missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lombardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lombardo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lombardo staying out of range there.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lombardo. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lombardo slips under a jab.
Lombardo throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Lombardo moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lombardo. Lombardo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lombardo tries to clinch but Benedetti is having none of it.
Benedetti throws a leg kick
enabling Lombardo to counter with a crisp jab.
Benedetti throws a leg kick
and Lombardo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lombardo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries a low kick but Lombardo avoids it.
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 Mario Benedetti.
I think Benedetti 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 49:46
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 48:47
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Benedetti!
Mario Benedetti retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Mario Benedetti thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Papa Moosh Dambullah (ranked 17 p4p, 154 weight class) and Roland Weudke (ranked 2 p4p, 22 weight class). Dambullah kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Boom Boom. 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 31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Moosh Dambullah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roland Weudke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dambullah pushes Weudke up against the cage in a clinch.
Dambullah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Weudke misses with the head strike.
Weudke misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weudke.
Weudke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Weudke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weudke is looking to slow Dambullah down with leg kicks.
We've been informed that Weudke 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.
An inside leg kick lands from Dambullah.
Weudke lands a nice looking body shot.
Weudke lands a head kick!
Weudke loads up on a big right hand but Dambullah slips the punch.
Weudke stuns Dambullah with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dambullah tries to clinch there but Weudke circles away.
Weudke just misses with a punch to the body.
Dambullah fires out a quick counter leg kick but Weudke just manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Dambullah.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weudke misses with a straight right.
Dambullah catches Weudke with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dambullah tries to clinch there but Weudke circles away.
Dambullah connects with an inside leg kick.
Dambullah throws a combination that misses
and Weudke counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weudke scores with a nice right hand.
Weudke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dambullah blocks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Dambullah blocks the leg kick.
Weudke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dambullah tests Weudke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dambullah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dambullah checks a low kick from Weudke.
Weudke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Weudke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dambullah throws a leg kick that misses.
Weudke looks to land a body kick but Dambullah moved away.
Dambullah lands with a kick to the ribs.
Weudke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dambullah is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Roland Weudke has been cut.
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!
Dambullah feints and then cracks Weudke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Weudke down.
Dambullah missing with a left hand there. Weudke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weudke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dambullah counters with a head kick.
Dambullah tries to clinch up.
Weudke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dambullah appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Weudke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dambullah misses with a body shot.
Dambullah connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dambullah scores with a jab.
Dambullah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Weudke on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dambullah sizes up Weudke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Weudke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dambullah rather than just go for the knockout.
Dambullah misses with an uppercut.
Weudke replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Dambullah blocks it well.
Weudke throws a front kick that sends Dambullah stumbling back into the cage.
Dambullah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Weudke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Dambullah. Beautiful body shot.
A lazy left from Dambullah finds it's target.
Dambullah misses with a looping left.
Dambullah is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Weudke is looking to land body kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah with the inside leg kick.
Weudke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Weudke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Weudke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Weudke throws a body kick that misses
and Dambullah counters with a stiff right hand.
Weudke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Weudke swings for the body but Dambullah moves out of range.
Dambullah is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dambullah tries to work over Weudke's front leg with a kick but Weudke checks it.
Dambullah takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dambullah lands a front kick.
Weudke throws a wild body kick that Dambullah sees coming a mile off.
Weudke swings for the body but Dambullah moves out of range.
Weudke throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Dambullah misses.
Dambullah scores with a shot to the body.
Dambullah misses the body punch
and Weudke counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Dambullah.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Weudke.
Dambullah misses with an uppercut. Weudke saw that one coming.
Weudke connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dambullah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dambullah moves out of range of the body kick.
Weudke misses with a body kick.
Dambullah throws a sloppy body shot
and Weudke counters with a body kick.
Dambullah throws a body kick that misses.
Weudke throws a push kick but Dambullah slaps the foot to one side.
Dambullah throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dambullah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice body punch from Dambullah.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weudke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Weudke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dambullah.
A punch lands to the side of Weudke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dambullah throws a low kick but it's checked well by Weudke.
Weudke flicks out a counter leg kick but Dambullah steps away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Papa Moosh Dambullah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roland Weudke's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Weudke ducks under a wild hook from Dambullah.
