 |
DMMA 412: Handerson v Cole PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edmond Dantes (ranked 1304 p4p, 2607 weight class) and Richard Long (ranked 142 p4p, 271 weight class). Richard Long has the eye of the tiger tonight.
 |
|
 |
| 178 cm
25
168
9 - 6 - 0 |
|
178 cm
25
160
5 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Edmond Dantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Long!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dantes is able to avoid easily.
Long lands a body shot.
Long connects with an inside leg kick.
Dantes blocks a leg kick.
Dantes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A chopping leg kick lands by Long.
A looping hook to the body misses from Long. Dantes does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Dantes misses its target.
Dantes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dantes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Long can pounce on him.
A leg kick checked by Dantes.
Long tries to clinch there but Dantes circles away.
Nice shot lands for Dantes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long with a nice calf kick.
Dantes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Long throws a low kick but Dantes avoids it.
Long throws a leg kick but Dantes moved away.
Dantes is looking to counter punch.
Long listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Richard Long seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dantes misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick from Long, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Dantes misses.
Good work by Dantes as he checks the leg kick.
A slow jab from Dantes misses its intended target.
Long takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Dantes misses the target.
Long loads up on a big right hand but Dantes slips the punch.
Long gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Long prevents Dantes from breaking the clinch.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Long throws an elbow that misses.
Dantes breaks from the clinch.
Long throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dantes counters with a crisp one two that drops Long! Dantes thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Long to his feet! Long is in big trouble!
 Long is rocked!
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!
Long misses with a hook to the body
and Dantes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Long's knee momentarily.
Long is still on wobbly legs! Can Dantes finish him?
Dantes lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edmond Dantes!
An out of breath and clearly excited Edmond Dantes thanked Nevermore Clothing Co for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
45% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kemp Dennis (ranked 929 p4p, 2726 weight class) and Tobi Bensol (ranked 124 p4p, 292 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tobi Bensol was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
26
210
11 - 8 - 0 |
|
185 cm
27
203
5 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Kemp Dennis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tobi Bensol!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dennis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bensol throws out a counter right but Dennis avoids it with no problem.
Bensol throws a leg kick
so Dennis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dennis trying to control but Bensol is working from the bottom.
Bensol tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bensol managing to control the position.
Dennis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dennis content to stall in guard here.
Bensol keeping moving, preventing Dennis from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bensol wants to sweep here but Dennis controlling him for the moment.
Bensol pulls Dennis in close to his closed guard and prevents Dennis from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bensol controls Dennis momentarily but Dennis frees himself.
Dennis stopping the sweep attempt from Bensol.
Bensol keeps trying to improve his position.
Bensol working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dennis.
Dennis chips away with some ground and pound.
Dennis stopping the sweep attempt from Bensol.
Dennis tries to free his leg and advance position but Bensol is retaining full guard.
Dennis wants to control from the top but Bensol keeps moving.
Dennis throwing strikes from guard but Bensol blocks nicely.
Dennis stands and throws Bensol's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dennis grinds an elbow into Bensol's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bensol is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dennis asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Bensol is looking to regain half guard here but Dennis keeps moving and retains side control.
Bensol is not content to let Dennis control the position.
Bensol is trying to get back to half guard.
Dennis trying to control the position but Bensol is working away.
We've been hearing that Dennis has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Bensol is trying to improve his position.
Bensol is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dennis's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dennis working Bensol over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dennis is controlling the pace.
Bensol manages to get to full guard.
Dennis works over Bensol with some ground and pound from guard.
Dennis wants to control from the top but Bensol keeps moving.
Dennis is fighting to break Bensol's control of his arms but Bensol is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bensol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dennis throwing strikes from guard but Bensol blocks nicely.
Dennis is working Bensol over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dennis scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dennis stopping the sweep attempt from Bensol.
Dennis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bensol works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bensol keeping full guard, as Dennis tries to pass.
Dennis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dennis chips away with some ground and pound.
Dennis preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dennis cracks Bensol with a solid left hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bensol wants to improve his position but instead Dennis has moved into half guard.
Dennis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bensol works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dennis trying to control the position from guard on top but Bensol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kemp Dennis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bensol scores with a hook.
