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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Ross (ranked 5966 p4p, 4254 weight class) and Leg Day (ranked 646 p4p, 575 weight class). Peter Ross could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leg Day's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Leg Day!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick from Day, right into the meat of the thigh.
Day thumps Ross with a low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Day.
Ross takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Day looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Day dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ross. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Day connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Day.
Day throws a head kick that Ross semi-blocks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Day throws a nice head kick!
Day scores with a kick to the body.
Day lands a nice looking body kick.
Day thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ross if he has to take too many more of those.
Day thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ross if he has to take too many more of those.
A nice leg kick from Day, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Day can pounce on him.
Day lands a head kick. Ross smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Day connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Day throws a quick inside leg kick.
Day scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Day connects with a solid leg kick.
Day lands with a nice body kick.
Day lands a big head kick that sends Ross tumbling to the mat! Day takes a step backwards and waves Ross back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Ross is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day connects with an inside leg kick.
Oh Ross is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leg Day seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Day lands a big head kick that sends Ross to the canvas! Day follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leg Day!
Leg Day decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eero Jukola (ranked 3240 p4p, 4237 weight class) and Brooke Marsden (ranked 398 p4p, 469 weight class). Marsden has chosen Lunatic Fringe as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eero Jukola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brooke Marsden!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Jukola catches Marsden right on the button with a cross.
Jukola gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jukola moves forwards but Marsden connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jukola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jukola.
Marsden takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jukola will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jukola has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Hidden in the buildup to the fight.
Jukola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marsden clinches.
Marsden tries to circle away but Jukola has him pinned against the cage.
Jukola misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Jukola scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Jukola.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jukola avoids the elbow strike from Marsden, against the cage.
Jukola throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marsden blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice left hand lands by Marsden.
Marsden prevents a body shot from Jukola.
Marsden blocking some punches.
Jukola digs a right hand underneath Marsden's ribcage. Marsden let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marsden throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Jukola.
A short right from Jukola on the inside.
Marsden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marsden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jukola dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marsden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jukola takes the fight into the clinch.
Marsden prevents a body shot from Jukola.
Marsden struggles to land a body shot inside as Jukola controls his hands.
Jukola tries to throw a body punch but Marsden avoids it by throwing Jukola back against the cage.
Jukola lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marsden looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jukola prevents Marsden from breaking the clinch.
Jukola stalling in the clinch.
Jukola lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jukola avoids the elbow strike from Marsden, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden blocking some punches.
Jukola lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marsden backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marsden misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jukola working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marsden scores with a shoulder strike.
Marsden blocks a body shot from Jukola.
Jukola lands with a left to the head.
Jukola is working Marsden over against the cage.
Jukola breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jukola throws a solid leg kick but Marsden takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jukola.
Jukola slips under a jab from Marsden.
Jukola misses with a right hand
and Marsden counters with a nice leg kick.
Marsden lands a head shot.
Marsden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jukola.
Marsden throws a low kick, looking for Jukola's leg but Jukola calmly moves out of range.
Jukola moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jukola lands a jab to the nose.
Some bone on bone action there as Marsden checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jukola cracks a nice hook into Marsden's ribs.
Jukola with the inside leg kick.
Jukola changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Marsden looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jukola tries to score with some ground and pound. Marsden controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Marsden is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jukola connects with a decent elbow.
Marsden parries the strikes from Jukola easily there. Jukola is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Marsden to escape.
Marsden looking for a sweep but Jukola has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Jukola lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jukola fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jukola lands a couple of good shots and Marsden has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Jukola lands a shot to the body.
Jukola landing with strikes.
 Marsden is rocked!
Marsden is trying to remain composed but Jukola is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Marsden is still in real trouble! Can Jukola finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jukola is scoring with a succession of shots from the back. Marsden is covering up - he's had enough and the ref steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eero Jukola!
A relieved looking Eero Jukola thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slugger Dunes (ranked 2159 p4p, 1764 weight class) and Bender Mein Armbach (ranked 348 p4p, 280 weight class). Dunes comes to the cage accompanied by The World's Greatest. Mein Armbach has chosen Enter Sandman, Metallica as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slugger Dunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bender Mein Armbach!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mein Armbach misses the jab.
Mein Armbach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dunes moves away.
Dunes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mein Armbach's head backwards.
Dunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dunes slips a straight right by Mein Armbach.
Dunes throws a quick counter head kick but Mein Armbach was just out of range.
A combination from Dunes does no damage.
We've been told by Dunes's head coaches at Champion Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sloppy strikes from Dunes. Those never looked like landing.
Mein Armbach tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
Dunes tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Mein Armbach releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dunes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mein Armbach.
Mein Armbach has closed the distance and engaged Dunes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mein Armbach has a couple of punches blocked by Dunes.
We've been informed that Mein Armbach 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.
Dunes is leaning against Mein Armbach and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dunes fails to land.
Mein Armbach takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mein Armbach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dunes manages to break the clinch.
Dunes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mein Armbach connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes with a hook.
Mein Armbach lands a nice looking body shot.
Slugger Dunes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mein Armbach throws a body shot but no joy.
Dunes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dunes throws a jab but it's blocked by Mein Armbach.
