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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Make Makkonen (ranked 3598 p4p, 3017 weight class) and Konstantin The Russian Giant (ranked 138 p4p, 106 weight class). The Russian Giant has chosen Soda Popinski Theme as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Make Makkonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin The Russian Giant!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Makkonen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Makkonen lands a right hand.
The Russian Giant trying to stall but Makkonen improves his position.
Makkonen lands a nice uppercut.
Makkonen is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. The Russian Giant can't fight it off and eventually Makkonen manages to take the fight to the floor. The Russian Giant looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Makkonen with a nice head shot there.
 It looks like Konstantin The Russian Giant has been cut.
The Russian Giant being controlled here, momentarily.
The Russian Giant really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Makkonen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Makkonen connects with a couple of short punches.
Makkonen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The Russian Giant's head.
 The Russian Giant is rocked!
The Russian Giant can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Makkonen controls the pace.
Makkonen distracts The Russian Giant with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The Russian Giant is still in real trouble! Can Makkonen finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkonen arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! The Russian Giant's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Make Makkonen!
Make Makkonen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jello Belly (ranked 3878 p4p, 3389 weight class) and Miles O Brien (ranked 414 p4p, 376 weight class). Jello Belly could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Miles O Brien's chin.
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jello Belly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miles O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belly lands a nice shot that snaps O Brien's head back.
O Brien pushes Belly up against the cage in a clinch.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
Belly can't get the takedown.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belly blocks an uppercut.
Belly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Brien tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Belly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Belly.
O Brien pulls guard successfully.
O Brien bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Belly's guard.
Belly is adopting a defensive guard.
Belly wants to sweep here but O Brien controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belly has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Belly has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
O Brien must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Belly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Belly is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Belly trying to pass the guard but O Brien defending well.
O Brien is trying to maintain the position but Belly is very close to passing his half guard.
Belly wants to stand but O Brien has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Belly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and O Brien defends it well.
Belly will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
O Brien trying to hold on to Belly's head to control him but Belly postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belly keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Belly wants to pass the guard but O Brien is defending well.
Belly stands up from half guard.
Belly gets the takedown into side control.
O Brien throws Belly to one side and escapes!
Belly looks to land a combination but O Brien avoids it well.
O Brien shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Belly manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Brien is looking to work some ground and pound but Belly has wrist control.
O Brien lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw O Brien working his ground and pound in the gym.
Belly has momentary wrist control but O Brien slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
O Brien stopping the sweep attempt from Belly.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Belly is on top in guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as O Brien holds on and takes a little breather.
Belly is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Belly postures up.
Belly trying to control but O Brien is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Miles O Brien will probably get the nod.
That's time! Belly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
O Brien is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Brien tries to clinch but Belly moves out of range.
Belly swats away the attempt to clinch by O Brien.
Belly connects with a body shot that sends O Brien's belly button to the back.
Belly instigates a clinch.
O Brien lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Belly backwards.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belly is trying to work for a single leg takedown but O Brien pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Our sources have told us that Belly has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Belly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. O Brien is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Belly misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Belly uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belly is trying to pull guard but O Brien turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jello Belly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Brien working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Belly is looking for a takedown up against the cage. O Brien gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Belly tries for a takedown. No joy.
O Brien breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Belly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Brien throws a good cross that connects.
Belly misses with a series of wild punches.
O Brien displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Belly throws out the jab.
O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Brien closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - O Brien lands in his opponent's guard.
Belly looking for a sweep. Not yet Belly, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as O Brien accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
O Brien works over Belly with some ground and pound from guard.
Belly trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien chips away with some ground and pound.
O Brien stands up over Belly, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
O Brien postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Brien scoring with punches to the head and body.
Belly pulls O Brien in close to prevent any damage.
Belly 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belly seems keen to control O Brien's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
O Brien closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Belly quickly recovers to half guard.
Belly is looking to control O Brien's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Belly avoid being mounted?
Belly makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Belly.
Belly is trying to control the position but O Brien postures up.
O Brien stopping the sweep attempt from Belly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throwing strikes from guard but Belly blocks nicely.
O Brien working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Belly wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Belly working a defensive guard here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jello Belly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Brien gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Belly.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O Brien shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
O Brien has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Brien makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
O Brien is fighting to break Belly's control of his arms but Belly is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miles O Brien 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. This is the final round!
O Brien closes the distance and clinches.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by Belly.
Belly goes for a takedown in the clinch but O Brien prevents it.
O Brien jumps into guard, dragging Belly to the mat.
O Brien lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
O Brien wants to control from the top but Belly keeps moving.
O Brien postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien stopping the sweep attempt from Belly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Belly is proving hard to escape from.
Belly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
O Brien wants to control from the top but Belly keeps moving.
Belly working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. O Brien doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Belly is tightening it up a little... O Brien has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! O Brien reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! O Brien taps out! Nice BJJ there by Belly!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jello Belly!
During a confident post fight interview, Jello Belly thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Masa Satake (ranked 2516 p4p, 3976 weight class) and Karl Skarsgard (ranked 332 p4p, 490 weight class). Karl Skarsgard will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Satake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Skarsgard!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satake scores with a jab.
Skarsgard moves into the clinch successfully.
Skarsgard struggles to land a body shot inside as Satake controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Satake.
Skarsgard throws a head punch that misses.
Satake lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Satake.
Skarsgard missing with knees to the body.
Satake is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Skarsgard tries to work over Satake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skarsgard.
