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Sucker Punch Pro Series 183 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Ferreira-Alves (ranked 2431 p4p, 2770 weight class) and Benny Figg (ranked 325 p4p, 364 weight class). Ferreira-Alves comes to the cage accompanied by The Mountain - Jucifer. Figg has chosen Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Benny Figg!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Figg.
Ferreira-Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ferreira-Alves darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Figg scores with a one two! Ferreira-Alves had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
 It looks like Felipe Ferreira-Alves has been cut.
Figg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short left from Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've been informed that Figg has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Figg tries to stall but Ferreira-Alves uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Figg blocks a body shot from Ferreira-Alves.
Figg is looking for a takedown.
Ferreira-Alves is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ferreira-Alves gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Figg.
Figg jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ferreira-Alves walks away with a smile on his face. Figg gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benny Figg.
Ferreira-Alves blocks a head kick by Figg.
Figg manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ferreira-Alves on his heels. He'll look to pass Ferreira-Alves's guard now, I'm sure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Figg has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ferreira-Alves is proving hard to escape from.
Figg must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ferreira-Alves lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ferreira-Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ferreira-Alves slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ferreira-Alves 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.
Figg throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ferreira-Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ferreira-Alves working some strikes from top position.
Figg scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Figg tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ferreira-Alves is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ferreira-Alves is in close to Figg's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ferreira-Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ferreira-Alves passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ferreira-Alves tries for a kimura but Figg is defending well.
Figg tries to bench press Ferreira-Alves off him but Ferreira-Alves keeps the position.
Ferreira-Alves working away.
Figg takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Figg managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ferreira-Alves.
Figg parries the strikes from Ferreira-Alves easily there. Ferreira-Alves is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Figg to escape.
Ferreira-Alves scores with punches from side control.
Ferreira-Alves lands a nice forearm strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figg wants to control but Ferreira-Alves postures up.
Figg manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ferreira-Alves's best efforts.
Figg tries to get to full guard but Ferreira-Alves has control of the leg.
We've been hearing good reports from Ferreira-Alves's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Ferreira-Alves is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ferreira-Alves throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ferreira-Alves lands with a punch from half guard.
Ferreira-Alves is nestled in close to Figg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ferreira-Alves winds up and cracks Figg with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Ferreira-Alves there.
Figg is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ferreira-Alves's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ferreira-Alves's back!
Ferreira-Alves looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Figg is looking to control Ferreira-Alves but Ferreira-Alves is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figg doesn't have the hooks in and Ferreira-Alves manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira-Alves with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Figg controls Ferreira-Alves momentarily but Ferreira-Alves frees himself.
Ferreira-Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves throwing strikes from guard but Figg blocks nicely.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control but Figg is working from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Ferreira-Alves's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ferreira-Alves connects with a looping right hand.
Ferreira-Alves gets the takedown into side control.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the action but Figg is working from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves controlling the position.
Ferreira-Alves lands some shots froms side control.
Ferreira-Alves landing strikes.
Figg on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Figg is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ferreira-Alves is controlling him well.
Ferreira-Alves working the body and head with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves grinds an elbow into Figg's temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Figg wants to control but Ferreira-Alves postures up.
Figg taking a bit of punishment here - Ferreira-Alves scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Figg manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Figg wants to free his trapped foot but Ferreira-Alves is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ferreira-Alves is staying active underneath Figg, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ferreira-Alves gets back to full guard.
Ferreira-Alves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Figg can do to turn this around?
Figg throws an elbow that misses. Ferreira-Alves uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Figg's guard. Nice move by Ferreira-Alves!
Ferreira-Alves trying to control but Figg is working from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves distracts Figg with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ferreira-Alves wants to control from the top but Figg keeps moving.
Ferreira-Alves distracts Figg with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Figg controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ferreira-Alves's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ferreira-Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ferreira-Alves postures up in Figg's guard and throws a big left but Figg blocks it.
Ferreira-Alves is in close to Figg's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ferreira-Alves makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ferreira-Alves's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ferreira-Alves lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferreira-Alves works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ferreira-Alves is nestled in close to Figg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Figg does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ferreira-Alves drops an elbow to the side of Figg's head.
Figg slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ferreira-Alves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ferreira-Alves keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Figg's head.
Ferreira-Alves works over Figg with some ground and pound from guard.
Figg looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ferreira-Alves is one step ahead there.
Figg isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ferreira-Alves stacks Figg on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ferreira-Alves!
Ferreira-Alves connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Figg some visible discomfort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ferreira-Alves looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Figg is looking for a sweep.
Ferreira-Alves scoring with punches from side control.
Figg is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ferreira-Alves is controlling him well.
Ferreira-Alves landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ferreira-Alves scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ferreira-Alves lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferreira-Alves working the head with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves working the head and body with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves advances to full mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Ferreira-Alves's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ferreira-Alves tries to keep at a distance but Figg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ferreira-Alves is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ferreira-Alves stalling against the cage.
Figg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ferreira-Alves scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ferreira-Alves wants to control but Figg is keeping him busy.
Figg takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the position but Figg is working away.
Ferreira-Alves lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves lands a few punches from side control.
Ferreira-Alves working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Figg tries to escape but Ferreira-Alves is in control.
Ferreira-Alves tries to advance to mount but can't.
Figg struggling a bit here.
Figg is looking to regain half guard here but Ferreira-Alves keeps moving and retains side control.
Ferreira-Alves cracks Figg with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Figg struggling a bit here.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the action but Figg is working from the bottom.
Figg is trying to buck Ferreira-Alves off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figg taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ferreira-Alves slows the pace down.
Figg on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves lands an elbow.
Figg tries to bench press Ferreira-Alves off him but Ferreira-Alves keeps the position.
