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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Sova (ranked 3395 p4p, 2969 weight class) and Michael Fochi (ranked 423 p4p, 372 weight class). Michael Fochi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pavel Sova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Fochi!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Fochi lands.
Sova fails to land with a series of punches.
Sova looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sova walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fochi takes a swing at Sova's ribcage but misses.
Sova ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fochi moves away.
Fochi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sova throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been informed that Fochi 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.
Sova misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fochi.
Sova throws a body punch but Fochi moves out of range.
Jab by Sova.
Sova scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fochi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fochi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fochi drops Sova with a beautiful combination! Sova stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Fochi is looking for the KO!
 Sova is rocked!
A punch combination from Sova misses.
Oh Sova is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sova looks to land a combination but Fochi avoids it well.
Fochi misses with an uppercut.
Sova getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sova seems to have got his legs back now.
Fochi jabs at Sova's body.
Sova pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sova on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fochi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sova's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fochi under the eye.
Sova misses with an uppercut. Fochi saw that one coming.
Fochi sends Sova crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Fochi is motioning to the referee to let Sova up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Sova does no damage.
Sova swings for the body but Fochi moves out of range.
Fochi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sova.
Fochi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sova cracks Fochi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sova fails to land with a series of punches.
Fochi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sova uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fochi.
Sova fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fochi sends Sova crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Fochi is motioning to the referee to let Sova up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Sova slips a straight right by Fochi.
Fochi throws a jab when Sova was well out of range.
Sova dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sova uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fochi.
Sova throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sova misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fochi.
Fochi misses the jab.
Fochi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sova slips a jab and a cross from Fochi.
Sova swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fochi with the counter takedown but Sova avoids it easily.
Fochi misses with a wild body shot.
Sova swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fochi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fochi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sova misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fochi.
Fochi throws a jab when Sova was well out of range.
A big right from Sova misses.
Sova fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fochi on the side of the head.
Fochi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice cross by Fochi.
Fochi avoids the head kick by Sova.
Nice cross by Fochi.
Nice cross by Fochi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Fochi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sova doesn't seem phased though.
Pavel Sova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sova throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sova is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sova misses with a kick to the body
and Fochi counters with a crisp right that sends Sova to the canvas! Fochi follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Fochi!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Booger Magee (ranked 4061 p4p, 3363 weight class) and Chris Tamburello (ranked 150 p4p, 123 weight class). Tamburello has chosen Going Out of Style - Dropkick Murphys as his entrance music. Booger Magee could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chris Tamburello's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Booger Magee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Tamburello!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamburello misses with a few strikes there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tamburello!
Tamburello lands a nice hook to Magee's body. Magee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tamburello keeps the fight on the outside.
Tamburello with a nice cross.
Tamburello ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tamburello cracks a nice hook into Magee's ribs.
Tamburello sends Magee crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Tamburello is motioning to the referee to let Magee up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
 It looks like Booger Magee has been cut.
Tamburello has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Magee is looking to score with low kicks.
Tamburello looks to land a combination but Magee avoids it well.
Booger Magee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tamburello lands a slapping body shot.
Tamburello misses with a wild body shot.
Tamburello ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tamburello.
Magee definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tamburello drops his hands momentarily and Magee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magee with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Tamburello to counter with a crisp jab.
Magee slips a jab and a cross from Tamburello.
Magee has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tamburello finds it's way round the side to connect with Magee's head.
Magee tried to score with a low kick but Tamburello checks it.
Tamburello lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magee takes one to the chin there.
Magee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Magee is rocked!
Tamburello cracks Magee with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Magee tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Tamburello pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Magee is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Tamburello!
The defeated Booger Magee had this to say: 'Ouchie.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonesy McGuffin (ranked 2128 p4p, 4845 weight class) and Paddy Murphy (ranked 264 p4p, 478 weight class). Murphy has chosen Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonesy McGuffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and McGuffin moves out of range easily.
McGuffin cracks Murphy with an open hand slap.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGuffin avoids a punch combination nicely.
McGuffin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
McGuffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Murphy 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.
McGuffin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Jonesy McGuffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuffin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murphy on the side of the head.
Murphy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McGuffin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy throws a head kick but McGuffin moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGuffin connects with a body shot that sends Murphy's belly button to the back.
Murphy scores with a spinning back kick!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murphy.
Murphy throws a half hearted mid kick.
McGuffin looks to land a right hand but Murphy moved out of range.
McGuffin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McGuffin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murphy defending well as McGuffin loads up on a big left hand.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
McGuffin misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuffin lands a right hook to the body.
McGuffin lands a jab to the nose.
Murphy takes the fight into the clinch.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murphy as McGuffin tries to tie him up.
McGuffin is trying to stall.
Murphy just leaning against McGuffin, taking a breather.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McGuffin blocks it with crossed arms.
McGuffin misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuffin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McGuffin has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McGuffin is trying to maintain a safe position but Murphy gets an underhook and turns McGuffin into the cage.
McGuffin scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGuffin throws a head punch that misses.
McGuffin throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGuffin's efforts to push away.
McGuffin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Murphy just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from McGuffin fails to land.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy lands an elbow inside.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but McGuffin blocks it.
McGuffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGuffin stalling in the clinch but Murphy improves position.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
McGuffin tries to pull guard but Murphy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Murphy connects with a knee to the head.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped McGuffin in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Jonesy McGuffin has been cut.
Murphy landing knees to the head.
Murphy looking to stall.
Murphy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGuffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGuffin avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
McGuffin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGuffin misses with the head strike.
McGuffin throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McGuffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Murphy has double underhooks.
McGuffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
McGuffin misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGuffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGuffin takes an elbow to the forehead.
McGuffin tries to circle away but Murphy has him pinned against the cage.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McGuffin blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuffin throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
McGuffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Murphy has double underhooks.
Murphy has McGuffin pressed against the cage.
McGuffin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped McGuffin in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Murphy - that landed with a thud.
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!
Murphy'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.
McGuffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
McGuffin misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
McGuffin lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGuffin is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
McGuffin blocking some punches.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but McGuffin blocks with his arms.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paddy Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonesy McGuffin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Murphy wants to slow McGuffin down by chopping away at his legs.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuffin.
Murphy misses with a hook.
Murphy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on McGuffin if he has to take too many more of those.
McGuffin avoids the body shot from Murphy.
McGuffin avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuffin.
Murphy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McGuffin fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McGuffin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murphy tries to land a front kick but McGuffin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Murphy tries a head kick but it misses.
McGuffin lands a body shot.
A jab from McGuffin misses.
Murphy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McGuffin misses with a straight right.
Both fighters circling a little - Murphy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McGuffin.
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McGuffin rather than just go for the knockout.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuffin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McGuffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGuffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
Murphy rushes McGuffin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McGuffin misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Murphy'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.
McGuffin slows down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Murphy.