Satake lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee calls for Satake to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right handed body shot lands from Satake.
Satake lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skarsgard backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Satake.
Satake scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skarsgard takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Karl Skarsgard has been cut.
Skarsgard has a couple of punches blocked by Satake.
Satake lands an elbow just above Skarsgard 's eye.
Satake lands with a short shot to the head.
Satake lands a nice elbow.
I was talking to Satake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Satake can't find room to land a body shot as Skarsgard controls the action.
Skarsgard trying to land knees to the body.
Skarsgard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skarsgard digs a right hand into Satake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Satake's gas tank.
Skarsgard struggles to land a body shot inside as Satake controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Satake fails to land.
Satake scores with a shot to the side of Skarsgard's head.
Skarsgard can't find room to land a body shot as Satake controls the action.
Skarsgard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Skarsgard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Satake blocks a body shot from Skarsgard.
Satake lands an elbow inside that Skarsgard shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skarsgard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satake is struggling to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skarsgard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skarsgard just misses with a punch to the body.
Satake connects with a right hand. Skarsgard shakes it off.
Skarsgard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Skarsgard cracks a nice hook into Satake's ribs.
Satake lands a nice looking body shot.
Satake dips to his left and cracks Skarsgard with an uppercut!
Skarsgard gets a clinch.
Skarsgard misses with a body punch.
Skarsgard tries to work over Satake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Satake tries a body shot but Skarsgard blocks it.
Skarsgard misses with a punch on the inside.
Skarsgard looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Skarsgard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Skarsgard throws a punch but it's blocked by Satake.
Satake lands a damaging elbow.
Skarsgard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skarsgard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Satake.
Satake lands an elbow that stopped Skarsgard in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Karl Skarsgard's cut even more.
Skarsgard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Skarsgard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Satake lands a left hand.
Skarsgard can't find room to land a body shot as Satake controls the action.
Skarsgard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skarsgard misses with some punches.
Skarsgard scores with a shot to the side of Satake's head.
Skarsgard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Satake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skarsgard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Satake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Satake lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Skarsgard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Satake.
Satake takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skarsgard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Skarsgard lands with a left to the head.
Satake throws a punch but it's blocked by Skarsgard.
Skarsgard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Skarsgard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skarsgard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Satake lands an elbow inside that Skarsgard shrugs off.
Satake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Satake.
Skarsgard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Satake is struggling to control the position.
Satake lands an elbow inside that Skarsgard shrugs off.
The cut above Karl Skarsgard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skarsgard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Masa Satake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Skarsgard's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Skarsgard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Satake connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Satake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skarsgard was well out of range. Poor timing from Satake.
Satake avoids the body shot from Skarsgard.
Skarsgard misses the shot to the body.
Skarsgard throws a body punch but Satake moves out of range.
Satake fires out a quick counter leg kick but Skarsgard just manages to avoid it.
Skarsgard connects with a jab.
Satake buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Satake scores with a jab.
A jab-cross combination lands for Skarsgard and sends Satake crashing to the mat! Skarsgard follows him down to the mat - Satake regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
 Satake is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satake is trying to control but can't.
Oh Satake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Skarsgard is trying to control. Satake wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Skarsgard stands up from half guard.
Skarsgard throws a pinpoint strike between Satake's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Satake crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Skarsgard scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Karl Skarsgard!
Karl Skarsgard really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FUClothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Israel Kirzner (ranked 2354 p4p, 2497 weight class) and Curtis Rome (ranked 280 p4p, 293 weight class). The key to victory for Israel Kirzner has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Israel Kirzner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Curtis Rome!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirzner tries a head kick but it misses.
Kirzner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kirzner misses the shot to the body.
Kirzner scores with a nice body kick.
Kirzner misses with a series of wild punches.
Israel Kirzner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kirzner cracks Rome with an open hand slap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rome misses with a takedown attempt
and Kirzner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kirzner missing with a left hand there. Rome was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rome tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kirzner defends well and Rome ends up having to push Kirzner into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rome.
Israel Kirzner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Curtis Rome.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Kirzner is predictable there
and Rome counters with a shoot takedown. Kirzner fights it but they end up in guard.
Rome is stalling in the full guard.
Rome stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kirzner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rome trying to control the position from guard on top but Kirzner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rome wants to pass the guard but Kirzner is keeping the position.
Rome trying to control the position from guard on top but Kirzner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirzner is trying to keep Rome in close.
Rome tries to free his leg and advance position but Kirzner is retaining full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rome wants to control from the top but Kirzner keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kirzner just misses with a punch to the body.
Kirzner throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Kirzner. Those never looked like landing.
Kirzner missing with a left hand there. Rome was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kirzner missing with a left hand there. Rome was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rome uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kirzner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirzner takes a swing at Rome's ribcage but misses.
Rome gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kirzner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Israel Kirzner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kirzner leaves Rome with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
It looked like Kirzner wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kirzner misses with a hook. Rome ducked under it nicely.
Donk. Kirzner catches Rome right on the button with a cross.
Kirzner misses with a looping left.
Kirzner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rome.
Kirzner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rome slips a straight right by Kirzner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rome closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kirzner circles away.
Kirzner is looking to counter punch.
A left and a right from Kirzner both land. Nice combination.
Kirzner is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rome shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kirzner as he jumps to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kirzner. Rome does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kirzner moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRome.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rome shoots for a takedown but Kirzner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kirzner cracks Rome with an open hand slap.
Rome looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rome working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Kirzner's thigh. Kirzner counters though and makes it back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Israel Kirzner dominated that round.