Ferreira-Alves scores with punches from side control.
Figg is trying to control Ferreira-Alves's posture but Ferreira-Alves avoids it.
Figg is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ferreira-Alves connects with a decent elbow.
Ferreira-Alves working the ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves lands a few punches from side control.
Figg on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Figg manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ferreira-Alves's best efforts.
Ferreira-Alves seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Figg is refusing to be controlled, as Ferreira-Alves sits in half guard.
Benny Figg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ferreira-Alves working over Figg with some ground and pound. Figg looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Figg is staying active underneath Ferreira-Alves, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ferreira-Alves blocks the strikes from Figg.
Ferreira-Alves stalling away here and it's allowed Figg to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Ferreira-Alves wants to control from the top but Figg keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figg is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ferreira-Alves is aware though and is defending well.
Ferreira-Alves controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Figg striking off his back but it's not causing Ferreira-Alves any problems.
Ferreira-Alves working some strikes from top position.
Ferreira-Alves scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Figg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ferreira-Alves looking to sit in guard and control but Figg gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Figg throws a big elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Ferreira-Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ferreira-Alves, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
An out of breath Felipe Ferreira-Alves 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Kodjia (ranked 2537 p4p, 2441 weight class) and Expendable Crewman V (ranked 305 p4p, 294 weight class). Crewman V has chosen Star Trek as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Sammy Kodjia has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sammy Kodjia seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sammy Kodjia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Expendable Crewman V!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crewman V misses with a looping left.
Crewman V throws a lazy uppercut
and Crewman V takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crewman V throws a hook but Kodjia blocks it.
Crewman V throws a body punch but Kodjia moves out of range.
Crewman V looks to throw the jab but Kodjia is out of range.
Kodjia lands a nice shot to the body.
Kodjia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crewman V takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kodjia connects with a body shot.
Crewman V looks winded!
Crewman V swings for the body but Kodjia moves out of range.
Crewman V throws a looping overhand right but Kodjia ducks down to avoid it.
Kodjia lands a big head kick that sends Crewman V tumbling to the mat! Kodjia takes a step backwards and waves Crewman V back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 It looks like Expendable Crewman V has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kodjia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kodjia lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sammy Kodjia!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Cruzeiro (ranked 1642 p4p, 1328 weight class) and Anderson Nogueira (ranked 240 p4p, 204 weight class). Cruzeiro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Linval Thompson - Jah Jah The Conqueror. Anderson Nogueira is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Cruzeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Nogueira !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Nogueira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cruzeiro lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A cross from Cruzeiro lands.
Cruzeiro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at House of 1000 Corpses in the buildup to the fight.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Cruzeiro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nogueira moves out of range of the body kick from Cruzeiro.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruzeiro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Cruzeiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Cruzeiro is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro works Nogueira 's body with a nice hook.
Cruzeiro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cruzeiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nogueira slips under a jab.
Cruzeiro avoids the head kick by Nogueira .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruzeiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cruzeiro lands a body shot.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick but Nogueira moved away.
Nogueira defending well as Cruzeiro loads up on a big left hand.
Nogueira slips under a jab.
Cruzeiro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nogueira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruzeiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cruzeiro lands a leg kick that knocks Nogueira off balance momentarily.
Cruzeiro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro with a jab.
Cruzeiro misses with a straight right.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cruzeiro takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cruzeiro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It seemed like Nogueira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nogueira has Cruzeiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Nogueira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cruzeiros head.
A right handed body shot lands from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro blocks the elbow strike.
Nogueira trying to land knees to the body.
Cruzeiro breaks the clinch.
Cruzeiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cruzeiro. Nogueira shrugs it off though.
Cruzeiro throws a push kick but Nogueira slaps the foot to one side.
Nogueira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nogueira doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruzeiro circles away.
Cruzeiro jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Cruzeiro is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruzeiro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cruzeiro misses with a hook to the body
and Nogueira counters with a big head kick but Cruzeiro shrugs it off.
It looks like Julio Cruzeiro has been cut.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Cruzeiro pushes him off.
Cruzeiro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cruzeiro keeps the fight on the outside.
Nogueira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruzeiro misses with a lunging right hand
and Nogueira counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cruzeiro takes a swing at Nogueira 's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nogueira ! But no joy.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
Cruzeiro throws a hook but Nogueira blocks it.
Nogueira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Cruzeiro moves away
and Cruzeiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruzeiro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nogueira scores with a nice right hand.
Cruzeiro lands with a hook. Nogueira tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cruzeiro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruzeiro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cruzeiro punishes Nogueira 's body with a nice straight punch.
Nogueira ducks under a wild hook from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cruzeiro staying out of range there.
Cruzeiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nogueira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Cruzeiro moves out of range easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nogueira lands a nice uppercut.
Nogueira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cruzeiro misses with some punches.
Nogueira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cruzeiro backwards.
Nogueira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cruzeiro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruzeiro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Cruzeiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio Cruzeiro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cruzeiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruzeiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nogueira throws a fast counter high kick but Cruzeiro manages to duck under it in time.
Julio Cruzeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Cruzeiro misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Cruzeiro misses the target.
Nogueira swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cruzeiro.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cruzeiro walks into a straight right hand from Nogueira .
Cruzeiro misses the shot to the body.
Cruzeiro throws out a leg kick but Nogueira moves out of range and Cruzeiro only half commits.
Cruzeiro thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nogueira if he has to take too many more of those.
Julio Cruzeiro is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nogueira tries to clinch up.
Decent striking displayed by Cruzeiro there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nogueira walks straight into a right hand from Cruzeiro - that's dropped him! Cruzeiro jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Nogueira from any more punishment! Nogueira complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Julio Cruzeiro!