Dunes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mein Armbach counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dunes throws a poor cross that misses
and Mein Armbach counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dunes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunes throws a body punch but Mein Armbach moves out of range.
Dunes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mein Armbach looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dunes misses with a jab to the body
and Mein Armbach counters with a stiff right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dunes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Mein Armbach finds it's way through Dunes's defenses.
Dunes clinches up with Mein Armbach and pushes him back against the cage.
Mein Armbach blocking some punches.
Mein Armbach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dunes backwards.
Mein Armbach jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dunes walks away with a smile on his face. Mein Armbach gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mein Armbach ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dunes misses with an uppercut
and Mein Armbach counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mein Armbach closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mein Armbach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mein Armbach working aggressively here.
Dunes misses with a punch to the body.
Mein Armbach tries to work over Dunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mein Armbach gets through Dunes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dunes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mein Armbach slips under a jab from Dunes.
Mein Armbach takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes misses with a lunging right hand
and Mein Armbach counters with a straight right hand.
Mein Armbach walks into a left hand.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dunes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mein Armbach circles away quickly and effectively.
Mein Armbach swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Dunes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dunes throws a hook but Mein Armbach blocks it.
Mein Armbach has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dunes finds it's way round the side to connect with Mein Armbach's head.
Slugger Dunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mein Armbach fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dunes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dunes moves to clinch but Mein Armbach breaks away
and Mein Armbach counters with a right hand to the body.
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Mein Armbach.
Dunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mein Armbach. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Dunes misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mein Armbach has closed the distance and engaged Dunes in a clinch.
Mein Armbach lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mein Armbach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mein Armbach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mein Armbach tries to work over Dunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mein Armbach has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dunes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mein Armbach lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dunes backwards.
Mein Armbach pulls guard effortlessly.
Dunes stands up and waves to Mein Armbach to follow him.
Dunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mein Armbach. Dunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That kick from Dunes tenderised Mein Armbach's leg. Mein Armbach is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bender Mein Armbach will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dunes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mein Armbach counters with a nice uppercut.
Dunes throws a poor cross that misses
and Mein Armbach counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Mein Armbach misses its intended target.
Mein Armbach misses with a wild combination.
Dunes misses with a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Mein Armbach on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mein Armbach misses with a body shot.
Dunes appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dunes misses with a hook. Mein Armbach ducked under it nicely.
Mein Armbach throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dunes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dunes throws a looping overhand right but Mein Armbach ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Mein Armbach was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mein Armbach misses with a hook to the body
and Dunes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dunes has managed to clinch.
Mein Armbach misses with the head strike.
Dunes misses with a punch on the inside.
Mein Armbach tries a body shot but Dunes blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mein Armbach successfully pulls guard.
Mein Armbach working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dunes.
Dunes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dunes throwing strikes but missing.
Mein Armbach is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Dunes rolls with it to try and escape but Mein Armbach cranks on the arm and Dunes is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bender Mein Armbach!
As Bender Mein Armbach got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I Hiav vays of making you taap!!
You looze zen You Snooze...
Muahhhaahaaa!! '.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devin Hill (ranked 1649 p4p, 1290 weight class) and Tauski Mountain (ranked 88 p4p, 67 weight class). Tauski Mountain told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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 16 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devin Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tauski Mountain!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill throws a hook but Mountain blocks it.
A low kick from Hill is predictable there
and Mountain counters with a straight right hand.
Hill misses with a few strikes there.
Hill has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hill misses with a two punch combination.
As Hill backs off Mountain throws a huge counter combo but Hill manages to avoid it all.
Hill has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hill there as he acknowledges the shot.
 It looks like Devin Hill has been cut.
Hill darts in and clinches Mountain up against the cage.
Mountain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mountain breaks from the clinch.
Hill throws a shot from downtown. Mountain moves away and avoids it.
Mountain closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hill lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hill lands a jab to Mountain's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mountain defending well as Hill loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Mountain releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hill looks to land a left hand but Mountain moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Hill.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain ducks under a wild hook from Hill.
Mountain forces Hill back against the cage and clinches.
Hill misses with the head strike.
Mountain managing to block the knees to the body from Hill.
Mountain avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hill putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mountain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mountain blocks an elbow strike from Hill.
Mountain dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
Mountain is trying to break the clinch but Hill has him pressed against the cage.
Mountain has Hill pushed against the cage.
Mountain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hill thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hill has Mountain up against the cage in a clinch.
Hill tries to stall but Mountain uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mountain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Hill, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mountain throws out a counter right but Hill avoids it with no problem.
Tauski Mountain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hill scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hill prevents Mountain from breaking the clinch.
Mountain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hill scores with a one two! Mountain had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
 It looks like Tauski Mountain has been cut.
Hill connects with a single shot there.
Mountain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hill lands a glancing blow to the side of Mountain's head.
Mountain scores with a hook.
Hill fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hill, pushing him back against the cage.
Mountain dodges an elbow strike from Hill.
Hill lands a left hand.
Mountain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hill pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hill as Mountain tries to tie him up.
Hill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hill is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mountain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hill.
Mountain is looking for the big counter here.
Mountain misses with a few strikes there.
Mountain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hill.
Hill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill shoots in and drives through. Mountain sprawls well.
Mountain misses with a few strikes there.
