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C86: Bobblehead vs. Bangin PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Ruiz Mangas (ranked 1394 p4p, 1926 weight class) and Johny Handicks (ranked 210 p4p, 276 weight class). Mangas's entrance music is I'm a Soldier. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ruben Ruiz Mangas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johny Handicks!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handicks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mangas counters with a three punch combo that has Handicks backing up. Handicks nods at Mangas to acknowledge the strikes.
Handicks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mangas at a distance.
Mangas slips a straight right by Handicks.
Handicks misses with a left hand
and Handicks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Handicks misses with a straight left.
Mangas misses with a straight right.
Handicks with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mangas to score with a decent uppercut.
Mangas misses with a lunging right hand
and Handicks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johny Handicks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Handicks misses with a series of wild punches.
Mangas slips under a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mangas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Handicks.
It appears Mangas was looking to counter with a kick there.
Handicks 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Handicks misses the shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mangas 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 Handicks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Handicks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Handicks swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mangas seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mangas scores with a shot to the body.
Handicks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the body from Handicks misses
and Mangas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Handicks thinking.
Mangas scores with a leg kick.
Handicks works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mangas misses with a low kick.
Mangas avoids the body shot from Handicks.
Handicks looks to land a right hand but Mangas moved out of range.
It looked like Mangas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mangas just misses with a punch to the body.
Mangas misses with a hook. Handicks ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Mangas.
A big left from Mangas misses.
Handicks throws a right hand that misses
and Mangas counters with a solid body kick.
A low kick from Mangas misses
and Mangas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mangas connects with the punch.
Mangas lands a leg kick that knocks Handicks off balance momentarily.
Good shot there by Handicks.
Handicks throws a right and a left that Mangas avoids nicely.
Handicks's coach down at Westside Martial Arts was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Handicks's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Handicks misses with a looping left.
A quick step to the side and Mangas tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Mangas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Handicks throws a hook but Mangas avoids it easily.
Mangas motions for Handicks to come forward. Mangas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handicks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mangas throws out the jab.
Handicks lands with a shot to the body.
Handicks throws a body punch but Mangas moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mangas.
Handicks misses with a body shot.
Mangas lands a jab.
Mangas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Handicks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Handicks swings widly with a right hand
and Mangas counters with a solid body kick.
Mangas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Handicks throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mangas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Handicks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mangas appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mangas moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Handicks misses the body punch
and Mangas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Handicks moves away from the strike by Mangas.
Handicks misses with a right hand
and Mangas counters with a stiff right hand.
Handicks throws an overhand right that lands on Mangas's shoulder, as Mangas tries to avoid the shot.
Handicks connects with a jab.
Mangas lunges at Handicks with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Handicks's hand.
Mangas throws a chopping leg kick but Handicks manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Handicks is looking for the big counter here.
Mangas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Handicks. Handicks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Handicks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mangas.
Handicks throws a hook but Mangas avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruben Ruiz Mangas dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Handicks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Mangas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mangas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Handicks.
A slow jab from Handicks misses its intended target.
Mangas is looking to counter punch.
Handicks takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ruben Ruiz Mangas is winning the standup battle so far.
Mangas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Handicks looks to land a left hand but Mangas moved out of range nicely.
Handicks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mangas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Handicks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Handicks throws an off balance right hand
and Mangas counters with a good low kick that Handicks was not able to check.
A slow jab from Handicks misses its intended target.
It looked like Mangas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mangas slips under a jab.
Handicks jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Handicks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mangas scores with a decent looking hook.
Mangas clinches.
Mangas breaks from the clinch.
Mangas lands a big head kick that sends Handicks tumbling to the mat! Mangas takes a step backwards and waves Handicks back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Handicks is rocked!
 It looks like Johny Handicks has been cut.
Handicks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mangas.
Handicks throws out a counter right but Mangas avoids it with no problem.
Handicks is still on wobbly legs! Can Mangas finish him?
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!
Mangas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mangas appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mangas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Handicks misses with an uppercut
and Mangas counters with a good low kick that Handicks was not able to check.
Handicks seems to have recovered his senses.
Mangas sends Handicks crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Mangas is motioning to the referee to let Handicks up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Handicks throws a series of punches but Mangas moves out of range.
Mangas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mangas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Handicks manages to avoid it.
Handicks digs a good hook to Mangas's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handicks throws a right hand that misses
and Mangas counters with a nice right hand that sends Handicks toppling to the canvas! Handicks scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Mangas finish him?!
Mangas drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Handicks's head, knocking him out cold! Mangas is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ruben Ruiz Mangas!
After winning the bout, Ruben Ruiz Mangas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rukter Demenok (ranked 210 p4p, 337 weight class) and Saggy Dinglestomper (ranked 27 p4p, 43 weight class). Demenok comes into the arena with The Moby Dick Speech blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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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 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rukter Demenok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saggy Dinglestomper!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinglestomper takes one to the side of the head.
Demenok misses with a body kick.
Good leg kick by Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Demenok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Demenok chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Demenok misses with a low kick.
Dinglestomper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demenok.
Dinglestomper takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dinglestomper throws a leg kick which misses Demenok's front leg but catches the back leg as Demenok tries to avoid it.
Dinglestomper slips a jab from Demenok.
Demenok finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dinglestomper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Demenok.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dinglestomper.
Demenok moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Demenok seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dinglestomper scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demenok attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Good standup being displayed there by Dinglestomper as he connects with a hook.
Dinglestomper throws a big shot that misses.
Dinglestomper lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Demenok has managed to clinch.
Demenok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dinglestomper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Demenok backwards.
Demenok lands with a light punch inside.
Dinglestomper misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dinglestomper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dinglestomper is trying to push Demenok away but Demenok has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Dinglestomper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinglestomper's elbow.
Demenok working aggressively here.
Dinglestomper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dinglestomper blocks a body shot from Demenok.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dinglestomper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Demenok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dinglestomper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Demenok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Demenok.
Demenok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Demenok works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dinglestomper prevents a body shot from Demenok.
Demenok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Dinglestomper fails to land.
Demenok tries to throw a body punch but Dinglestomper avoids it by throwing Demenok back against the cage.
Demenok blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dinglestomper tries to throw a body punch but Demenok avoids it by throwing Dinglestomper back against the cage.
Dinglestomper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dinglestomper misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dinglestomper throws a punch but it's blocked by Demenok.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dinglestomper.
Demenok pushes Dinglestomper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Demenok - that landed with a thud.
Dinglestomper tries to work over Demenok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dinglestomper lands with a left to the head.
Demenok pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Demenok takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dinglestomper looks to land a body kick but Demenok moved away.
Demenok throws a solid leg kick but Dinglestomper takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Demenok.
Dinglestomper throws a hook but Demenok avoids it easily.
Demenok shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dinglestomper lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Demenok at a distance.
Dinglestomper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Demenok checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dinglestomper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Demenok throws out the jab.
Dinglestomper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Demenok was well out of range. Poor timing from Dinglestomper.
Demenok feints and then cracks Dinglestomper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dinglestomper down.
Dinglestomper tries to move into range but Demenok moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dinglestomper throws a body shot but no joy.
Dinglestomper lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demenok misses with a low kick.
Dinglestomper takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dinglestomper closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dinglestomper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Demenok blocks the low kick.
Demenok instigates a clinch.
Dinglestomper lands a left hand.
Dinglestomper is leaning against Demenok and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Demenok.
Dinglestomper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dinglestomper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Dinglestomper controls his hands.
Demenok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dinglestomper misses with some punches.
Demenok misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dinglestomper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinglestomper misses with the head strike.
Demenok blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dinglestomper has a couple of punches blocked by Demenok.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dinglestomper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Demenok seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dinglestomper can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinglestomper.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demenok lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Saggy Dinglestomper has been cut.
Demenok misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dinglestomper misses with the head strike.
Dinglestomper throws a head punch that misses.
Dinglestomper lands with a short shot to the head.
Dinglestomper misses with a body punch.
Demenok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dinglestomper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Demenok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Demenok throws a hook to the side of Dinglestomper's head but Dinglestomper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Demenok is looking to slow Dinglestomper down with leg kicks.
Demenok delivers a nice body kick.
Dinglestomper throws a body punch but Demenok moves out of range.
Demenok with a jab.
Dinglestomper throws a hook but Demenok blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Demenok.
Demenok connects with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Dinglestomper misses its intended target.
Demenok misses with a body kick.
Dinglestomper throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
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 Rukter Demenok will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Saggy Dinglestomper's cut.
That's time! Demenok's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dinglestomper tries to clinch there but Demenok circles away.
Dinglestomper 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.
Demenok throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dinglestomper swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dinglestomper will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dinglestomper moves out of range of the body kick from Demenok.