Julio Cruzeiro decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny McFly (ranked 1677 p4p, 1184 weight class) and Darwin Zambrano (ranked 249 p4p, 173 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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10 - 10 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny McFly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darwin Zambrano!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zambrano fakes the leg kick and cracks McFly in the body.
Zambrano dodges the punch combination from McFly.
It seemed like Zambrano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zambrano connects with a high kick.
McFly tries to clinch there but Zambrano circles away.
McFly loads up on a big right hand but Zambrano slips the punch.
McFly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Darwin Zambrano has been cut.
McFly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McFly lunges at Zambrano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zambrano's hand.
Zambrano throws a shot to the body.
Zambrano takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McFly wants to clinch up but Zambrano keeps it at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from McFly. Those never looked like landing.
Zambrano only half commits to the counter leg kick.
McFly gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zambrano.
McFly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zambrano punishes McFly's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambrano blocks a jab.
Zambrano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McFly misses with a looping left.
A countering left hand to the body from Zambrano misses.
Zambrano gets a clinch.
Zambrano scores with a shot to the side of McFly's head.
Zambrano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zambrano is working McFly over against the cage.
Zambrano blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zambrano.
McFly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McFly.
Zambrano blocks an uppercut.
Zambrano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McFlys head.
Zambrano gets underhooks to prevent McFly's takedown attempt.
Zambrano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zambrano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McFly misses with a combination
and Zambrano counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFly tries to clinch
and McFly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McFly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Zambrano has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Zambrano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McFly was well out of range. Poor timing from Zambrano.
McFly moves to clinch but Zambrano breaks away
and Zambrano counters with a low kick, right behind McFly 's knee.
Zambrano throws the left hand but McFly avoids the punch easily.
Zambrano clinches up with McFly and pushes him back against the cage.
Zambrano breaks the clinch.
McFly has taken the fight to the clinch.
McFly misses with a hook to the ribs.
McFly struggles to land a body shot inside as Zambrano controls his hands.
Zambrano manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zambrano working aggressively here.
McFly working hard to break the clinch.
McFly lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zambrano throws a punch but it's blocked by McFly.
McFly has a couple of punches blocked by Zambrano.
Zambrano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to McFly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McFly.
Zambrano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by McFly. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McFly.
McFly scores with a nice right hand.
McFly tries to clinch up but Zambrano circles away and keeps his distance.
McFly tries to clinch but Zambrano is having none of it.
Zambrano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McFly closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zambrano moves into the clinch.
Zambrano misses with some punches.
McFly lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zambrano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zambrano lands a right hand that snaps the head of McFly backwards.
Zambrano breaks from the clinch.
Jonny McFly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zambrano moves out of range as McFly strikes.
Zambrano appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zambrano.
Jab, jab by Zambrano - just one landing.
McFly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zambrano has time to react.
Zambrano slips a jab from McFly.
Zambrano doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zambrano misses with a low kick.
McFly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That has opened up Darwin Zambrano's cut even more.
McFly tests Zambrano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zambrano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zambrano shapes to counter with a head kick.
McFly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zambrano.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zambrano throws a head kick but McFly moves out of range.
A big right from McFly misses.
McFly tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zambrano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Darwin Zambrano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darwin Zambrano's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Zambrano moves forwards but McFly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McFly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McFly moves into the clinch.
Zambrano tries to throw a body punch but McFly avoids it by throwing Zambrano back against the cage.
Zambrano misses with a punch to the body.
Zambrano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McFly wants to clinch.
McFly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zambrano at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McFly wants to clinch.
Zambrano throws a fast counter high kick but McFly manages to duck under it in time.
Zambrano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McFly rather than just go for the knockout.
Zambrano throws a lazy right hand but McFly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFly looks to land a right hand but Zambrano moved out of range.
Zambrano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Zambrano misses with a looping left.
McFly throws a hook to the side of Zambrano's head but Zambrano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zambrano misses with a jab, cross combination.
McFly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zambrano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zambrano.
Zambrano lands with a shot to the body.
McFly is looking to clinch.
McFly misses with a lunging right hand
and Zambrano counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from McFly. Zambrano does a little dance to reset his feet.
McFly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jonny McFly is winning the standup battle so far.
McFly cracks Zambrano with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McFly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zambrano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McFly misses with a hook
and Zambrano counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zambrano slips a straight right by McFly.
The fighters circling - McFly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McFly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zambrano.
McFly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zambrano was well out of range. Poor timing from McFly.
McFly looks to score with a jab to the body but Zambrano is just out of range.
Zambrano lands a right hook to the body.
McFly wants to clinch up but Zambrano keeps it at a distance.
Zambrano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McFly is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Zambrano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McFly.
Zambrano ducks right into an uppercut from McFly.
McFly connects with the punch.
McFly scores with a jab to the body.
McFly tries to clinch up.
McFly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zambrano counters with a stiff right hand.
 McFly is rocked!
McFly throws out a loose jab but Zambrano uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McFly tries to clinch but Zambrano moves away
and McFly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh McFly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zambrano finds McFly's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! McFly flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Zambrano lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure McFly will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darwin Zambrano!
In his post fight interview, Darwin Zambrano started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frog Ribbit (ranked 2561 p4p, 1308 weight class) and Devin Ecker (ranked 367 p4p, 199 weight class). Ecker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Where The Hood At?. Devin Ecker has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frog Ribbit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devin Ecker!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Ecker lands but Ribbit takes it in his stride.
It looks like Frog Ribbit has been cut.
Ribbit takes a swing at Ecker's ribcage but misses.
Ribbit throws a chopping leg kick but Ecker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ribbit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ribbit moves out of range of the body kick.
Ribbit is looking to land body kicks.
A jab from Ribbit misses.
Donk. Ribbit catches Ecker right on the button with a cross.