Hill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mountain tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hill manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mountain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mountain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hill forces Mountain back against the cage and clinches.
Hill misses with some punches.
Mountain wants to get back to striking at distance but Hill won't allow it.
Mountain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hill swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mountain counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Devin Hill dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Sloppy strikes from Mountain. Those never looked like landing.
Hill gets a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mountain breaks from the clinch.
Hill swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Hill misses.
Mountain closes the distance and clinches.
Hill lands an elbow just above Mountain 's eye.
A bit of stalling here from Mountain.
Mountain manages to break the clinch.
Hill looks to clinch
letting Mountain counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Hill misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hill darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hill throws out a loose jab but Mountain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mountain can do to turn this around?
A nice combination there by Hill.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hill throws a nice looking combination but Mountain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mountain lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A punch lands to the side of Mountain 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That has opened up Tauski Mountain's cut even more.
Mountain looks to land a combination. Hill sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hill misses with a straight right.
Hill sizes up Mountain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mountain tries to clinch but Hill moves out of range.
It looked like Hill was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mountain.
Hill is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mountain.
Hill scores with a punch to the head.
A punch combination from Hill misses.
Nice cross by Hill.
Mountain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mountain ducks under a wild hook from Hill.
Hill throws a series of punches but Mountain moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Hill.
Hill works Mountain's body with a nice hook.
Hill takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Devin Hill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hill lands a really nice looking cross but Mountain seems unphased.
Mountain moves out of range of the strikes.
Hill throws a poor cross that misses
and Mountain counters with a series of strikes. Hill will be more careful next time no doubt.
A combination from Hill does no damage.
Hill avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mountain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hill throws an overhand right that lands on Mountain's shoulder, as Mountain tries to avoid the shot.
Mountain looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hill moves into range and clinches up with Mountain.
Hill dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mountain wants to break free but Hill has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain breaks the clinch.
Hill buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mountain misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Hill. Those never looked like landing.
Mountain walks into a jab.
Mountain throws out a leg kick but Hill moves out of range and Mountain only half commits.
Devin Hill is winning the standup battle so far.
Hill throws an overhand right that lands on Mountain's shoulder, as Mountain tries to avoid the shot.
Mountain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hill. Hill obviously looking to wear him down.
Mountain misses with a two punch combination.
Hill misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mountain counters with a series of strikes. Hill will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mountain throws a hook but Hill blocks it.
No joy there for Hill, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hill finds it's way round the side to connect with Mountain's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hill lands with a straight right. Mountain didn't see that one coming.
Hill misses with a double jab
and Mountain counters with a low kick, right behind Hill 's knee.
Mountain slips a straight right by Hill.
Mountain with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hill to score with a decent uppercut.
Hill misses with a hook to the body
and Mountain counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Hill down! Mountain is looking to finish but Hill is intelligently defending himself.
Hill looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mountain puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mountain stands up out of the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hill throws a looping overhand right but Mountain ducks down to avoid it.
Mountain throws a series of punches but Hill avoids them all with ease.
Hill appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Devin Hill dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Mountain ducks under a wild hook from Hill.
Mountain tries to clinch there but Hill circles away.
Mountain takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hill darts in and clinches Mountain up against the cage.
Hill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mountain breaks from the clinch.
Hill throws a hook but Mountain avoids it easily.
Hill displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hill scores with a leg kick.
Hill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill misses with a double jab.
Hill has Mountain up against the cage in a clinch.
Mountain is trying to break the clinch but Hill has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mountain.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mountain avoids the elbow strike from Hill, against the cage.
Mountain is trying to force a seperation but Hill has the dominant position.
Hill lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mountain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mountain avoids a wild elbow strike from Hill.
Devin Hill has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mountain's brow.
Hill breaks from the clinch.
Hill throws a combination that misses
and Mountain counters with a three punch combo that has Hill backing up. Hill nods at Mountain to acknowledge the strikes.
Hill circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hill counters with a stiff right hand.
Mountain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hill moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hill tries to land a front kick but Mountain steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mountain counters with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill throws a lazy uppercut
and Mountain counters with a stiff right hand.
Hill lands a lovely overhand right.
Mountain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hill.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mountain throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hill misses with a right hand
and Mountain counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Hill down! Mountain is looking to finish but Hill is intelligently defending himself.
Hill is rocked!
Mountain wants to stand but Hill is controlling his posture from full guard.
Oh Hill is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mountain being controlled here momentarily.
Hill seems to have got his legs back now.
Hill has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mountain can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill is looking for a triangle but Mountain pushes his legs off easily.
Hill tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mountain tries to stand but Hill is controlling from the bottom.
Hill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hill looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mountain puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hill tries to roll over but Mountain keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mountain is working away from the top position though.
Hill gets back to full guard.
Hill looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mountain is one step ahead there.
Tauski Mountain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hill bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mountain's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Devin Hill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hill, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devin Hill!
A victorious Devin Hill thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Gomes (ranked 1260 p4p, 1295 weight class) and Juan Carlos (ranked 191 p4p, 199 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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34
211
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19 - 11 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ronaldo Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Carlos!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carlos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gomes has managed to clinch.
Carlos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carlos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Carlos looks for the body kick but Gomes saw that one coming.
Carlos misses with an uppercut.