That's time! Kirzner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rome looks for a takedown but Kirzner sprawls well.
Kirzner misses the jab.
Rome shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirzner manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rome's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've been told by Kirzner's head coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Israel Kirzner is winning the standup battle so far.
Rome bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rome misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Israel Kirzner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Curtis Rome.
Kirzner throws a right hand that Rome ducks under and follows up with a left that Rome also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rome will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rome moves away from the strike by Kirzner.
Kirzner misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Kirzner misses.
Kirzner misses with an uppercut.
Kirzner tries to work over Rome's front leg with a kick but Rome checks it.
Kirzner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kirzner lands a lovely overhand right.
Kirzner leaves Rome with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kirzner throws a sloppy head kick and Rome moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Kirzner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rome shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirzner throws a hook but Rome blocks it.
Rome throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kirzner was covering up waiting for the punch and Rome finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Rome pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kirzner is keeping the position for now.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kirzner holds on and takes a little breather.
Rome trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rome trying to control the position from guard on top but Kirzner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rome trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rome passes into half guard.
Rome tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kirzner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rome wants to control but Kirzner is keeping him busy.
Rome seems to be looking for submissions.
Kirzner won't allow Rome to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rome keeps trying to improve his position.
Rome is controlling the pace.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rome is pressing down on Kirzner's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kirzner is holding on for now.
Rome is looking for a kimura but Kirzner is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rome to get the leverage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rome has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rome tries to control but Kirzner wriggling away.
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 Israel Kirzner will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kirzner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Kirzner throws out a powerful jab.
Rome forces Kirzner back against the cage and clinches.
Kirzner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kirzner throws a series of punches but Rome avoids them all with ease.
Kirzner lunges at Rome with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rome's hand.
Rome fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirzner looks to land a right hand but Rome moved out of range.
Kirzner lunges at Rome with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rome's hand.
A big left from Kirzner misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirzner tries to work over Rome's front leg with a kick but Rome checks it.
Kirzner with a jab.
Rome shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kirzner as he avoids it easily.
Rome shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kirzner as he avoids it easily.
Israel Kirzner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Curtis Rome.
Rome fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kirzner scores with a nice strike.
Kirzner looks to land a combination. Rome sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kirzner tries to keep at a distance but Rome has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirzner is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rome tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rome can't get the takedown.
Rome wants to take the fight to the mat but Kirzner manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kirzner struggles to land a body shot inside as Rome controls his hands.
Kirzner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rome has his takedown stuffed
and Kirzner counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kirzner throws a leg kick
and Rome counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kirzner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rome steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kirzner.
Rome is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kirzner tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rome ducks under a wild hook from Kirzner.
Rome slips under a jab from Kirzner.
Rome closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kirzner circles away.
Rome bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kirzner cracks Rome with an open hand slap.
Rome will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rome tries for a takedown but Kirzner circles away easily
and Kirzner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kirzner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rome moves away.
Kirzner works Rome's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirzner throws a body punch but Rome moves out of range.
Rome is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Rome has his takedown stuffed
and Kirzner counters with a nice uppercut.
Rome fails with the takedown.
Rome shoots in but no luck this time.
Kirzner went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kirzner misses with a double jab.
Kirzner misses with a lunging right hand
and Rome counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rome avoids the body shot from Kirzner.
And that's the end of the fight!
Israel Kirzner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kirzner, 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Israel Kirzner!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adam Bogo (ranked 2395 p4p, 3080 weight class) and Maruim Silva (ranked 258 p4p, 325 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Bogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maruim Silva!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bogo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bogo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silva sprawls and moves away.
We've been told by Bogo's head coaches at JAG Battle Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bogo shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Bogo throws a head kick that misses.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bogo lands a right hook to the body.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bogo.
Silva now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bogo connects with a high kick.
Bogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bogo shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Despite the aggression on Silva's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Bogo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to bum rush Bogo with a series of wild strikes but Bogo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Bogo shoots in.
Bogo throws a head kick that misses
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bogo is defended easily by Silva.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bogo tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogo looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva feints the counter takedown.
Silva misses the jab.
Bogo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bogo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bogo showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva wants to control but Bogo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to roll over but Bogo keeps him under control.
Bogo is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bogo is looking for a kimura here.
Bogo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
It looks like Bogo is going to stand back up.
Bogo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Bogo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bogo slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Bogo shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Bogo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bogo doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Adam Bogo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Bogo moved out of range nicely.
Bogo tries to counter with a takedown but Silva is quick to defend against it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bogo or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva, which made it look bad.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Bogo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bogo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bogo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bogo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bogo's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Bogo.
Bogo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Bogo wants to escape the position.
Silva has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Bogo has freed his hand and lives to survive another
well, another couple of seconds at least!
Silva has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Bogo is in real trouble here. Silva gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Bogo is tapping out! Silva wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Maruim Silva!
An out of breath Maruim Silva 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Sisko (ranked 1504 p4p, 1443 weight class) and Get Wet About Don (ranked 199 p4p, 191 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin Sisko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Get Wet About Don!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
About Don scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - About Don throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sisko slips under a jab from About Don.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Sisko throws a right hand that misses
and About Don counters with a straight right hand.
 It looks like Benjamin Sisko has been cut.
About Don bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
About Don cracks Sisko with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Sisko looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away
can About Don finish him?
Sisko is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
About Don ducks under a wild hook from Sisko.
About Don throws out a counter right but Sisko avoids it with no problem.