Dennis drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bensol keeping full guard, as Dennis tries to pass.
Bensol can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dennis controls the pace.
Bensol looking for a sweep. Not yet Bensol, not yet.
Bensol is still trying to improve position.
Bensol not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bensol utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kemp Dennis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dennis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dennis tries to free his leg and advance position but Bensol is retaining full guard.
Bensol utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dennis 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.
Dennis won't allow Bensol to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dennis wants to control from the top but Bensol keeps moving.
Dennis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bensol's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Bensol keeping moving, preventing Dennis from controlling successfully.
Dennis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bensol tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dennis trying to control but Bensol is working from the bottom.
Dennis is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bensol is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bensol avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bensol trying to control the position.
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.
Dennis wants to control from the top but Bensol keeps moving.
Bensol looking to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Dennis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bensol sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dennis somewhat.
Bensol looks to land a right hand but Dennis moved out of range.
Bensol uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dennis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dennis misses with a takedown attempt - Bensol sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kemp Dennis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dennis looks for a takedown but Bensol sprawls well.
A jab from Bensol does it's job there.
 It looks like Kemp Dennis has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dennis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bensol counters with a stiff right hand.
Bensol throws the left hand but Dennis avoids the punch easily.
Bensol throws a hook to the side of Dennis's head but Dennis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dennis feinted with a counter takedown.
Dennis steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bensol. That one must have hurt.
Dennis closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bensol's guard.
Bensol working a defensive guard here.
Dennis throws a big right hand that misses.
Dennis trying to control the position from guard on top but Bensol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bensol manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dennis manages to get himself to full guard.
Dennis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bensol controls the pace.
Bensol must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dennis keeping moving, preventing Bensol from controlling successfully.
Dennis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bensol is one step ahead there.
Bensol trying to control but Dennis is working from the bottom.
Dennis has control of Bensol's left arm, preventing Bensol from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dennis is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Bensol has his hands clasped together but Dennis extends and breaks Bensol's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Dennis.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kemp Dennis!
A relieved looking Kemp Dennis thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
35% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Arnason (ranked 862 p4p, 1679 weight class) and Ola Badmus (ranked 111 p4p, 200 weight class). Arnason's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Michael Jackson - Off The Wall. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
 |
|
 |
| 178 cm
32
172
20 - 9 - 1 |
|
180 cm
34
185
15 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Arnason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ola Badmus!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Badmus.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arnason. Badmus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arnason scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arnason. Badmus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Badmus lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Jeremy Arnason has been cut.
Arnason bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Badmus's head backwards.
Oooooh!!! Badmus has knocked Arnason down with a huge combo! Badmus steps away and waves a wobbly Arnason back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
 Arnason is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Badmus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arnason lands a body shot.
Jeremy Arnason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arnason misses with a double jab.
Arnason's jab looks to have found its range, popping Badmus under the eye.
Arnason cracks Badmus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Arnason looks to land a left hand but Badmus moved out of range nicely.
Arnason swings for the body but Badmus moves out of range.
Badmus is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Badmus works over Arnason's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnason wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Badmus drives through and clinches with Arnason against the cage.
Arnason tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Badmus's elbow.
Arnason misses with a hook from the clinch.
Badmus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Arnason.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Arnason.
A big right from Arnason misses.
Badmus clinches up against the cage.
Arnason misses with the head strike.
Badmus is trying to drag Arnason to the mat but Arnason just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Arnason is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arnason.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arnason lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Badmus breaks from the clinch.
Arnason throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Badmus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Badmus looks to land a combination. Arnason sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jeremy Arnason's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arnason lands with a right hand.
Arnason listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've been told by Arnason's head coaches at Rabid Dog that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Badmus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick by Badmus misses
and Arnason counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arnason with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Arnason swings for the body but Badmus moves out of range.
Arnason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Badmus.
Badmus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Arnason has Badmus pressed against the cage.
Arnason is trying to maintain a safe position but Badmus gets an underhook and turns Arnason into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Badmus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Badmus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Badmus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arnason thuds a left hand into Badmus's body.
Arnason swats away the attempt to clinch by Badmus.
Arnason throws a big counter combination but Badmus scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Arnason ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Badmus moves away.
Badmus throws a head kick but Arnason moves out of range.
