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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Delaware (ranked 25062 p4p, 25030 weight class) and Island Chief (ranked 666 p4p, 664 weight class). Island Chief struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Dick Delaware could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Island Chief's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dick Delaware !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Chief!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delaware closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Delaware throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Delaware missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Chief actively working from the bottom here.
Chief keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Chief is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Delaware is tapping! Great win for Chief!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Island Chief!
Island Chief decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Kroner (ranked 3608 p4p, 4587 weight class) and Justin Merchant (ranked 497 p4p, 569 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lasse Kroner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Justin Merchant!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kroner dodges the punch combination from Merchant.
Kroner 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.
Kroner shoots for a double leg takedown but Merchant sprawls well. He's pushed Kroner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kroner misses with a takedown attempt
and Merchant counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kroner fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Merchant to the ground. Kroner is now in Merchant's guard.
Kroner thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Merchant has control of Kroner's left arm, preventing Kroner from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merchant controls Kroner momentarily but Kroner frees himself.
Merchant looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kroner drops back looking for a leg! Merchant is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Merchant manages to kick Kroner off! Kroner jumps back into Merchant's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kroner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kroner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Merchant is keeping the position for now.
Kroner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kroner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Merchant is trying to keep Kroner in close.
Kroner throwing strikes but missing.
Merchant really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kroner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Merchant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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.
Kroner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kroner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kroner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Merchant wants to sweep here but Kroner controlling him for the moment.
Merchant can't keep his opponent in guard - Kroner advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Merchant is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Kroner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Merchant defending well though.
Merchant tries to roll over but Kroner keeps him under control.
Merchant keeps trying to improve his position.
Kroner is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Merchant is just riding it out for now. Kroner eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kroner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Merchant missing with punches from the bottom.
Kroner 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.
Kroner is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Merchant has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kroner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four 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.
Merchant is looking to control Kroner's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Merchant avoid being mounted?
Kroner is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Merchant has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kroner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Merchant controlling the position for now.
Kroner is looking for a kimura but Merchant is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kroner to get the leverage.
Kroner wants to work for an arm triangle but Merchant is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lasse Kroner dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kroner looking to score a takedown here. Merchant is defending well but Kroner drives through and ends up in Merchant's guard.
Kroner throwing strikes from guard but Merchant blocks nicely.
Merchant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Merchant can't keep his opponent in guard - Kroner advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kroner works his way into full mount!
Kroner jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Merchant manages to avoid the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kroner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kroner is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Merchant is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kroner throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kroner is working to tighten his grip on Merchant's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Merchant has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Kroner is really squeezing tight and eventually Merchant passes out! Kroner breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Lasse Kroner!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yutaka Enatsu (ranked 3467 p4p, 3581 weight class) and Arrhichion Pankratios (ranked 487 p4p, 494 weight class). Arrhichion Pankratios will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yutaka Enatsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arrhichion Pankratios!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Enatsu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pankratios to score with a decent uppercut.
 It looks like Yutaka Enatsu has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Enatsu. Pankratios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pankratios looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Enatsu scores with a nice head shot.
Enatsu cracks Pankratios with a right hand to the side of the head.
Enatsu has closed the distance and engaged Pankratios in a clinch.
Enatsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pankratios prevents a body shot from Enatsu.
Pankratios breaks from the clinch.
Pankratios misses with a right hand
and Enatsu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right from Enatsu.
Enatsu trying to control the position but instead, Pankratios has worked for underhooks and has pushed Enatsu into the cage.
Pankratios's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Enatsu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pankratios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pankratios wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Enatsu has him pressed against the cage.
Pankratios tries to break free but Enatsu pushes him back against the cage.
Enatsu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pankratios backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Enatsu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pankratios.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pankratios breaks the clinch.
Enatsu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Pankratios misses.
Enatsu lands a nice looking body shot.
Enatsu moves out of range as Pankratios strikes.