Oh Sisko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sisko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sisko seems to have got his legs back now.
About Don swings widly with a right hand
letting Sisko counter with a right hand.
About Don defending well as Sisko loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from About Don.
About Don throws a hook but Sisko avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sisko throws a right hand that misses
and About Don counters with a nice right hand that sends Sisko toppling to the canvas! Sisko scrambles and gets back to his feet - can About Don finish him?!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sisko prevents the takedown attempt.
About Don blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, About Don scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sisko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sisko misses with a punch to the body.
Sisko has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but About Don regains guard immediately.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sisko scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sisko showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sisko postures up in About Don's guard and throws a big left but About Don blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sisko landing with the ground and pound.
Sisko connects with a couple of short punches.
Sisko is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sisko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sisko postures up in About Don's guard and throws a big left but About Don blocks it.
About Don keeping moving, preventing Sisko from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
About Don is looking for a triangle but Sisko pushes his legs off easily.
We've been hearing that Sisko has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
About Don has Sisko pulled in close to control his posture.
Sisko is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
About Don wants to sweep here but Sisko controlling him for the moment.
Sisko wants to control from the top but About Don keeps moving.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
About Don lands a really nice looking cross but Sisko seems unphased.
About Don uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sisko.
About Don throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Sisko misses the target.
About Don on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
About Don scores with a jab.
About Don drops Sisko with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Sisko looks back up at him and smiles so About Don waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Get Wet About Don dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benjamin Sisko's cut.
That's time! Sisko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sisko misses with a takedown attempt - About Don sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
About Don loads up on a big right hand but Sisko slips the punch.
Sisko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sisko misses with a straight right.
About Don is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sisko with a body shot.
Get Wet About Don seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sisko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
About Don has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from About Don misses.
Sisko slips a straight right by About Don.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sisko cracks About Don with an open hand slap.
Good shot there by About Don.
Sisko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sisko gets a clinch.
Sisko misses with some punches.
Sisko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sisko misses with a punch on the inside.
About Don misses with a punch to the body.
About Don lands a body shot.
Sisko is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sisko blocks a body shot from About Don.
A shot in the inside from About Don.
About Don blocking some punches.
About Don misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sisko misses with some punches.
About Don swings wildly with an uppercut but Sisko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sisko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sisko misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sisko goes for a takedown attempt but About Don pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Sisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sisko scores with a one two! About Don had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sisko misses with a body shot.
About Don misses with a hook.
Sisko feinted with a counter takedown.
Sisko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
About Don looks to land a right hand but Sisko moved out of range.
About Don lands a right hook to the body.
Sisko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and About Don counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sisko.
Get Wet About Don is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
About Don throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sisko on the side of the head.
About Don misses the jab.
Sisko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
About Don comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
About Don just misses with a punch to the body.
About Don misses with an uppercut. Sisko saw that one coming.
About Don misses with an uppercut. Sisko saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sisko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
About Don swings for the body but Sisko moves out of range.
Sisko throws an off balance right hand
and About Don counters with a huge left! Sisko is in big trouble! He's backing up but About Don isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Sisko from any more damage. A dominating finish by About Don!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Get Wet About Don!
Get Wet About Don looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I am GWad, don of dons.'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maurits Assndrop (ranked 450 p4p, 1019 weight class) and Frank Rizzo (ranked 25 p4p, 53 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 2, fighting out of New York, Maurits Assndrop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo throws a hook but Assndrop blocks it.
Rizzo tries to close the distance and clinch but Assndrop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rizzo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Assndrop, pushing him back against the cage.
Rizzo lands with a left to the head.
Assndrop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage.
Assndrop is trying to force a seperation but Rizzo has the dominant position.
Assndrop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Assndrop uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rizzo.
Assndrop lands a leg kick that knocks Rizzo off balance momentarily.
Rizzo blocks a low kick nicely.
Assndrop seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rizzo just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assndrop 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.
Assndrop throws a nice inside leg kick.
Assndrop misses with a body punch
and Rizzo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A big right from Rizzo misses.
Rizzo takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo misses with a lunging right hand
and Assndrop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Assndrop fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rizzo is out of range.
A jab from Assndrop misses.
Assndrop moves into range and connects with a jab.
Good work by Rizzo as he checks the leg kick.
Rizzo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Assndrop was well out of range. Poor timing from Rizzo.
As Rizzo backs away, Assndrop returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Rizzo moves out of range of the leg kick from Assndrop.
Maurits Assndrop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decent striking displayed by Assndrop there.
Assndrop is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rizzo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Assndrop manages to avoid it.
Rizzo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Assndrop does it's job there.
Rizzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Assndrop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Assndrop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Assndrop smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Assndrop throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rizzo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rizzo misses with a left hand
and Assndrop counters with a thumping low kick.
Assndrop misses with a looping right.
Assndrop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rizzo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Assndrop.
Maurits Assndrop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assndrop tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rizzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Assndrop.
Rizzo misses with a straight left.
Rizzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Assndrop.
Assndrop clobbers Rizzo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice sprawl there from Assndrop as Rizzo shoots in.
Assndrop thuds his right hand into Rizzo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rizzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Assndrop is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Assndrop ducks under a wild hook from Rizzo.
Rizzo misses with a straight left.
A jab from Assndrop misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop throws a leg kick but Rizzo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Assndrop avoids the body shot from Rizzo.
Some bone on bone action there as Rizzo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rizzo moves away from the strike by Assndrop.