Ecker has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ribbit scores with a sloppy right hand. Ecker should have avoided that one.
Ribbit feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Ecker sprawling to the canvas! Ecker rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ribbit finish him?!
 Ecker is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Ribbit.
A swing and a miss from Ribbit.
Ecker connects with a right hand. Ribbit shakes it off.
Ribbit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ecker was well out of range. Poor timing from Ribbit.
Ribbit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ribbit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Frog Ribbit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbit feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Ecker sprawling to the canvas! Ecker rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ribbit finish him?!
Ecker is still on wobbly legs! Can Ribbit finish him?
Ecker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A left lands for Ecker.
Ecker seems to have recovered his senses.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Ribbit! Ecker is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frog Ribbit!
Frog Ribbit thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Professor Xe (ranked 1800 p4p, 1898 weight class) and Daniel Spong (ranked 234 p4p, 242 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Professor Xe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Spong!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spong.
Spong shoots for a double leg takedown but Xe sprawls well. He's pushed Spong's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Spong has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Good shot there by Xe.
Spong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Xe.
Xe tries to counter with a takedown but Spong is quick to defend against it.
Spong misses with a straight left.
Spong slips a jab from Xe.
Spong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Spong closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Xe did well to prevent Spong getting side control.
Xe looking for submissions off his back.
Ground and pound from Spong.
Xe has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Spong is working away from the top position though.
Xe is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Xe is looking to improve his position.
Spong landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Spong is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Xe looking for submissions off his back.
Spong passes to side control.
Xe wants to control but Spong postures up.
The strikes coming from Spong are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Spong tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Spong has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Spong wants to control but Xe is keeping him busy.
We've been hearing good reports from Xe's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Xe manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Xe is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Spong pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xe looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Xe manages to get to full guard.
Xe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Spong working some strikes from top position.
Spong wants to control from the top but Xe keeps moving.
Xe escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Spong gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Xe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Spong avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spong with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Spong trying to control the position from guard on top but Xe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Xe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Xe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Xe working for a triangle but Spong defends it easily.
Spong is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Spong makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Xe is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spong postures up.
Xe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Xe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spong.
Spong connects with a couple of short punches.
Xe has an active guard here but Spong has managed to pass into half guard.
Spong takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Spong is nestled in close to Xe, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Xe has hold of Spong's hands but Spong slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Xe preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Spong trying to mount his opponent but Xe defends it.
Spong is trying to control the action in half guard but Xe is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Spong dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice straight punches there by Xe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Xe.
Xe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Spong quickly recovers to half guard.
Spong has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Xe is working away from the top position though.
Spong regains full guard. Nicely done.
Spong has his feet on Xe's thighs here. He's pushed Xe off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Xe screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Daniel Spong!
Our winner, Daniel Spong, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 732 p4p, 1122 weight class) and Tytus Aleksy (ranked 104 p4p, 157 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Johannes Tulikoura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tytus Aleksy!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tulikoura stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aleksy.
Aleksy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aleksy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aleksy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tulikoura eats them both and turns towards Aleksy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Aleksy misses with a straight right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aleksy.
Aleksy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tulikoura misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Tulikoura misses the target.
Tulikoura connects with a leg kick.
Tulikoura lands a really nice looking cross but Aleksy seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tulikoura throws a chopping leg kick but Aleksy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tulikoura misses the shot to the body.
Tulikoura misses with a leg kick.
Aleksy motions for Tulikoura to come forward. Aleksy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've been informed that Aleksy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tulikoura with the inside leg kick.
Aleksy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aleksy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tulikoura tries to land a leg kick but Aleksy saw it coming and moves away.
Aleksy throws a shot from downtown. Tulikoura moves away and avoids it.
Aleksy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tulikoura throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulikoura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aleksy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Aleksy.
Tulikoura checks a leg kick.
A low kick lands for Tulikoura.
Tulikoura throws an overhand right that lands on Aleksy's shoulder, as Aleksy tries to avoid the shot.
Aleksy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Aleksy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tulikoura avoids the head kick by Aleksy.
Tulikoura looks to throw the jab but Aleksy is out of range.
Tulikoura throws a low kick but it's checked well by Aleksy.
Aleksy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Aleksy punishes Tulikoura's body with a nice straight punch.
Tulikoura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tulikoura misses with a looping right.
Tulikoura connects with a leg kick.
Aleksy looks to score with a jab to the body but Tulikoura is just out of range.
Tulikoura feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tulikoura does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Aleksy is looking to land body kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tulikoura shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura lands a body shot.
A jab lands there for Aleksy.
Aleksy is looking to slow Tulikoura down with leg kicks.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Aleksy throws out a loose jab but Tulikoura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aleksy scores with a body shot.
Tulikoura throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aleksy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tulikoura fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Aleksy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tulikoura was well out of range. Poor timing from Aleksy.
Tulikoura fires out a quick counter leg kick but Aleksy just manages to avoid it.
Tulikoura throws a hook but Aleksy blocks it.
A low kick lands for Aleksy.
A big left from Aleksy misses.
Aleksy misses with a low kick as Tulikoura jumps back.
Aleksy punishes Tulikoura's body with a nice straight punch.
Aleksy checks a leg kick nicely.
Tulikoura lands a slapping body shot.
Aleksy tries a low kick but Tulikoura avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura connects with a solid leg kick.
Aleksy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tulikoura scores with a shot to the body.
Tulikoura lands the left hand.
Aleksy throws a body shot but no joy.
Tulikoura with a nice calf kick.
Tulikoura connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Aleksy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tulikoura lands with an overhand left.
Aleksy connects with an inside leg kick.
Aleksy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tulikoura if he has to take too many more of those.