McGuffin looking to stall.
McGuffin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paddy Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McGuffin's defenses.
Murphy working McGuffin over with knees to the body.
McGuffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy has McGuffin pressed against the cage, preventing McGuffin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McGuffin wants to break free but Murphy has control.
McGuffin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGuffin blocks a body shot from Murphy.
McGuffin misses with a punch to the body.
McGuffin is trying to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling him.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy scores with a knee to the head.
McGuffin lands an uppercut.
McGuffin tries to stall but Murphy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGuffin backwards.
Murphy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McGuffin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuffin misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGuffin takes an elbow to the temple.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but McGuffin avoids the damage to the body.
McGuffin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
Murphy lands an elbow just above McGuffin 's eye.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McGuffin throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murphy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Murphy.
McGuffin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McGuffin tries to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling the position.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from McGuffin fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McGuffin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murphy with a knee to the head.
McGuffin taking a breather.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McGuffin prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of McGuffin backwards.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped McGuffin in his tracks for a moment.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGuffin backwards.
McGuffin is trying to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling him.
McGuffin blocks the elbow strike.
Murphy lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Murphy.
McGuffin is rocked!
McGuffin avoiding damage.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. McGuffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paddy Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jonesy McGuffin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
McGuffin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McGuffin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McGuffin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murphy. Murphy obviously looking to wear him down.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A jab from McGuffin does it's job there.
A big left from McGuffin misses.
McGuffin throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy tries to counter with a clinch but McGuffin shakes him off and moves away.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McGuffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McGuffin misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McGuffin doesn't seem bothered though.
Paddy Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy has taken the fight to the clinch.
McGuffin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Murphy smiles and moves away.
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McGuffin. That did some damage!
McGuffin tries a head kick but it misses.
Murphy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
McGuffin throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuffin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Murphy throws a hook but McGuffin blocks it.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGuffin.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McGuffin fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murphy lands a high kick!
McGuffin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy stuffs the takedown attempt from McGuffin. McGuffin gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonesy McGuffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McGuffin has time to react.
McGuffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy takes one on the button.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuffin looks to land a combination but Murphy avoids it well.
McGuffin misses the shot to the body.
McGuffin throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy cracks a nice hook into McGuffin's ribs.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGuffin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. McGuffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGuffin jabs Murphy right on the nose. Murphy blinks but takes it well.
Murphy tries to clinch but McGuffin moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from McGuffin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Murphy defending well as McGuffin loads up on a big left hand.
McGuffin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGuffin moves away.
McGuffin blocks a head kick by Murphy.
McGuffin throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGuffin moves away.
McGuffin moves out of range as Murphy throws a body kick.
Murphy jabs McGuffin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a kick to the body.
McGuffin lands with a good body shot.
Murphy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
McGuffin moves out of range as Murphy throws a body kick.
McGuffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGuffin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murphy in his tracks.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy is looking to clinch but McGuffin is avoiding it.
McGuffin looks for the body kick but Murphy saw that one coming.
McGuffin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
McGuffin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McGuffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGuffin misses with a wild combination.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy moves out of range of the strikes.
McGuffin looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. McGuffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGuffin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Murphy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGuffin manages to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McGuffin, as that shot connected.
Murphy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGuffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Jonesy McGuffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murphy tries to clinch up.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
McGuffin is looking to counter punch.
Murphy darts in and clinches McGuffin up against the cage.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McGuffin.
Paddy Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGuffin avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paddy Murphy.
Well Murphy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paddy Murphy!
During a confident post fight interview, Paddy Murphy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikie Lee (ranked 2494 p4p, 2489 weight class) and Limu Emu (ranked 346 p4p, 345 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Mikie Lee has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikie Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Limu Emu!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Emu catches Lee right on the button with a cross.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Emu moves out of range easily.
Emu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mikie Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee throws a series of punches but Emu avoids them all with ease.
Emu tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Emu punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Lee lands with a straight right. Emu didn't see that one coming.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Emu.
A bone on bone clash there as Lee blocks the leg kick.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Emu moves out of range easily.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Lee enables Emu to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lee manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Emu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee is controlling Emu's posture.
Emu preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emu is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Emu trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Emu seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Emu's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Lee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Emu.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
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.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Emu moves out of range easily.
Emu ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
A head kick from Lee lands but Emu takes it in his stride.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Emu with the counter takedown but Lee avoids it easily.
Lee throws a combination that misses
and Emu counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lee keeping full guard, as Emu tries to pass.
Emu is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lee being controlled here, momentarily.
Emu passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emu is trying to control. Lee wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lee is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Emu's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Emu's back!
Emu is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Lee off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Emu tries to escape but Lee has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Lee looking for the choke from the back.
Lee is looking to control Emu but Emu is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Lee avoiding Emu 's attempts to control his hands.
Emu fending off the submission attempt from Lee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee controlling well, preventing Emu from escaping the position.
Lee looking for the RNC.
Emu is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Emu keeps trying to improve his position.
Lee has got one arm under Emu's chin. This could be trouble... Emu trying to control the other hand but Lee gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Emu has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mikie Lee!
During a confident post fight interview, Mikie Lee 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Bronte (ranked 1629 p4p, 2778 weight class) and Murfum Orcarm (ranked 83 p4p, 136 weight class). Bronte comes to the cage accompanied by Buffalo Charge by Dub Phizix and Strategy. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Bronte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Murfum Orcarm!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orcarm shoots in for a takedown but Bronte shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Orcarm with a poor takedown
and Orcarm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bronte looks to land a right hand but Orcarm moved out of range.
Bronte lands with a good body shot.
Orcarm tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bronte defends well and Orcarm ends up having to push Bronte into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bob Bronte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Murfum Orcarm.
Orcarm takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
 It looks like Murfum Orcarm has been cut.
Bronte dips to his left and cracks Orcarm with an uppercut!
Orcarm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bronte misses with a few strikes there.
Orcarm tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A left and a right from Bronte both land. Nice combination.
Bronte scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bronte smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Orcarm goes for a double leg but Bronte avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bronte continues to drive forward.
Orcarm fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bronte avoids it really well and circles away.
Orcarm shoots for a double leg takedown but Bronte sprawls well. He's pushed Orcarm's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Orcarm closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orcarm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bronte is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bronte swinging wildly here.
A cross from Bronte lands.
Jab from Bronte.
Bronte throws a poor cross that misses
and Orcarm counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bronte!
Bronte bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
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!
Bronte jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bronte punishes Orcarm's body with a nice straight punch.
Bronte lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bronte throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Orcarm stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Orcarm dives in for a single leg takedown but Bronte sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bronte appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bronte is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Orcarm shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Orcarm showed some decent athleticism there.
Orcarm looks winded!
The fighters are battling for position here. Bronte manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bronte seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronte controls Orcarm momentarily but Orcarm frees himself.