Rizzo takes the fight into the clinch.
Assndrop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Assndrop throws a leg kick but Rizzo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rizzo flicks out a counter leg kick but Assndrop steps away.
Assndrop tries to score with a low kick but Rizzo moves his leg out of the way.
Assndrop turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Assndrop is looking to score with low kicks.
Rizzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Assndrop moves away.
Assndrop half committed to a counter leg kick.
Rizzo misses with a straight right.
Rizzo just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo misses the jab.
Assndrop throws a leg kick
and Rizzo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Assndrop won't be happy with that.
Rizzo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Assndrop keeps working.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Assndrop's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rizzo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Rizzo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rizzo trying to control the position but Assndrop is working away.
Rizzo throws a strike aimed at the side of Assndrop's head but Assndrop avoids it well.
Rizzo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Assndrop being controlled for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maurits Assndrop dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rizzo looks to score with a jab to the body but Assndrop is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Assndrop misses the target.
Assndrop scores with a jab. Rizzo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rizzo blocks a jab.
Assndrop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rizzo throws out the jab.
Rizzo with a nice cross.
Good leg kick by Assndrop.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assndrop.
Assndrop cracks Rizzo with a good jab.
Assndrop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rizzo can do to turn this around?
Rizzo is looking to clinch.
Assndrop fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rizzo just manages to avoid it.
Rizzo misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assndrop misses with a low kick.
Assndrop throws a nice inside leg kick.
Assndrop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzo.
Rizzo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rizzo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Assndrop.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assndrop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rizzo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Assndrop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rizzo slips under a jab.
Assndrop shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fighters circling - Rizzo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Assndrop lands with a straight right. Rizzo didn't see that one coming.
Maurits Assndrop is winning the standup battle so far.
Assndrop gets tackled into the cage by Rizzo. Rizzo maintains the clinch.
Assndrop is trying to push Rizzo away but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rizzo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rizzo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Assndrop backwards.
Assndrop's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rizzo stalling against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rizzo fails to land.
Assndrop is trying to break the clinch but Rizzo is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rizzo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo breaks from the clinch.
Assndrop is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rizzo misses with a takedown
and Assndrop makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Assndrop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A right-left combo lands from Rizzo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Rizzo misses.
Rizzo throws a body shot but no joy.
Assndrop lands a leg kick that knocks Rizzo off balance momentarily.
Rizzo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Assndrop walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rizzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rizzo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rizzo moves into the clinch.
Rizzo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Assndrop breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Assndrop catches Rizzo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Assndrop misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Rizzo misses.
Assndrop swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Assndrop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Assndrop throws a chopping leg kick but Rizzo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Assndrop throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rizzo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Assndrop cracks Rizzo with an open hand slap.
Assndrop slips a jab from Rizzo.
Assndrop thows a leg kick but Rizzo checks it
so Rizzo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rizzo wants to control from the top but Assndrop keeps moving.
Assndrop preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rizzo trying to control the position from guard on top but Assndrop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rizzo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Assndrop swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rizzo has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at ubergym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Assndrop looking to control.
Rizzo preventing the sweep.
Rizzo with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Assndrop fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rizzo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rizzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Assndrop connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Assndrop finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
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 Maurits Assndrop will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Assndrop buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Assndrop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rizzo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Assndrop counters with a leg kick.
Assndrop cracks Rizzo with a good jab.
Assndrop takes a swing at Rizzo's ribcage but misses.
Rizzo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Assndrop scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Assndrop misses with an uppercut.
Rizzo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rizzo takes a swing at Assndrop's ribcage but misses.
Assndrop walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rizzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assndrop connects with a body shot that sends Rizzo's belly button to the back.
Assndrop walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rizzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rizzo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Assndrop counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Assndrop tests Rizzo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assndrop lands with a cross.
Rizzo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Assndrop manages to avoid it.
Assndrop fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rizzo on the side of the head.
Assndrop takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Assndrop looks to score with a jab to the body but Rizzo is just out of range.
Assndrop throws a right hand that misses
and Rizzo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rizzo throws a hook but Assndrop blocks it.
Rizzo slips a jab from Assndrop.
Assndrop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rizzo.
Rizzo misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzo. Assndrop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A leg kick checked by Rizzo.
Frank Rizzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Assndrop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice body punch from Assndrop.
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!
Rizzo rushes Assndrop and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Assndrop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Assndrop misses
and Rizzo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rizzo throws out a leg kick but Assndrop moves out of range and Rizzo only half commits.
Rizzo digs a good hook to Assndrop's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Assndrop.
Rizzo misses the shot to the body.
Rizzo checks a low kick from Assndrop.
Assndrop throws a leg kick
and Rizzo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick from Assndrop misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rizzo! But no joy.
Rizzo slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rizzo looks to land a combination. Assndrop sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Assndrop throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rizzo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Assndrop lands a really nice looking cross but Rizzo seems unphased.
Rizzo throws a looping overhand right but Assndrop ducks down to avoid it.
Rizzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzo throws a hook but Assndrop blocks it.
It looked like Assndrop wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Maurits Assndrop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A shot to the liver by Assndrop. Beautiful body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Rizzo as he connects with a hook.
Assndrop scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Assndrop connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assndrop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Assndrop ducks under a wild hook from Rizzo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop wants to land a leg kick but Rizzo is out of range.
Rizzo with the counter takedown but Assndrop avoids it easily.
Assndrop misses the shot to the body.
Donk. Assndrop catches Rizzo right on the button with a cross.