Tulikoura fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Aleksy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tulikoura moves away from the strike by Aleksy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aleksy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tulikoura counters with a straight right hand.
Aleksy connects with a solid leg kick.
Tulikoura throws a lazy right hand but Aleksy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Aleksy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tulikoura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Aleksy is able to avoid easily.
Aleksy checks a low kick from Tulikoura.
Aleksy flicks out a counter leg kick but Tulikoura steps away.
Tulikoura fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aleksy with a nice calf kick.
A clash of legs there as Tulikoura blocks the low kick.
Aleksy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tulikoura checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Aleksy throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Aleksy wants to slow Tulikoura down by chopping away at his legs.
Aleksy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tulikoura.
Aleksy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Aleksy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tulikoura 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.
Aleksy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tulikoura manages to avoid it.
Aleksy throws a right and a left that both miss.
It appears Tulikoura was looking to counter with a kick there.
Aleksy misses with a shot to the body
letting Tulikoura counter with a right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tulikoura darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tulikoura wants to slow Aleksy down by chopping away at his legs.
Tulikoura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jab by Tulikoura.
Aleksy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tulikoura has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tytus Aleksy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Aleksy throws a body shot but no joy.
Aleksy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tulikoura feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Aleksy tries to score with a low kick but Tulikoura moves his leg out of the way.
Aleksy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Tulikoura does it's job there.
Tulikoura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Aleksy is able to avoid easily.
Aleksy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Aleksy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Aleksy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tulikoura.
Aleksy staying out of range there.
Aleksy appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Aleksy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tulikoura scores with a shot to the body.
Tulikoura wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Aleksy throws the kick towards the body but Tulikoura avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tulikoura throws a front kick aimed at Aleksy's knee but Aleksy avoids it well.
Tulikoura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aleksy can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Tulikoura.
Nice defenses there by Aleksy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aleksy misses the shot to the body.
Aleksy throws a leg kick but Tulikoura moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulikoura on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aleksy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Aleksy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aleksy moves away from the strike by Tulikoura.
Aleksy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Aleksy tries a low kick but Tulikoura avoids it.
Tulikoura scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Aleksy doesn't seem bothered though.
Aleksy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tulikoura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aleksy throws out the jab.
Aleksy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tulikoura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tulikoura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aleksy.
Tulikoura connects with a leg kick.
Aleksy lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tulikoura thumps Aleksy with a low kick.
Aleksy throws a head kick but Tulikoura moves out of range.
Aleksy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tulikoura.
Tulikoura swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura misses with a low kick.
Aleksy jabs Tulikoura to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good leg kick by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura ducks under a wild hook from Aleksy.
Aleksy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Aleksy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tulikoura rather than just go for the knockout.
Tulikoura checks a low kick from Aleksy.
Aleksy throws a leg kick that misses.
Tulikoura blocks a low kick nicely.
Tulikoura lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Aleksy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Aleksy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Aleksy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tulikoura throws a good cross that connects.
Aleksy tried to score with a low kick but Tulikoura checks it.
As Aleksy backs away, Tulikoura returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Aleksy moves forwards but Tulikoura connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aleksy.
Tulikoura moves out of range of the leg kick from Aleksy.
It looked like Tulikoura wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Aleksy throws a body punch but Tulikoura moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy misses with a body kick.
Tulikoura misses with a wild body shot.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick that misses.
Aleksy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Aleksy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Aleksy, as that shot connected.
Aleksy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tulikouras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aleksy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A jab from Aleksy misses.
Tulikoura has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Aleksy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tulikoura keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tulikoura scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tulikoura misses with a body punch
and Aleksy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tulikoura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aleksy.
Tulikoura 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.
Tulikoura throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tulikoura throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aleksy misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aleksy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Aleksy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tulikoura tries to work over Aleksy's front leg with a kick but Aleksy checks it.
Aleksy throws a lazy uppercut
and Tulikoura makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tulikoura fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tulikoura connects with a solid leg kick.
Aleksy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tulikoura. That did some damage!
Aleksy jabs Tulikoura to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tulikoura.
Aleksy lands a slapping body shot.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick which misses Aleksy's front leg but catches the back leg as Aleksy tries to avoid it.
Aleksy throws a leg kick but Tulikoura sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Aleksy throws a leg kick but Tulikoura checks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aleksy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from Tulikoura misses its target.
Tulikoura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tulikoura scores with a jab.
Good work by Tulikoura as he checks the leg kick.
Aleksy lands a head kick!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tytus Aleksy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Both fighters circling a little - Aleksy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tulikoura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tulikoura takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tulikoura misses with a low kick.
Tulikoura throws the left hand but Aleksy avoids the punch easily.
Aleksy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tulikoura moves away.
Tytus Aleksy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aleksy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tulikoura feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tulikoura throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aleksy on the side of the head.
Aleksy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Aleksy throws a push kick but Tulikoura slaps the foot to one side.
That kick from Tulikoura tenderised Aleksy's leg. Aleksy is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aleksy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tulikoura.
Aleksy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tulikoura moves away.
Tulikoura misses the shot to the body.
Aleksy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aleksy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tulikoura connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aleksy throws a leg kick which misses Tulikoura's front leg but catches the back leg as Tulikoura tries to avoid it.
Tulikoura takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aleksy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tulikoura.
Some bone on bone action there as Tulikoura checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tulikoura misses with a hook.
Aleksy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Aleksy missing with a left hand there. Tulikoura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tulikoura takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aleksy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tulikoura's head.
Tulikoura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aleksy.
Tulikoura moves out of range as Aleksy strikes.
Aleksy scoring well with a low kick there.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick but Aleksy checks it.
Aleksy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tulikoura lands a head shot.
Tulikoura lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Aleksy at a distance.
