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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Turd McPherson (ranked 3147 p4p, 3430 weight class) and Dalton Swas (ranked 354 p4p, 378 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Turd McPherson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dalton Swas!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swas fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. McPherson sprawls well initially but Swas persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
McPherson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
McPherson is looking for a sweep. Swas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Swas is thwarting McPherson's attempts to control the position.
Swas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McPherson wants to get back to full guard.
Swas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McPherson is looking to control Swas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can McPherson avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McPherson looking for submissions off his back.
McPherson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPherson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Swas's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Swas's back!
Swas preventing the rear naked choke attempt from McPherson.
McPherson is looking for a rear naked choke here but Swas reverses the position brilliantly into McPherson's guard!
McPherson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
McPherson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
McPherson is looking for a triangle but Swas pushes his legs off easily.
McPherson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
McPherson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Swas is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPherson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Swas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McPherson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Swas tries to free his leg and advance position but McPherson is retaining full guard.
Swas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of McPherson's head.
McPherson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Swas defends well.
McPherson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Swas working some strikes from top position.
Swas is looking to stand up but McPherson won't let him.
McPherson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Swas manages to get himself to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McPherson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McPherson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPherson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McPherson passes Swas's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Swas manages to get to full guard.
McPherson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McPherson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McPherson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Swas's guard.
McPherson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Swas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Swas keeps trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPherson is trying to work for a kimura but Swas is defending well.
McPherson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McPherson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Swas is just riding it out for now. McPherson eventually gives up the hold.
McPherson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Swas blocking the ground and pound attempt from McPherson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Turd McPherson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Swas drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
McPherson can't do much from the bottom here.
Swas working the head with strikes.
McPherson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Swas's best efforts.
McPherson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Swas is working away from the top position though.
Swas is trying to control the action in half guard but McPherson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
McPherson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
McPherson 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.
Swas wants to take a breather but McPherson is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McPherson wants to get back to full guard.
McPherson is pressing down on Swas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McPherson is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Swas rolls with it to try and escape but McPherson cranks on the arm and Swas is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Turd McPherson!
Turd McPherson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juha Niska (ranked 3052 p4p, 2934 weight class) and Doyle Brunson (ranked 396 p4p, 383 weight class). Juha Niska has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juha Niska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doyle Brunson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niska chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brunson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niska manages to avoid it.
Niska works Brunson's body with a nice hook.
Brunson looks to score with a jab to the body but Niska is just out of range.
Brunson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Niska counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Niska connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Brunson 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.
Brunson misses with the body kick
and Niska counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Niska.
Niska taking a breather.
Niska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brunson is looking to break free of the clinch but Niska has double underhooks.
Niska effectively controlling the action here.
Niska works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Niska is controlling him.
Brunson keeping moving, preventing Niska from controlling successfully.
Niska throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brunson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Niska pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brunson is keeping the position for now.
Brunson wants to get back to his feet but Niska is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brunson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Niska counters with a straight right hand.
Brunson lands with a nice body punch.
Brunson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Niska counters with a right hand to the body.
Brunson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niska was well out of range. Poor timing from Brunson.
Niska shoots in and drives through. Brunson sprawls well.
Niska feints and then cracks Brunson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brunson down.
Niska stuns Brunson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Niska checks a low kick from Brunson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brunson lands with a good body shot.
Brunson swings for the body but Niska moves out of range.
Niska forces Brunson back against the cage and clinches.
Niska is stalling here.
Brunson blocks an uppercut.
Brunson is looking to break free of the clinch but Niska has double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Niska.
Niska breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunson throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Niska was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Brunson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brunson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Niska.
Brunson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brunson throws a sloppy body shot
and Niska counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Niska takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brunson swings for the body but Niska moves out of range.
Niska has been working on his balance at Sparks gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Brunson.
Niska avoids the body shot from Brunson.
Brunson lands with a good body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Niska connects with a jab.
Brunson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Niska looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Niska showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brunson.
Niska rushes Brunson and presses him up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juha Niska dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Niska tries to clinch up but Brunson circles away and keeps his distance.
Brunson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niska wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Niska avoids the body shot from Brunson.
A counter left hand to the body from Niska misses its target.
A shot to the body from Brunson misses
letting Niska counter with a right hand.
Niska throws a right and a left that Brunson avoids nicely.
Doyle Brunson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brunson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Niska closes the distance and clinches.
Brunson is trying to push Niska away but Niska has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Niska slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niska with a knee to the head.
 It looks like Doyle Brunson has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niska has Brunson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brunson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Niska has Brunson pushed against the cage.
Brunson is trying to break the clinch but Niska is controlling him.
Niska stalling against the cage.
Niska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Niska lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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.
Niska is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brunson is defending well for now.
Brunson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Niska prevents it.
Brunson tries to break free but Niska pushes him back against the cage.