Orcarm is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bronte is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Orcarm accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bronte working for a triangle but Orcarm defends it easily.
Orcarm looking to sit in guard and control but Bronte gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bronte passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orcarm can't do much from the bottom here.
Orcarm is trying to work for a sweep but Bronte has mounted him!
Bronte goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Orcarm is on top in guard.
Bronte working for a triangle but Orcarm defends it easily.
Orcarm working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Bronte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murfum Orcarm's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Bronte feints a jab promting Orcarm to slip. Bronte then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Orcarm slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Orcarm changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bronte tries to avoid it but Orcarm manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bronte to the ground. Bronte escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bronte darts in and clinches Orcarm up against the cage.
Orcarm is trying to drag Bronte to the mat but Bronte just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bronte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orcarm is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bronte to keep the fight standing.
Bob Bronte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Murfum Orcarm.
Orcarm has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bronte after a bit of a struggle.
Bronte scores with a shot to the side of Orcarm's head.
Orcarm tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bronte smiles and moves away.
Bronte lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronte lands a right hook to the body.
Orcarm shoots in for a takedown but Bronte shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bronte cracks Orcarm with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bob Bronte is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking cross lands there for Bronte.
Orcarm shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bronte pinned against the cage. Bronte gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Orcarm is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orcarm gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bronte.
Orcarm tries to keep at a distance but Bronte has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bronte lands a right hand.
Bronte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bronte lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bronte.
Orcarm shoots in but no luck this time.
Orcarm decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bronte kicks Orcarm off and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bronte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orcarm can do to turn this around?
Orcarm walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bronte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orcarm was well out of range. Poor timing from Bronte.
Bronte lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orcarm shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bronte as he avoids it easily.
Bronte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bronte tries to clinch up.
Orcarm changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bronte scores with a punch to the head.
Orcarm looks for a takedown but Bronte sprawls well.
Orcarm walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bronte connects with a crisp jab.
Orcarm takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bronte gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Orcarm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bronte finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Orcarm looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Orcarm shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Orcarm was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Orcarm working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orcarm works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bronte is looking for a sweep.
Orcarm tries to advance to mount but Bronte denies him.
Orcarm wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bronte keeps working.
Orcarm working the ground and pound but Bronte is defending the strikes.
That's four 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.
Orcarm looks up at the clock and then as Bronte takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Orcarm smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Orcarm is chipping away with strikes.
Orcarm is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bronte has escaped the position, nice work there.
Orcarm is looking to take a break and control but Bronte is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Bronte dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Murfum Orcarm's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Bronte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Orcarm darts in looking for a takedown but Bronte gets double underhooks and turns Orcarm into the cage.
Orcarm looks for a takedown but Bronte sprawls well.
Bronte jabs at Orcarm's body.
Bronte connects with a body shot that sends Orcarm's belly button to the back.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bronte.
Orcarm prevents Bronte from improving position.
Orcarm takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Orcarm is not content to let Bronte control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee asks Bronte politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bronte prefers to stall for the moment though.
Orcarm is looking for a sweep.
Bronte decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Orcarm takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Orcarm looking to score a takedown here. Bronte is defending well but Orcarm drives through and ends up in Bronte's guard.
Bronte has his feet on Orcarm's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Orcarm looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronte is looking to clinch.
Orcarm shoots in for a takedown but Bronte shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bob Bronte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Murfum Orcarm.
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!
Bronte throws a series of punches but Orcarm moves out of range.
Bronte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bronte lands with a straight right. Orcarm didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Bronte does it's job there.
Bronte jabs Orcarm right on the nose. Orcarm blinks but takes it well.
Orcarm shoots in for a takedown but Bronte shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Orcarm takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bronte stuffs the takedown.
Orcarm takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bronte works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab lands there for Bronte.
Bronte works over Orcarm's head and body with a nice combination.
Bronte lands a jab to Orcarm's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orcarm with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Bronte to counter with a crisp jab.
Bronte closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Orcarm did well to prevent Bronte getting side control.
Bronte is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bronte stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Bronte thuds a left hand into Orcarm's body.
Orcarm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Orcarm on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bronte feints a jab promting Orcarm to slip. Bronte then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Orcarm slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Orcarm shoots for a takedown but Bronte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orcarm tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bronte defends well and Orcarm ends up having to push Bronte into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bronte lands a two punch combo.
A jab lands there for Bronte.
Orcarm has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bronte stuffs the takedown attempt from Orcarm. Orcarm gets slowly back to his feet.
Bronte scores with a body shot.
Bronte throws a left and a right that both miss
and Orcarm counters with a single leg into guard. Bronte didn't expect that.
Bronte wriggles free and stands up.
Bob Bronte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronte lands a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bronte scores with a nice right hand.
Murfum Orcarm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bronte lands a jab-cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Bronte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bronte has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Bronte!
During a confident post fight interview, Bob Bronte 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Maia (ranked 1929 p4p, 2254 weight class) and Jaycee Veto (ranked 97 p4p, 94 weight class). Jaycee Veto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaycee Veto!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veto sizes up Maia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Lucas Maia has been cut.
Maia moves out of range of the strikes.
Maia half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Maia definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Veto throws a right and a left that Maia avoids nicely.
Maia attempts a counter takedown but Veto avoids it well and moves away.
Veto misses with a shot to the body
and Maia counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Maia is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Maia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Veto keeps working.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Maia in particular looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veto wants to control but Maia is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Maia takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia is looking to advance position but Veto won't allow it.
Veto wants to control but Maia is keeping busy.
Veto is positioning himself well to prevent Maia advancing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Veto is looking to control Maia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Veto avoid being mounted?
Veto slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Maia advances to half guard.
Veto won't allow Maia to pass to mount.
Veto is looking for a sweep. Maia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Veto is still trying to improve position.
Maia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Veto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Maia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Maia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Veto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Maia is thwarting Veto's attempts to control the position.
Maia trying to control the action but Veto is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veto throws a right hand that misses
and Maia counters with a single leg into guard. Veto didn't expect that.
Veto is adopting a defensive guard.
Maia trying to control but Veto is working from the bottom.
Veto is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Maia tries to free his leg and advance position but Veto is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia is working hard here to advance position.
Veto controlling Maia's posture.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Veto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Maia under the eye.
Veto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maia. That did some damage!
Veto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Veto missing with a left hand there. Maia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jaycee Veto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lucas Maia's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jab, jab by Veto - just one landing.
Veto swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.
Jab by Veto.
Veto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maia at a distance.
Veto throws a poor cross that misses
and Maia decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Veto's guard.
Veto pulls Maia in to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veto keeping full guard, as Maia tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veto wants to stand but Maia is controlling the position.
Maia controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Maia trying to control but Veto is working from the bottom.
Veto is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Maia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Veto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Maia scrambles back to his feet.