Demenok explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dinglestomper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dinglestomper scores with a kick to the body.
Dinglestomper loads up on a big right hand but Demenok slips the punch.
Dinglestomper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Demenok.
Demenok scoring well with a low kick there.
Dinglestomper throws a low kick but Demenok avoids it.
Demenok bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinglestomper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Demenok appears to be looking for a big counter.
Demenok is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dinglestomper moves forwards but Demenok connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dinglestomper lands a body shot.
Dinglestomper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dinglestomper chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Demenok dips to his left and cracks Dinglestomper with an uppercut!
A big left from Demenok misses.
Demenok throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dinglestomper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dinglestomper throws a low kick but Demenok avoids it.
Demenok connects with a solid leg kick.
Demenok misses with a looping left.
Dinglestomper just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Demenok darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dinglestomper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dinglestomper walks into a straight right hand from Demenok.
Dinglestomper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dinglestomper moves out of range of the strikes.
Dinglestomper looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dinglestomper looks to score with a jab to the body but Demenok is just out of range.
Dinglestomper misses with a leg kick.
Demenok throws a leg kick which misses Dinglestomper's front leg but catches the back leg as Dinglestomper tries to avoid it.
Demenok misses with a lunging right hand
and Dinglestomper counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dinglestomper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Dinglestomper fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Dinglestomper.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demenok lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dinglestomper backwards.
Dinglestomper prevents a body shot from Demenok.
Demenok taking a breather.
Demenok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dinglestomper swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dinglestomper 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.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Dinglestomper controls the action.
Demenok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Demenok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Demenok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demenok prevents a body shot from Dinglestomper.
Demenok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Demenok connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Demenok throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good work by Dinglestomper as he checks the leg kick.
Demenok throws a low kick but Dinglestomper moves out of range easily.
Demenok scores with a jab to the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dinglestomper checks a leg kick.
Demenok throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dinglestomper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Demenok moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dinglestomper lands a glancing blow to the side of Demenok's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper ducks under a wild hook from Demenok.
Dinglestomper throws a right and a left that Demenok avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Demenok throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Demenok.
Dinglestomper throws a head kick but Demenok moves out of range.
Demenok goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dinglestomper blocks a leg kick.
Dinglestomper misses with a leg kick.
Demenok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Dinglestomper.
Demenok feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Demenok looks to land a left hand but Dinglestomper moved out of range nicely.
Dinglestomper avoids a kick to the body.
Demenok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dinglestomper has closed the distance and engaged Demenok in a clinch.
Dinglestomper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demenok looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demenok.
Demenok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Dinglestomper as the two fighters clinch.
Demenok digs a right hand underneath Dinglestomper's ribcage. Dinglestomper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demenok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demenok tries to throw a body punch but Dinglestomper avoids it by throwing Demenok back against the cage.
Dinglestomper misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demenok.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dinglestomper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Demenok blocks a body shot from Dinglestomper.
Demenok fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinglestomper tries a body shot but Demenok blocks it.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dinglestomper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dinglestomper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Demenok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Demenok.
Dinglestomper misses with a punch to the body.
Demenok lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dinglestomper or not.
Demenok lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rukter Demenok dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Saggy Dinglestomper's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Dinglestomper misses with a looping right.
A punch lands to the side of Dinglestomper 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Demenok throws a leg kick
and Dinglestomper counters with a straight right hand.
Rukter Demenok is winning the standup battle so far.
Demenok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dinglestomper throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Demenok on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A leg kick checked by Dinglestomper.
Demenok checks a leg kick nicely.
Dinglestomper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Demenok tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dinglestomper manages to circle out of the way.
Demenok swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Demenok.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinglestomper.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Demenok.
Demenok breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Demenok lands a nice hook to Dinglestomper's body. Dinglestomper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dinglestomper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Demenok moves away.
Demenok turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Dinglestomper looks to score with a jab to the body but Demenok is just out of range.
Dinglestomper tries to clinch but Demenok is having none of it.
A jab from Dinglestomper does it's job there.
Demenok walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dinglestomper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dinglestomper has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dinglestomper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Demenok throws a jab but it's blocked by Dinglestomper.
Demenok throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dinglestomper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Demenok misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Demenok. That's going to slow Dinglestomper down.
Dinglestomper on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Demenok moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dinglestomper checks the leg kick nicely there.
Demenok moves out of range of the strikes.
Demenok connects with a body shot that sends Dinglestomper's belly button to the back.
Dinglestomper throws a head kick but Demenok moves out of range.
Dinglestomper pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dinglestomper swinging wildly here.
Dinglestomper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dinglestomper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Demenok blocks a head kick by Dinglestomper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Dinglestomper finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper connects with an inside leg kick.
Demenok scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A shot to the liver by Demenok. Beautiful body shot.
Donk. Demenok catches Dinglestomper right on the button with a cross.
Dinglestomper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Demenok instigates a clinch.
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinglestomper's elbow.
Dinglestomper misses with a punch on the inside.
Dinglestomper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dinglestomper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Demenok throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dinglestomper needs to keep his hands up - Demenok had a free shot at his head there.
Dinglestomper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Demenok.
Demenok connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dinglestomper. Dinglestomper circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dinglestomper has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Demenok punishes Dinglestomper's body with a nice straight punch.
Dinglestomper closes the distance and clinches.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dinglestomper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demenok's elbow.
Saggy Dinglestomper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinglestomper's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dinglestomper.
Saggy Dinglestomper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Dinglestomper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Demenok is trying to push Dinglestomper away but Dinglestomper has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dinglestomper tries to work over Demenok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dinglestomper.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Demenok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dinglestomper lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Dinglestomper.
Rukter Demenok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dinglestomper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinglestomper prevents a body shot from Demenok.
Demenok lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dinglestomper backwards.
Dinglestomper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dinglestomper digs a right hand into Demenok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Demenok's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dinglestomper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Demenok backwards.
Demenok tries to work over Dinglestomper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Demenok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Demenok blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinglestomper tries to work over Demenok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice cross by Demenok.
Dinglestomper throws a hook to the side of Demenok's head but Demenok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Demenok works the jab nicely.
Demenok fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dinglestomper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dinglestomper misses with a looping left.
Demenok throws a quick counter kick to the body but Dinglestomper avoids it.
Demenok catches Dinglestomper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dinglestomper closes the distance and pushes Demenok back into the cage.
Demenok lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dinglestomper or not.
Dinglestomper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dinglestomper blocks an uppercut.
Demenok has a couple of punches blocked by Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinglestomper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper struggles to land a body shot inside as Demenok controls his hands.
Demenok misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 Rukter Demenok.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Demenok, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rukter Demenok!
A relieved looking Rukter Demenok thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leyte Gulf (ranked 416 p4p, 737 weight class) and Barry McCockiner (ranked 59 p4p, 117 weight class). Gulf comes into the arena with For Heavy Metal we will die! blaring out of the sound system. McCockiner has chosen Farewell to Cheyenn as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leyte Gulf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Barry McCockiner!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCockiner throws a big shot that misses.
Barry McCockiner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gulf throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCockiner counters with a straight right hand.
Gulf checks a leg kick.
McCockiner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McCockiner connects with a nice looking jab.
McCockiner 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.
Gulf misses with a leg kick.
McCockiner misses with a body shot.
McCockiner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gulf looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCockiner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McCockiner 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 Gulf has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gulf and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gulf looks to land a right hand but McCockiner moved out of range.
A jab from McCockiner finds it's way through Gulf's defenses.
Gulf throws a body punch but McCockiner moves out of range.
Gulf throws a low kick, looking for McCockiner's leg but McCockiner calmly moves out of range.
McCockiner appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by McCockiner.
McCockiner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gulf uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCockiner.
Gulf thinks about countering with a body kick.
McCockiner 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.
McCockiner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gulfs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gulf scores with a head kick. McCockiner tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gulf misses the jab.
Gulf connects with a solid leg kick.
Gulf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCockiner moves away.
McCockiner jabs at Gulf's body.
McCockiner scores with a jab. Gulf acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCockiner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gulf's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulf connects with a body shot that sends McCockiner's belly button to the back.
McCockiner misses with an uppercut
and Gulf counters with an inside leg kick.
McCockiner lands with a good body shot.
Gulf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCockiner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gulf sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gulf tried to counter with a leg kick but McCockiner avoided it.
McCockiner walks into a jab.
Gulf takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gulf instigates a clinch.
McCockiner pushes Gulf back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McCockiner misses with a punch on the inside.
Gulf pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCockiner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gulf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Gulf wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gulf looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Gulf throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCockiner tries to move into range but Gulf moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Barry McCockiner has been cut.
Gulf takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McCockiner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gulf on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice cross by McCockiner.