Gomes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Gomes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gomes blocks a head kick by Carlos.
Carlos misses with a wild combination.
Gomes tries to clinch there but Carlos circles away.
A little jabbing left from Carlos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carlos is looking to land body kicks.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carlos works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos looking to sit in guard and control but Gomes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gomes has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Carlos is proving hard to escape from.
Carlos looking for a sweep. Not yet Carlos, not yet.
Carlos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gomes would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gomes won't allow Carlos to sweep him here.
Carlos is adopting a defensive guard.
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.
Gomes wants to stand but Carlos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Carlos looking for a sweep. Not yet Carlos, not yet.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Carlos is controlling Gomes's posture.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Carlos misses with a looping left.
Carlos gets tackled into the cage by Gomes. Gomes maintains the clinch.
Carlos misses with a punch on the inside.
Carlos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gomess head.
The referee calls for Carlos to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlos tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
Carlos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carlos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Carlos gets a takedown into half guard.
Gomes tries to kick Carlos off but Carlos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gomes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Carlos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've been hearing good reports from Gomes's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Carlos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gomes keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Carlos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gomes lands with a nice combination. Carlos backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Juan Carlos has been cut.
Gomes takes one on the button.
Gomes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carlos.
Gomes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carlos slips a jab from Gomes.
Carlos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Carlos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Carlos'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.
Gomes scores with a punch to the head.
Carlos shoots in and gets a takedown into Gomes's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carlos trying to control but Gomes is working from the bottom.
Gomes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Carlos stops Gomes from standing up.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Carlos. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Carlos trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomes is looking to stand up but Carlos isn't so interested in that idea.
Carlos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carlos trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomes wants to stand but Carlos is controlling the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Carlos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Carlos throws the left hand but Gomes avoids the punch easily.
Gomes throws a right hand that Carlos ducks under and follows up with a left that Carlos also avoids with ease.
Carlos follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Carlos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Carlos swings widly with a right hand
and Gomes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carlos catches Gomes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gomes moves into range and clinches up with Carlos.
Carlos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gomes or not.
Carlos tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
Carlos throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carlos is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gomes to keep the fight standing.
Carlos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomes backwards.
Carlos can't find room to land a body shot as Gomes controls the action.
A short uppercut from Carlos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomes prevents a body shot from Carlos.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Carlos is trying to force a seperation but Gomes has the dominant position.
Carlos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gomes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlos is trying to drag Gomes to the mat but Gomes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ronaldo Gomes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Carlos.
Carlos misses with the head strike.
Gomes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carlos is trying to maintain a safe position but Gomes gets an underhook and turns Carlos into the cage.
Come on Carlos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gomes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carlos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carlos is looking to control Gomes's arms but Gomes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carlos has his back to the cage.
Gomes swings wildly with an uppercut but Carlos uses good head movement to avoid it.
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.
Carlos is trying to maintain a safe position but Gomes gets an underhook and turns Carlos into the cage.
Carlos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carlos misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Carlos lands an uppercut.
Juan Carlos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carlos looking to throw knees to the head but Gomes is blocking nicely.
Carlos is working for takedown but Gomes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Carlos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carlos goes for a takedown attempt but Gomes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Carlos just misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo Gomes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carlos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gomes shoots in for a double leg but Carlos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Juan Carlos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomes tries to clinch up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Carlos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Juan Carlos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Gomes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carlos.
Carlos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Carlos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gomes walks away with a smile on his face. Carlos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Carlos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carlos lands with a kick to the temple. Gomes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Carlos throws a good cross that connects.
Carlos throws an overhand right that lands on Gomes's shoulder, as Gomes tries to avoid the shot.
Carlos throws a big shot that misses.
Nice shot by Carlos.
Gomes shoots in and drives through. Carlos sprawls well.
Carlos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomes has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos blocks a body shot from Gomes.
Gomes has a couple of punches blocked by Carlos.
Gomes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carlos is trying to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomes.
Carlos misses with the head strike.
Gomes misses with some punches.
Carlos tries to pull guard but Gomes holds him up against the cage and eventually Carlos drops back down to his feet.
Carlos looking for a takedown.
Ronaldo Gomes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Carlos.
The referee calls for Carlos to work.
Gomes can't find room to land a body shot as Carlos controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carlos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gomes smiles and moves away.
Gomes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gomes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carlos gets a double leg takedown into Gomes's guard.
Juan Carlos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carlos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Carlos throwing strikes from guard but Gomes blocks nicely.
Carlos wants to control from the top but Gomes keeps moving.
Gomes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlos throws a big elbow that misses.
Carlos won't allow Gomes to get back to his feet.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ronaldo Gomes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice defenses there by Gomes.
Gomes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Carlos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gomess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Carlos looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
That kick from Carlos tenderised Gomes's leg. Gomes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Carlos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gomes's hands.
Gomes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carlos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlos misses with the combination.
Gomes wants to clinch up but Carlos keeps it at a distance.
Carlos throws a head kick that misses.
Carlos has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Juan Carlos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carlos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice jab there from Carlos.
Carlos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomes missing with a left hand there. Carlos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carlos swinging wildly here.
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!
Gomes avoids the head kick by Carlos.
Juan Carlos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gomes tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Carlos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Carlos 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Carlos!