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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Veto.
Veto lands a leg kick that knocks Maia off balance momentarily.
Veto connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maia's hands.
Veto throws a lazy right hand but Maia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maia tries to counter with a takedown but Veto is quick to defend against it.
Jaycee Veto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Veto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maia counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Veto!
Maia trying to control the position but Veto is working away.
Maia tries to advance to mount but can't.
Veto struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veto is trying to improve his position.
Who's going to make the next move?
Veto struggling a bit here.
Veto is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Maia asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Maia goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Veto has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Maia but great work by Veto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia is trying to improve his position.
Maia struggling a bit here.
Maia tries to bench press Veto off him but Veto keeps the position.
Maia is trying to escape the position but Veto is controlling the position.
Maia is trying to improve his position.
Veto tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Maia is not content to let Veto control the position.
Maia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jaycee Veto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lucas Maia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Veto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Veto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Veto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Maia tries to counter with a takedown but Veto is quick to defend against it.
Veto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maia avoids the body shot from Veto.
Maia changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Veto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maia tries to counter with a takedown but Veto is quick to defend against it.
Maia moves away from the strike by Veto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maia.
Maia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maia tries to counter with a takedown but Veto is quick to defend against it.
Jaycee Veto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maia feinted with a counter takedown.
A telegraphed right hand from Veto misses the target.
Maia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Veto sprawls and moves away.
Veto throws a predictable looking body shot
and Maia counters with a shoot takedown. Veto fights it but they end up in guard.
Veto keeping full guard, as Maia tries to pass.
Lucas Maia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maia trying to control but Veto is working from the bottom.
Veto has control of Maia's left arm, preventing Maia from doing any damage.
Jaycee Veto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Maia forces his way into half guard.
Maia is trying to control the action in half guard but Veto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maia prevents Veto from standing back up.
Veto wants to control but Maia is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Maia wants to take a breather but Veto is having none of it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Maia prevents Veto from standing back up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veto with a nice calf kick.
Veto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Veto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maia.
Maia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Veto.
Veto connects with a leg kick.
Maia moves out of range as Veto strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Veto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maia was well out of range. Poor timing from Veto.
Maia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Veto sprawls and moves away.
Veto misses with a straight right.
Maia attempts a counter takedown but Veto avoids it well and moves away.
Veto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maia.
A telegraphed right hand from Veto misses the target.
Veto misses with a straight left.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Veto throws a jab but it's blocked by Maia.
Maia half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jaycee Veto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Veto 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaycee Veto!
After winning the bout, Jaycee Veto 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Libor Lunak (ranked 1959 p4p, 2165 weight class) and Ezio Bonzela Franco (ranked 98 p4p, 90 weight class). 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 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Libor Lunak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezio Bonzela Franco!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonzela Franco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bonzela Franco tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Lunak defends well and Bonzela Franco ends up having to push Lunak into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lunak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bonzela Franco is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bonzela Franco moves out of range of the strikes.
Bonzela Franco will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lunak lands the left hand.
It looks like Ezio Bonzela Franco has been cut.
Lunak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lunak scores with a nice head shot.
Lunak lands a big right hand that sends Bonzela Franco crashing to the mat! Lunak stays standing though and waves Bonzela Franco back to his feet!
That has opened up Ezio Bonzela Franco's cut even more.
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!
Lunak closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Bonzela Franco! Lunak dives in looking to finish! Bonzela Franco is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Libor Lunak!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bethania Valverde (ranked 215 p4p, 602 weight class) and Tommy Harinck (ranked 11 p4p, 34 weight class). Valverde comes to the cage accompanied by LLAMAME YA. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bethania Valverde!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Harinck!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Valverde throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Valverde misses with a lunging right hand
and Harinck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Valverde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harinck.
Valverde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harinck misses with a body shot.
Harinck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Valverde throws a hook but Harinck blocks it.
Bethania Valverde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valverde misses with an uppercut. Harinck saw that one coming.
Harinck connects with a single shot there.
Valverde looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Valverde throws a looping overhand right but Harinck ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harinck shoots in and gets a takedown into Valverde's guard.
Valverde has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Harinck is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valverde blocks a body shot from Harinck.
Harinck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harinck cracks Valverde with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck throws a punch but it's blocked by Valverde.
Harinck scores with a hook to the body.
Harinck lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valverde backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harinck.
Harinck fails to pull guard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valverde.
Harinck dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Harinck misses with a punch on the inside.
Harinck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Harinck fails to land.
Harinck tries to work over Valverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harinck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valverde.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harinck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valverde.
Valverde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harinck is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Valverde with a body shot.
Valverde connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Valverde with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harinck to score with a decent uppercut.
Harinck clobbers Valverde with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valverde ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Valverde ducks under a wild hook from Harinck.
A jab from Valverde misses.
Harinck lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Valverde misses the shot to the body.
Valverde throws a jab but it's blocked by Harinck.
Harinck stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Valverde.
Nice body punch from Valverde.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde looks to land a left hand but Harinck moved out of range nicely.
Valverde with the inside leg kick.
Valverde throws a jab but it's blocked by Harinck.
Valverde ducks under a wild hook from Harinck.
Harinck moves out of range as Valverde strikes.
Valverde throws a leg kick but Harinck sees it coming and moves out of range.
Valverde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harinck moves away.
Valverde throws a looping overhand right but Harinck ducks down to avoid it.
Harinck drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Valverde stops Harinck from passing to mount.
Valverde is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Harinck is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde being controlled for a moment.
Valverde is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Harinck wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valverde keeps working.
Harinck is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valverde is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Harinck wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Valverde, who protects the arm well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bethania Valverde will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harinck checks a leg kick.
Harinck on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valverde. Valverde obviously looking to wear him down.
Harinck missing with a left hand there. Valverde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harinck blocks a jab.
Harinck swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harinck getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harinck blocks a leg kick.
Valverde catches Harinck with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Valverde displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harinck.
Harinck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valverde.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harinck lunges at Valverde with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Valverde's hand.
A slow jab from Harinck misses its intended target.
Harinck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valverde.
The fighters circling - Valverde throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bethania Valverde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harinck.
A telegraphed right hand from Harinck misses the target.
Harinck walks into a straight right hand from Valverde.
Harinck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valverde.
Harinck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valverde lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harinck takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harinck 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.
Valverde fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harinck on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harinck.
Valverde listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Valverde throws a hook to the side of Harinck's head but Harinck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valverde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harinck throws a hook to the side of Valverde's head but Valverde sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harinck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valverde.
Valverde throws a body punch but Harinck moves out of range.
Valverde lands an overhand right.
Valverde displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harinck.
Harinck smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Valverde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harinck can do to turn this around?
Harinck takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Valverde throws a front kick aimed at Harinck's knee but Harinck avoids it well.
Valverde swings for the body but Harinck moves out of range.