Niska drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niska displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brunson up against the cage.
Niska escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Niska is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brunson can do to turn this around?
Brunson just misses with a punch to the body.
Brunson just misses with a punch to the body.
As Brunson looks to move away, Niska throws a big counter combo but Brunson just gets out of the way.
Niska thows a body kick. Brunson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Brunson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunson avoids a kick to the body.
Brunson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brunson just misses with a punch to the body.
Brunson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brunson throws a body shot but no joy.
Brunson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Niska rather than just go for the knockout.
Niska rushes Brunson and presses him up against the cage.
Brunson tries to break free but Niska pushes him back against the cage.
Niska displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brunson up against the cage.
Niska displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brunson up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juha Niska dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Doyle Brunson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Brunson misses with a kick to the body
and Niska counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Niska gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Niska creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brunson's defenses.
Niska drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brunson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brunson tries to keep at a distance but Niska has taken the fight into the clinch.
Niska pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brunson tries to break free but Niska pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niska stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Niska is pushing Brunson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Niska for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Niska looking for a takedown.
Niska is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Niska is pushing Brunson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Juha Niska.
Brunson misses the body punch
and Niska makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brunson looks to score with a jab to the body but Niska is just out of range.
Brunson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brunson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brunson walks into a jab.
Niska tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brunson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Niska is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brunson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Niska to the mat! Niska manages to get full guard.
Niska is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Brunson taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niska manages to break the clinch.
Brunson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Niska.
Brunson looks to land a combination but Niska avoids it well.
Niska throws a nice head kick!
Niska doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brunson lands with a good body shot.
Brunson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brunson tries for a takedown but Niska circles away easily
and Niska connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niska lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brunson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Niska.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niska scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
 Brunson is rocked!
A lazy left from Niska finds it's target.
Brunson is still on wobbly legs! Can Niska finish him?
Niska showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brunson.
Niska doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Niska connects with a right that clearly hurt Brunson. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Niska proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Brunson collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juha Niska!
After the fight, Juha Niska was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Picogram (ranked 2521 p4p, 3332 weight class) and Olaf Frost (ranked 338 p4p, 416 weight class). Frost has chosen Manchester United Chants George Best Song Spirit In The Sky as his entrance music. Olaf Frost has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jonny Picogram's chin.
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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 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Picogram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olaf Frost!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Picogram throws a body kick that misses.
Frost fails to land with a series of punches.
Picogram pushes Frost up against the cage in a clinch.
Picogram is stalling here.
Our sources have told us that Picogram has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Picogram is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Frost pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Picogram tightens his grip and picks Frost up, before dumping him to the ground. Frost manages to land in guard.
Picogram trying to control the position from guard on top but Frost is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Frost manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Frost escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frost moves out of range of the body kick from Picogram.
Frost lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost lands a left and a right that send Picogram crashing to the mat, dazed. Frost thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
 Picogram is rocked!
 It looks like Jonny Picogram has been cut.
Frost tries to clinch but Picogram moves out of range.
Picogram tried to counter with a leg kick but Frost avoided it.
A punch combination from Picogram misses.
Some wild striking there from Frost.
Frost closes the distance and clinches.
Picogram lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Olaf Frost has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Picogram is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee calls for Frost to work.
Picogram holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Picogram blocks a body shot from Frost.
Frost is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Picogram is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Frost tries to throw a body punch but Picogram avoids it by throwing Frost back against the cage.
Frost stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Frost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Frost lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost has Picogram pushed against the cage.
Picogram wants to stall.
Picogram is looking to control Frost's arms but Frost gets an underhook and turns him. Now Picogram has his back to the cage.
Maybe Picogram would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Frost will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Picogram up against the cage.
Picogram stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Picogram throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Picogram misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Frost as Picogram tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jonny Picogram.
Frost takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Frost lands a left and a right that send Picogram crashing to the mat, dazed. Frost thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Picogram is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Picogram throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Frost doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A left lands for Picogram.
Picogram seems to have got his legs back now.
Frost tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Picogram paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frost staying out of range there.
Picogram throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Picogram misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frost.
Picogram looks to land a combination but Frost avoids it well.
Picogram swats away the attempt to clinch by Frost.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Frost has cracked Picogram with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Frost lands another huge swinging hook and Picogram tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Picogram, before Frost can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Olaf Frost!
In his post fight interview, Olaf Frost 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 Jamie James (ranked 1726 p4p, 2695 weight class) and Rakeem Marley (ranked 257 p4p, 357 weight class). Marley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamie James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rakeem Marley!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Marley misses.
Marley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and James is able to avoid easily.
Marley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and James connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marley scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Rakeem Marley has been cut.
Marley throws a body shot but no joy.
James fires out a quick counter leg kick but Marley just manages to avoid it.
Marley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marley.