A relieved looking Juan Carlos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Picklesbly (ranked 1161 p4p, 867 weight class) and Klaus Chugman (ranked 163 p4p, 122 weight class). Picklesbly comes to the cage accompanied by Angels in Heaven - Chris Rodrigues & the Spoon Lady. The key to victory for Adrian Picklesbly has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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40 - 37 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adrian Picklesbly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Klaus Chugman!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chugman drives through and clinches with Picklesbly against the cage.
Picklesbly scores with a shoulder strike.
Chugman stalling in the clinch.
Chugman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chugman misses with the head strike.
Chugman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chugman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Picklesbly walks away with a smile on his face. Chugman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Picklesbly throws a leg kick
and Chugman decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Picklesbly's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Picklesbly working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chugman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chugman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Chugman working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Picklesbly has momentary wrist control but Chugman slips an elbow through the middle.
Picklesbly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chugman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Picklesbly looking for a guillotine here but Chugman defends easily.
Chugman preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picklesbly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Picklesbly will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Picklesbly is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chugman defends well.
Chugman postures up in Picklesbly's guard and throws a big left but Picklesbly blocks it.
Picklesbly looking to control.
Picklesbly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chugman defends it easily.
Chugman stays in close to Picklesbly's body and controls the position.
Picklesbly is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
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.
Picklesbly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Chugman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Picklesbly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chugman defends it easily.
Picklesbly wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Chugman is now in half guard.
Chugman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chugman slips a nice elbow through Picklesbly's hands, connecting with Picklesbly's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chugman winds up and cracks Picklesbly with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Picklesbly is looking to get back to full guard here but Chugman has managed to pass to side control instead.
Picklesbly can't do much from the bottom here.
Chugman cracks Picklesbly with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Picklesbly struggling a bit here.
Chugman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Picklesbly down.
Chugman working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Chugman working the body and head with strikes.
Picklesbly is not content to let Chugman control the position.
Picklesbly manages to work his way to half guard, despite Chugman's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chugman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Chugman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chugman prevents Picklesbly from improving his position.
Picklesbly slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Chugman landing with the ground and pound.
Picklesbly is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Picklesbly working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chugman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chugman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Klaus Chugman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chugman has managed to clinch.
Picklesbly has a couple of punches blocked by Chugman.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Picklesbly swings wildly with an uppercut but Chugman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Picklesbly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Picklesbly throws an elbow but misses.
Picklesbly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Picklesbly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chugman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Picklesbly scores with a shot to the side of Chugman's head.
Chugman tries for a takedown. No joy.
Chugman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Picklesbly fails to land.
Chugman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picklesbly clinches with his opponent.
Picklesbly trying to land knees to the body.
Picklesbly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chugman misses with a punch on the inside.
Picklesbly lands a body shot.
Chugman slows down the pace here.
Chugman taking a breather.
Chugman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chugman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chugman tries a body shot but Picklesbly blocks it.
Chugman gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Picklesbly moves into full guard.
Chugman trying to control but Picklesbly is working from the bottom.
Chugman is in close to Picklesbly's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chugman forces his way into half guard.
Chugman working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Picklesbly actively working from the bottom here.
Chugman drops an elbow to the side of Picklesbly's head.
Picklesbly trying to control but Chugman postures up.
Chugman is trying to work for a kimura but Picklesbly is defending well.
Picklesbly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Chugman pulls his head out easily.
Chugman is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Chugman is looking for a kimura here.
Chugman is thwarting Picklesbly's attempts to control the position.
Picklesbly looking for submissions off his back.
Picklesbly taking some punishment here, with Chugman in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Picklesbly regains full guard. Nicely done.
Chugman wants to control from the top but Picklesbly keeps moving.
Picklesbly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Picklesbly wants to sweep but no luck.
Chugman trying to control but Picklesbly is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Picklesbly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Chugman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Klaus Chugman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Chugman swings for the body but Picklesbly moves out of range.
Picklesbly is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Picklesbly tries to clinch
and Chugman counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Picklesbly actively working from the bottom here.
Picklesbly tries to get to full guard but Chugman has control of the leg.
Chugman wants to take a breather but Picklesbly is having none of it.
Picklesbly trying to control here.
Klaus Chugman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chugman slips a nice elbow through Picklesbly's hands, connecting with Picklesbly's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chugman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Picklesbly actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picklesbly wants to improve his position but Chugman is controlling well.
Chugman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Picklesbly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Chugman pulls his head out easily.
Chugman is looking for a kimura but Picklesbly is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Chugman to get the leverage.
Picklesbly is looking to improve his position.
Chugman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chugman lands a nice short elbow.
Adrian Picklesbly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chugman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chugman looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Chugman is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Picklesbly is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Klaus Chugman!
An out of breath and clearly excited Klaus Chugman thanked Brooklyn Apothecary for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Adrian Picklesbly spoke after the fight, saying 'Congratulations. Chive on. Whatever. '.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurki Potku (ranked 565 p4p, 791 weight class) and Kwame Nti (ranked 89 p4p, 124 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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25
210
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kurki Potku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kwame Nti!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nti looking to score a takedown here. Potku is defending well but Nti drives through and ends up in Potku's guard.
Nti got a little sloppy there for a moment and Potku has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nti has managed to get both his arms back between Potku's legs - danger averted.