Tulikoura takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tulikoura tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aleksy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tulikoura blocks a low kick nicely.
Tytus Aleksy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy slips under a jab.
Tulikoura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aleksy.
Aleksy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aleksy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tulikoura is able to avoid easily.
Tulikoura tried to counter with a leg kick but Aleksy avoided it.
Tulikoura is looking to score with low kicks.
Tulikoura misses with a wild body shot.
Tulikoura throws the left hand but Aleksy avoids the punch easily.
Aleksy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura lands a jab to the head.
Tulikoura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aleksy can pounce on him.
Tulikoura throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Aleksy throws a body shot but no joy.
Tulikoura connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tulikoura is looking to score with low kicks.
Tulikoura buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aleksy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tulikoura. Tulikoura obviously looking to wear him down.
Tulikoura misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura takes a swing at Aleksy's ribcage but misses.
Aleksy throws a counter combo.
Tulikoura tries to move into range but Aleksy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Aleksy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tulikoura.
Johannes Tulikoura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aleksy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tulikoura at a distance.
Aleksy misses with the combination.
Tulikoura looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Aleksy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Left hook, right uppercut from Aleksy.
Aleksy tries a head kick but it misses.
Tulikoura throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Aleksy with the inside leg kick.
Tulikoura wants to slow Aleksy down by chopping away at his legs.
Aleksy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Tulikoura misses
and Aleksy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tulikoura avoids a kick to the body.
Tulikoura rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aleksy counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aleksy throws a head kick that misses.
Tulikoura half committed to a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Aleksy misses its intended target.
A good leg kick by Tulikoura.
Aleksy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tulikoura is out of range and Aleksy settles back down.
Tulikoura throws a big shot that misses.
Tulikoura swings for the body but Aleksy moves out of range.
Aleksy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tulikoura doesn't seem bothered though.
Tulikoura looks to score with a jab to the body but Aleksy is just out of range.
Aleksy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tulikoura swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Aleksy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Aleksy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tulikoura.
Aleksy feints and then cracks Tulikoura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tulikoura down.
Tulikoura connects with an inside leg kick.
Aleksy connects with a high kick.
Aleksy scores with a sloppy right hand. Tulikoura should have avoided that one.
Tulikoura takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tulikoura wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tytus Aleksy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aleksy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tytus Aleksy!
A very excited looking Tytus Aleksy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spinning Fire (ranked 953 p4p, 787 weight class) and Parta Matti (ranked 135 p4p, 109 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spinning Fire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Parta Matti!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matti throws a hook to the side of Fire's head but Fire sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fire feinted with a counter takedown.
Matti misses with an uppercut. Fire saw that one coming.
Fire tries to counter with a takedown but Matti is quick to defend against it.
Matti looks to land a combination but Fire avoids it well.
Fire drops down looking for a counter takedown but Matti sprawls and moves away.
Matti misses with a looping right.
Fire changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Matti missing with a left hand there. Fire was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matti throws a jab but it's blocked by Fire.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matti lands a head shot.
Fire avoids the body shot from Matti.
Fire drops down looking for a counter takedown but Matti sprawls and moves away.
Fire slips a jab and a cross from Matti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matti misses with an uppercut
and Fire counters with a takedown into side control.
Matti taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fire misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Fire in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Fire throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fire sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Matti is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fire misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Fire 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.
Fire is trying to ground and pound but Matti uses the momentary lack of control by Fire to regain half guard.
Fire trying to control the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matti is looking to improve his position.
Fire missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fire throwing shots but Matti is blocking nicely.
Fire is trying to control the action in half guard but Matti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fire wants to pass to mount but Matti is defending the position.
Matti controlling the position well.
Fire keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fire thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Matti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Matti wants to get back to full guard.
Fire tries to pass the half guard into mount. Matti knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fire not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fire looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matti with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Matti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fire.
Matti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Matti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Matti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fire looks to land a strike but Matti avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Fire trying to control the position from guard on top but Matti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fire loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Matti keeping moving, preventing Fire from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Fire's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Matti misses the shot to the body.
Fire appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Matti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fire avoids the head kick by Matti.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spinning Fire dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fire blocks a jab.
Matti misses with a body shot.
Matti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fire feinted with a counter takedown.
Matti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fire manages to avoid it.
Matti tries to clinch but Fire is having none of it.
Fire tries to counter with a takedown but Matti is quick to defend against it.
Matti is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Matti misses with a hook. Fire ducked under it nicely.
Fire changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matti just misses with a punch to the body.
Matti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matti moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fire ducks under a wild hook from Matti.
Matti misses with a series of wild punches.
Fire drops down looking for a counter takedown but Matti sprawls and moves away.
Matti misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fire counters with a single leg into guard. Matti didn't expect that.
Fire lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matti controlling the position.
Matti keeping moving, preventing Fire from controlling successfully.
Matti looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Let's hope that Matti has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Fire throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fire trying to control but Matti is working from the bottom.
Fire is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Matti is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fire's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Fire keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matti.
Fire half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Matti pushes Fire up against the cage in a clinch.
Fire wants a takedown.
Matti misses with the head strike.
Matti lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fire has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Matti avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Matti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fire blocks a body shot from Matti.
Matti stops a takedown attempt from Fire.
I was talking to Fire's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spinning Fire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fire wants a takedown.
Matti struggles to land a body shot inside as Fire controls his hands.
Matti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fire blocks an uppercut.
Fire is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Matti is defending well.
Matti tries a body shot but Fire blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Matti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matti working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Parta Matti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Fire moves away from the strike by Matti.
Fire feinted with a counter takedown.
Fire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matti.
Matti closes the distance and pushes Fire back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matti tries to throw a body punch but Fire avoids it by throwing Matti back against the cage.