It looks like Jamie James has been cut.
Marley darts in and clinches James up against the cage.
Marley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. James gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marley's face.
Marley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but James has him pressed against the cage.
Marley blocks an elbow strike from James.
James trying to land knees to the body.
James slows down the pace here.
James lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James slips a jab and a cross from Marley.
James is looking to counter punch.
James misses with a leg kick
and Marley counters with a two punch combo.
James is looking to land body kicks.
Marley throws a perfectly timed hook that sends James crashing down! James tries to stagger back to his feet but Marley just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused James asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rakeem Marley!
Rakeem Marley thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Brovarnik (ranked 1878 p4p, 2320 weight class) and Mehdi Kanaani (ranked 244 p4p, 297 weight class). Kanaani has chosen Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin' But A G Thang as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexei Brovarnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mehdi Kanaani!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brovarnik is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Good work by Brovarnik as he checks the leg kick.
Kanaani connects with a solid leg kick.
Kanaani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kanaani lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kanaani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brovarnik throws out a leg kick but Kanaani moves out of range and Brovarnik only half commits.
Kanaani gets tackled into the cage by Brovarnik. Brovarnik maintains the clinch.
Brovarnik creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kanaani struggles to land a body shot inside as Brovarnik controls his hands.
Brovarnik lands a damaging elbow.
Kanaani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kanaani throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brovarnik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brovarnik is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kanaani managing to block the knees to the body from Brovarnik.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanaani dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brovarnik takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Come on Kanaani - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Brovarnik misses with an elbow over the top.
Brovarnik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brovarnik tries to land knees in the clinch but Kanaani avoids the damage to the body.
Brovarnik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Kanaani.
Kanaani lands with a short shot to the head.
Kanaani has Brovarnik pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Kanaani pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Brovarnik tumbling to the mat - Kanaani dives into Brovarnik's guard.
Kanaani stands up over Brovarnik, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanaani working some strikes from top position.
Kanaani cracks Brovarnik with a solid left hand.
Kanaani throwing strikes from guard but Brovarnik blocks nicely.
Brovarnik has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kanaani can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kanaani must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Brovarnik looking for a guillotine here but Kanaani defends easily.
Kanaani is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've been hearing good reports from Brovarnik'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.
Kanaani scoring with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kanaani working some strikes from top position.
Brovarnik is rocked!
Brovarnik has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kanaani can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oh Brovarnik is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanaani content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Brovarnik wants to sweep but no luck.
Brovarnik seems to have got his legs back now.
Kanaani is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kanaani scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kanaani scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kanaani's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Brovarnik is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kanaani scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kanaani loads up on a big left hand. Brovarnik felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Kanaani looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Brovarnik can't hide his disappointment, as Kanaani celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mehdi Kanaani!
Mehdi Kanaani decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Draski (ranked 1346 p4p, 2075 weight class) and Paulius Zurauskas (ranked 175 p4p, 263 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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World class boxer
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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Draski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulius Zurauskas!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draski connects with a crisp jab.
Zurauskas misses the shot to the body.
Draski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zurauskas.
Nice cross by Zurauskas.
Draski tries a low kick but Zurauskas avoids it.
Draski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Zurauskas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Zurauskas gets a double leg takedown into Draski's guard.
Draski is adopting a defensive guard.
Draski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Zurauskas wants to control from the top but Draski keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draski working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Zurauskas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Zurauskas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Draski looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Zurauskas puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Draski is looking to control Zurauskas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Draski avoid being mounted?
Zurauskas is trying to control the action in half guard but Draski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Draski is trying to control but Zurauskas manages to pass to mount!
Draski tries to improve his position but Zurauskas has taken his back! Zurauskas has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Draski tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Zurauskas pushes Draski away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Paulius Zurauskas!
Paulius Zurauskas thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Corwin Anstey (ranked 1312 p4p, 1137 weight class) and Terry Silver (ranked 179 p4p, 152 weight class). Corwin Anstey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Terry Silver's chin.
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Solid boxing
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Excellent MT
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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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver connects with a leg kick.
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anstey fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silver sprawls well initially but Anstey persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silver wants to improve his position but Anstey is controlling well.
Anstey not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver wants to control but Anstey passes into side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silver keeps working.
What's Silver going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Anstey throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Anstey tries to move into full mount but can't pass Silver's legs.
Silver is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Anstey throws an elbow but Silver slips to the side and avoids it well.
You can see the frustration on Silver's face as Anstey controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Silver's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Anstey working the body and head with strikes.
Anstey working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Silver looks to move to half guard but instead Anstey has passed into mount! Damn!
Anstey raining down hammerfists from mount.
Anstey lands a nice shot to the head.
Anstey controlling from the full mount.
Silver keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silver is trying desperately to improve position.
Anstey controlling the position easily from mount.
Silver holds of for dear life.