Gulf takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gulf moves out of range of the body kick.
A solid body kick from McCockiner.
Gulf throws a series of punches but McCockiner moves out of range.
McCockiner throws a push kick but Gulf slaps the foot to one side.
Gulf moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gulf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCockiner.
Gulf has McCockiner up against the cage in a clinch.
McCockiner is trying to push Gulf away but Gulf has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McCockiner blocks an uppercut.
Gulf working aggressively here.
Gulf misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCockiner misses with the head strike.
Gulf breaks the clinch.
McCockiner misses with a wild body shot.
McCockiner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McCockiner scores with the left hand. Gulf knows he should have avoided that one.
McCockiner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gulf looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McCockiner misses with a straight left.
McCockiner looks to score with a jab to the body but Gulf is just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barry McCockiner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barry McCockiner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McCockiner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gulf throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Gulf.
McCockiner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gulf makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McCockiner misses with a body kick.
McCockiner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gulf.
Gulf bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McCockiner's head backwards.
McCockiner throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gulf ducks under a wild hook from McCockiner.
Gulf is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gulf takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
McCockiner looks for the body kick but Gulf saw that one coming.
McCockiner misses with a hook
and Gulf counters with a left to the body.
McCockiner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCockiner fakes the leg kick and cracks Gulf in the body.
Gulf misses with a head kick.
McCockiner looks to score with a jab to the body but Gulf is just out of range.
Gulf wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barry McCockiner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gulf throws out a loose jab but McCockiner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gulf tries to clinch but McCockiner moves out of range.
McCockiner looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gulf moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gulf.
A head punch on the inside from McCockiner fails to land.
McCockiner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCockiner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gulf lands with a good body shot.
Gulf defending well as McCockiner loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulf slips under a jab from McCockiner.
Gulf wants to land a leg kick but McCockiner is out of range.
Gulf finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McCockiner connects with a body shot.
McCockiner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gulf to score with a decent 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!
Gulf is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gulf takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gulf misses with an uppercut. McCockiner saw that one coming.
Gulf moves away from the strike by McCockiner.
McCockiner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCockiner scores with a jab to the head.
Gulf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCockiner throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from McCockiner misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for McCockiner.
McCockiner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gulf's hands.
Gulf staying out of range there.
Gulf slips a straight right by McCockiner.
Gulf seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Both fighters circling a little - McCockiner finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gulf misses with a wild combination.
Gulf drops his hands momentarily and McCockiner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gulf blocks the body kick.
McCockiner throws a sloppy head kick
and Gulf counters with a stiff right hand.
Gulf moves out of range as McCockiner strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCockiner tries to score with a low kick but Gulf moves his leg out of the way.
Gulf lands a nice leg kick that just misses McCockiner's sensitive parts.
McCockiner misses with a jab to the body
and Gulf counters by clinching up.
McCockiner misses with a body punch.
Gulf breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Gulf.
An inside leg kick lands from Gulf.
Gulf misses with an uppercut.
Gulf misses with a hook. McCockiner ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Barry McCockiner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Barry McCockiner's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
McCockiner throws a jab when Gulf was well out of range.
Leyte Gulf has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCockiner throws out a powerful jab.
Gulf on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
McCockiner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gulf gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McCockiner throws a jab but it's blocked by Gulf.
McCockiner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCockiner takes a swing at Gulf's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. McCockiner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gulf fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gulf steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCockiner.
Jab, jab by McCockiner - just one landing.
McCockiner throws the kick towards the body but Gulf avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulf moves out of range as McCockiner throws a body kick.
Gulf fails to land with a series of punches.
Gulf's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McCockiner connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gulf scrambles back to his feet.
McCockiner throws a leg kick but Gulf checks it.
Gulf slips under a jab.
Gulf will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
McCockiner blocks a jab.
Gulf has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
McCockiner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Both fighters circling a little - McCockiner finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
McCockiner cracks a nice hook into Gulf's ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McCockiner.
Gulf is looking to clinch.
Gulf just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulf instigates a clinch.
McCockiner lands a nice shot to the body.
Gulf pushes McCockiner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gulf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCockiner's elbow.
Gulf is trying to pull guard but McCockiner has him pressed against the cage.
Gulf misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from McCockiner fails to land.
Gulf breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCockiner connects with the punch.
Gulf throws a hook but McCockiner avoids it easily.
A jab from Gulf misses.
McCockiner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gulfs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McCockiner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gulf.
And McCockiner responds with a good body kick, but Gulf manages to step out the way in time.
A shot to the liver by McCockiner. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gulf scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McCockiner throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick by Gulf misses
and McCockiner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gulf throws a nice looking combination but McCockiner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCockiner flicks out a counter leg kick but Gulf steps away.
McCockiner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCockiner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gulf throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McCockiner checks a low kick from Gulf.
McCockiner digs a good body shot into Gulf's ribs.
Gulf misses with a low kick as McCockiner jumps back.
Gulf misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gulf throws an overhand right that lands on McCockiner's shoulder, as McCockiner tries to avoid the shot.
McCockiner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gulf shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gulf is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCockiner.
Gulf takes one on the button.
McCockiner thuds a left hand into Gulf's body.
Gulf throws out a loose jab but McCockiner uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCockiner! But no joy.
Gulf scores with a nice right hand.
A punch combination from Gulf misses.
Gulf tries to clinch there but McCockiner circles away.
Gulf needs to keep his hands up - McCockiner had a free shot at his head there.
Gulf takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barry McCockiner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McCockiner 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry McCockiner!
Barry McCockiner thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Verneri Ahma (ranked 396 p4p, 401 weight class) and Ernest Graves (ranked 53 p4p, 54 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Verneri Ahma has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Verneri Ahma seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernest Graves!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Ernest Graves has been cut.
Ahma is looking to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Graves's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Graves lands with a cross.
Ahma with a nice cross.
Graves closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Graves throws a strike but Ahma avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Graves makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ahma avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Graves tries to free his leg and advance position but Ahma is retaining full guard.
Ahma keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
Graves is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Graves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ahma manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Graves keeping full guard, as Ahma tries to pass.
Graves is looking to sweep but instead, Ahma has passed into half guard.
Graves works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ahma trying to control the position from guard on top but Graves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ahma pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Graves is keeping the position for now.
Graves wants to sweep here but Ahma controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ahma stopping the sweep attempt from Graves.
Graves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ahma can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Graves wants to sweep but no luck.
Ahma has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ahma controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ahma stopping the sweep attempt from Graves.
Graves keeping full guard, as Ahma tries to pass.
Ahma sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Ahma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ahma is looking to clinch but Graves is avoiding it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Graves! But no joy.
Ahma closes the distance and clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ahma's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Graves changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ahma fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ahma is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Graves looks to land a left hand but Ahma moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma clinches.
Ahma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Graves gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ahma to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Graves looking for a sweep. Not yet Graves, not yet.
Graves being controlled here, momentarily.
Ahma stopping the sweep attempt from Graves.
Graves controls Ahma momentarily but Ahma frees himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Graves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ahma can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Graves keeping moving, preventing Ahma from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Verneri Ahma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ernest Graves's cut.
That's time! Ahma's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ahma throws a good cross that connects.
Graves takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Graves unleashes a big counter combination but Ahma bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Graves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab, jab by Graves - just one landing.
Ahma scores with a spinning back kick!
Ahma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graves.
Nice shot by Ahma.
Graves is rocked!
Verneri Ahma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ahma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Graves is still on wobbly legs! Can Ahma finish him?
Graves looks up at the clock. Bad move! Ahma lands a right hand from hell, dropping Graves. Ahma pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Verneri Ahma!
An out of breath Verneri Ahma 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacque Joteel (ranked 62 p4p, 103 weight class) and Aramis Knox (ranked 9 p4p, 17 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Joteel might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Moogwalze. Knox has chosen You're Going Down | Sick Puppies as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque Joteel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox swings for the body but Joteel moves out of range.
Joteel delivers a nice body kick.
Joteel cracks Knox with an open hand slap.
Joteel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Joteel walks into a stiff left hand from Knox.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Joteel is just out of range.
Joteel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joteel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Knox. Knox circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Joteel scores with a nice strike.
Joteel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joteel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Knox slips a straight right by Joteel.
Knox appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Joteel throws a jab when Knox was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joteel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Joteel misses the body punch
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joteel tries to land a leg kick but Knox saw it coming and moves away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knox checks a leg kick.
Knox moves out of range of the leg kick from Joteel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joteel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knox checks a leg kick.
Joteel tries to score with a low kick but Knox moves his leg out of the way.
Knox misses with a right hand
and Joteel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Joteel's shoulder, as Joteel tries to avoid the shot.