Harinck keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Harinck swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Valverde's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harinck under the eye.
Valverde is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Valverde looks to land a right hand but Harinck moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harinck drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Valverde defends it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valverde. Harinck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harinck scores with a decent looking hook.
Valverde wants to slow Harinck down by chopping away at his legs.
A jab from Valverde misses.
Valverde misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valverde moves out of range as Harinck strikes.
Harinck moves out of range of the strikes.
Valverde waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harinck.
Valverde scores with a sloppy right hand. Harinck should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Valverde.
Harinck scores with a hook to the body. Valverde takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Valverde throws a leg kick
and Harinck counters with a single leg into guard. Valverde didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harinck controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Harinck trying to control the position from guard on top but Valverde is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harinck trying to move into half guard but instead Valverde has managed to sweep!
Valverde is stalling in the full guard.
Harinck tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tommy Harinck has got the better of the ground game so far.
Valverde wants to get up but he can't break Harinck's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bethania Valverde dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Harinck scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Valverde.
A good leg kick by Valverde.
Valverde connects with an inside leg kick.
Valverde misses with a hook.
Valverde misses with a hook.
Valverde throws an off balance right hand
and Harinck counters with a single leg into guard. Valverde didn't expect that.
Valverde keeping moving, preventing Harinck from controlling successfully.
Valverde keeping full guard, as Harinck tries to pass.
Harinck trying to control the position from guard on top but Valverde is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck throws a big right hand that misses.
Valverde is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Harinck dives into side control.
Valverde is trying to get back to his feet.
Harinck wants to control but Valverde is keeping him busy.
Harinck tries to move to mount but Valverde blocks the move with his legs.
Harinck wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valverde keeps working.
Valverde defending against the ground and pound.
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.
Harinck tries to move into full mount but can't pass Valverde's legs.
Harinck looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Valverde is avoiding damage well.
Valverde is not content to let Harinck control the position.
Harinck staying calm.
Valverde wants to get back to his feet.
Harinck tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde stops Harinck from passing to mount.
Valverde pushes Harinck away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Harinck gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Harinck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valverde.
Harinck throws a body shot but no joy.
Valverde uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harinck has time to react.
Valverde misses the jab.
Harinck lands with a cross.
Valverde misses the shot to the body.
Valverde loads up on a big right hand but Harinck slips the punch.
Valverde throws a body punch but Harinck moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Harinck checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde moves forwards but Harinck connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Harinck jabs at Valverde's body.
An inside leg kick from Valverde misses.
Valverde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valverde throws a hook but Harinck avoids it easily.
Harinck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valverde.
Valverde throws out a powerful jab.
Valverde misses with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Harinck.
Valverde explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Valverde throws the left hand but Harinck avoids the punch easily.
Harinck moves away from the strike by Valverde.
Harinck looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Bethania Valverde did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.
Valverde missing with a left hand there. Harinck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Valverde fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Valverde lands with an uppercut that bounces Harinck off the cage and back into range.
Harinck avoids the body shot from Valverde.
Harinck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harinck looks to land a left hand but Valverde moved out of range nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Valverde.
Valverde lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harinck's sensitive parts.
Harinck checks a low kick from Valverde.
Bethania Valverde is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valverde displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Tommy Harinck has been cut.
Valverde misses with a looping right.
Harinck now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harinck misses the shot to the body.
Valverde misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde blocks a jab.
Harinck uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Valverde takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harinck looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Valverde is fending him off so far but Harinck persists. Nope, Valverde circles away and we're back to standing.
Valverde bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harinck's head backwards.
Valverde takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harinck scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Valverde doesn't seem bothered though.
Valverde lands a right hook to the body.
Harinck shoots for a takedown but Valverde saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Valverde.
A cross from Harinck lands.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Valverde, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harinck ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valverde just misses with a punch to the body.
Valverde lands with a straight right. Harinck didn't see that one coming.
Harinck looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Valverde throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harinck.
Valverde throws a jab but it's blocked by Harinck.
Valverde scores with a shot to the body.
Valverde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harinck sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That kick from Valverde tenderised Harinck's leg. Harinck is trying to keep his angry face on.
Valverde moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Valverde turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Valverde lands with a cross.
Valverde scores with a jab. Harinck acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harinck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harinck throws a body shot but no joy.
Harinck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valverde sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valverde throws a hook to the side of Harinck's head but Harinck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valverde connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harinck's hands.
Harinck lands with a straight right. Valverde didn't see that one coming.
Valverde throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Harinck was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harinck changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Valverde looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Valverde pushes Harinck away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Harinck gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Harinck tries to advance to mount but Valverde denies him.
Valverde pushes Harinck away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Harinck gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harinck wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valverde keeps working.
Harinck is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valverde has escaped the position, nice work there.
Valverde is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Harinck wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Valverde, who protects the arm well.
Harinck is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Valverde knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bethania Valverde had his way with Tommy Harinck in that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Harinck's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Harinck throws out a powerful jab.
Harinck misses with a straight right.
Valverde misses with a hook.
Harinck looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harinck lands a jab.
Valverde is looking to slow Harinck down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harinck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Valverde with a nice cross.
Harinck just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Valverde.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck works Valverde's body with a nice hook.
Harinck drives through with a takedown into Valverde's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Valverde kicks Harinck off and gets to his feet.
Valverde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harinck throws a body shot but no joy.
Valverde cracks Harinck with an open hand slap.
Harinck needs to keep his hands up - Valverde had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valverde slips under a jab from Harinck.
Harinck's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Valverde defending well as Harinck loads up on a big left hand.
Harinck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valverde.
Harinck has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Valverde throws a nice inside leg kick.
Valverde waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harinck.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harinck! But no joy.
Tommy Harinck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valverde throws a lazy right hand but Harinck sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harinck just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Valverde misses the target.
Valverde throws a sloppy body shot
and Harinck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harinck lands with a hook. Valverde tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Harinck slips under a jab from Valverde.
Harinck slips under a jab from Valverde.
Harinck lands a lovely overhand right.
Valverde lands a nice hook to Harinck's body. Harinck takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harinck misses the shot to the body.
Harinck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valverde.
Valverde dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harinck. That did some damage!
Bethania Valverde is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valverde fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harinck looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Valverde.
Harinck takes one to the side of the head.
Valverde throws a body punch but Harinck moves out of range.
Valverde misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harinck. Valverde does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Harinck misses.
Valverde scores with a jab to the head.
Valverde uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harinck misses with an uppercut. Valverde saw that one coming.
Harinck takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Harinck misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde's corner calls for a 1-2. Valverde obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Valverde lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valverde lands the left hand.
Nice shot lands for Harinck.
Harinck defending well as Valverde loads up on a big left hand.
Valverde throws a lazy right hand but Harinck sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valverde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harinck.
Valverde connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harinck has Valverde up against the cage in a clinch.