Dambullah moves out of range of the body kick.
Dambullah fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dambullah jabs Weudke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dambullah scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Weudke doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters circling a little - Weudke finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Weudke is looking to slow Dambullah down with leg kicks.
Dambullah uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Weudke connects with a nice looking jab.
Weudke tries a head kick but it misses.
Weudke jabs at Dambullah's body.
Weudke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dambullah jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Weudke looks for the body kick but Dambullah saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dambullah checks the leg kick.
Dambullah throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dambullah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Weudke.
Dambullah was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dambullah misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weudke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dambullah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Weudke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dambullah.
A big left from Dambullah misses.
Weudke misses the shot to the body.
Weudke avoids the body shot from Dambullah.
Dambullah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dambullah throws a body shot but no joy.
Weudke flicks out a counter leg kick but Dambullah steps away.
Dambullah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Weudke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dambullah scores with a kick to the body.
Dambullah misses with a leg kick.
Dambullah stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Weudke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dambullah misses with a body kick.
Weudke checks a low kick from Dambullah.
Weudke misses with a wild body shot.
Weudke throws the kick towards the body but Dambullah avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weudke connects with a high kick.
Nice body punch from Dambullah.
Dambullah doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dambullah feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Weudkes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dambullah walks forward, straight into a front kick from Weudke.
Dambullah misses with a hook. Weudke ducked under it nicely.
Weudke slips a jab from Dambullah.
Weudke scores with a kick to the body.
Weudke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Weudke misses with a kick to the body
and Dambullah finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A lazy body kick from Weudke
letting Dambullah counter with a right hand.
Dambullah takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
An attempted straight right counter from Dambullah misses the target.
Dambullah sizes up Weudke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Weudke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Weudke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dambullah quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick from Weudke, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah connects with a good right hand that stumbles Weudke. Weudke circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dambullah throws a big shot that misses.
Dambullah throws a body kick that misses.
Weudke now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Papa Moosh Dambullah is winning the standup battle so far.
Dambullah misses with a kick to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Weudke throws a low kick but Dambullah moves out of range easily.
Dambullah throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Both fighters circling a little - Weudke finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Weudke tries to score with a low kick but Dambullah moves his leg out of the way.
Dambullah throws a looping overhand right but Weudke ducks down to avoid it.
Weudke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice cross by Dambullah.
Weudke lands a front kick.
Dambullah throws a quick inside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Weudke misses
and Dambullah counters with a nice low kick that buckles Weudke's knee momentarily.
That kick from Dambullah tenderised Weudke's leg. Weudke is trying to keep his angry face on.
Weudke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weudke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dambullah at a distance.
A nice leg kick from Weudke, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dambullah throws a body punch but Weudke moves out of range.
Weudke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dambullah.
Dambullah needs to keep his hands up - Weudke had a free shot at his head there.
An inside leg kick from Dambullah misses.
Dambullah takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dambullah misses with a hook.
Dambullah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Weudke's head.
Dambullah just misses with a punch to the body.
Weudke misses with a body punch
and Dambullah counters with a nice uppercut.
Weudke throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dambullah's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dambullah catches Weudke with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That kick from Weudke tenderised Dambullah's leg. Dambullah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Weudke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Weudke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Weudke moves away from the strike by Dambullah.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Papa Moosh Dambullah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roland Weudke's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dambullah misses with a wild body shot.
Weudke wants to slow Dambullah down by chopping away at his legs.
Dambullah was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A combination from Weudke does no damage.
Weudke tries to land a leg kick but Dambullah saw it coming and moves away.
Dambullah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Weudke throws a right hand that Dambullah ducks under and follows up with a left that Dambullah also avoids with ease.
Weudke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Weudke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dambullah misses with an uppercut. Weudke saw that one coming.
Dambullah blocks a low kick nicely.
Weudke takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Weudke throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weudke looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dambullah misses with a kick to the body.
Weudke throws a head kick that half lands.
Dambullah lands a glancing blow to the side of Weudke's head.