Enatsu drives through and clinches with Pankratios against the cage.
A hook to the body from Pankratios.
Enatsu is breathing heavily.
Enatsu prevents Pankratios from breaking the clinch.
Pankratios tries to break the clinch but Enatsu is controlling the position.
Enatsu swings wildly with an uppercut but Pankratios uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pankratios is trying to force a seperation but Enatsu has the dominant position.
Enatsu prevents Pankratios from breaking the clinch.
Enatsu stalls.
Pankratios working hard to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pankratios.
Enatsu has Pankratios pushed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pankratios lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Pankratios's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Enatsu.
Enatsu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pankratios tries to circle away but Enatsu has him pinned against the cage.
Pankratios is trying to push Enatsu away but Enatsu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Enatsu.
Enatsu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pankratioss head.
Pankratios prevents a body shot from Enatsu.
Enatsu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pankratios has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Enatsu throws a head punch that misses.
Pankratios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Enatsu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Enatsu throws a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Pankratios.
As Pankratios tries to get set, Enatsu tries to push him back and clinch up but Pankratios manages to avoid the attempt.
Enatsu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pankratios throws a jab when Enatsu was well out of range.
Pankratios throws a hook but Enatsu blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enatsu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pankratios was well out of range. Poor timing from Enatsu.
Pankratios throws a jab but it's blocked by Enatsu.
Enatsu walks into a stiff left hand from Pankratios.
Enatsu rushes Pankratios and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Enatsu lands a shoulder strike.
Enatsu has a couple of punches blocked by Pankratios.
Enatsu scores with a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Pankratios has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Pankratios tries to work over Enatsu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Enatsu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pankratios lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pankratios is trying to push Enatsu away but Enatsu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pankratios wants to break free but Enatsu has control.
Pankratios can't break the clinch.
Enatsu digs a right hand underneath Pankratios's ribcage. Pankratios let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Enatsu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pankratios backwards.
Pankratios has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Enatsu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Enatsu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pankratios wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pankratios blocking some punches.
Enatsu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pankratios looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pankratios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pankratios wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good body shot from Enatsu.
A right hand to the body from Pankratios.
Pankratios wants to break the clinch but can't.
Enatsu can't find room to land a body shot as Pankratios controls the action.
Pankratios takes a shot to the head.
Enatsu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pankratioss head.
Pankratios blocking some punches.
Enatsu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pankratios backwards.
Enatsu trying to control the position but instead, Pankratios has worked for underhooks and has pushed Enatsu into the cage.
Pankratios blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pankratios wants to get back to striking at distance but Enatsu won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yutaka Enatsu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yutaka Enatsu's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Pankratios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pankratios waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Enatsu.
Pankratios cracks Enatsu on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Enatsu falls backwards against the cage. Pankratios follows up with more strikes that drop Enatsu to his knees. Pankratios keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Enatsu! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arrhichion Pankratios!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Methuselah Honeysuckle (ranked 2973 p4p, 2987 weight class) and Peyton Moore (ranked 433 p4p, 435 weight class). Honeysuckle comes into the arena with Dropkick Murphy's - Warriors Code blaring out of the sound system. 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Methuselah Honeysuckle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Peyton Moore!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honeysuckle drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A nice combination there by Moore.
Moore misses with a body shot.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle thinks about countering with a body kick.
Honeysuckle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moore.
Honeysuckle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moore circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore takes a swing at Honeysuckle's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Honeysuckle.
Moore throws a head kick but Honeysuckle moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Moore lands an impressive looking overhand right. Honeysuckle doesn't seem phased though.
Honeysuckle lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
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!
Honeysuckle moves out of range of the body kick.
Moore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Honeysuckle jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Honeysuckle moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honeysuckle scores a nice knee to the body.
Moore tries to circle away but Honeysuckle has him pinned against the cage.
Honeysuckle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Honeysuckle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Moore up against the cage.