Knox throws a hook but Joteel blocks it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Joteel.
Joteel is looking to land body kicks.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Joteel saw that one coming.
Joteel lands with a hook. Knox tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Joteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox cracks Joteel with an open hand slap.
Joteel swings widly with a right hand
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox throws a predictable looking body shot
and Joteel counters with a straight right hand.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Joteel doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Joteel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Knox jabs Joteel right on the nose. Joteel blinks but takes it well.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Knox takes a swing at Joteel's ribcage but misses.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joteel counters with a good, hard body kick but Knox shrugs it off.
Joteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Knox tries to counter with a clinch but Joteel shakes him off and moves away.
Joteel scores with a punch to the head.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Joteel moves away and avoids it.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Knox tries to counter with a clinch but Joteel shakes him off and moves away.
Joteel jabs Knox to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Joteel.
Joteel falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knox checks a leg kick.
Joteel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a jab to the head.
Joteel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Joteel throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jacque Joteel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joteel connects with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joteel.
Joteel misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joteel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joteel just misses with a punch to the body.
Joteel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Knox connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Joteel scrambles back to his feet.
Joteel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Knox connects with a looping right hand.
Joteel throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joteel ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox blocks a leg kick.
Knox 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.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Knox blocks the leg kick.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Joteel throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joteel. That's going to slow Knox down.
A shot to the body from Joteel misses
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Joteel is just out of range.
Joteel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Joteel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joteel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Joteel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Joteel scores with a body shot.
Joteel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joteel thuds a left hand into Knox's body.
Joteel moves out of range of the strikes.
Joteel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joteel misses with a looping left.
Joteel loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.
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 Jacque Joteel will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Joteel.
Joteel lands a jab.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joteel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Joteel scores with a nice right hand.
Joteel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Joteel scores with a leg kick.
Joteel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knox finds it's way round the side to connect with Joteel's head.
Knox throws a body punch but Joteel moves out of range.
Joteel is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Joteel avoids the body shot from Knox.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joteel slips under a jab from Knox.
Knox lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joteel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knox staying out of range there.
Joteel misses with a left hand
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox throws a body punch but Joteel moves out of range.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Joteel's shoulder, as Joteel tries to avoid the shot.
Joteel is looking to counter punch.
Joteel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joteel appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knox throws a shot to the body.
Joteel moves away from the strike by Knox.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joteel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Joteel throws a sloppy head kick
and Knox makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab from Joteel finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
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!
Joteel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knox! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Nice shot by Knox.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Knox, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joteel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A jab from Joteel misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Joteel quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Joteel takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joteel looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joteel throws a leg kick
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Joteel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joteel throws out the jab.
Joteel throws a solid leg kick but Knox takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joteel.
Knox fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Joteel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joteel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Knox takes a kick to the side of the head.
Joteel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joteel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Joteel scoring well with a low kick there.
Joteel scores with a body shot.
Knox lands with a nice body punch.
Joteel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Joteel.
Joteel motions for Knox to come forward. Joteel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knox throws a hook but Joteel avoids it easily.
Joteel appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Joteel thumps Knox with a low kick.
Joteel scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joteel thows a leg kick but Knox checks it
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Joteel defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joteel misses with a series of wild punches.
Knox wants to counter the offense by Joteel and move into the clinch position.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Joteel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox cracks a nice hook into Joteel's ribs.
Joteel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knox's hands.
Joteel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Joteel moved out of range nicely.
Joteel thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Knox if he has to take too many more of those.
Joteel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joteel looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joteel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joteel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joteel manages to avoid it.
Joteel tried to counter with a leg kick but Knox avoided it.
Joteel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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 Jacque Joteel will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Joteel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knox.
A nice side step and Knox releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Knox takes one to the chin there.
An inside leg kick from Joteel misses.
Knox looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Joteel takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Knox dips to his left and cracks Joteel with an uppercut!
Joteel throws a jab when Knox was well out of range.
Joteel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joteel blocks a jab.
Joteel blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel walks into a left hand.
Joteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Joteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Nice shot by Knox.
Joteel with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joteel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox misses with a hook.
A quick step to the side and Joteel tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jacque Joteel is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox defending well as Joteel loads up on a big left hand.
Knox misses the jab.
Joteel lands with a good body shot.
Knox moves forwards but Joteel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Nice shot lands for Joteel.
Joteel throws a big shot that misses.
Knox with a hook.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox moves out of range as Joteel strikes.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joteel.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Joteel uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox moves out of range of the body kick from Joteel.
A telegraphed right hand from Joteel misses the target.
Knox has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A jab from Knox finds it's way through Joteel's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joteel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knox at a distance.
Knox takes a swing at Joteel's ribcage but misses.
Knox smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Joteel's head but Joteel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joteel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Joteel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Joteel.
Joteel thows a body kick. Knox tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Joteel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joteel.
Joteel misses the shot to the body.
Joteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Knox is able to avoid easily.
Joteel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Joteel misses with an uppercut.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joteel.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Joteel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Joteel's head but Joteel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox throws a jab when Joteel was well out of range.
Knox has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Joteel.
Knox misses with a body punch
and Joteel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joteel scores with a push kick.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox misses with a hook
and Joteel counters with a stiff right hand.
Joteel digs a good body shot into Knox's ribs.
A slow jab from Joteel misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Knox if he has to take too many more of those.
Knox throws a hook but Joteel avoids it easily.
Joteel cracks Knox with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Joteel misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
Joteel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Good standup being displayed there by Joteel as he connects with a hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Joteel!
Knox takes a swing at Joteel's ribcage but misses.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joteel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Joteel slips the punch.
Joteel throws out a powerful jab.
Joteel looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacque Joteel clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Joteel just misses with a punch to the body.
Joteel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Joteel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Joteel looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Knox throws a hook but Joteel blocks it.
Nice cross by Joteel.
Knox moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joteel.
Knox swings for the body but Joteel moves out of range.
Joteel moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws the left hand but Joteel avoids the punch easily.
Joteel throws a body shot but no joy.
Joteel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joteel misses with a straight right.
Knox scores with a hook to the body. Joteel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joteel slips a jab from Knox.
Knox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big left from Knox misses.
Joteel throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.
Joteel lands a jab.
Knox swings for the body but Joteel moves out of range.
Knox moves forwards but Joteel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Knox looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Joteel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Joteel misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Joteel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joteel throws a wild body kick that Knox sees coming a mile off.
Joteel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joteel is looking to score with low kicks.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Joteel jabs Knox to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Joteel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joteel feints and then cracks Knox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knox down.
Joteel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Knox is out of range.
Joteel throws a low kick but Knox avoids it.
Joteel lands the left hand.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joteel.
Joteel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Joteel finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Joteel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joteel manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Knox lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joteel doesn't seem phased though.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joteel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Joteel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Knox might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Joteel has got the better of the exchanges.
Joteel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big right from Knox misses.
Joteel lands a leg kick that knocks Knox off balance momentarily.
Joteel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Knox misses with a series of wild punches.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joteel.
Good leg kick by Joteel.
Joteel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
A jab from Knox does it's job there.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joteel.
Joteel throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Joteel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Knox.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joteel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Joteel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joteel lands with a hook. Knox tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Joteel throws a quick counter head kick but Knox was just out of range.
Knox slips a jab from Joteel.
Knox swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox takes a swing at Joteel's ribcage but misses.
Joteel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joteel throws the kick towards the body but Knox avoids it.
Knox moves out of range of the body kick.
Joteel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Knox in his tracks.
Joteel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joteel throws out a leg kick but Knox moves out of range and Joteel only half commits.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacque Joteel had his way with Aramis Knox in that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
No joy there for Knox, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joteel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joteel.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Joteel saw that one coming.
Joteel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joteel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knox lands with a good body shot.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joteel manages to avoid it.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
letting Joteel counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox checks a low kick from Joteel.
Knox checks a leg kick.
Joteel misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joteel.
It looked like Joteel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joteel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Joteel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Knox slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
Joteel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joteel 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 Knox has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Knox and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joteel throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Joteel wants to land a leg kick but Knox is out of range.
Knox looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joteel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Joteel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A quick step to the side and Joteel tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox lands a nice hook to Joteel's body. Joteel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Joteel swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox slips a jab from Joteel.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Joteel doesn't seem bothered though.
Knox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knox misses with an uppercut
and Joteel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joteel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
A quick step to the side and Joteel tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy body kick from Joteel
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Joteel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox tests Joteel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That kick from Joteel tenderised Knox's leg. Knox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Joteel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Joteel with the inside leg kick.