Silver is in a horrible position here. Anstey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silver is trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is trying desperately to improve position.
Silver is in a horrible position here. Anstey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Anstey controlling the position easily from mount.
Anstey has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anstey cracks Silver with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Corwin Anstey dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Anstey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anstey tries for a takedown but Silver circles away easily
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
Silver misses with a body shot
and Anstey counters with a nice body shot.
We've been told by Anstey's head coaches at Sparks gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anstey closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Anstey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Silver is not content to let Anstey control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silver can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver tries to escape but Anstey is in control.
Anstey staying calm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver looks to move to half guard but instead Anstey has passed into mount! Damn!
Silver tries to lock up and control but Anstey gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Anstey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silver tries to hold on but Anstey postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silver is desperately trying to improve his position but Anstey has a good base and remains in mount.
Anstey content just to control the position here.
Anstey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Anstey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silver is looking to escape.
Silver is trying to stand.
Silver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anstey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silver tries to hold on but Anstey pushes him away.
Silver tries to reverse the position but Anstey maintains control.
Silver felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Silver wants to try and get back to his feet.
Anstey controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver reaches up and holds on to Anstey to control the position.
Anstey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! Anstey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silver is wriggling around trying to escape.
Anstey with good strikes from the mount here!
Silver tries to lock up and control but Anstey gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anstey controlling from mount.
Silver tries to reverse the position but Anstey maintains control.
Anstey 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.
Silver is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Anstey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silver is looking to escape.
Silver manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anstey is thwarting Silver's attempts to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Corwin Anstey dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Silver looks to land a left hand but Anstey moved out of range nicely.
Anstey appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Anstey tries for a takedown but Silver sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Terry Silver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anstey.
Silver feints a jab promting Anstey to slip. Silver then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Anstey slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Anstey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Anstey avoids the body shot from Silver.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver misses with a hook
and Anstey counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silver is controlling Anstey's posture.
Corwin Anstey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silver controls Anstey momentarily but Anstey frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anstey looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Silver wants to stand but Anstey is controlling the position.
Anstey works over Silver with some ground and pound from guard.
Anstey preventing the sweep.
Anstey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Anstey throwing strikes from guard but Silver blocks nicely.
Silver controlling the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Anstey saw that one coming.
Silver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silver throws a nice looking combination but Anstey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anstey throws a hook to the side of Silver's head but Silver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Anstey looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silver!
Silver is looking to get back to his feet here but Anstey is keeping cool and he's managed to take Silver's back.
Terry Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Anstey looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Silver wants to escape the position but for the time being he's just trying to control the pace.
Silver wants to control his opponent's hands but Anstey gets his hands free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Anstey is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Silver holding on to Anstey's left wrist, preventing the choke.
Anstey gets his hands free as Silver looks to control.
Anstey biding his time, controlling Silver.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
I really don't envy Silver right now.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Terry Silver.
I think Anstey 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corwin Anstey!
Corwin Anstey decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Cotilla (ranked 1052 p4p, 1061 weight class) and Vadius Highwind (ranked 160 p4p, 163 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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215
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216
6 - 3 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexander Cotilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vadius Highwind!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Highwind swings widly with a right hand
and Cotilla makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vadius Highwind seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Highwind throws a hook but Cotilla blocks it.
Cotilla throws a quick counter kick to the body but Highwind avoids it.
Highwind swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cotilla takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Alexander Cotilla has been cut.
Highwind fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cotilla wants to clinch up but Highwind keeps it at a distance.
Highwind misses with a left hand
and Cotilla counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Highwind misses with a hook.
Cotilla appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Highwind throws a lazy uppercut
and Highwind takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Highwind misses with a double jab
and Cotilla counters with a three punch combo that has Highwind backing up. Highwind nods at Cotilla to acknowledge the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Cotilla.
Highwind throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Cotilla to counter with a crisp jab.
We've been informed that Highwind 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.
Cotilla gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cotilla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Highwind misses with a combination
and Cotilla counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cotilla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cotilla moves out of range as Highwind strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Highwind looks to land a combination but Cotilla avoids it well.
It looked like Cotilla was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Highwind.
Highwind misses with a right hand
and Cotilla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cotilla lands a jab to the nose.
Highwind throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cotilla.
Whack! Cotilla lands a heavy head kick that drops Highwind. The ref tackles Cotilla to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Highwind was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Alexander Cotilla!
During a confident post fight interview, Alexander Cotilla thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tetsuo Shima (ranked 639 p4p, 806 weight class) and Romega Vartanein (ranked 95 p4p, 118 weight class). Shima's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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168
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Excellent boxer
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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 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tetsuo Shima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Romega Vartanein!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vartanein fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shima looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shima tries a head kick but it misses.
Vartanein takes a swing at Shima's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Vartanein misses
enabling Shima to counter with a crisp jab.