Harinck jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Valverde walks away with a smile on his face. Harinck gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Valverde connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bethania Valverde showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Valverde, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 50:45
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 50:45
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bethania Valverde!
Bethania Valverde retains his bantamweight title!
Bethania Valverde thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matija Maestro (ranked 123 p4p, 443 weight class) and Lewis Pendragon (ranked 14 p4p, 38 weight class). Maestro comes to the cage accompanied by Shortwire - Reconfig. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matija Maestro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lewis Pendragon!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maestro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pendragon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Maestro punishes Pendragon's body with a nice straight punch.
Maestro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Maestro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pendragon circles away quickly and effectively.
Pendragon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pendragon misses with a left hand
and Maestro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pendragon kicks off Maestro and gets to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maestro fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pendragon to the ground. Maestro is now in Pendragon's guard.
Maestro engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Maestro has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon wants to stand but Maestro is controlling the position.
Pendragon keeping moving, preventing Maestro from controlling successfully.
Maestro is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
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.
Pendragon managing to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Maestro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pendragon misses with a looping right.
Pendragon dips to his left and cracks Maestro with an uppercut!
Maestro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab, jab by Pendragon - just one landing.
Maestro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pendragon can pounce on him.
Maestro closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pendragon is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Maestro off and has taken his back!
Pendragon is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maestro trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Maestro is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Nap or Tap, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Pendragon is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Maestro tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Maestro is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Pendragon.
Pendragon keeps control of the position as Maestro tries to break free.
Maestro just trying to survive but Pendragon is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Maestro is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pendragon is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Pendragon missing with punches from the back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Pendragon dominated that round.
That's time! Maestro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pendragon is looking to chop away at Maestro's legs.
Pendragon slaps away a takedown attempt from Maestro, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Maestro throws a body punch but Pendragon moves out of range.
Maestro swings for the body but Pendragon moves out of range.
Pendragon looks to throw the jab but Maestro is out of range.
Pendragon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Maestro shoots in for a takedown but Pendragon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lewis Pendragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maestro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pendragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Maestro.
Pendragon tries to move into range but Maestro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pendragon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maestro on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Maestro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pendragon sprawls well. Pendragon wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Maestro gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matija Maestro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Maestro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pendragon tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Maestro manages to move to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pendragon is trying to escape the mount.
Maestro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pendragon is looking to escape.
Pendragon is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Maestro's lack of action.
Pendragon tries to get to full guard but Maestro has control of the leg.
Maestro stalling.
Maestro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pendragon defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon is staying active underneath Maestro, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Maestro prevents Pendragon from standing back up.
Pendragon trying to control here.
Maestro not doing much here.
Maestro seems to be looking for submissions.
Pendragon has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Maestro controlling the action here.
Maestro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Maestro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pendragon does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Matija Maestro will probably get the nod.
That's time! Maestro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Maestro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maestro tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pendragon defends well and Maestro ends up having to push Pendragon into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Pendragon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pendragon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maestro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maestro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maestro is looking for a takedown.
Maestro prevents a body shot from Pendragon.
Pendragon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maestro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maestro tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matija Maestro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pendragon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maestro is working for takedown but Pendragon is calmly controlling the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maestro drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pendragon.
Pendragon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maestro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon misses with a hook. Maestro ducked under it nicely.
Maestro is looking to wear down Pendragon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pendragon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maestro.
Maestro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maestro manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Pendragon on his heels. He'll look to pass Pendragon's guard now, I'm sure.
Pendragon managing to control the position.
Maestro trying to control the position from guard on top but Pendragon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pendragon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon keeping moving, preventing Maestro from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Maestro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pendragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Maestro.
Pendragon throws a body shot but no joy.
Maestro closes the distance and clinches up with Pendragon, looking for a takedown. Maestro pushes Pendragon against the cage but Pendragon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pendragon throws out a counter right but Maestro avoids it with no problem.
Maestro scores with a jab.
Maestro connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon tries to close the distance and clinch but Maestro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pendragon missing with a left hand there. Maestro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maestro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice shot by Maestro.
Pendragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Maestro swings for the body but Pendragon moves out of range.
Maestro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pendragon sprawls well. Pendragon wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Maestro gets slowly back to his feet.
Pendragon is looking to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Maestro misses the target.
Nice cross by Pendragon.
Lewis Pendragon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maestro closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pendragon to the mat! Pendragon manages to get full guard.
Pendragon is wriggling around but Maestro manages to pass to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maestro is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pendragon has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Maestro is working away from the top position though.
Maestro wants to take a breather but Pendragon is having none of it.
Maestro is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pendragon sees it coming and defends easily.
Maestro is thwarting Pendragon's attempts to control the position.
Maestro trying to control the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Matija Maestro did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Maestro misses with an uppercut.
Pendragon stuffs the takedown.
Maestro shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pendragon manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Pendragon misses with a wild body shot.
Maestro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maestro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maestro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pendragon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maestro tries to counter with a takedown but Pendragon is quick to defend against it.
Maestro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pendragon moves away.
Pendragon lands with a nice body kick.
Lewis Pendragon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maestro lands a nice looking body shot.
Maestro lands a jab-cross combination.
Pendragon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Maestro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pendragon.
Pendragon cracks Maestro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Maestro.
Pendragon is trying to control Maestro's posture but Maestro avoids it.
Maestro working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Pendragon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two 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!
Pendragon is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Maestro wants to take a breather but Pendragon is having none of it.
Pendragon is looking to control Maestro's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pendragon avoid being mounted?
Maestro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pendragon keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon is looking to improve his position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Maestro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maestro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pendragon.
Pendragon throws a low kick, looking for Maestro's leg but Maestro calmly moves out of range.
Maestro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pendragon doesn't seem bothered though.
Pendragon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Maestro slips a jab from Pendragon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maestro throws a combination that misses
and Pendragon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Maestro ducks under a wild hook from Pendragon.
Maestro ducks under a wild hook from Pendragon.
Maestro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maestro loads up on a big right hand but Pendragon slips the punch.
Maestro slips under a jab from Pendragon.
Maestro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pendragon misses with a combination
and Pendragon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Pendragon.
Pendragon throws a one two combo.
It looks like Matija Maestro has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Maestro.
An inside leg kick lands from Pendragon.
Pendragon is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Pendragon dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Matija Maestro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Maestro throws a hook but Pendragon avoids it easily.
Pendragon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Maestro lands a jab to Pendragon's midsection.
Maestro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pendragon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maestro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pendragon.
Maestro with a jab.
Pendragon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maestro blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maestro misses the shot to the body.
Pendragon tries to clinch but Maestro is having none of it.
Pendragon throws a hook but Maestro blocks it.
Maestro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pendragon can pounce on him.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Maestro is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pendragon.
Pendragon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pendragon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maestro!
Pendragon throws a leg kick
and Maestro counters with a right hand to the body.