Arnason throws a one two combo.
Arnason takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Badmus's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Arnason connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Badmus scrambles back to his feet.
Badmus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Arnason circles away quickly and effectively.
Arnason throws the left hand but Badmus avoids the punch easily.
Badmus moves away from the strike by Arnason.
Arnason backing away here, and Badmus unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Arnason swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arnason throws a looping overhand right but Badmus ducks down to avoid it.
Arnason swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Badmus counters with a nice uppercut.
Arnason misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Arnason misses.
Badmus lands a left and a right that send Arnason crashing to the mat, dazed. Badmus thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Arnason is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Badmus darts in and clinches Arnason up against the cage.
Arnason can't find room to land a body shot as Badmus controls the action.
Badmus lands with a short shot to the head.
Badmus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arnason is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Badmus is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Arnason fails to land.
Badmus is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Arnason trying to land knees to the body.
Badmus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arnason misses with a body punch
and Badmus counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Arnason out cold! What a finish! Badmus is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ola Badmus!
Ola Badmus decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Jeremy Arnason was interviewed post fight and said 'I have a lot of respect for Viktor, I fought in a way that catered to his fight style and it didn't work like I planned. But you best believe I'll be back soon working for a rematch!'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
73% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Flanders (ranked 555 p4p, 1792 weight class) and Bam Bam Joshy (ranked 51 p4p, 150 weight class). Dallas Flanders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
 |
|
 |
| 174 cm
26
154
11 - 5 - 0 |
|
150 cm
36
152
24 - 23 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Excellent grappler
World class MT
Solid chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dallas Flanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bam Bam Joshy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flanders swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joshy works the jab nicely.
Jab, jab by Joshy - just one landing.
Flanders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joshy moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Joshy. Those never looked like landing.
Flanders thinks about countering with a body kick.
Flanders moves out of range of the strikes.
Joshy jabs at Flanders's body.
Flanders cracks Joshy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Flanders looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Joshy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Joshy misses with a body shot.
Dallas Flanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flanders scores with a jab to the head.
Joshy throws out a loose jab but Flanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flanders throws a body punch but Joshy moves out of range.
Flanders uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Joshy ducks under a wild hook from Flanders.
Joshy is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Joshy misses with a series of wild punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joshy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Joshy misses.
Flanders scoring well with a low kick there.
Flanders throws a good cross that connects.
Joshy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Joshy looks to move away, Flanders throws a big counter combo but Joshy just gets out of the way.
Joshy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Flanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joshy was well out of range. Poor timing from Flanders.
Joshy tries to counter with a clinch but Flanders shakes him off and moves away.
Joshy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joshy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joshy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joshy darts in trying to clinch
and Flanders counters with a straight right hand.
Good exchange - Flanders coming out on top.
A head kick misses from Joshy.
Joshy moves out of range of the leg kick from Flanders.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws a hook but Flanders blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joshy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joshy lands the left hand.
Flanders lands a leg kick that knocks Joshy off balance momentarily.
Flanders looks for the body kick but Joshy saw that one coming.
Joshy moves out of range of the body kick.
Joshy misses with a wild combination.
Joshy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Flanders swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joshy throws a series of punches but Flanders moves out of range.
Flanders connects with a body shot.
We've been told by Flanders's head coaches at Convicted Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Joshy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joshy throws a big shot that misses.
Flanders lands a lovely overhand right.
Flanders lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joshy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flanders.
As Joshy backs away, Flanders returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Flanders throws a body punch but Joshy moves out of range.
Joshy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy misses with a hook. Flanders ducked under it nicely.
Flanders is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Joshy connects with a jab.
Joshy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Flanders's head.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Flanders tries to land a front kick but Joshy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders tried to score with a low kick but Joshy checks it.
Joshy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Flanders. That did some damage!
Flanders throws the left hand but Joshy avoids the punch easily.
Flanders blocks a head kick by Joshy.
Flanders lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Joshy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice body punch from Flanders.
Flanders dodges the punch combination from Joshy.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Flanders - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flanders lands a jab to Joshy's midsection.
Flanders thows a body kick. Joshy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Flanders.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Flanders lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Flanders keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joshy.