Joteel throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Joteel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joteel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Joteel misses
and Joteel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox scores with a nice strike.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Joteel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joteel misses with a right hand
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Knox with a jab.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Joteel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joteel thuds his right hand into Knox's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Knox lands a nice shot that snaps Joteel's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Joteel is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joteel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Aramis Knox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Knox connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Joteel momentarily.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joteel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Knox is out of range.
Joteel misses with a looping left.
Knox now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joteel manages to avoid it.
Joteel throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Joteel is just out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aramis Knox comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joteel 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacque Joteel!
Jacque Joteel retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Jacque Joteel, 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.
Aramis Knox was interviewed post fight and said '"If you haven't lost in this
sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes) '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tan Zan (ranked 224 p4p, 268 weight class) and Vlad Tepes Iii (ranked 34 p4p, 43 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 31 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tan Zan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Vlad Tepes Iii!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tepes Iii gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tepes Iii misses the shot to the body.
Zan swings widly with a right hand
and Tepes Iii counters with a big head kick but Zan shrugs it off.
Tepes Iii looks to land a left hand but Zan moved out of range nicely.
Tepes Iii connects with a jab.
Tepes Iii throws an overhand right that lands on Zan's shoulder, as Zan tries to avoid the shot.
Tepes Iii ducks under a wild hook from Zan.
Tepes Iii misses the shot to the body.
Zan jabs at Tepes Iii's body.
We've been told by Zan's head coaches at Alpha Brasil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tepes Iii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tepes Iii takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tepes Iii throws a body punch but Zan moves out of range.
Tepes Iii lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tepes Iii throws a low kick, looking for Zan's leg but Zan calmly moves out of range.
Tepes Iii tries to move into range but Zan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zan throws a body punch but Tepes Iii moves out of range.
Tepes Iii is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Zan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zan misses with an uppercut.
Tepes Iii on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes Iii moves away from the strike by Zan.
Tan Zan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tepes Iii throws a shot from downtown. Zan moves away and avoids it.
Zan is looking to counter punch.
Zan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tepes Iii can pounce on him.
Zan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tepes Iii doesn't seem bothered though.
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tepes Iii moves away.
Zan scores with a jab. Tepes Iii acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zan looks to land a right hand but Tepes Iii moved out of range.
Zan scores with a jab to the body.
Tepes Iii lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zan lands with a shot to the body.
Zan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zan thuds his right hand into Tepes Iii's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Vlad Tepes Iii has been cut.
Zan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tepes Iii.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes Iii dips to his left and cracks Zan with an uppercut!
Tepes Iii scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zan in his tracks.
Tepes Iii ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab from Tepes Iii.
Zan throws the left hand but Tepes Iii avoids the punch easily.
Zan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zan. Tepes Iii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zan lands with a nice combination. Tepes Iii backs away looking to recover.
Tepes Iii takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tepes Iii slips a jab from Zan.
Tepes Iii looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tepes Iii on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tepes Iii.
Zan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tepes Iii thuds his right hand into Zan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii misses the shot to the body.
Zan throws a hook to the side of Tepes Iii's head but Tepes Iii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zan throws a hook but Tepes Iii blocks it.
Tepes Iii has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Zan ducks right into an uppercut from Tepes Iii.
Zan throws the left hand but Tepes Iii avoids the punch easily.
Tepes Iii clobbers Zan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tepes Iii takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tepes Iii shoots in looking for a takedown but Zan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tepes Iii's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tepes Iii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zan moves away.
Tepes Iii throws an overhand right that lands on Zan's shoulder, as Zan tries to avoid the shot.
Tepes Iii closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Zan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Zan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tepes Iii.
Zan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tepes Iii has time to react.
Zan misses with a wild body shot.
Tepes Iii tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zan takes a swing at Tepes Iii's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tepes Iii's head backwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tepes Iii.
Zan connects with the punch.
Zan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tepes Iii.
Zan misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Tepes Iii on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zan misses with a wild body shot.
Tepes Iii misses with a head kick.
Tepes Iii scores with a jab.
Tepes Iii throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tepes Iii shoots in looking for a takedown but Zan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tepes Iii's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A little feinted left hand from Zan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tan Zan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlad Tepes Iii.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zan drives through and clinches with Tepes Iii against the cage.
Zan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tepes Iii lands a nice shot to the body.
Tepes Iii swings wildly with an uppercut but Zan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tepes Iii blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tan Zan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vlad Tepes Iii's cut.
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.
Zan walks into a left hand.
Tepes Iii moves away from the strike by Zan.
Tepes Iii lands with a kick to the ribs.
Zan lands a nice shot that snaps Tepes Iii's head back.
Tan Zan is winning the standup battle so far.
Tepes Iii misses with a wild body shot.
Tepes Iii takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tepes Iii avoids the body shot from Zan.
Tepes Iii swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zan misses with an uppercut
and Tepes Iii counters with a nice uppercut.
Zan looks to land a right hand but Tepes Iii moved out of range.
Tepes Iii lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tepes Iii lands with an overhand left.
Tepes Iii has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zan checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tepes Iii slips a straight right by Zan.
Zan moves out of range of the strikes.
Tan Zan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tepes Iii.
Zan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zan backing away here, and Tepes Iii unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan looks to land a left hand but Tepes Iii moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Zan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tepes Iii moves out of range as Zan strikes.
Zan moves out of range as Tepes Iii throws a body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Zan misses its target.
Tepes Iii slips under a jab from Zan.
Zan with a hook.
Zan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zan takes a swing at Tepes Iii's ribcage but misses.
Zan avoids the body shot from Tepes Iii.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zan finds it's way round the side to connect with Tepes Iii's head.
Nice uppercut lands for Zan. That snapped Tepes Iii's head back.
Tepes Iii throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tepes Iii throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Tepes Iii.
Zan scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zan throws a combination. Tepes Iii tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tepes Iii smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Zan misses the target.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Zan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Zan misses with a looping right.
Tepes Iii scores with a decent looking hook.
Zan avoids the body shot from Tepes Iii.
Zan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tepes Iii. That one must have hurt.
Zan misses with a straight right.
Tepes Iii slips under a jab from Zan.
Tepes Iii connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zan lands with a cross.
Zan lands a lovely overhand right.
Zan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tepes Iii counters with an outside leg kick.
Zan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tepes Iii works Zan's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii slips a jab from Zan.
Tepes Iii slips under a jab.
Tepes Iii lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zan ducks under a wild hook from Tepes Iii.
Zan punishes Tepes Iii's body with a nice straight punch.
Tepes Iii cracks Zan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zan. Tepes Iii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tepes Iii uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zan.
Tepes Iii unleashes a big counter combination but Zan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tepes Iii misses with a looping left.
Zan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tepes Iii lands with an uppercut that bounces Zan off the cage and back into range.
Tepes Iii throws a head kick but Zan moves out of range.
Zan throws an overhand right that lands on Tepes Iii's shoulder, as Tepes Iii tries to avoid the shot.
Tepes Iii is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zan with a body shot.
Zan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Tepes Iii throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tepes Iii uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zan.
Jab, jab by Zan - just one landing.
Zan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tepes Iii tries to score with a low kick but Zan moves his leg out of the way.
Zan ducks right into an uppercut from Tepes Iii.
Zan throws a body punch but Tepes Iii moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tepes Iii tries to land a body kick
and Tepes Iii takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tepes Iii defending well as Zan loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Tepes Iii. That snapped Zan's head back.
Zan just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vlad Tepes Iii will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vlad Tepes Iii's cut.
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!
Tepes Iii missing with a left hand there. Zan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tepes Iii lands a leg kick that knocks Zan off balance momentarily.
Zan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tepes Iii.
Zan misses with a left hand
and Tepes Iii counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tepes Iii moves away.
Tepes Iii gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zan.
Zan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tepes Iii comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Zan defends it well.
Tepes Iii slips a straight right by Zan.
Zan tries to clinch but Tepes Iii is having none of it.
Tepes Iii throws a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zan takes one to the chin there.
Nice body punch from Zan.
Zan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tepes Iii.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tepes Iii.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tepes Iii fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes Iii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tepes Iii connects with a jab.
Zan looks to throw the jab but Tepes Iii is out of range.
Zan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tepes Iii counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tepes Iii.
Zan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tepes Iii moves forwards but Zan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zan avoids the body shot from Tepes Iii.
Zan ducks under a wild hook from Tepes Iii.
Zan throws a body punch but Tepes Iii moves out of range.
Zan connects with a right hand. Tepes Iii shakes it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii misses with an uppercut. Zan saw that one coming.
Zan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zan just misses with a punch to the body.
Zan throws a body shot but no joy.
Zan loads up on a big right hand but Tepes Iii slips the punch.
Zan clobbers Tepes Iii with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tepes Iii defending well as Zan loads up on a big left hand.
Tepes Iii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zan.
Tepes Iii looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tepes Iii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zan.