Vartanein takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to the body from Vartanein misses
enabling Shima to counter with a crisp jab.
Vartanein is rocked!
It looks like Romega Vartanein has been cut.
Vartanein lands with a nice body punch.
Vartanein is still on wobbly legs! Can Shima finish him?
Vartanein lands with a shot to the body.
Shima misses with a straight left.
Shima looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vartanein misses the body punch
and Shima counters with a stiff right hand.
Vartanein throws a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shima wants to clinch.
Vartanein let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Shima misses with a low kick.
Vartanein throws a shot to the body.
Vartanein seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vartanein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romega Vartanein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shima slips a straight right by Vartanein.
Vartanein misses with an uppercut
and Shima counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vartanein misses with a looping left.
Vartanein takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vartanein defending well as Shima loads up on a big left hand.
Vartanein misses the shot to the body.
Shima throws a right and a left that Vartanein avoids nicely.
Shima misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vartanein counters with a nice uppercut.
Vartanein throws a jab but it's blocked by Shima.
Shima digs a good hook to Vartanein's body.
Vartanein is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vartanein rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vartanein takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vartanein connects with a body shot that sends Shima's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vartanein throws a body punch but Shima moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vartanein takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vartanein throws an overhand right that lands on Shima's shoulder, as Shima tries to avoid the shot.
Vartanein lands with a cross.
Shima takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shima misses with a wild body shot.
Vartanein connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vartanein blocks a leg kick.
Shima defending well as Vartanein loads up on a big left hand.
Shima tries to bum rush Vartanein with a series of wild strikes but Vartanein uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vartanein is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Shima with a body shot.
Vartanein throws a hook to the side of Shima's head but Shima sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vartanein misses with a looping right.
Shima is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vartanein connects with a body shot that sends Shima's belly button to the back.
Vartanein throws a lazy right hand but Shima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good exchange - Vartanein coming out on top.
Vartanein digs a good body shot into Shima's ribs.
Shima tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vartanein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vartanein is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Shima with a body shot.
Shima on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vartanein cracks Shima with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Shima darts in and clinches Vartanein up against the cage.
Vartanein is pressed up against the cage. Shima has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vartanein down to the mat. Vartanein avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Vartanein connects with a body shot that sends Shima's belly button to the back.
Shima tries to clinch there but Vartanein circles away.
Shima blocks the body kick.
Vartanein throws an off balance right hand
letting Shima counter with a right hand.
Shima takes one to the chin there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shima is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vartanein.
A solid body kick from Vartanein.
Shima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vartanein.
Shima misses the shot to the body.
Shima attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vartanein is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Shima with a body shot.
Shima takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vartanein darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Shima misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vartanein! But no joy.
Vartanein scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shima takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shima throws a sloppy body shot
and Vartanein counters with a nice body shot.
Vartanein misses with a straight left.
Shima tried to counter with a leg kick but Vartanein avoided it.
Shima looks to clinch
and Vartanein counters with a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Romega Vartanein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Romega Vartanein's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Vartanein throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vartanein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Shima was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Vartanein misses with a body shot.
Shima wants to clinch.
Vartanein 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vartanein takes a swing at Shima's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vartanein. Shima does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Vartanein looks to move away, Shima throws a big counter combo but Vartanein just gets out of the way.
Shima doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Vartanein. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Vartanein paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Vartanein finds it's way through Shima's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vartanein.
Vartanein misses with a straight right.
Shima scores with a nice head shot.
Vartanein looks to land a right hand but Shima moved out of range.
Vartanein cracks a nice hook into Shima's ribs.
Shima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vartanein.
Vartanein misses with a body shot
and Shima counters with a straight right hand.
Vartanein fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shima looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shima closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vartanein works Shima's body with a nice hook.
Shima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vartanein.
Vartanein misses with a left hand
and Shima counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vartanein throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein misses with a right hand
and Shima counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vartanein thinking.
Vartanein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shima throws a leg kick but Vartanein moved away.
Vartanein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shima.
Romega Vartanein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shima is looking to clinch but Vartanein is avoiding it.
Vartanein scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shima doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice cross by Vartanein.
Vartanein lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shima staying out of range there.
Shima appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Shima misses the target.
Vartanein is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Shima gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Shima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vartanein.
Vartanein keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shima drops Vartanein with a beautiful combination! Vartanein stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Shima is looking for the KO!
Vartanein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shima moves away.
Shima tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vartanein avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vartanein lands a nice shot that snaps Shima's head back.
Vartanein misses with a right hand
letting Shima counter with a right hand.
Shima staying out of range there.
Vartanein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shima moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vartanein just misses with a punch to the body.
Vartanein lands with a nice body punch.
Vartanein takes a swing at Shima's ribcage but misses.