Flanders is looking to counter with head kicks.
Flanders lands with a cross.
Flanders is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Flanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joshy was well out of range. Poor timing from Flanders.
Joshy throws the left hand but Flanders avoids the punch easily.
Joshy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flanders.
Flanders throws a leg kick that misses.
Joshy wants to counter with a clinch but Flanders pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flanders turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Flanders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joshy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flanders scores with a nice head shot.
Nice uppercut there from Flanders.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dallas Flanders dominated that round.
That's time! Flanders's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Flanders 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 Joshy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Joshy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joshy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flanders.
Joshy wants to counter the offense by Flanders and move into the clinch position.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joshy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joshy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Joshy staying out of range there.
Flanders checks a low kick from Joshy.
An attempted straight right counter from Flanders misses the target.
Flanders misses the shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Joshy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Flanders has got the better of the exchanges.
Joshy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Flanders counters with a nice leg kick.
Joshy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Flanders throws the left hand but Joshy avoids the punch easily.
Joshy is looking for the big counter here.
Joshy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flanders walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joshy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Joshy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Flanders fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Joshy is out of range.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flanders lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy throws a big shot that misses.
Flanders connects with the punch.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Flanders on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Flanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joshy closes the distance and pushes Flanders back into the cage.
Flanders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joshy can do to turn this around?
Flanders lands with a light punch inside.
Joshy lands an uppercut.
Flanders tries to throw a body punch but Joshy avoids it by throwing Flanders back against the cage.
Flanders tries to throw a body punch but Joshy avoids it by throwing Flanders back against the cage.
Joshy has a couple of punches blocked by Flanders.
Joshy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flanders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Flanders uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Flanders appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dallas Flanders is winning the standup battle so far.
Joshy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Joshy throws a hook but Flanders blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joshy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flanders connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheers as Joshy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Flanders doesn't seem phased though.
Flanders throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Joshy on the side of the head.
Flanders walks into a stiff left hand from Joshy.
Flanders moves out of range of the leg kick from Joshy.
Flanders ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
Flanders swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joshy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Joshy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Joshy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Joshy misses with an uppercut
and Flanders counters with a two punch combo.
Flanders slips a straight right by Joshy.
Flanders moves into range and connects with a jab.
Joshy loads up on a big right hand but Flanders slips the punch.
Joshy misses with a lunging right hand
and Flanders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joshy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joshy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Flanders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanders connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Flanders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joshy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joshy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Flanders scores with a head kick.
Joshy misses with a head kick.
Flanders connects with a solid leg kick.
Joshy misses with a hook. Flanders ducked under it nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Flanders getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joshy moves out of range as Flanders throws a body kick.
Flanders scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joshy throws a hook but Flanders blocks it.
Flanders fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Flanders cracks Joshy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Joshy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joshy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Flanders scores with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flanders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joshy lands with a cross.
Flanders misses with a head kick.
Flanders throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Flanders misses its intended target.
Joshy misses with a wild body shot.
Joshy misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flanders. Joshy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
No joy there for Joshy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Flanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joshy throws out the jab.
Joshy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flanders.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joshy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joshy throws a leg kick
and Flanders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flanders lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Flanders lands a nice looking kick to the body. Joshy takes a step back to recover.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dallas Flanders dominated that second round.
That's time! Flanders'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!
Flanders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Joshy. That did some damage!
Joshy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Flanders slips under a jab from Joshy.
Flanders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joshy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flanders was well out of range. Poor timing from Joshy.
Joshy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Joshy swings for the body but Flanders moves out of range.
Joshy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flanders circles away quickly and effectively.
Flanders scores with a nice right hand.
Joshy takes a swing at Flanders's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flanders showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joshy.
Flanders was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from Flanders misses.
Flanders loads up on a big right hand but Joshy slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joshy! But no joy.
Joshy misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanders pivots, looking for a leg kick but Joshy is out of range and Flanders settles back down.
Flanders connects with a good right hand that stumbles Joshy. Joshy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Flanders scores with a nice head shot.
Flanders dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Flanders lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joshy tries to bum rush Flanders with a series of wild strikes but Flanders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Flanders swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joshy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flanders is looking to counter punch.