Tepes Iii punishes Zan's body with a nice straight punch.
Zan misses with a hook.
Tepes Iii looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Zan!
Tepes Iii working the ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tepes Iii wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Zan is working hard here to advance position.
Tepes Iii goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Zan rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Tepes Iii's guard! Nice work there by Zan!
Tepes Iii bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zan's guard.
Tepes Iii trying to control the position from guard on top but Zan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zan has momentary wrist control but Tepes Iii slips an elbow through the middle.
Tepes Iii looking to pass the guard.
Tepes Iii controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Tepes Iii has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Zan keeping full guard, as Tepes Iii tries to pass.
Zan keeping moving, preventing Tepes Iii from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vlad Tepes Iii.
I think Tepes Iii 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between My Time (ranked 69 p4p, 119 weight class) and Obi Wan Kenobi (ranked 10 p4p, 14 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 - 0, fighting out of London, My Time!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Obi Wan Kenobi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenobi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Time is out of range and Kenobi settles back down.
Kenobi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Time keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Time misses with a looping right.
Kenobi scores with the left hand. Time knows he should have avoided that one.
Kenobi fakes the leg kick and cracks Time in the body.
Time just misses with a punch to the body.
Time walks into a straight right hand from Kenobi.
Time throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Time throws a big shot that misses.
Kenobi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Time was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenobi.
Kenobi misses with a straight left.
Time throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Time misses.
Kenobi misses the jab.
And Time counters with a quick kick to the body but Kenobi blocks it.
Kenobi tests Time's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Kenobi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Time looks for the body kick but Kenobi saw that one coming.
Kenobi throws the left hand but Time avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Kenobi misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - Kenobi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenobi lands a nice looking body shot.
Time shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Time fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kenobi manages to avoid it.
Time displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kenobi throws out the jab.
Time tries to clinch up.
Kenobi thuds his right hand into Time's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Kenobi misses.
Kenobi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Time to counter with a crisp jab.
Kenobi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Time takes a swing at Kenobi's ribcage but misses.
Time tries to clinch up.
Obi Wan Kenobi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kenobi lands an overhand right.
Time throws a head kick but Kenobi moves out of range.
Kenobi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Time.
Kenobi throws an overhand right that lands on Time's shoulder, as Time tries to avoid the shot.
Kenobi moves in looking to clinch but Time pushes him off.
Kenobi tries to land a body kick
and Time counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Time avoids a kick to the body.
Time scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Time scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kenobi in his tracks.
Kenobi misses with an uppercut.
Time fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kenobi just manages to avoid it.
Kenobi takes a swing at Time's ribcage but misses.
Kenobi connects with a jab.
Time misses the jab.
Kenobi misses with a hook. Time ducked under it nicely.
Time slips under a jab from Kenobi.
Kenobi throws a body shot but no joy.
Kenobi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Time is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kenobi.
It seemed like Kenobi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kenobi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Time.
Kenobi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kenobi misses the shot to the body.
Kenobi looks to throw the jab but Time is out of range.
Kenobi closes the distance and clinches.
Time is working Kenobi over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Kenobi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kenobi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kenobi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Time lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Time breaks the clinch.
Kenobi dodges the punch combination from Time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kenobi. Time does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid body kick from Time.
Kenobi slips a jab from Time.
Kenobi moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick misses from Kenobi.
No joy there for Time, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Time throws out a loose jab but Kenobi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenobi tries to clinch but Time moves out of range.
Kenobi misses with an uppercut.
Time feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kenobi connects with a leg kick.
Kenobi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Time.
Time forces Kenobi back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Time.
Kenobi lands an elbow that stopped Time in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Time.
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!
Kenobi lands with a short shot to the head.
I was talking to Time's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Time lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Time - that landed with a thud.
Kenobi lands with a short shot to the head.
Time tries to work over Kenobi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kenobi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Time swings wildly with an uppercut but Kenobi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenobi has a couple of punches blocked by Time.
Time takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from Time - that landed with a thud.
Kenobi misses with some punches.
Kenobi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Time gets through Kenobi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Time misses with a short punch on the inside.
Time throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenobi.
Time misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kenobi lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Time.
Time blocks an elbow strike from Kenobi.
Nice elbow from Kenobi.
Kenobi tries to throw a body punch but Time avoids it by throwing Kenobi back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Obi Wan Kenobi will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kenobi throws a leg kick which misses Time's front leg but catches the back leg as Time tries to avoid it.
Time on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kenobi. Kenobi obviously looking to wear him down.
Time keeps Kenobi at a distance using the push kick.
Time steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kenobi.
Time jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Time throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kenobi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Kenobi.
Kenobi thumps Time with a low kick.
Kenobi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Time makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kenobi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kenobi looks to throw the jab but Time is out of range.
Kenobi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Time uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kenobi.
Kenobi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Time moves away.
Kenobi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Time blocks a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kenobi wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Time lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kenobi takes a step back to recover.
Kenobi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Time manages to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kenobi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kenobi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kenobi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Time swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Time lands a leg kick that knocks Kenobi off balance momentarily.
Kenobi misses the shot to the body.
Kenobi lands a nice looking body shot.
Time throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kenobi.
Kenobi throws a big shot that misses.
Time takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Time scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Time is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Kenobi misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Time tries to clinch but Kenobi moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kenobi misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Time takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kenobi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Time.
Obi Wan Kenobi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A clash of legs there as Time blocks the low kick.
Kenobi looks to land a right hand but Time moved out of range.
Kenobi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Time looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kenobi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Time lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kenobi's sensitive parts.
A leg kick checked by Kenobi.
Kenobi scores with a body shot.
Kenobi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenobi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kenobi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenobi blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Time.
Time blocking some punches.
Time lands a right hand.
It looks like Obi Wan Kenobi has been cut.
Time working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Time lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Time has a couple of punches blocked by Kenobi.
Time softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kenobi.
A short body shot lands from Kenobi as the two fighters clinch.
Time lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kenobi working aggressively here.
Time misses with the head strike.
Kenobi has a couple of punches blocked by Time.
Kenobi blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kenobi.
Kenobi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kenobi blocks an uppercut.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kenobi lands a damaging elbow.
A shot in the inside from Time.
Kenobi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Time.
Time breaks the clinch.
Time ducks under a wild hook from Kenobi.
Kenobi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Time dodges an elbow strike from Kenobi.
Kenobi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Time working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
 It looks like My Time has been cut.
Kenobi throws an elbow that misses.
Kenobi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Time scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Time lands with a right to the head.
Time lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Kenobi.
Time's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kenobi throws a big shot that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kenobi.
Kenobi throws a leg kick but Time sees it coming and moves out of range.
Time slips a jab from Kenobi.
Time tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kenobi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kenobi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Time checks it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Time displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kenobi throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Kenobi misses the target.
Kenobi misses with a looping left.
A shot to the liver by Time. Beautiful body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Obi Wan Kenobi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kenobi throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Kenobi misses the target.
Kenobi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kenobi connects with the punch.
Time takes a swing at Kenobi's ribcage but misses.
Time throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kenobi wants to clinch up but Time keeps it at a distance.
Kenobi pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Time back to the cage. Kenobi follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A looping hook to the body misses from Time. Kenobi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Time fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kenobi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Time with a nice calf kick.
Kenobi throws a hook but Time blocks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Time.
Kenobi throws a big shot that misses.
Kenobi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Kenobi misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Time lands a glancing blow to the side of Kenobi's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kenobi.
Nice cross by Kenobi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Time looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kenobi! But no joy.
Kenobi missing with a left hand there. Time was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Time checks a leg kick.
Kenobi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Time throws out a loose jab but Kenobi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenobi throws a leg kick but Time moved away.
Time looks to land a left hand but Kenobi moved out of range nicely.
Kenobi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kenobi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Time bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kenobi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Time.
Time tries to work over Kenobi's front leg with a kick but Kenobi checks it.
Jab, jab by Kenobi - just one landing.
Kenobi misses with a straight left.
Time connects with the punch.
Time scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Time on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
My Time has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi stuns Time with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
Kenobi throws a leg kick which misses Time's front leg but catches the back leg as Time tries to avoid it.
Time fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kenobi.
Time looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A countering left hand to the body from Kenobi misses.
Time is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kenobi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Time looks to land a left hand but Kenobi moved out of range nicely.
Kenobi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Time.
Time misses with a double jab
and Kenobi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A cross from Kenobi lands.
Time lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheers as Kenobi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Time doesn't seem phased though.
Kenobi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Time.
Time tries to close the distance and clinch but Kenobi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kenobi is looking to clinch.
Time walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kenobi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Time looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kenobi throws the left hand but Time avoids the punch easily.