Vartanein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shima takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vartanein. Shima does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shima looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Vartanein scores with a nice right hand.
Vartanein throws a body shot but no joy.
Shima rushes Vartanein and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Vartanein fails to land.
Vartanein prevents the takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vartanein throws an elbow but misses.
Shima taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vartanein is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Shima effectively controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Romega Vartanein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Romega Vartanein'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. This is the final round!
Vartanein lands a nice hook to Shima's body. Shima takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shima needs to keep his hands up - Vartanein had a free shot at his head there.
Vartanein throws a jab but it's blocked by Shima.
Vartanein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vartanein lands a body shot.
Shima walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shima moves away from the strike by Vartanein.
Vartanein lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Vartanein finds it's target.
Vartanein lands with a nice body punch.
Shima misses with a hook. Vartanein ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Vartanein on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vartanein scores with a punch to the head.
Tetsuo Shima is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shima scores with a punch to the head.
Shima slips under a jab from Vartanein.
Vartanein throws a body shot but no joy.
Shima is looking to counter the offense by Vartanein and move into the clinch.
A big right from Vartanein misses.
As Vartanein backs away, Shima returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Vartanein feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Shimas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Shima displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vartanein fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vartanein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shima moves away.
Vartanein throws a leg kick which misses Shima's front leg but catches the back leg as Shima tries to avoid it.
Vartanein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shima sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Shima on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Shima misses with the combination.
Shima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein catches Shima with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vartanein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shima fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vartanein manages to avoid it.
Vartanein scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vartanein looks to score with a jab to the body but Shima is just out of range.
Shima doesn't manage to clinch there - Vartanein circles away.
Vartanein scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Vartanein.
Shima throws a leg kick
and Vartanein counters with a straight right hand.
Vartanein misses with a straight right.
Vartanein lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shima has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shima tries to work over Vartanein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein has Shima pressed against the cage.
Shima misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vartanein is looking to break free of the clinch but Shima has double underhooks.
Vartanein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Shima.
Shima stalling the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shima.
Tetsuo Shima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shima can't get the takedown.
Shima's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Vartanein.
Shima gets through Vartanein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vartanein misses with a body punch.
Romega Vartanein is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Shima's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Shima taking a breather.
And that's the end of the fight!
Romega Vartanein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vartanein winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romega Vartanein!
After winning the bout, Romega Vartanein thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Olenev Stepanovich (ranked 125 p4p, 387 weight class) and Jacques Turcotte (ranked 25 p4p, 62 weight class). Stepanovich comes to the cage accompanied by Swallowing Dust. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Olenev Stepanovich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turcotte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stepanovich misses with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Turcotte. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turcotte.
Turcotte bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Turcotte dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've been told by Stepanovich's head coaches at Besta-Fera Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Turcotte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stepanovich.
Turcotte fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stepanovich throws a low kick, looking for Turcotte's leg but Turcotte calmly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stepanovich. Turcotte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stepanovich listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Turcotte uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Stepanovich counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stepanovich lands a really nice looking cross but Turcotte seems unphased.
Stepanovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Stepanovich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turcotte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich misses with a body shot.
Jacques Turcotte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stepanovich misses with a wild body shot.
Stepanovich walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut
and Stepanovich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A clash of legs there as Turcotte blocks the low kick.
Stepanovich bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turcotte's head.
Stepanovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turcotte lands with an uppercut that bounces Stepanovich off the cage and back into range.
Turcotte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stepanovich.
Turcotte throws out a loose jab but Stepanovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turcotte misses with a looping right.
Stepanovich shoots for a double leg takedown but Turcotte sprawls well. He's pushed Stepanovich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte staying out of range there.
Turcotte throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stepanovich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Stepanovich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turcotte might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turcotte throws a right hand that misses
and Stepanovich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turcotte slips under a jab.
Turcotte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Turcotte getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Turcotte moves into range and clinches up with Stepanovich.
Turcotte has Stepanovich pressed against the cage, preventing Stepanovich from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Turcotte.
A short uppercut from Turcotte.
Turcotte throws a punch but it's blocked by Stepanovich.
Turcotte pushes Stepanovich back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stepanovich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turcotte with a jab.
Turcotte misses the jab.
Stepanovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stepanovich at a distance.
Turcotte lands a slapping body shot.
Turcotte scores with a jab to the body.
Stepanovich throws a leg kick that misses.
Turcotte throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turcotte fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Turcotte is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stepanovich had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Turcotte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stepanovich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turcotte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stepanovich is looking to counter punch.
Stepanovich looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Turcotte connects with the punch.
Stepanovich shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stepanovich throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Turcotte to regain full guard.
Turcotte looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Stepanovich looking to pass the guard.
Turcotte is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stepanovich looking to sit in guard and control but Turcotte gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stepanovich seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Turcotte dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Turcotte thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stepanovich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Stepanovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Stepanovich - just one landing.