Assndrop moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rizzo is looking to clinch but Assndrop is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Assndrop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheers as Assndrop lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rizzo doesn't seem phased though.
Assndrop uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rizzo has time to react.
Assndrop works the jab nicely.
Rizzo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Assndrop. Assndrop obviously looking to wear him down.
Assndrop on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Assndrop turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Assndrop moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maurits Assndrop showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Assndrop, 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maurits Assndrop!
Maurits Assndrop decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Salomon Mukunzi (ranked 989 p4p, 1154 weight class) and Minoari Amida (ranked 153 p4p, 171 weight class). Mukunzi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Champion (ft. D Smoke) - Fireboy DML. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Salomon Mukunzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minoari Amida!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mukunzi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Amida is able to avoid easily.
Mukunzi throws a solid leg kick but Amida takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mukunzi.
Mukunzi throws a low kick but Amida moves out of range easily.
Mukunzi loads up on a big right hand but Amida slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Mukunzi.
Amida works Mukunzi's body with a nice hook.
Mukunzi misses with a straight right.
Mukunzi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Amida's head.
Amida lands with a hook. Mukunzi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mukunzi cracks a nice hook into Amida's ribs.
Mukunzi throws out a loose jab but Amida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amida was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mukunzi throws the left hand but Amida avoids the punch easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Mukunzi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Amida looks to throw the jab but Mukunzi is out of range.
Mukunzi misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mukunzi.
Mukunzi is looking to slow Amida down with leg kicks.
Mukunzi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mukunzi looks to land a left hand but Amida moved out of range nicely.
Amida wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Amida tries to work over Mukunzi's front leg with a kick but Mukunzi checks it.
Mukunzi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amida.
Amida checks a leg kick.
Amida misses with a hook. Mukunzi ducked under it nicely.
Mukunzi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Amida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mukunzi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Amida in his tracks.
Amida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amida 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mukunzi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Amida takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Jab by Mukunzi.
Mukunzi missing with a left hand there. Amida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mukunzi tries to score with a low kick but Amida moves his leg out of the way.
Amida misses with a looping right.
Good standup being displayed there by Mukunzi as he connects with a hook.
Mukunzi digs a good hook to Amida's body.
Mukunzi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amida was well out of range. Poor timing from Mukunzi.
Mukunzi lands a leg kick that knocks Amida off balance momentarily.
Mukunzi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mukunzi missing with a left hand there. Amida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Amida appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mukunzi lands with an uppercut that bounces Amida off the cage and back into range.
Amida throws a hook to the side of Mukunzi's head but Mukunzi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mukunzi misses the shot to the body.
Mukunzi throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amida walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big left from Mukunzi misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Amida misses.
Mukunzi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mukunzi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Amida throws an overhand right that lands on Mukunzi's shoulder, as Mukunzi tries to avoid the shot.
Mukunzi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Amida staying out of range there.
Mukunzi tries to land a leg kick but Amida saw it coming and moves away.
Amida connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Amida throws a body punch but Mukunzi moves out of range.
Mukunzi delivers a nice body kick.
Amida avoids the body shot from Mukunzi.
Amida slips a straight right by Mukunzi.
Mukunzi connects with a single shot there.
A big right from Mukunzi misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amida slips under a jab from Mukunzi.
Amida fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Amida loads up on a big right hand but Mukunzi slips the punch.
Mukunzi misses the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amida with a nice calf kick.
Mukunzi checks a leg kick nicely.
Mukunzi throwing a counter right hand but Amida manages to avoid it.
Amida with the inside leg kick.
Amida just misses with a punch to the body.
Amida cracks Mukunzi with a good jab.
Mukunzi lands with a straight right. Amida didn't see that one coming.
Amida takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mukunzi checks a leg kick.
Mukunzi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mukunzi looks to land a combination but Amida avoids it well.
Amida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Salomon Mukunzi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mukunzi works Amida's body with a nice hook.
Mukunzi throws a hook but Amida avoids it easily.
Amida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mukunzi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mukunzi throws a shot from downtown. Amida moves away and avoids it.
Amida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Amida is looking to chop away at Mukunzi's legs.
Mukunzi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mukunzi throws a solid leg kick but Amida takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mukunzi.
Amida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Amida throws a body shot but no joy.
Mukunzi lands with an overhand left.
Mukunzi swats away the attempt to clinch by Amida.
Mukunzi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mukunzi lands a nice looking body shot.
Amida moves out of range as Mukunzi strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mukunzi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Mukunzi.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Amida might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mukunzi has got the better of the exchanges.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mukunzi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Amida ducks under a wild hook from Mukunzi.
Mukunzi misses with a lunging right hand
and Amida counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Amida.
Mukunzi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mukunzi throws out a loose jab but Amida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mukunzi throws a good cross that connects.
Amida tries a low kick but Mukunzi avoids it.
Salomon Mukunzi is winning the standup battle so far.
Amida lands a jab to the head.
Mukunzi moves out of range of the leg kick from Amida.
Amida throws a body shot but no joy.
Mukunzi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mukunzi lands a leg kick that knocks Amida off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amida walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mukunzi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Amida looks to score with a jab to the body but Mukunzi is just out of range.
Salomon Mukunzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amida throws a low kick, looking for Mukunzi's leg but Mukunzi calmly moves out of range.
Mukunzi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mukunzi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Amida slips a straight right by Mukunzi.
Mukunzi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Amida to score with a decent uppercut.
Amida throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mukunzi lands with a nice body punch.