Honeysuckle tries a knee to the head but Moore blocks it.
Honeysuckle tries to land a knee to the head but Moore blocks with his arms.
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honeysuckle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Honeysuckle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
 It looks like Peyton Moore has been cut.
Honeysuckle lands an elbow inside.
Moore is looking to break free of the clinch but Honeysuckle has double underhooks.
Moore manages to break the clinch.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
Honeysuckle appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Moore misses the jab.
Honeysuckle slips under a jab from Moore.
Moore misses the shot to the body.
Honeysuckle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Honeysuckle throws a lazy head kick
and Moore counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Moore stuns Honeysuckle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Moore's coach down at PhoQus Island Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Moore's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honeysuckle pushes Moore up against the cage in a clinch.
Honeysuckle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Honeysuckle misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Moore fails to land.
Moore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Honeysuckle trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore takes an elbow to the temple.
Honeysuckle lands a knee to the head.
Moore avoids a wild elbow strike from Honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Moore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Honeysuckle blocks a body shot from Moore.
Honeysuckle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Moore working aggressively here.
Honeysuckle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Honeysuckle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Moore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Honeysuckle swings wildly with an uppercut but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Honeysuckle is stalling here.
Moore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moore trying to stall but Honeysuckle improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Honeysuckle.
Moore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Honeysuckle is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Moore is trying to break free.
Honeysuckle prevents Moore from breaking the clinch.
Honeysuckle trying to control the position but instead, Moore has worked for underhooks and has pushed Honeysuckle into the cage.
Moore blocks an elbow strike.
Honeysuckle blocks a body shot from Moore.
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honeysuckle lands a knee to the head.
Honeysuckle trying to land knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Methuselah Honeysuckle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peyton Moore'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.
Moore on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle obviously looking to wear him down.
Honeysuckle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Moore. Beautiful body shot.
Moore lands a nice looking body shot.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honeysuckle moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Honeysuckle. That snapped Moore's head back.
Moore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moore scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore misses with an uppercut. Honeysuckle saw that one coming.
Honeysuckle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moore.
Honeysuckle throws a quick counter kick to the body but Moore avoids it.
Moore is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Honeysuckle rather than just go for the knockout.
Moore scores with a hook to the body. Honeysuckle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Moore cracks a nice hook into Honeysuckle's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moore. Honeysuckle does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moore.
A low kick from Moore is predictable there
and Honeysuckle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Moore just misses with a punch to the body.
Honeysuckle throws a low kick, looking for Moore's leg but Moore calmly moves out of range.
Moore keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice side step and Moore releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Moore fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Moore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honeysuckle manages to avoid it.
As Moore tries to get set, Honeysuckle tries to push him back and clinch up but Moore manages to avoid the attempt.
Moore misses the jab.
Moore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peyton Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honeysuckle throws a head kick but Moore moves out of range.
Peyton Moore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Honeysuckle moves to clinch but Moore breaks away
and Moore counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moore.
Moore jabs Honeysuckle to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Moore throws a jab but it's blocked by Honeysuckle.
Moore blocks a head kick by Honeysuckle.
Moore appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Moore lands with a right hand.
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!
Honeysuckle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moore misses with a few strikes there.
Moore with the inside leg kick.
Honeysuckle is looking to clinch.
Honeysuckle backing away here, and Moore unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Moore throws out a loose jab but Honeysuckle uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Honeysuckle tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Moore releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Moore throws a body punch but Honeysuckle moves out of range.
Moore scores with a body shot.
Honeysuckle throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Moore cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Honeysuckle on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Honeysuckle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Honeysuckle tries to land a front kick but Moore steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A big left from Moore misses.
Honeysuckle misses with a low kick.
Moore misses with a straight right.
Honeysuckle wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore pivots, looking for a leg kick but Honeysuckle is out of range and Moore settles back down.
Moore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honeysuckle manages to avoid it.