Fire takes a shot to the head.
Matti struggles to land a body shot inside as Fire controls his hands.
Fire drops down looking for an ankle pick but Matti pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matti misses with a hook. Fire ducked under it nicely.
Matti throws a hook but Fire blocks it.
Fire drops down looking for a counter takedown but Matti sprawls and moves away.
Matti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Matti closes the distance and pushes Fire back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matti.
Fire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fire has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Matti avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Matti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matti prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spinning Fire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matti gets through Fire's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matti is leaning against Fire and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fire wants to take the fight to the mat but Matti manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Fire blocking some punches.
Matti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matti swings wildly with an uppercut but Fire uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fire.
Matti tries to throw a body punch but Fire avoids it by throwing Matti back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matti swings wildly with an uppercut but Fire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matti lands with a short shot to the head.
Matti misses with the head strike.
Matti digs a right hand underneath Fire's ribcage. Fire let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Matti presses Fire against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fire looking for a takedown.
Fire blocking some punches.
Matti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matti breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fire staying out of range there.
Fire half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Matti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Matti misses with a double jab
and Fire counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
You can see the frustration on Matti's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fire in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Parta Matti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Matti has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Parta Matti!
A victorious Parta Matti thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Spinning Fire spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll back stronger'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leon Lentz (ranked 397 p4p, 511 weight class) and Jesus Christ Karter (ranked 68 p4p, 84 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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24 - 14 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Very quick |
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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 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leon Lentz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jesus Christ Karter!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lentz looks to land a right hand but Karter moved out of range.
Lentz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Karter scores with the left hand. Lentz knows he should have avoided that one.
Lentz checks the leg kick.
Lentz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Karter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lentz won't be happy with that.
Karter goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Lentz has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Karter but great work by Lentz.
Karter is looking to reverse the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lentz wants to stand but Karter is controlling his arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karter can't do much from the bottom here.
Karter is looking to regain half guard here but Lentz keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lentz wants to stand but Karter has his arm trapped.
Karter sneaks back into half guard.
Karter is trying to maintain the position but Lentz is very close to passing his half guard.
Karter preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Karter moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Karter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lentz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Karter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lentz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lentz tries to stand but Karter is controlling from the bottom.
Karter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Karter looking for a sweep. Not yet Karter, not yet.
Karter seems keen to control Lentz's posture.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lentz is looking to stand up but Karter won't let him.
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.
Karter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Karter misses with a hook.
Lentz loads up on a big right hand but Karter slips the punch.
Lentz slips a straight right by Karter.
Lentz checks a leg kick.
Lentz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karter is out of range.
Karter throws a right hand that misses
and Lentz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lentz misses with a straight right.
Lentz slips a straight right by Karter.
Lentz throws a low kick but Karter avoids it.
Karter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lentz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Karter misses with a combination
and Lentz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karter. That's going to slow Lentz down.
Lentz throws out a leg kick but Karter moves out of range and Lentz only half commits.
Lentz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karter manages to avoid it.
Karter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lentz.
It seemed like Karter was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karter delivers a nice body kick.
Karter misses with a hook.
Jesus Christ Karter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lentz pinned against the cage. Lentz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Karter misses with a double jab
and Lentz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lentz counters with a left to the body.
Leon Lentz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lentz checks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Karter.
Karter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lentz misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Karter was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Karter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lentz.
Karter feints a counter leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Lentz there.
Lentz moves out of range as Karter throws a body kick.
Good shot there by Lentz.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Lentz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lentz loads up on a big right hand but Karter slips the punch.
Karter jabs Lentz right on the nose. Lentz blinks but takes it well.
Karter lands a head shot.
Lentz digs a good body shot into Karter's ribs.
Karter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lentz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lentz takes a swing at Karter's ribcage but misses.
Lentz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karter wants to slow Lentz down by chopping away at his legs.
Lentz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lentz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Karter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lentz's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lentz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Karter manages to get himself to full guard.
Lentz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lentz defends it easily.
Karter working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lentz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lentz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Karter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lentz gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That kick from Karter tenderised Lentz's leg. Lentz is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Karter throws a front kick that sends Lentz stumbling back into the cage.
Lentz swings for the body but Karter moves out of range.
Lentz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Karter lands a jab to the head.
Lentz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lentz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karter.
Nice defenses there by Karter.
Good standup being displayed there by Karter as he connects with a hook.
Karter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Karter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lentz throws a body punch but Karter moves out of range.
Karter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Karter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lentz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Karter tries to work over Lentz's front leg with a kick but Lentz checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter feints and then cracks Lentz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lentz down.
Nice cross by Lentz.
Karter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Karter jabs Lentz right on the nose. Lentz blinks but takes it well.
Lentz connects with a looping right hand.
Nice shot by Lentz.
Lentz is looking to slow Karter down with leg kicks.
Lentz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karter was well out of range. Poor timing from Lentz.
Karter throws out a counter right but Lentz avoids it with no problem.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lentz.
A low kick from Karter misses
letting Lentz counter with a right hand.
Lentz misses with a head kick.
Lentz thuds a left hand into Karter's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karter throws a shot to the body.
Karter misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lentz. Karter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karter appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lentz.
Karter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Lentz.
A big left from Lentz misses.
Lentz throws a head kick but Karter moves out of range.
Karter throws a hook to the side of Lentz's head but Lentz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lentz is looking for a counter combo.
Lentz misses with a hook.
Karter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lentz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karter.
Lentz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch lands to the side of Karter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Karter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karter throws a sloppy body shot
and Lentz counters with a left to the body.
Lentz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karter misses with a hook. Lentz ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Lentz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Karter throws a jab but it's blocked by Lentz.
Karter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lentz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karter.