Potku is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nti is aware though and is defending well.
Potku throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nti sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nti must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Potku working for a triangle but Nti defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Potku trying to control the position.
Nti is stalling in the full guard.
Potku is looking for a triangle here but Nti uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nti is looking to take a break and control but Potku is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Potku struggling a bit here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Potku is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nti off and has taken his back!
Potku is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Nti is defending well though. Potku let's go of the attempt for now.
Nti rolls, trying to escape but Potku keeps control of the position.
Potku looking for the choke but no joy.
Nti felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Nti fending off the submission attempt from Potku.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potku is looking for the choke from the back position but Nti is controlling his hands well.
Potku gets his hands free as Nti looks to control.
Nti looking very determined here, making life difficult for Potku.
Nti is in a bad position with Potku working for a choke. Nti manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
Potku working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nti doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nti manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nti stays in close to Potku's body and controls the position.
Nti wants to control from the top but Potku keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Potku looking to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nti trying to control the position from guard on top but Potku is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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 Kurki Potku will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nti slips a straight right by Potku.
Potku thows a left - swing and a miss!
Potku throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Potku scores with a body shot.
Potku drops his hands momentarily and Nti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nti tries to close the distance and clinch but Potku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Potku misses.
A shot to the liver by Potku. Beautiful body shot.
Potku throws a lazy right hand but Nti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Potku throws a body punch but Nti moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potku throws a hook to the side of Nti's head but Nti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nti is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Potku is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nti can do to turn this around?
Potku tests Nti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Potku connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Potku.
Nti with the counter takedown but Potku avoids it easily.
Nti slips under a jab from Potku.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nti.
Nti just misses with a punch to the body.
Nti swings for the body but Potku moves out of range.
Potku scores with a jab to the head.
Potku throws a hook to the side of Nti's head but Nti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kurki Potku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Nti finds it's way through Potku's defenses.
Potku misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Nti.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potku. Nti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nti feints the counter takedown.
Nti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potku misses with an uppercut. Nti saw that one coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nti!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Nti does no damage.
Potku tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nti manages to circle out of the way.
Potku throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Potku.
Potku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Potku misses.
Nti connects with a body shot that sends Potku's belly button to the back.
Potku connects with a crisp jab.
Nti will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Potku takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potku is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nti.
Nti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Potku misses the target.
Nti drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Potku defends it well.
Potku misses with a hook. Nti ducked under it nicely.
Nti missing with a left hand there. Potku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Potku throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nti.
Nti moves into the clinch successfully.
Nti is stalling here.
Potku lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Potku scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Potku on the inside.
Nti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nti taking a breather.
Nti struggles to land a body shot inside as Potku controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potku lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nti struggles to land a body shot inside as Potku controls his hands.
Nti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Potku takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Potku struggles to land a body shot inside as Nti controls his hands.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nti.
Nti tightens his grip and picks Potku up, before dumping him to the ground. Potku manages to land in guard.
Nti trying to control but Potku is working from the bottom.
Kwame Nti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nti slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Potku has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Nti is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Potku.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kwame Nti will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Nti defending well as Potku loads up on a big left hand.
Nti just misses with a punch to the body.
Nti catches Potku with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Potku fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Nti sprawls well initially but Potku persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Nti is looking to improve his position.
Nti gets back to full guard.
Nti keeping moving, preventing Potku from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potku is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Nti is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Nti has escaped and now he's on top!
Potku avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti wants to control from the top but Potku keeps moving.
Potku wants to hit a sweep here but Nti passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Potku there!
Nti controlling from mount.
Potku tries to hold on but Nti postures up.
Nti controlling from mount.
Nti throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potku really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nti content just to control the position here.
Nti can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Potku is looking to escape.
Potku is desperately trying to improve his position but Nti has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potku tries to hold on but Nti pushes him away.
Potku is looking to get to half guard.
Potku regains half guard.
Potku looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nti trying to pass the guard but Potku defending well.
Potku actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nti working Potku over with strikes.
Potku is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nti pulls his head out easily.
Nti passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Potku!
Potku is trying to escape the mount.
Potku is working hard here to advance position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nti avoids the attempt from Potku to control.
Potku is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kwame Nti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nti has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kwame Nti!
A very excited looking Kwame Nti made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BM Websphere (ranked 376 p4p, 258 weight class) and Surianglek Sitsongrit (ranked 61 p4p, 41 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 18 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, BM Websphere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Surianglek Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit walks into a straight right hand from Websphere.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Websphere, as that shot connected.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Websphere sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Websphere throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
BM Websphere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Sitsongrit 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sitsongrit 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.
Websphere swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Websphere works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Websphere missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Websphere throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
We've been told by Websphere's head coaches at Hey Steves Fight Shack that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Websphere throws a right hand that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a low kick, right behind Websphere 's knee.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. Websphere was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Websphere misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Websphere with a body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick but Websphere moves out of range.
Websphere is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Websphere throws an off balance right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Websphere throws a right hand that Sitsongrit ducks under and follows up with a left that Sitsongrit also avoids with ease.
Websphere lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab from Websphere.
Websphere tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
Websphere finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
Sitsongrit clinches.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sitsongrit.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Websphere's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Websphere throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Websphere misses with a body punch
and Websphere takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sitsongrit blocks a head kick by Websphere.