Maestro changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pendragon looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Maestro is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Pendragon's shoulder. That is not cool.
Pendragon stops Maestro from passing to mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maestro trying to control the position but Pendragon is working away.
Pendragon tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maestro trying to control the action but Pendragon is working from the bottom.
Pendragon tries to buck Maestro off but Maestro is having none of it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Maestro tries to move to mount but Pendragon blocks the move with his legs.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Pendragon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maestro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pendragon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maestro.
Pendragon misses with an uppercut
and Maestro counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon tries to bench press Maestro off him but Maestro keeps the position.
Maestro staying calm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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.
Maestro working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Maestro tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Maestro wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Pendragon, who protects the arm well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matija Maestro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Maestro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 48:47
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 48:49
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 48:49
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lewis Pendragon!
Lewis Pendragon is the new featherweight champion!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Horton (ranked 247 p4p, 231 weight class) and Pate Mfer (ranked 39 p4p, 35 weight class). Horton comes into the arena with Canada National Anthem blaring out of the sound system. Pate Mfer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tim Horton's chin.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Horton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pate Mfer!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horton takes a swing at Mfer's ribcage but misses.
Mfer throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Horton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mfer throws out a loose jab but Horton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice side step and Mfer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Horton digs a good body shot into Mfer's ribs.
Pate Mfer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mfer misses with a looping left.
Horton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mfer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Horton can pounce on him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Horton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mfer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Horton at a distance.
Horton walks into a straight right hand from Mfer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horton throws a wild body kick that Mfer sees coming a mile off.
Mfer takes a swing at Horton's ribcage but misses.
Horton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horton lands with a nice body punch.
Horton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mfer.
Mfer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Horton's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mfer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Horton scrambles back to his feet.
Mfer avoids the body shot from Horton.
Mfer misses the shot to the body.
Horton throwing a counter right hand but Mfer manages to avoid it.
Horton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mfer. Horton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mfer keeps the fight on the outside.
Mfer tries to move into range but Horton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mfer. Horton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Horton feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mfers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Horton looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mfer misses with a two punch combination.
Horton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slow jab from Mfer misses its intended target.
Horton throws a head kick but Mfer moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mfer.
A quick step to the side and Horton tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mfer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Horton with a body shot.
Mfer lands with a straight right. Horton didn't see that one coming.
Mfer misses with a hook. Horton ducked under it nicely.
Mfer looks to land a left hand but Horton moved out of range nicely.
Horton looks to score with a jab to the body but Mfer is just out of range.
It seemed like Mfer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A shot to the liver by Horton. Beautiful body shot.
Mfer misses the jab.
Horton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mfer circles away quickly and effectively.
Mfer sizes up Horton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Horton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horton defending well as Mfer loads up on a big left hand.
Mfer lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mfer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mfer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mfer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horton lands a two punch combo.
Mfer misses with a two punch combination.
Mfer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Horton under the eye.
Horton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mfer at a distance.
Horton is looking to wear down Mfer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Horton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mfer doesn't seem bothered though.
Horton connects with a looping right hand.
Horton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mfer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Mfer misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Horton.
Mfer is looking to chop away at Horton's legs.
Horton drives through and clinches with Mfer against the cage.
Horton misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mfer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mfer throws a body shot but no joy.
Horton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mfer.
The fighters circling - Mfer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Horton half committed to a counter leg kick.
Horton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mfer throws out the jab.
Mfer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mfer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mfer throws a shot from downtown. Horton moves away and avoids it.
Horton blocks a head kick by Mfer.
A counter left hand to the body from Horton misses its target.
Horton connects with an inside leg kick.
Mfer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mfer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mfer throws a shot to the body.
Mfer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mfer throws a lazy head kick
and Horton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Horton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tim Horton will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mfer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Horton tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Mfer misses the target.
Horton misses with a low kick.
Horton misses with an attempted mid kick.
Horton has closed the distance and engaged Mfer in a clinch.
Mfer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Horton lands a nice uppercut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mfer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Horton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Horton blocks a body shot from Mfer.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Horton.
A head punch on the inside from Mfer fails to land.
Mfer misses with a punch on the inside.
Horton blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Horton tries to work over Mfer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mfer breaks from the clinch.
Horton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mfer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Horton slips under a jab from Mfer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horton lands with a shot to the body.
Mfer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Horton counters with a three punch combo that has Mfer backing up. Mfer nods at Horton to acknowledge the strikes.
Horton ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Horton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mfer. That did some damage!
Horton scores with a one two! Mfer had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Horton lands with a cross.
An inside leg kick from Horton misses.
Horton lands a leg kick that knocks Mfer off balance momentarily.
Mfer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Horton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mfer throws a right hand that misses
and Horton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Horton wants to clinch.
Mfer is looking for the big counter here.
Mfer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Horton.
Mfer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horton is looking to counter punch.
Mfer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Horton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mfer thinking.
Horton moves in looking to clinch but Mfer pushes him off.
Horton scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mfer throws a hook but Horton avoids it easily.
Horton lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mfer walks into a straight right hand from Horton.
Mfer throws a nice looking combination but Horton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Horton ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Horton cracks Mfer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A jab from Mfer misses.
Horton goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mfer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Mfer tries to get set, Horton tries to push him back and clinch up but Mfer manages to avoid the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mfer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mfer throws a jab but it's blocked by Horton.
Horton lands a head shot.
Horton 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.
Horton misses with a body shot.
Mfer takes a swing at Horton's ribcage but misses.
Mfer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hortons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mfer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Horton.
Mfer misses with a hook.
Horton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Horton lands the left hand.
Mfer gets tackled into the cage by Horton. Horton maintains the clinch.
Horton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mfer can do to turn this around?
Horton blocks an uppercut.
Horton throws a punch but it's blocked by Mfer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Mfer.
Mfer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mfer tries to break the clinch but Horton is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mfer.
Horton has Mfer pressed against the cage, preventing Mfer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Horton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Horton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Horton tries to throw a body punch but Mfer avoids it by throwing Horton back against the cage.
Mfer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Horton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Horton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mfer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mfer throws a head punch that misses.
Mfer lands an uppercut.
Horton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Horton struggles to land a body shot inside as Mfer controls his hands.
Mfer breaks the clinch.
Mfer checks the leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Horton there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mfer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Horton dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Horton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mfer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A left lands for Mfer.
Horton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Horton tests Mfer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No joy there for Mfer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mfer swings widly with a right hand
and Horton counters with a leg kick.
Mfer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Horton moves into the clinch.
Horton tries to work over Mfer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mfer lands a left hand.
Horton misses with a punch on the inside.
Horton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mfer misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Mfer fails to land.
Mfer working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Horton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mfer has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Horton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mfer can turn it around.
Horton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mfer lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Horton.
A frustrated look appears on Mfer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Horton throws a head punch that misses.