Moore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moore throws out a leg kick but Honeysuckle moves out of range and Moore only half commits.
Honeysuckle looks to land a body kick but Moore moved away.
Moore misses with a few strikes there.
Honeysuckle avoids the body shot from Moore.
Honeysuckle tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Moore manages to circle out of the way.
Nice body punch from Moore.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moore misses with a two punch combination.
A cross from Moore lands.
Moore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Honeysuckle throws a counter high kick but Moore was just alert enough to avoid it.
Honeysuckle misses with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peyton Moore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Peyton Moore's cut.
That's time! Honeysuckle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Moore loads up on a big right hand but Honeysuckle slips the punch.
Honeysuckle throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Moore checks a low kick from Honeysuckle.
Moore does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Moore misses with an uppercut. Honeysuckle saw that one coming.
Honeysuckle is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Moore.
Moore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Honeysuckle.
Moore throws a lazy right hand but Honeysuckle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moore lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Moore.
 Honeysuckle is rocked!
Honeysuckle misses with the body kick
and Moore counters with a big left hand that crumples Honeysuckle! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peyton Moore!
Peyton Moore was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
The defeated Methuselah Honeysuckle had this to say: 'A bump in the road, I'll be back better and hungrier!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Stukov (ranked 2992 p4p, 3186 weight class) and Peter Lorimer (ranked 437 p4p, 463 weight class). Lorimer has chosen Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 as his entrance music. Peter Lorimer has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Petr Stukov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Peter Lorimer!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lorimer throws a looping overhand right but Stukov ducks down to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lorimer lands a body shot.
Lorimer throws a hook but Stukov avoids it easily.
Stukov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lorimer's hands.
Stukov with the inside leg kick.
Lorimer throws a looping overhand right but Stukov ducks down to avoid it.
Lorimer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stukov lands a really nice looking cross but Lorimer seems unphased.
Sloppy strikes from Stukov. Those never looked like landing.
Stukov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lorimer lands with an uppercut that bounces Stukov off the cage and back into range.
Stukov moves forwards but Lorimer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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!
Lorimer misses with a looping right.
Stukov avoids the body shot from Lorimer.
Stukov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lorimer.
Stukov throws a quick counter head kick but Lorimer was just out of range.
Stukov lands a jab to the head.
A jab from Lorimer misses.
Lorimer throws an off balance right hand
enabling Stukov to counter with a crisp jab.
 Lorimer is rocked!
Stukov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lorimer is still on wobbly legs! Can Stukov finish him?
Stukov feints a jab and as Lorimer dips his head, Stukov unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Lorimer right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Lorimer falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Stukov smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Petr Stukov!
A victorious Petr Stukov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Peter Lorimer had this to say: 'This loss is unacceptable, I blame everyone but myself for this outcome. The refs, the judges, my coaches, every stinkin' person on this island.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Muhmoney (ranked 3266 p4p, 3456 weight class) and Brendan Dellorusso (ranked 471 p4p, 486 weight class). Brendan Dellorusso has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jake Muhmoney'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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jake Muhmoney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brendan Dellorusso!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dellorusso throws an overhand right that lands on Muhmoney's shoulder, as Muhmoney tries to avoid the shot.
Muhmoney scores with a punch to the head.
Muhmoney comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Muhmoney slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jake Muhmoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muhmoney lands with a good body shot.
Dellorusso clinches.
Muhmoney struggles to land a body shot inside as Dellorusso controls his hands.
Muhmoney drags the fight down to the ground.
Muhmoney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dellorusso is one step ahead there.
Muhmoney is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Muhmoney is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dellorusso pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Muhmoney is keeping the position for now.
Dellorusso is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhmoney is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dellorusso is looking to control Muhmoney's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dellorusso avoid being mounted?
Muhmoney is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dellorusso doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Muhmoney.
Muhmoney is working for a kimura but Dellorusso is defending it quite comfortably.