Sitsongrit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Websphere stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Websphere on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Websphere gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Websphere swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Websphere blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch on the inside.
Websphere throws an elbow that misses.
Sitsongrit takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Websphere.
Websphere misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit works on Websphere's body with a couple of short punches.
Websphere lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Websphere really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit breaks the clinch.
Websphere misses with a low kick.
Websphere throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Websphere misses with a two punch combination.
Sitsongrit was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Websphere misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Websphere.
Websphere avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Websphere.
Sitsongrit wants to clinch up but Websphere keeps it at a distance.
Websphere scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as Websphere lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sitsongrit doesn't seem phased though.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Websphere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Websphere misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Websphere tries to clinch but Sitsongrit is having none of it.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Websphere moves away.
Websphere appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Websphere misses its target.
Websphere digs a good hook to Sitsongrit's body.
Websphere throws an off balance right hand
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Websphere ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sitsongrit throws a nice head kick!
Websphere scores with a shot to the body.
Websphere checks a leg kick.
Websphere swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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 BM Websphere will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sitsongrit ducks right into an uppercut from Websphere.
Websphere swats away the attempt to clinch by Sitsongrit.
Websphere misses with a looping left.
Websphere thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sitsongrit if he has to take too many more of those.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick
letting Websphere counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit walks into a left hand.
Websphere throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Websphere misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Websphere lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sitsongrit has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sitsongrit and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Websphere's head but Websphere sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Websphere ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Websphere creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Sitsongrit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Websphere can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Websphere blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Sitsongrit as the two fighters clinch.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Websphere blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Websphere doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Websphere uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
Sitsongrit manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Websphere tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Websphere throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Websphere tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Websphere misses.
Websphere scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Websphere fails with an attempt to clinch.
Websphere tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sitsongrit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
BM Websphere is winning the standup battle so far.
Websphere misses with an uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Websphere throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Websphere attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Websphere lands an overhand right.
Websphere drops his hands momentarily and Sitsongrit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Websphere just misses with a punch to the body.
Websphere throws a nice looking combination but Sitsongrit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little jabbing left from Sitsongrit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Websphere tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Websphere.
Sitsongrit cracks Websphere with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sitsongrit has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Websphere to stand back up!
Websphere is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Websphere swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Oh Websphere is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Websphere misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sitsongrit counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Websphere falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Surianglek Sitsongrit!
A very excited looking Surianglek Sitsongrit made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Vargas (ranked 365 p4p, 496 weight class) and Takeda Shida (ranked 22 p4p, 27 weight class). Takeda Shida 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 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Vargas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Takeda Shida!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shida misses the shot to the body.
Vargas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vargas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shida misses with a hook to the body
and Vargas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Takeda Shida has been cut.
Shida throws a right hand that misses
and Vargas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vargas looks to throw the jab but Shida is out of range.
Shida takes a swing at Vargas's ribcage but misses.
Vargas slips a jab from Shida.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shida connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Arturo Vargas has been cut.
Vargas slips a straight right by Shida.
Vargas swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Shida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vargas.
Vargas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shida looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shida misses with a shot to the body
and Vargas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vargas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shida just misses with a punch to the body.
Vargas is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Vargas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vargas throws a big shot that misses.
Takeda Shida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vargas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vargas.
Shida swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vargas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shida breaks the clinch.
Vargas walks into a jab.
Shida takes a swing at Vargas's ribcage but misses.
Shida takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shida throws a hook to the side of Vargas's head but Vargas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vargas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vargas throws a hook but Shida blocks it.
Vargas throws a shot from downtown. Shida moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shida throws an overhand right that lands on Vargas's shoulder, as Vargas tries to avoid the shot.
Vargas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vargas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shida misses with a looping right.
Shida looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vargas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vargas working Shida over with knees to the body.
Shida looks winded!
Vargas pushes Shida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vargas lands a left hand.
Vargas scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vargas obliges.
Vargas connects with a knee to the head.
Vargas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vargas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vargas gets through Shida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vargas is leaning against Shida and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vargas tries to throw a body punch but Shida avoids it by throwing Vargas back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Vargas.
Vargas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shida's face.
Vargas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vargas lands a good knee to the midsection. Shida won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Vargas.
Vargas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vargas lands with a light punch inside.
Vargas crunches a lovely knee into Shida's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vargas obliges.
Vargas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shidas head.
Vargas digs a right hand into Shida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shida's gas tank.
Vargas scores with a hook to the body.
Vargas lands a nice uppercut.
Vargas lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Vargas as the two fighters clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Vargas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Vargas feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Shida sprawling to the canvas! Shida rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Vargas finish him?!
Shida just misses with a punch to the body.
Vargas fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Shida to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Shida looks to clinch but Vargas throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Shida taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Arturo Vargas!
After winning the bout, Arturo Vargas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between DeShawn West (ranked 576 p4p, 256 weight class) and Miguel Azevedo Souza (ranked 87 p4p, 40 weight class). West comes to the cage accompanied by Canโt Be Touched - Roy Jones Jr. Miguel Azevedo Souza has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DeShawn West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miguel Azevedo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azevedo Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azevedo Souza throws a big shot that misses.