Kenobi scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from Kenobi tenderised Time's leg. Time is trying to keep his angry face on.
Time moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kenobi misses with a punch to the body.
Kenobi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Time backwards.
Kenobi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kenobi can't find room to land a body shot as Time controls the action.
Time swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kenobi swings wildly with an uppercut but Time uses good head movement to avoid it.
Time manages to break the clinch.
Kenobi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kenobi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kenobi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Time misses with an uppercut. Kenobi saw that one coming.
Kenobi avoids a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Time takes one on the button.
Kenobi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Time looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Time gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kenobi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kenobi misses with an elbow over the top.
Time scores with a shot to the side of Kenobi's head.
Kenobi lands a hook that snaps the head of Time backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kenobi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Time misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kenobi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Time lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kenobi backwards.
Time throws a head punch that misses.
Time pushes Kenobi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Time lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kenobi backwards.
Kenobi tries a body shot but Time blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Obi Wan Kenobi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kenobi 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Obi Wan Kenobi!
Obi Wan Kenobi took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Carnage Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Kahn (ranked 14 p4p, 132 weight class) and Jeremy Jones (ranked 4 p4p, 20 weight class). Kahn comes to the cage accompanied by كارتل مدان. 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 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mohammed Kahn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kahn slips a jab from Jones.
Jeremy Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
It looks like Mohammed Kahn has been cut.
Kahn blocks a head kick by Jones.
Kahn is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Kahn is just out of range.
It looked like Kahn was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kahn throws a counter high kick but Jones was just alert enough to avoid it.
Kahn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kahn drops his hands momentarily and Jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahn dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones scores with a head kick. Kahn tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jones misses with a kick to the body
and Kahn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones lands a leg kick that knocks Kahn off balance momentarily.
Nice body kick there by Kahn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws an off balance right hand
and Kahn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones misses with an uppercut
and Kahn counters with a straight right hand.
Kahn explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kahn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mohammed Kahn's cut is getting worse.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Kahn throws a combination that misses
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones thuds his right hand into Kahn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones tries to land a body kick
and Kahn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kahn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kahn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones throws out a counter right but Kahn avoids it with no problem.
Kahn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Kahn feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kahn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones misses with a right hand
letting Kahn counter with a right hand.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Kahn sees coming a mile off.
Jones misses with a body kick.
It looked like Kahn was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mohammed Kahn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kahn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones misses with a lunging right hand
and Kahn counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones throws a lazy head kick
and Kahn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jones misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kahn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from Kahn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Kahn with a nice cross.
It looks like Jeremy Jones has been cut.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kahn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kahn misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Kahn fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kahn moves out of range of the body kick.
Kahn lands a head kick!
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Kahn counters with a nice right hand that sends Jones toppling to the canvas! Jones scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Kahn finish him?!
Jones is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kahn misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Kahn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mohammed Kahn's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kahn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kahn throws an off balance right hand
and Jones counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kahn's knee momentarily.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Kahn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kahn moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Kahn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kahn slips a jab from Jones.
Kahn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones tries to land a body kick
and Kahn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Kahn.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Kahn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Kahn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick there by Jones.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed Kahn dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kahn lands with a cross.
Kahn takes the fight into the clinch.
Kahn lands a body shot.
Kahn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kahn backwards.
Kahn is working Jones over against the cage.
Jones pushes Kahn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kahn has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Kahn avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kahn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Kahn.
Jones prevents a body shot from Kahn.
Kahn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Kahn tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kahn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kahn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Kahn has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
A short right from Kahn.
Jones has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kahn seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jones can turn it around.
A right hand to the body from Kahn.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kahn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kahn.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kahn slips a straight right by Jones.
Kahn misses with a kick to the body.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kahn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a three punch combo!
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Kahn counters with a crisp right hand that drops Jones! Kahn lets Jones back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Kahn finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kahn ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Jones out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mohammed Kahn!
Mohammed Kahn retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Mohammed Kahn thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Muller (ranked 61 p4p, 68 weight class) and Tobig Tofail (ranked 10 p4p, 11 weight class). Muller comes into the arena with In the Hall of the Mountain King blaring out of the sound system. Tofail is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Too sexy. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Muller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tobig Tofail!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tofail.
Tofail lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Muller throws a leg kick
and Tofail counters with a head kick that drops Muller to the mat! Muller scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
 Muller is rocked!
Muller looks to land a left hand but Tofail moved out of range nicely.
Muller throws a good cross that connects.
Wolfgang Muller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muller misses with an uppercut
and Tofail counters with a nice right hand that sends Muller toppling to the canvas! Muller scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Tofail finish him?!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muller throws a lazy uppercut
and Tofail counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tobig Tofail!
Tobig Tofail is the new heavyweight champion!
Tobig Tofail 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Bobblehead (ranked 8 p4p, 21 weight class) and Izzy Bangin (ranked 2 p4p, 3 weight class). Bobblehead comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. 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 welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Bobblehead!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Izzy Bangin!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bobblehead throws a jab when Bangin was well out of range.
Bangin tries a low kick but Bobblehead avoids it.
Bobblehead throws a sloppy head kick and Bangin moves out of range easily.
Bangin throws a leg kick
and Bobblehead counters with an outside leg kick.
Bobblehead scores with a leg kick.
Bangin misses with a hook. Bobblehead ducked under it nicely.
Bangin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bangin.
A jab from Bangin misses.
Bangin lands with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bangin throws a low kick but Bobblehead moves out of range easily.
Bobblehead checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bobblehead throwing a counter right hand but Bangin manages to avoid it.
Bangin throws a leg kick which misses Bobblehead's front leg but catches the back leg as Bobblehead tries to avoid it.
Bobblehead moves out of range of the leg kick from Bangin.
A little feinted left hand from Bobblehead on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've been informed that Bangin 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.
Bangin thows a leg kick but Bobblehead checks it
and Bobblehead counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobblehead takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bangin scores with a jab to the body.
Bangin throws a wild body kick that Bobblehead sees coming a mile off.
Bobblehead swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bangin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bobblehead counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bobblehead stalling.
Bangin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bobblehead.
Bobblehead is trying to control. Bangin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Bobblehead there.
Bangin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bobblehead looking to pass the guard.
Bobblehead throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bangin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobblehead slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bobblehead trying to control but Bangin is working from the bottom.
Bobblehead postures up in Bangin's guard and throws a big left but Bangin blocks it.
Bangin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Bobblehead throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bobblehead wants to control from the top but Bangin keeps moving.
Bobblehead is looking to work some ground and pound but Bangin has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bangin is on top in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bobblehead controls Bangin momentarily but Bangin frees himself.
Bobblehead wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Bangin is now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobblehead looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bobblehead trying to control here.
Bangin is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bobblehead gets back to full guard.
Bobblehead is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bobblehead looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bangin passes into side control.
Bobblehead looks to move to half guard but instead Bangin has passed into mount! Damn!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bobblehead is looking to improve his position but Bangin isn't that keen on the idea.
Bangin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bangin tries to control but Bobblehead wriggling away.
Bobblehead is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bobblehead slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bobblehead is looking to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Izzy Bangin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bobblehead stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bangin.
Bangin lands with a nice body kick.
Bangin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bangin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bangin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bobblehead's sensitive parts.
Bangin wants to land a leg kick but Bobblehead is out of range.
Bobblehead went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bobblehead.
Bangin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bobblehead.
Bangin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobblehead throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bobblehead takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Izzy Bangin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bobblehead cracks Bangin with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bobblehead scores with a nice right hand.
Bobblehead misses with a right hand
and Bangin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bangin misses with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bangin.
Bobblehead connects with a nice looking jab.
Bobblehead is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Bobblehead misses with a hook
and Bangin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bobblehead thinking.
Bobblehead falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bangin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bobblehead throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bangin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bobblehead's knee momentarily.
Bangin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bangin connects with a right hand. Bobblehead shakes it off.
Bangin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bobblehead has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bangin.
Bobblehead throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bangin counters with a left to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bobblehead moves away from the strike by Bangin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobblehead checks a low kick from Bangin.
Bobblehead seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bobblehead shoots in for a takedown but Bangin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bobblehead takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bangin dips to his left and cracks Bobblehead with an uppercut!
Bangin wants to slow Bobblehead down by chopping away at his legs.
Bobblehead changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Bangin.
Bobblehead misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Bangin to counter with a crisp jab.
Bobblehead misses with a body shot
and Bangin counters with a straight right hand.
Bangin throws the kick towards the body but Bobblehead avoids it.
Bangin lands with a nice body punch.
Izzy Bangin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bobblehead tries to bum rush Bangin with a series of wild strikes but Bangin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bangin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bangin tries to move into range but Bobblehead moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bobblehead has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bangin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bangin lands with a cross.