Dambullah throws a leg kick
and Weudke counters with a three punch combo that has Dambullah backing up. Dambullah nods at Weudke to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dambullah scores with the left hand. Weudke knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Weudke blocks the low kick.
Dambullah moves out of range of the body kick.
Weudke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dambullah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Weudke is looking to land body kicks.
Weudke misses with a kick to the body
letting Dambullah counter with a right hand.
Weudke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dambullah will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Weudke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dambullah.
Weudke tries a head kick but it misses.
Weudke misses with a straight right.
Weudke misses with a kick to the body.
Dambullah was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dambullah takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dambullah darts in and clinches Weudke up against the cage.
Dambullah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dambullah misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Weudke.
Dambullah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dambullah tries to throw a body punch but Weudke avoids it by throwing Dambullah back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dambullah fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dambullah.
Weudke tries to land knees in the clinch but Dambullah avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weudke.
Dambullah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Weudke breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Weudke wants to slow Dambullah down by chopping away at his legs.
Dambullah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dambullah takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Weudke throws a push kick but Dambullah slaps the foot to one side.
A low kick from Weudke is predictable there
and Dambullah counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dambullah scores with a jab. Weudke acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dambullah feints and then cracks Weudke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Weudke down.
Dambullah pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dambullah throws out a loose jab but Weudke uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah misses the shot to the body.
Dambullah takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dambullah scores with a decent looking hook.
Dambullah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Dambullah. That snapped Weudke's head back.
Weudke throws a leg kick but Dambullah sees it coming and moves out of range.
Weudke digs a good body shot into Dambullah's ribs.
Weudke misses with a body kick.
Dambullah throwing a counter right hand but Weudke manages to avoid it.
Weudke scores with a push kick.
A low kick lands for Weudke.
Dambullah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Weudke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Weudke throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dambullah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid body kick from Weudke.
Dambullah throws the left hand but Weudke avoids the punch easily.
Dambullah bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weudke misses with a shot to the body
and Dambullah counters with a straight right hand.
Dambullah throws a head kick but Weudke moves out of range.
Dambullah avoids the body shot from Weudke.
Weudke slips a straight right by Dambullah.
Dambullah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Weudke.
Dambullah throws a hook but Weudke blocks it.
An inside leg kick from Weudke misses.
Dambullah feints and then cracks Weudke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Weudke down.
Weudke moves out of range as Dambullah strikes.
Dambullah misses the shot to the body.
Dambullah looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice straight punches there by Dambullah. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dambullah.
Weudke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dambullah takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dambullah thows a leg kick but Weudke checks it
and Weudke counters with a three punch combo that has Dambullah backing up. Dambullah nods at Weudke to acknowledge the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Papa Moosh Dambullah did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Roland Weudke's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Weudke takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Weudke cracks a nice hook into Dambullah's ribs.
Dambullah takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Weudke slips a straight right by Dambullah.
A little jabbing left from Weudke on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Weudke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dambullah.
Dambullah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weudke manages to avoid it.
Dambullah connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Weudke momentarily.
Weudke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dambullah.
Weudke throws a head kick that misses
and Dambullah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dambullah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Weudke.
Nice uppercut lands for Dambullah. That snapped Weudke's head back.
Weudke throws a low kick but Dambullah moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dambullah defending well as Weudke loads up on a big left hand.
Dambullah scores with a hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Weudke finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weudke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dambullah jabs at Weudke's body.
Dambullah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Weudke moves away.
Weudke throws a front kick aimed at Dambullah's knee but Dambullah avoids it well.
Weudke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dambullah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weudke.
That kick from Weudke tenderised Dambullah's leg. Dambullah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dambullah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Weudke is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dambullah with a body shot.
Weudke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Dambullah.
Weudke misses with a low kick.
Weudke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dambullah. That did some damage!
Weudke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dambullah lands with a shot to the body.
Weudke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dambullah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Weudke counters with a nice body kick.
Weudke misses with a wild combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dambullah connects with a solid leg kick.
Dambullah throws out a leg kick but Weudke moves out of range and Dambullah only half commits.
Weudke misses with a body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dambullah.
Dambullah misses with a looping right.