Muhmoney definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dellorusso punching from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dellorusso has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Muhmoney is working away from the top position though.
Dellorusso tries to get to full guard but Muhmoney has control of the leg.
Dellorusso is trying to stand back up but Muhmoney is controlling him
Muhmoney maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Dellorusso could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Muhmoney has cracked it and Dellorusso is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Muhmoney!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jake Muhmoney!
A very excited looking Jake Muhmoney 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demarcus Flatendo (ranked 2484 p4p, 2684 weight class) and Gunna Win (ranked 373 p4p, 394 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Demarcus Flatendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gunna Win!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Win tries to keep at a distance but Flatendo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Flatendo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flatendo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Win's elbow.
Flatendo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Flatendo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Win blocks a body shot from Flatendo.
Win wants to break free but Flatendo has control.
Flatendo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Flatendo on the inside.
Flatendo has a couple of punches blocked by Win.
Flatendo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Win blocks a body shot from Flatendo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Win is trying to break free.
Flatendo tries to throw a body punch but Win avoids it by throwing Flatendo back against the cage.
Win lands with a light punch inside.
Win blocking some punches.
Flatendo throws a punch but it's blocked by Win.
Flatendo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Win blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flatendo lands a right hand.
Flatendo misses with a body punch.
Win wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Win.
Flatendo working aggressively here.
Win has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Flatendo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Win can turn it around.
Flatendo misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Win fails to land.
Flatendo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Win blocks an uppercut.
Flatendo has a couple of punches blocked by Win.
Flatendo lands with a light punch inside.
Win wants to break free but Flatendo has control.
Good body shot from Flatendo.
Flatendo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flatendo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flatendo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Win wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flatendo keeps control of Win as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Flatendo misses with the head strike.
Flatendo misses with the head strike.
Win has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Flatendo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Win's efforts to push away.
Flatendo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flatendo misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Flatendo fails to land.
Flatendo misses with some punches.
Flatendo throws a punch but it's blocked by Win.
Flatendo struggles to land a body shot inside as Win controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flatendo.
Flatendo misses with some punches.
Flatendo gets through Win's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flatendo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Flatendo.
Flatendo swings wildly with an uppercut but Win uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flatendo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Flatendo.
Win tries to circle away but Flatendo has him pinned against the cage.
Win misses with a punch to the body.
Flatendo scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Win.
Flatendo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flatendo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flatendo misses with some punches.
Flatendo throws a punch but it's blocked by Win.
Win is trying to break free.
Win's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Flatendo fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Flatendo fails to land.
Win prevents a body shot from Flatendo.
Flatendo cracks Win with a nice body shot.
Win blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flatendo lands a shoulder strike.
Flatendo digs a right hand into Win's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Win's gas tank.
Win looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flatendo lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Flatendo on the inside.
Flatendo lands an uppercut.
Flatendo lands a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Flatendo.
Flatendo pushes Win back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Flatendo lands a nice uppercut.
Flatendo digs a right hand into Win's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Win's gas tank.
Flatendo has a couple of punches blocked by Win.
Flatendo lands a hook that snaps the head of Win backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Demarcus Flatendo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Flatendo clinches with his opponent.
Flatendo is working Win over against the cage.
Flatendo tries to work over Win's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flatendo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Win blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flatendo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wins head.
Flatendo lands a right hand.
A short right from Flatendo.
Flatendo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Flatendo keeps control of Win as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Flatendo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flatendo swings wildly with an uppercut but Win uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flatendo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flatendo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Win tries to break free but Flatendo pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flatendo lands a hook that snaps the head of Win backwards.
Flatendo swings wildly with an uppercut but Win uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Flatendo.
Flatendo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Flatendo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flatendo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Win can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Flatendo fails to land.
Win blocking some punches.
Flatendo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Win backwards.
Flatendo digs a right hand underneath Win's ribcage. Win let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Win is breathing heavily.