Horton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mfer.
A short right from Mfer on the inside.
Horton misses with some punches.
Mfer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A right hand to the body from Horton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mfer.
Horton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Horton throws a punch but it's blocked by Mfer.
Horton struggles to land a body shot inside as Mfer controls his hands.
Horton misses with a punch to the body.
Mfer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horton wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Horton throws a leg kick but Mfer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mfer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horton takes a swing at Mfer's ribcage but misses.
Horton misses with a body kick.
Mfer throws an overhand right that lands on Horton's shoulder, as Horton tries to avoid the shot.
Horton tries to clinch but Mfer moves out of range.
Mfer connects with a body shot.
Horton lands a glancing blow to the side of Mfer's head.
Horton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mfer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tim Horton is winning the standup battle so far.
Mfer connects with a body shot that sends Horton's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer looks to score with a jab to the body but Horton is just out of range.
Mfer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Horton with a hook.
Horton moves out of range of the strikes.
Horton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Horton misses with a body kick.
Mfer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horton.
Mfer just misses with a punch to the body.
Horton misses the shot to the body.
Mfer lands the left hand.
Horton lands a head kick. Mfer smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Horton lands with a nice body punch.
Horton blocks a jab.
Mfer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mfer lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mfer throws a hook to the side of Horton's head but Horton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mfer avoids the body shot from Horton.
Horton throws a one two combo.
Horton darts in and clinches Mfer up against the cage.
Mfer lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Horton can't find room to land a body shot as Mfer controls the action.
Horton can't find room to land a body shot as Mfer controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Mfer fails to land.
Mfer scores with a shot to the side of Horton's head.
Mfer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A quick step to the side and Horton tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horton scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mfer throws a jab when Horton was well out of range.
A big right from Mfer misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Horton misses the target.
Mfer misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Tim Horton did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mfer throws a right hand that misses
and Horton counters with a straight right hand.
Horton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Horton 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.
Mfer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mfer scores with a shot to the body.
Horton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mfer's sensitive parts.
Mfer throws a sloppy head kick and Horton moves out of range easily.
Horton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mfer throws out the jab.
A head kick misses from Mfer.
Horton connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mfer throws a body punch but Horton moves out of range.
Mfer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Horton can pounce on him.
Horton moves away from the strike by Mfer.
Horton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mfer is out of range and Horton settles back down.
Horton turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horton wants to clinch up but Mfer keeps it at a distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mfer! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Horton. Mfer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mfer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mfer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A leg kick checked by Horton.
Horton appears to be looking for a big counter.
Horton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mfer misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Mfer.
Mfer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Horton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mfer connects with a single shot there.
Horton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mfer manages to break the clinch.
Mfer misses with a looping left.
Horton tries a head kick but it misses.
Mfer swings for the body but Horton moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer throws a sloppy body shot
and Horton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mfer looks to throw the jab but Horton is out of range.
Horton tries to clinch but Mfer is having none of it.
Horton connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mfer misses with a right hand
letting Horton counter with a right hand.
Mfer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mfer missing with a left hand there. Horton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Horton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mfer at a distance.
Mfer throws the left hand but Horton avoids the punch easily.
Mfer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mfer misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Horton was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mfer.
Horton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mfer.
Horton is rocked!
Mfer is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Mfer moves away from the strike by Horton.
Oh Horton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice cross by Horton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horton lands with a right hand.
Horton seems to have got his legs back now.
Horton misses with an uppercut.
Mfer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Horton with a body shot.
Mfer scores with a leg kick.
Mfer lands a lovely overhand right.
Horton doesn't manage to clinch there - Mfer circles away.
Horton lands a slapping body shot.
Horton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Horton avoids the body shot from Mfer.
Mfer swinging wildly here.
Mfer misses the shot to the body.
Horton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mfer.
A punch lands to the side of Mfer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mfer misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mfer loads up on a big right hand but Horton slips the punch.
Horton just misses with a punch to the body.
Mfer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horton misses the jab.
Horton pushes Mfer up against the cage in a clinch.
Horton blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mfer.
Mfer working hard to break the clinch.
Mfer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mfer pushes Horton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mfer blocking some punches.
Mfer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Horton can't find room to land a body shot as Mfer controls the action.
Mfer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horton darts in and clinches Mfer up against the cage.
Mfer prevents a body shot from Horton.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Horton had his way with Pate Mfer in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mfer throws out a powerful jab.
Mfer misses with a hook. Horton ducked under it nicely.
Mfer misses the jab.
Horton is looking to counter punch.
Horton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mfer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mfer clobbers Horton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mfer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Horton was well out of range. Poor timing from Mfer.
Mfer throws a looping overhand right but Horton ducks down to avoid it.
Horton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mfer throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mfer loads up on a big right hand but Horton slips the punch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mfer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Horton - the referee stops the clock and Mfer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Horton. Mfer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Horton scores with a nice body kick.
Horton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Horton throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mfer throws out a loose jab but Horton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horton clinches with his opponent.
Mfer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mfer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Horton scores with a shot to the side of Mfer's head.
Horton tries to work over Mfer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Horton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Horton prevents a body shot from Mfer.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mfer.
Mfer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mfer throws a body punch but Horton moves out of range.
Mfer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Horton feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Mfer misses with a wild body shot.
Mfer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Horton throws an overhand right that lands on Mfer's shoulder, as Mfer tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mfer! But no joy.
Mfer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Horton.
Tim Horton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mfer.
Horton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mfer throws a sloppy head kick and Horton moves out of range easily.
Mfer is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Mfer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mfer throws a jab when Horton was well out of range.
Mfer throws a jab when Horton was well out of range.
Horton throws out a powerful jab.
Mfer throws a sloppy body shot
and Horton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mfer's knee momentarily.
Horton connects with a solid leg kick.
Mfer lands a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Horton. Those never looked like landing.
Horton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mfer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Horton scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mfer 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.
Mfer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mfer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Horton ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Nice defenses there by Horton.
Mfer throws a looping overhand right but Horton ducks down to avoid it.
Horton half committed to a counter leg kick.
Horton instigates a clinch.
Horton swings wildly with an uppercut but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horton lands a left hand.
Horton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Horton.
A short right from Horton on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Horton.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horton takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right hand to the body from Horton.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Horton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mfer is trying to break free.
Horton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mfer throws a punch but it's blocked by Horton.
A short right from Mfer on the inside.
Good body shot from Horton.
Horton tries a body shot but Mfer blocks it.
Mfer lands a nice uppercut.
Mfer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Horton misses with a punch to the body.
Mfer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mfer has a couple of punches blocked by Horton.
Mfer blocks a body shot from Horton.
Horton can't find room to land a body shot as Mfer controls the action.
Pate Mfer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Horton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mfer backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tim Horton.
Well Horton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 50:46
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 50:46
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Horton!
Tim Horton retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Tim Horton 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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