A head kick by Lentz misses
and Karter counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lentz is trying to escape back to his feet but Karter uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Karter misses with the ground and pound.
Karter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lentz keeps working.
Karter throws an elbow but Lentz slips to the side and avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Karter tries to move to mount but Lentz blocks the move with his legs.
Karter is trying to get an arm triangle but Lentz is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lentz is trying to improve his position.
Karter looking to control but instead Lentz has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Lentz is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Black Swans, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Karter 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.
Lentz trying to control here.
Jesus Christ Karter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
Karter is pressing down on Lentz's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lentz is holding on for now.
Lentz pushes Karter off looking to stand but Karter dives back in and keeps control.
Lentz keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Karter trying to control the action but Lentz is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lentz gets full guard.
Karter postures up in Lentz's guard and throws a big left but Lentz blocks it.
Karter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lentz is keeping the position for now.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Karter drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lentz is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Karter is trying to ground and pound but Lentz uses the momentary lack of control by Karter to regain half guard.
Karter trying to control the action but Lentz is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lentz has a hand on Karter's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Karter takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lentz manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Lentz, under a barage of strikes from Karter.
Jesus Christ Karter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karter performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Karter trying to mount his opponent but Lentz defends it.
Leon Lentz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Karter is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lentz is just riding it out for now. Karter eventually gives up the hold.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Christ Karter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lentz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Lentz!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 596 p4p, 260 weight class) and Tom Bickle (ranked 67 p4p, 30 weight class). Farrokhzad comes into the arena with Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song) blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tom Bickle enters the cage!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Bickle!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bickle moves into the clinch successfully.
Farrokhzad lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Farrokhzad.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Bickle lands a body punch in the clinch.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad pushes Bickle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Farrokhzad on the inside.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Farrokhzad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bickle.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but Bickle blocks with his arms.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farrokhzad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bickle's face.
It looks like Tom Bickle has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrokhzad misses with a punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad lands a body shot.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farrokhzad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Farrokhzad trying to land knees to the body.
Bickle lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
A short uppercut from Farrokhzad.
Bickle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farrokhzad with a knee to the head.
Bickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Farrokhzad blocks it with crossed arms.
Farrokhzad tries to land knees in the clinch but Bickle avoids the damage to the body.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bickle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle connects with a knee to the head.
Bickle connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrokhzad lands a right hand.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bickle.
Farrokhzad lands a nice shot to the body.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Farrokhzad.
Bickle managing to block the knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Bickle misses with a knee strike.
Farrokhzad swings wildly with an uppercut but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad takes a shot to the head.
Bickle misses with a body punch.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand.
Farrokhzad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Farrokhzad misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Bickle.
A knee to the head by Farrokhzad.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Farrokhzad managing to block the knees to the body from Bickle.
Farrokhzad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Farrokhzad has a couple of punches blocked by Bickle.
Farrokhzad swings wildly with an uppercut but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle gets through Farrokhzad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Farrokhzad.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bickle.
Bickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farrokhzad blocks an uppercut.
Farrokhzad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Bickle is blocking nicely.
Farrokhzad tries to land knees in the clinch but Bickle avoids the damage to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a shot to the body.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bickle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Farrokhzad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Farrokhzad throws a head punch that misses.
Farrokhzad misses with a body punch.
Bickle misses with the head strike.
A short right from Bickle on the inside.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farrokhzad's elbow.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Farrokhzad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but Bickle blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Farrokhzad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Bickle scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad missing with knees to the body.
Bickle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bickle looks winded!
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Farrokhzad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bickle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
Bickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee strike.
Bickle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farrokhzad's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrokhzad misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Farrokhzad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bickle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bardia Farrokhzad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Bickle's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bickle ducks right into an uppercut from Farrokhzad.
Bickle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Farrokhzad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bickle blocks it with crossed arms.
Farrokhzad lands with a short shot to the head.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
Bickle lands with a right to the head.
Bickle lands a hook that snaps the head of Farrokhzad backwards.
Bardia Farrokhzad has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bickle prevents a body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle scores with a shoulder strike.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Bickle is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Bickle - that landed with a thud.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrokhzad lands with a right to the head.
Bickle gets through Farrokhzad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad misses with the head strike.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bickle connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle lands a right hand.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bickle lands with a right to the head.
Bickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Farrokhzad blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Farrokhzad.
Bickle tries a body shot but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Farrokhzad blocks it with crossed arms.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Farrokhzad gets through Bickle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad digs a right hand underneath Bickle's ribcage. Bickle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bickle misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad working aggressively here.
Farrokhzad avoiding damage as Bickle throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Farrokhzad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Farrokhzad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle tries to throw a body punch but Farrokhzad avoids it by throwing Bickle back against the cage.
Farrokhzad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Farrokhzad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Farrokhzad lands a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Farrokhzad.
Bickle managing to block the knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bickle lands with a light punch inside.
Bickle lands with a left to the head.
Farrokhzad tries a body shot but Bickle blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Farrokhzad.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Bickle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bickle blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Farrokhzad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Bickle is blocking nicely.
Bickle looking to throw knees to the head but Farrokhzad is blocking nicely.
Farrokhzad pushes Bickle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee strike.
Bickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farrokhzad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Farrokhzad blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Farrokhzad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Farrokhzad missing with knees to the body.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrokhzad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Farrokhzad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Farrokhzad.
A shot in the inside from Farrokhzad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Farrokhzad.
Bickle is rocked!
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bickle prevents a body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Farrokhzad fails to land.
Bickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Farrokhzad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bickle is still on wobbly legs! Can Farrokhzad finish him?
Bickle misses with some punches.
Farrokhzad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bickles head.
Farrokhzad lands an uppercut.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad lands a big knee to the head and Bickle goes down! Farrokhzad pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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