Flatendo scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Flatendo - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Flatendo.
Win blocking some punches.
Flatendo has Win pressed against the cage, preventing Win from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Flatendo lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Flatendo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Win takes a shot to the head.
Flatendo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Flatendo - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Flatendo.
Flatendo misses with a punch on the inside.
Flatendo lands with a right to the head.
Flatendo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flatendo tries to throw a body punch but Win avoids it by throwing Flatendo back against the cage.
Flatendo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Flatendo.
Flatendo scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Flatendo.
Flatendo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Win blocks a body shot from Flatendo.
Flatendo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Flatendo.
Flatendo lands a nice shot to the body.
Flatendo misses with a punch to the body.
Flatendo lands with a left to the head.
Flatendo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Win backwards.
Flatendo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Win backwards.
Win misses with a punch to the body.
Flatendo scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Flatendo.
A short uppercut from Flatendo.
Win takes a shot to the head.
Win blocks a body shot from Flatendo.
A nice left hand lands by Flatendo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Win.
A short left from Flatendo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Win blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flatendo digs a right hand into Win's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Win's gas tank.
Flatendo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flatendo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Win backwards.
Win is rocked!
Win's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Win is still on wobbly legs! Can Flatendo finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Flatendo.
Flatendo lands a big right hand that drops Win! The killer instinct kicks in and Flatendo finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Flatendo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demarcus Flatendo!
A relieved looking Demarcus Flatendo 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Wilkinson (ranked 1961 p4p, 2709 weight class) and Joe Pulizzi (ranked 314 p4p, 399 weight class). Wilkinson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Who - Eminence front. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Josh Wilkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Pulizzi!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilkinson shoots in looking for a takedown. Pulizzi tries to sprawl out of it but Wilkinson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pulizzi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wilkinson tries for a takedown but Pulizzi circles away easily
enabling Pulizzi to counter with a crisp jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wilkinson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pulizzi looks to move to half guard but instead Wilkinson has passed into mount! Damn!
Wilkinson raining down shots from the mount!
Wilkinson controlling from the full mount.
Wilkinson pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulizzi is trying desperately to improve position.
Wilkinson controlling from mount.
Pulizzi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pulizzi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pulizzi is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pulizzi wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Wilkinson has managed to slip his arm under Pulizzi's chin. This could be all over... yep, Pulizzi is tapping out! Submission win for Wilkinson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Josh Wilkinson!
Josh Wilkinson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Lawson (ranked 1853 p4p, 993 weight class) and Tomo Tsuru (ranked 303 p4p, 150 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyler Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomo Tsuru!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuru staying out of range there.
Tsuru moves out of range of the strikes.
Lawson throws a shot from downtown. Tsuru moves away and avoids it.
Lawson throws a hook to the side of Tsuru's head but Tsuru sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tsuru closes the distance and clinches.
Tsuru working aggressively here.
Tsuru misses with the head strike.
Lawson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tsuru trying to control the position but instead, Lawson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tsuru into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawson.
Lawson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tsuru.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tsurus head.
Lawson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Lawson's head coaches at PhoQus Island Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tsuru moves to clinch but Lawson breaks away
and Lawson counters with a nice right hand that sends Tsuru toppling to the canvas! Tsuru scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Lawson finish him?!
It looks like Tomo Tsuru has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawson swats away the attempt to clinch by Tsuru.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson looks to land a right hand but Tsuru moved out of range.
Tomo Tsuru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsuru has closed the distance and engaged Lawson in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Lawson.
Tsuru blocking some punches.
Lawson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tsuru is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lawson.
Tsuru is still on wobbly legs! Can Lawson finish him?
Lawson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tsuru is aggressively charging in as Lawson backs up avoiding any damage. Lawson tosses out a jab and Tsuru runs right into it face first! Tsuru is out cold! Lawson dropped down on all fours and is barking in Tsuru's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyler Lawson!
Tyler Lawson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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pop
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