Azevedo Souza with a body punch. A glancing blow.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from West misses its target.
West feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Azevedo Souzas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
West throws a jab but it's blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza feints the counter takedown.
West lands a jab to the nose.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from West lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Azevedo Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Azevedo Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Azevedo Souza 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Azevedo Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract West.
Azevedo Souza moves out of range as West strikes.
West looks to throw the jab but Azevedo Souza is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Azevedo Souza walks into a left hand.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from West.
Azevedo Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
West throws a body punch but Azevedo Souza moves out of range.
Azevedo Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but West defends it well.
West misses with a hook.
West misses with a straight left.
West throws a body shot but no joy.
West slips under a jab from Azevedo Souza.
West throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Azevedo Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Azevedo Souza moves out of range as West strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from West.
Azevedo Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. West sees it coming and avoids it easily.
West takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Azevedo Souza has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Azevedo Souza there as he acknowledges the shot.
Azevedo Souza lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azevedo Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by West.
West takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Azevedo Souza looks to throw the jab but West is out of range.
DeShawn West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from West misses its intended target.
Azevedo Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but West defends it well.
West with a nice calf kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azevedo Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from West.
The fighters circling - West throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Azevedo Souza misses with a left hand
and West counters with a stiff right hand.
West ducks right into an uppercut from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza misses with a left hand
letting West counter with a right hand.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azevedo Souza.
West feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Azevedo Souzas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Azevedo Souza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Azevedo Souza misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab from West.
Azevedo Souza cracks West with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Azevedo Souza takes a swing at West's ribcage but misses.
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azevedo Souza.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azevedo Souza looks to throw the jab but West is out of range.
DeShawn West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo Souza. West does a little dance to reset his feet.
West misses with a looping left.
Azevedo Souza misses with a straight left.
Azevedo Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from West.
Azevedo Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by West.
An attempted straight right counter from West misses the target.
Azevedo Souza's corner calls for a 1-2. Azevedo Souza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
DeShawn West dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Azevedo Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from West.
Azevedo Souza feints the counter takedown.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from West.
West throws out a powerful jab.
West is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Azevedo Souza can do to turn this around?
West jabs Azevedo Souza right on the nose. Azevedo Souza blinks but takes it well.
West has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
West misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Azevedo Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Azevedo Souza throws a body punch but West moves out of range.
It looked like West wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Azevedo Souza tests West's chin there with a solid looking shot.
West throws out a loose jab but Azevedo Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azevedo Souza feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with an uppercut. Azevedo Souza saw that one coming.
West steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Azevedo Souza.
A swing and a miss from West.
West takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Azevedo Souza misses with a right hand
and West connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo Souza. West does a little dance to reset his feet.
Azevedo Souza lands with a shot to the body.
DeShawn West is winning the standup battle so far.
West throws a head kick that misses.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body shot.
West swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Azevedo Souza connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West staying out of range there.
Azevedo Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice cross by West.
Azevedo Souza throws a shot from downtown. West moves away and avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azevedo Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A telegraphed right hand from Azevedo Souza misses the target.
West misses with a looping right.
Azevedo Souza throws a hook to the side of West's head but West sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Azevedo Souza.
West throws a hook but Azevedo Souza blocks it.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body shot.
Azevedo Souza cracks West with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Azevedo Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but West moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
West defending well as Azevedo Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from West.
And Azevedo Souza tries to counter it with a takedown but West pushes his down on his head and steps out.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
West misses the jab.
Azevedo Souza throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West moves away from the strike by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azevedo Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Azevedo Souza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
West takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
West slips a straight right by Azevedo Souza.
West throws a lazy right hand but Azevedo Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azevedo Souza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
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!
West waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azevedo Souza.
West waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azevedo Souza.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Azevedo Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Azevedo Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A cross from Azevedo Souza lands.
West drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Azevedo Souza looks to land a right hand but West moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Azevedo Souza.
Jab by West.
A telegraphed right hand from West misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from West on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Azevedo Souza throws a lazy right hand but West sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West moves away from the strike by Azevedo Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body shot
letting West counter with a right hand.
West takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Azevedo Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from West.
Azevedo Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but West is just out of range.
Azevedo Souza with a hook.
Azevedo Souza is looking to clinch.
Azevedo Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Azevedo Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
West swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
West misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azevedo Souza manages to avoid it.
Azevedo Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but West is just out of range.
West takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Azevedo Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azevedo Souza.
West takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
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!
West staying out of range there.
West takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
West looks to throw the jab but Azevedo Souza is out of range.
Azevedo Souza lands a right hook to the body.
Azevedo Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
West swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
West lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Azevedo Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Azevedo Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
West just misses with a punch to the body.
Azevedo Souza tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
West throws a hook but Azevedo Souza blocks it.
A jab from West misses.
West takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Azevedo Souza lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Azevedo Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from West.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Azevedo Souza finds it's way through West's defenses.
West misses with a straight right.
And Azevedo Souza tries to counter it with a takedown but West pushes his down on his head and steps out.
West blocks a jab.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza with the counter takedown but West avoids it easily.
Azevedo Souza scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab from West.
Azevedo Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but West defends it well.
West misses with a straight left.
West shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Azevedo Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Azevedo Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Azevedo Souza 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Azevedo Souza!
A victorious Miguel Azevedo Souza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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