Stepanovich throws a body shot but no joy.
Turcotte is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Stepanovich with a body shot.
Turcotte loads up on a big right hand but Stepanovich slips the punch.
Stepanovich walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Turcotte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stepanovich takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stepanovich looks to land a right hand but Turcotte moved out of range.
Turcotte throws an off balance right hand
and Stepanovich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stepanovich fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turcotte checks it well.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stepanovich is looking to counter punch.
Turcotte connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jacques Turcotte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stepanovich swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Turcotte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Stepanovich.
Stepanovich slips under a jab.
Stepanovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turcotte scores with a hook to the body. Stepanovich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turcotte goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
No luck for Stepanovich with that takedown attempt.
Stepanovich misses with a leg kick
and Turcotte counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Turcotte misses.
Turcotte keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turcotte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stepanovich manages to avoid it.
Stepanovich misses with a right hand
and Stepanovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stepanovich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte has managed to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turcotte lands an uppercut.
Turcotte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turcotte throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stepanovich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stepanovich takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stepanovich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stepanovich jabs Turcotte right on the nose. Turcotte blinks but takes it well.
Turcotte looks to throw the jab but Stepanovich is out of range.
Stepanovich swings away with a body shot that misses
and Turcotte counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Turcotte. Those never looked like landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Stepanovich misses the target.
Stepanovich lands a really nice looking cross but Turcotte seems unphased.
Turcotte dips to his left and cracks Stepanovich with an uppercut!
Jacques Turcotte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turcotte misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Stepanovich to counter with a crisp jab.
Stepanovich scores with the left hand. Turcotte knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turcotte.
Stepanovich misses with a hook. Turcotte ducked under it nicely.
Stepanovich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turcotte.
Stepanovich swings for the body but Turcotte moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Turcotte misses
and Stepanovich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turcotte scores with a nice head shot.
Sloppy strikes from Turcotte. Those never looked like landing.
Stepanovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turcotte throws a series of punches but Stepanovich avoids them all with ease.
Turcotte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stepanovich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut
and Stepanovich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turcotte throws a hook but Stepanovich blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Turcotte misses its intended target.
Stepanovich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stepanovich darts in looking for a takedown but Turcotte gets double underhooks and turns Stepanovich into the cage.
Good body shot from Turcotte.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Turcotte.
Turcotte blocks a body shot from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich tries to throw a body punch but Turcotte avoids it by throwing Stepanovich back against the cage.
Turcotte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stepanovich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Turcotte lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right handed body shot lands from Turcotte.
Turcotte lands a left hand.
Stepanovich tries to work over Turcotte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stepanovich takes a shot to the head.
Stepanovich takes a shot to the head.
Stepanovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turcotte lands a body punch in the clinch.
Turcotte lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turcotte cracks Stepanovich with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Turcotte - that landed with a thud.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Turcotte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A left lands for Turcotte.
Stepanovich throws an overhand right that lands on Turcotte's shoulder, as Turcotte tries to avoid the shot.
Turcotte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stepanovich takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stepanovich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stepanovich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stepanovich with a jab.
Turcotte slips under a jab.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turcotte swinging wildly here.
Stepanovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turcotte misses with a hook
and Stepanovich counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turcotte is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turcotte works Stepanovich's body with a nice hook.
Stepanovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turcotte.
Stepanovich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turcotte keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A jab from Turcotte misses.
Stepanovich moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Turcotte misses with a wild combination.
Turcotte lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turcotte throws a shot from downtown. Stepanovich moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Stepanovich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turcotte takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turcotte takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Turcotte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Turcotte moves out of range of the leg kick from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Stepanovich slips a jab from Turcotte.
An attempted straight right counter from Stepanovich misses the target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Turcotte checks a leg kick.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut
letting Stepanovich counter with a right hand.
Turcotte digs a good hook to Stepanovich's body.
Turcotte misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Stepanovich misses its target.
Stepanovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turcotte.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stepanovich swings away with a body shot that misses
and Turcotte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stepanovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turcotte lands with a straight right. Stepanovich didn't see that one coming.
Turcotte ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Turcotte lands a glancing blow to the side of Stepanovich's head.
Stepanovich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stepanovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stepanovich with a jab.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut.
Stepanovich scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Stepanovich saw that one coming.
Stepanovich is looking to counter punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stepanovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turcotte.
Stepanovich closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stepanovich ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
A slow jab from Turcotte misses its intended target.
Stepanovich takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stepanovich misses with an uppercut.
Turcotte misses the jab.
Stepanovich scores with a punch to the head.
Stepanovich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turcotte, as that shot connected.
Stepanovich fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Turcotte really dominated that round.
That's time! Stepanovich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Turcotte misses with a looping right.