Bobblehead doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bobblehead takes a swing at Bangin's ribcage but misses.
Bangin blocks a jab.
Bobblehead swings widly with a right hand
and Bangin counters with a left to the body.
Bobblehead takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bangin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bangin connects with the punch.
Bangin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bangin throws a poor cross that misses
and Bobblehead connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bobblehead's corner calls for a 1-2. Bobblehead obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bangin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bobblehead is out of range.
Bangin misses with a looping left.
Bobblehead throws a low kick, looking for Bangin's leg but Bangin calmly moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bobblehead checks a low kick from Bangin.
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!
Bangin drops his hands momentarily and Bobblehead takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bobblehead needs to keep his hands up - Bangin had a free shot at his head there.
Bobblehead fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bangin manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bangin! But no joy.
Bobblehead takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bangin with a jab.
Bangin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bobblehead is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bangin lands a nice looking body shot.
Bobblehead misses with a hook
and Bangin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bangin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bangin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bangin scores with a nice right hand.
Bangin lands with a straight right. Bobblehead didn't see that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Izzy Bangin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bangin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bangin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That kick from Bangin tenderised Bobblehead's leg. Bobblehead is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bangin scores with a spinning back kick!
Bangin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bobblehead dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bobblehead closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bangin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bangin walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobblehead has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bangin blocks a head kick by Bobblehead.
Bangin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bangin wants it to stay on the feet.
Bangin tries to score with a low kick but Bobblehead moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bangin moves away from the strike by Bobblehead.
Bangin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bobblehead has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bangin throws a leg kick
and Bobblehead counters with a head kick. That will keep Bangin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bangin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bobblehead. Bobblehead circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Bobblehead misses.
Bobblehead chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bangin can pounce on him.
Bobblehead blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Bangin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick from Bobblehead is predictable there
and Bangin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bobblehead scores with a jab to the body.
Bobblehead moves out of range as Bangin throws a body kick.
As Bangin looks to move away, Bobblehead throws a big counter combo but Bangin just gets out of the way.
Bobblehead takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bobblehead misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Bobblehead misses.
Bangin misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Bobblehead blocks the low kick.
Bangin lands a front kick.
Bobblehead walks into a left hand.
Bangin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bangin thumps Bobblehead with a low kick.
Bangin lands a leg kick that knocks Bobblehead off balance momentarily.
Bobblehead looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sloppy strikes from Bobblehead. Those never looked like landing.
Bangin connects with a jab.
Bobblehead takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bangin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bangin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bobblehead has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bangin scores with the left hand. Bobblehead knows he should have avoided that one.
Bangin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bobblehead looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bangin looks to score with a jab to the body but Bobblehead is just out of range.
Bangin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A telegraphed right hand from Bangin misses the target.
Bobblehead is looking to counter with head kicks.
Bangin blocks the body kick.
Bobblehead throws a hook to the side of Bangin's head but Bangin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Izzy Bangin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bobblehead swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bangin lands with a shot to the body.
Bangin throws out a leg kick but Bobblehead moves out of range and Bangin only half commits.
Bobblehead slips under a jab.
Bangin scores with a leg kick.
Bobblehead checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bangin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bangin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bangin catches Bobblehead with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bangin jabs at Bobblehead's body.
Nice shot lands for Bobblehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bangin. Bobblehead does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bangin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bangin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bobblehead ducks right into an uppercut from Bangin.
Bangin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bobblehead with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bobblehead throws a head kick that misses.
Bobblehead misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Izzy Bangin really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bobblehead fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bangin manages to avoid it.
Bangin lands a nice hook to Bobblehead's body. Bobblehead takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bobblehead takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bangin looks to land a right hand but Bobblehead moved out of range.
Bangin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bobblehead.
Bobblehead misses with a wild body shot.
That kick from Bangin tenderised Bobblehead's leg. Bobblehead is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bangin scores with a nice strike.
Bangin lands with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bangin lands a nice hook to Bobblehead's body. Bobblehead takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bangin misses with an uppercut. Bobblehead saw that one coming.
No joy there for Bobblehead, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bangin digs a good body shot into Bobblehead's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bangin thuds his shin into the meat of Bobblehead's side.
Bangin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Bangin.
Bangin throws a solid leg kick but Bobblehead takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bangin.
A little feinted left hand from Bobblehead on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bangin defending well as Bobblehead loads up on a big left hand.
Bangin tries a quick counter leg kick but Bobblehead is wise to it.
Bangin lands a body shot.
Bangin moves out of range as Bobblehead strikes.
Bangin slips a jab from Bobblehead.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bangin.
Bangin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bobblehead's head backwards.
Bangin scoring well with a low kick there.
Bobblehead fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bangin manages to avoid it.
Bangin throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bangin.
Bobblehead misses with a hook. Bangin ducked under it nicely.
Bobblehead shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bangin lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Bobblehead misses
and Bangin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bangin misses the shot to the body.
Bobblehead takes one to the chin there.
Bobblehead blocks a leg kick.
Bobblehead takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bobblehead works the jab nicely.
Bangin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bobblehead drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bangin sprawls and moves away.
Bangin gets caught napping as Bobblehead dives in and scores a takedown. Bangin manages to retain guard.
Bangin manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Bangin.
Bangin working aggressively here.
Bobblehead misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bobblehead misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bangin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bobblehead backwards.
Bangin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bobblehead changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bangin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bangin blocks a head kick by Bobblehead.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bangin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bangin.
Bobblehead takes one to the side of the head.
Bobblehead misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bangin slips a jab from Bobblehead.
Nice defenses there by Bangin.
Bangin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bobblehead if he has to take too many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bobblehead rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bangin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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 leg kick lands there from Bangin.
Crunch! Bangin slams his shin into Bobblehead's torso.
Bobblehead has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bangin finds it's way round the side to connect with Bobblehead's head.
Bangin throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bangin.
Bobblehead uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bangin.
A quick step to the side and Bobblehead tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bobblehead throws the kick towards the body but Bangin avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Bangin.
Bangin scores with a hook to the body. Bobblehead takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bobblehead. Bangin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bobblehead takes one on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Izzy Bangin dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bobblehead on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bobby Bobblehead has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bangin feints and then cracks Bobblehead's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bobblehead down.
Bangin misses with an uppercut.
Bobblehead tries to counter with a takedown but Bangin is quick to defend against it.
Bangin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bobblehead is out of range.
A low kick lands for Bangin.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bangin!
Bobblehead lands a really nice looking cross but Bangin seems unphased.
Bangin scoring well with a low kick there.
Bangin punishes Bobblehead's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bangin.
Bangin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bobblehead.
Bangin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bobblehead.
Bobblehead throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bangin.
Bangin lands a nice looking body kick.
Bangin throws a leg kick which misses Bobblehead's front leg but catches the back leg as Bobblehead tries to avoid it.
Bobblehead drops his hands momentarily and Bangin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bangin is looking to slow Bobblehead down with leg kicks.
Bobblehead misses with a left hand
and Bangin counters with a left to the body.
Bobblehead sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bobblehead.
Bobblehead throws the left hand but Bangin avoids the punch easily.
Bangin throws out a powerful jab.
Bangin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bobblehead walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bangin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bangin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bobblehead on the side of the head.
Bangin throws a leg kick but Bobblehead sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bangin throws a jab but it's blocked by Bobblehead.
Bobblehead throws a low kick but Bangin avoids it.
Bangin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bangin moves out of range as Bobblehead throws a body kick.
Bobblehead lands a glancing blow to the side of Bangin's head.
Bobblehead will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A nice leg kick from Bangin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bangin misses with a low kick as Bobblehead jumps back.
Bobblehead appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bangin throws a leg kick which misses Bobblehead's front leg but catches the back leg as Bobblehead tries to avoid it.
Bobblehead 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.
Bobblehead gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bangin misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobblehead staying out of range there.
Bobblehead swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bangin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bangin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Izzy Bangin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bobblehead misses with a looping right.
Bangin blocks a head kick by Bobblehead.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bangin.
Bobblehead swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bangin scores with a kick to the body.
Bangin staying out of range there.
Nice jab there from Bangin.
Bangin scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Bobblehead.
A little jabbing left from Bangin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bangin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bangin cracks Bobblehead with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bangin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bobblehead will feel that in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bangin lands a really nice looking cross but Bobblehead seems unphased.
Bobblehead has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bangin.
Bobblehead throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bangin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That kick from Bangin tenderised Bobblehead's leg. Bobblehead is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bangin scores with a punch to the head.
Good leg kick by Bangin.
Bangin loads up on a big right hand but Bobblehead slips the punch.
Bangin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bangin with the inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Izzy Bangin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bangin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Izzy Bangin!
Izzy Bangin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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