Dambullah smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Weudke lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dambullah throws a low kick but Weudke avoids it.
Weudke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dambullah takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah throws a chopping leg kick but Weudke manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dambullah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Weudke steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Weudke throws a lazy right hand but Dambullah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Weudke stuns Dambullah with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dambullah wants to land a leg kick but Weudke is out of range.
Dambullah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dambullah lands with a hook. Weudke tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Weudke moves out of range as Dambullah strikes.
A slow jab from Weudke misses its intended target.
Dambullah feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Dambullah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weudke.
Dambullah 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.
Dambullah moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dambullah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dambullah blocks the body kick.
Weudke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Weudke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dambullah lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dambullah.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dambullah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Weudke as he connects with a hook.
Weudke misses with a kick to the body.
Weudke jabs Dambullah to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Weudke scores with a kick to the midsection.
Weudke scores with a spinning back kick!
A decent looking cross lands there for Weudke.
A looping hook to the body misses from Weudke. Dambullah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Weudke is looking to land body kicks.
Dambullah looks to land a body kick but Weudke moved away.
Dambullah backing away here, and Weudke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Weudke throws a leg kick that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Dambullah misses its target.
Weudke looks for the body kick but Dambullah saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Papa Moosh Dambullah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roland Weudke's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Weudke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dambullah lands a leg kick that knocks Weudke off balance momentarily.
Weudke connects with a jab.
Dambullah misses with a left hand
and Dambullah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Weudke jabs at Dambullah's body.
Dambullah pivots, looking for a leg kick but Weudke is out of range and Dambullah settles back down.
Dambullah avoids the body shot from Weudke.
Dambullah throws an overhand right that lands on Weudke's shoulder, as Weudke tries to avoid the shot.
Weudke misses with a wild body shot.
Dambullah ducks under a wild hook from Weudke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weudke just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick lands for Weudke.
Dambullah tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Weudke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dambullah looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A good leg kick by Weudke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dambullah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Weudke is looking to land body kicks.
Weudke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Weudke needs to keep his hands up - Dambullah had a free shot at his head there.
A solid body kick from Dambullah.
Weudke takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dambullah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Weudke throws a push kick but Dambullah slaps the foot to one side.
Weudke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dambullah avoids a kick to the body.
Dambullah bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Weudke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Weudke attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Weudke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Weudke just misses with a punch to the body.
Roland Weudke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Weudke 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 Dambullah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dambullah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Weudke walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dambullah.
Good work by Weudke as he checks the leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weudke misses with a body shot.
Dambullah tests Weudke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dambullah uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weudke.
Dambullah scores with the left hand. Weudke knows he should have avoided that one.
Dambullah lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dambullah ducks under a wild hook from Weudke.
Nice body punch from Dambullah.
Dambullah scores with a jab.
Weudke closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Weudke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dambullah misses with an uppercut. Weudke saw that one coming.
A punch lands to the side of Weudke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah looks to score with a jab to the body but Weudke is just out of range.
Weudke missing with a left hand there. Dambullah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dambullah lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Weudke at a distance.
Dambullah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Weudke's head.
Dambullah comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Weudke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dambullah wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Weudke throws a one two combo.
Sloppy strikes from Dambullah. Those never looked like landing.
Dambullah wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dambullah digs a good hook to Weudke's 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!
Weudke thows a leg kick but Dambullah checks it
and Dambullah counters with a two punch combo.
Dambullah ducks right into an uppercut from Weudke.
Dambullah connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Weudke throws a body punch but Dambullah moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Weudke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dambullah thuds his right hand into Weudke's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Weudke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dambullah sizes up Weudke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dambullah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Weudke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Weudke throws a right hand that misses
and Dambullah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dambullah lands with a hook. Weudke tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dambullah.
Dambullah throws a hook to the side of Weudke's head but Weudke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weudke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weudke throws a counter combo.
Weudke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dambullah.
Papa Moosh Dambullah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A low kick lands for Dambullah.
And that's the end of the fight!
Papa Moosh Dambullah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dambullah 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 48:49
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Papa Moosh Dambullah!
Papa Moosh Dambullah retains his middleweight title!
Papa Moosh Dambullah decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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