Stepanovich throwing a counter right hand but Turcotte manages to avoid it.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
letting Stepanovich counter with a right hand.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Stepanovich.
Stepanovich moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A shot to the liver by Turcotte. Beautiful body shot.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Stepanovich saw that one coming.
Turcotte tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stepanovich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stepanovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turcotte moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stepanovich lands a body shot.
Turcotte lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Stepanovich lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Turcotte's corner calls for a 1-2. Turcotte obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stepanovich.
Stepanovich ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
Stepanovich throws an off balance right hand
and Turcotte counters with a three punch combo that has Stepanovich backing up. Stepanovich nods at Turcotte to acknowledge the strikes.
Turcotte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stepanovich throws out a loose jab but Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turcotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stepanovich moves away.
Stepanovich tries to counter with a takedown but Turcotte is quick to defend against it.
Turcotte lands a nice hook to Stepanovich's body. Stepanovich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turcotte misses with a body punch
and Stepanovich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big left from Turcotte misses.
Stepanovich misses with a low kick.
Turcotte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stepanovich ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with a lunging right hand
and Stepanovich counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Stepanovich misses
and Turcotte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stepanovich has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Stepanovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turcotte throws out the jab.
Turcotte throws a looping overhand right but Stepanovich ducks down to avoid it.
Stepanovich rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Turcotte counters with a nice uppercut.
Stepanovich sizes up Turcotte with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Turcotte missing with a left hand there. Stepanovich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turcotte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stepanovich circles away quickly and effectively.
Stepanovich slips a straight right by Turcotte.
Stepanovich swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Stepanovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Stepanovich shoots for a double leg takedown but Turcotte sprawls well. He's pushed Stepanovich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Stepanovich slips a jab from Turcotte.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich walks into a straight right hand from Turcotte.
Stepanovich shoots for a takedown but Turcotte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stepanovich drops his hands momentarily and Turcotte takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turcotte drops his hands momentarily and Stepanovich takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turcotte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stepanovich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stepanovich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stepanovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Turcotte throws a lazy uppercut
and Stepanovich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stepanovich lands a nice hook to Turcotte's body. Turcotte takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stepanovich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Turcotte misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turcotte's corner calls for a 1-2. Turcotte obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Turcotte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turcotte scores with a hook.
Stepanovich shoots in for a double leg but Turcotte sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olenev Stepanovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stepanovich staying out of range there.
Turcotte swings for the body but Stepanovich moves out of range.
Turcotte slips a straight right by Stepanovich.
Turcotte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Turcotte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stepanovich bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turcotte's head.
Stepanovich slips under a jab.
Turcotte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stepanovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Turcotte.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Turcotte dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Turcotte misses with a hook.
Turcotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stepanovich moves away.
Stepanovich is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Turcotte.
Stepanovich throws a poor cross that misses
and Turcotte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turcotte throws a lazy right hand but Stepanovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Turcotte backs away, Stepanovich returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Stepanovich with a jab.
Turcotte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turcotte thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stepanovich is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stepanovich staying out of range there.
Nice jab there from Stepanovich.
Turcotte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stepanovich.
Turcotte misses with a hook. Stepanovich ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stepanovich lands an overhand right.
Turcotte connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stepanovich drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stepanovich throws a body punch but Turcotte moves out of range.
Turcotte misses the shot to the body.
Turcotte gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turcotte moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut
and Stepanovich counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Turcotte thinking.
Stepanovich shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Turcotte pinned against the cage. Turcotte gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Turcotte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stepanovich.
Olenev Stepanovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich throws a shot from downtown. Turcotte moves away and avoids it.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Stepanovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stepanovich scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stepanovich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Turcotte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stepanovich circles away quickly and effectively.
Stepanovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turcotte lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stepanovich at a distance.
Turcotte bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stepanovich's head.
Stepanovich tries to land a leg kick but Turcotte saw it coming and moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turcotte, as that shot connected.
No luck for Stepanovich with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich walks into a jab.
Stepanovich takes one to the side of the head.
Turcotte connects with a looping right hand.
Turcotte lands a nice shot to the body.
Turcotte misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Stepanovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turcotte swinging wildly here.
Stepanovich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turcotte doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte jabs Stepanovich to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Turcotte moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte throws a jab when Stepanovich was well out of range.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut
enabling Stepanovich to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stepanovich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Stepanovich misses with a lunging right hand
and Stepanovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Turcotte throws a right hand that misses
and Stepanovich counters with a stiff right hand.
Turcotte misses with a double jab.
It looked like Stepanovich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stepanovich fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turcotte is out of range.
Turcotte scores with a decent looking hook.
A low kick from Stepanovich misses
and Turcotte counters with a right hand to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Turcotte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Turcotte winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 45:50
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 45:50
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Turcotte!
Jacques Turcotte is the new lightweight champion!
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