Mukunzi ducks under a wild hook from Amida.
Mukunzi misses with a left hand
and Mukunzi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Amida has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big right from Mukunzi misses.
Amida only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A big left from Mukunzi misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mukunzi tries to bum rush Amida with a series of wild strikes but Amida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mukunzi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Amida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mukunzi.
Mukunzi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Amida has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Mukunzi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Amida checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Amida feints a counter leg kick.
Mukunzi throws a hook to the side of Amida's head but Amida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mukunzi throws a leg kick but Amida checks it.
Mukunzi throws out a powerful jab.
Mukunzi misses the shot to the body.
Amida misses the body punch
and Mukunzi counters with a left and a right that stings Amida.
Amida avoids the body shot from Mukunzi.
Amida is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Mukunzi misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mukunzi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amida tries a quick counter leg kick but Mukunzi is wise to it.
Amida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mukunzi looks to score with a jab to the body but Amida is just out of range.
Amida is looking to slow Mukunzi down with leg kicks.
A swing and a miss from Mukunzi.
A countering left hand to the body from Amida misses.
Mukunzi throws a shot to the body.
Mukunzi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Amida counters with a nice uppercut.
Mukunzi throws out a leg kick but Amida moves out of range and Mukunzi only half commits.
Mukunzi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amida can do to turn this around?
A looping hook to the body misses from Mukunzi. Amida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mukunzi lands an overhand right.
Mukunzi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mukunzi throws a body punch but Amida moves out of range.
Amida slips under a jab.
Mukunzi misses with a hook. Amida ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Salomon Mukunzi dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Amida throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mukunzi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mukunzi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Amida.
Mukunzi throws a body punch but Amida moves out of range.
Amida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mukunzi moves away.
Amida with a hook.
Mukunzi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Amida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Amida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mukunzi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mukunzi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amida was well out of range. Poor timing from Mukunzi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mukunzi throws a jab when Amida was well out of range.
Amida appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mukunzi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Mukunzi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Amida.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mukunzi.
Amida has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good work by Amida as he checks the leg kick.
Amida tries a quick counter leg kick but Mukunzi is wise to it.
Amida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mukunzi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Amida throws a body shot but no joy.
Mukunzi digs a good hook to Amida's body.
A big right from Mukunzi misses.
Mukunzi lands a nice hook to Amida's body. Amida takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mukunzi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mukunzi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Amida manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mukunzi checks a leg kick.
Amida looks to score with a jab to the body but Mukunzi is just out of range.
Mukunzi is looking to counter punch.
Mukunzi misses with a leg kick.
Mukunzi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Amida circles away quickly and effectively.
Mukunzi throws a hook but Amida blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amida blocks the body kick.
Mukunzi throws an off balance right hand
and Amida counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mukunzi's knee momentarily.
Amida fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mukunzi.
Amida slips a jab from Mukunzi.
Amida tries a quick counter leg kick but Mukunzi is wise to it.
Amida checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mukunzi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Amida swings for the body but Mukunzi moves out of range.
Amida ducks under a wild hook from Mukunzi.
Amida now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mukunzi moves out of range as Amida strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Mukunzi lands.
Amida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Amida.
Mukunzi misses with an uppercut.
Minoari Amida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Mukunzi misses.
Amida only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Amida with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A jab from Amida finds it's way through Mukunzi's defenses.
Amida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mukunzi throws a leg kick but Amida sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Salomon Mukunzi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice jab there from Mukunzi.
Mukunzi throws an off balance right hand
and Amida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mukunzi looks to score with a jab to the body but Amida is just out of range.
A jab lands there for Mukunzi.
Amida throws a shot from downtown. Mukunzi moves away and avoids it.
Mukunzi looks to land a left hand but Amida moved out of range nicely.
Mukunzi throws a shot from downtown. Amida moves away and avoids it.
Amida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mukunzi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amida scores with a leg kick.
Amida throws a solid leg kick but Mukunzi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Amida.
It looked like Mukunzi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mukunzi just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Mukunzi.
Amida misses with a straight left.
Mukunzi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Amida.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mukunzi.
Mukunzi throws a hook to the side of Amida's head but Amida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Amida looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Amida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mukunzi.
Mukunzi blocks a head kick by Amida.
Amida blocks a leg kick.
Amida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Amida ducks under a wild hook from Mukunzi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Salomon Mukunzi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mukunzi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Salomon Mukunzi!
During a confident post fight interview, Salomon Mukunzi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Third Wife (ranked 1402 p4p, 1916 weight class) and Moritz Zimmerman (ranked 182 p4p, 250 weight class). 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Third Wife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Moritz Zimmerman!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wife cracks Zimmerman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
It looks like Moritz Zimmerman has been cut.
Wife throws a jab when Zimmerman was well out of range.
And Zimmerman tries to counter it with a takedown but Wife pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wife throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zimmerman is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Zimmerman closes the distance and clinches up with Wife, looking for a takedown. Zimmerman pushes Wife against the cage but Wife circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wife misses with a straight left.
Wife misses with a straight left.
Wife cracks Zimmerman with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Zimmerman falls to his knees and Wife doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Third Wife!
Third Wife bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Imanari (ranked 264 p4p, 1835 weight class) and Jean Luc Petit (ranked 11 p4p, 101 weight class). Imanari comes to the cage accompanied by εη°ε
εΌ Rising. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazuo Imanari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jean Luc Petit!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imanari tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Petit scores with a punch to the head.
Petit scores with a hook.
Petit scores with a jab to the body.
Imanari walks into a jab.
Petit looks to land a right hand but Imanari moved out of range.
Imanari pushes Petit up against the cage in a clinch.
Imanari tries to pull guard but Petit won't allow it.
Imanari tries to pull guard but Petit forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Imanari throws a head punch that misses.
I was talking to Imanari's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Petit unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice right hand lands inside from Petit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Imanari tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Petit just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuo Imanari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Petit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Imanari blocks it with crossed arms.
Petit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Imanari avoids it.
Petit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Petit tries a knee to the head but Imanari blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Petit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari avoiding damage as Petit throws knees to the body.
Petit scores with a knee to the head.
Imanari tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Petit just stands there and leans against the cage.
Petit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Imanari decides to pull guard.
Petit looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
My spies in Hammer House of Horror inform me that Petit has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Imanari has his foot on Petit's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Petit works his way back into a safe position though.
Petit seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petit preventing the sweep.
Petit slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Imanari looking for a guillotine here but Petit defends easily.
Petit must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Petit stopping the sweep attempt from Imanari.
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.
Imanari is looking to clinch.
Imanari misses with a hook. Petit ducked under it nicely.
Petit swats away the attempt to clinch by Imanari.
Petit looks to score with a jab to the body but Imanari is just out of range.
Imanari tries to counter by clinching up but Petit breaks away and moves out of range.
Petit lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Imanari backs up against the cage.
Petit misses the jab.
Petit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit misses with an uppercut
and Imanari counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Imanari.
Petit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Petit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Petit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petit throws a lazy right hand but Imanari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Petit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Imanari feinted with a counter takedown.
Petit misses with a low kick.
Imanari seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Petit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Imanari tries to move into range but Petit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot lands for Petit.
Imanari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petit.
Imanari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Petit throws a looping overhand right but Imanari ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Luc Petit 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.
Imanari takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Petit looks to score with a jab to the body but Imanari is just out of range.
Petit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Imanari blocks a jab.
Imanari changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Imanari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Imanari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petit was well out of range. Poor timing from Imanari.
Petit misses with a hook
and Imanari counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Imanari.
Imanari drops back looking for a leg! Petit is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Petit manages to kick Imanari off! Imanari jumps back into Petit's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Imanari looking to sit in guard and control but Petit gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari trying to control the position.
Petit seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Imanari is trying to keep Petit in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Petit stopping the sweep attempt from Imanari.
Imanari is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Petit won't allow Imanari to sweep him here.
Imanari bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Petit's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit controls Imanari momentarily but Imanari frees himself.
Imanari passes Petit's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Petit is looking to control Imanari's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Petit avoid being mounted?
Petit controlling the position well.
Petit trying to control here.
Imanari wants to pass the guard but Petit is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Petit trying to hold on to Imanari's head to control him but Imanari postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Petit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petit throws a sloppy head kick and Imanari moves out of range easily.
Imanari tries to counter by clinching up but Petit breaks away and moves out of range.
Petit throws a big shot that misses.
Imanari is looking to counter the offense by Petit and move into the clinch.
Petit misses with a hook. Imanari ducked under it nicely.
Petit wants to slow Imanari down by chopping away at his legs.
Imanari tries to counter with a takedown but Petit is quick to defend against it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Petit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Imanari checks it well.
Petit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jean Luc Petit will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Petit throws a looping overhand right but Imanari ducks down to avoid it.
Petit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Petit scores with the left hand. Imanari knows he should have avoided that one.
Petit lands with an uppercut that bounces Imanari off the cage and back into range.
Donk. Imanari catches Petit right on the button with a cross.
Petit misses the shot to the body.
Jean Luc Petit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Imanari shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Petit misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Imanari tries to move into range but Petit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Petit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Petit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Imanari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit scores with a shot to the body.
Petit throws a body shot but no joy.
Petit's corner calls for a 1-2. Petit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Imanari.
Imanari attempts a counter takedown but Petit avoids it well and moves away.
Petit just misses with a punch to the body.
Petit lands a lovely overhand right.
Imanari's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Petit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Imanari scrambles back to his feet.
Petit looks to throw the jab but Imanari is out of range.
Imanari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Petit misses with a looping left.
Imanari drops down looking for a counter takedown but Petit sprawls and moves away.
Imanari closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kazuo Imanari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petit connects with a leg kick.
Imanari takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Petit throws out a loose jab but Imanari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petit misses with an uppercut. Imanari saw that one coming.
Imanari slips a jab from Petit.
Imanari seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jean Luc Petit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Imanari stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Imanari throws a leg kick but Petit moved away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Petit darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Petit looks to score with a jab to the body but Imanari is just out of range.
Imanari tries to counter by clinching up but Petit breaks away and moves out of range.
Petit is looking to score with low kicks.
Imanari scoring well with a low kick there.
Petit thuds his right hand into Imanari's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Petit finds it's target.
Imanari slips a straight right by Petit.
Petit connects with a leg kick.
Imanari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petit.
Petit lands a nice looking body shot.
Petit throws a lazy uppercut
and Imanari counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Imanari trying to control the position from guard on top but Petit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jean Luc Petit is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Imanari advances to half guard.
Imanari works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit is looking to improve his position but Imanari isn't that keen on the idea.
Petit stops Imanari from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Imanari throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Imanari avoids the attempt from Petit to control.
Imanari goes for an armbar but he's not got it
Petit turns into him and now he's in Imanari's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Luc Petit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Petit winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Luc Petit!
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