Good work by Joshy as he checks the leg kick.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders slips a straight right by Joshy.
Flanders throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Flanders defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Flanders's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Joshy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Flanders scrambles back to his feet.
Joshy scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joshy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flanders.
Joshy is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy checks a leg kick nicely.
Joshy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Flanders connects with a right hand. Joshy shakes it off.
Flanders throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Flanders misses its intended target.
Joshy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flanders looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Flanders connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Joshy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joshy looks to land a right hand but Flanders moved out of range.
Joshy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joshy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Flanders. Flanders obviously looking to wear him down.
Flanders lands a jab.
Joshy misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Joshy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Joshy swings for the body but Flanders moves out of range.
Flanders defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Flanders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joshy.
Donk. Joshy catches Flanders right on the button with a cross.
Flanders steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Flanders misses with an uppercut. Joshy saw that one coming.
Joshy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joshy throws a leg kick but Flanders sees it coming and moves out of range.
Joshy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Flanders can pounce on him.
Joshy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joshy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Flanders punishes Joshy's body with a nice straight punch.
Flanders misses the jab.
Joshy looks to throw the jab but Flanders is out of range.
Flanders throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flanders scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joshy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flanders.
Joshy takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joshy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flanders lands a nice shot that snaps Joshy's head back.
Joshy tries to land a leg kick but Flanders saw it coming and moves away.
Flanders throws a good cross that connects.
Flanders throws a looping overhand right but Joshy ducks down to avoid it.
Joshy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Flanders defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Joshy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Flanders connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Joshy scrambles back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Flanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Flanders.
A cross from Flanders lands.
Joshy misses with a looping left.
Bam Bam Joshy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flanders connects with a solid leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dallas Flanders showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Flanders, 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dallas Flanders!
A victorious Dallas Flanders thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Komedor DKasada (ranked 280 p4p, 1649 weight class) and Davon Davis (ranked 38 p4p, 199 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
 |
|
 |
| 190 cm
39
211
21 - 12 - 0 |
|
190 cm
36
210
17 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast |
|
| |
|
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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Komedor DKasada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Davon Davis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis lands a nice hook to DKasada's body. DKasada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Davis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like DKasada was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
DKasada drives through and clinches with Davis against the cage.
DKasada misses with a punch to the body.
DKasada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Davis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Davis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
DKasada lands with a short shot to the head.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by DKasada.
Davis tries a body shot but DKasada blocks it.
Davis lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from DKasada.
Davis has a couple of punches blocked by DKasada.
DKasada lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for DKasada.
DKasada struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DKasada's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
DKasada throws a combination that misses
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
DKasada looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Davis throws a low kick but DKasada moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
DKasada closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis lands a left hand.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from DKasada.
A right hand to the body from Davis.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Davis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
DKasada misses with the head strike.
DKasada lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by DKasada.
DKasada working aggressively here.
DKasada pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Davis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DKasada scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
 It looks like Davon Davis has been cut.
Davis 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.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! DKasada crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Davis - the referee stops the clock and DKasada gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Davis. DKasada manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
DKasada rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
DKasada misses with some punches.
DKasada scores with a shoulder strike.
DKasada misses with some punches.
DKasada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
DKasada misses with the head strike.
DKasada has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.
DKasada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DKasada lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but DKasada avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Davis prevents a body shot from DKasada.
Davis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
DKasada scores with a hook to the body.
Davis lands a shot to the body.
Davis misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from DKasada.
DKasada working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Davis lands a body shot.
DKasada breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DKasada takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Komedor DKasada has been cut.
Nice body kick there by Davis.
DKasada is breathing heavily.
DKasada misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis lands a big head kick that sends DKasada tumbling to the mat! Davis takes a step backwards and waves DKasada back to his feet - he wants the finish!
DKasada is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis finds DKasada's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! DKasada flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Davis lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure DKasada will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Davon Davis!
A relieved looking Davon Davis thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
63% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Dux (ranked 1252 p4p, 1771 weight class) and Bruce Hardman (ranked 107 p4p, 148 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
 |
|
 |
| 180 cm
25
150
9 - 4 - 0 |
|
186 cm
26
152
11 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
|
Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Dux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruce Hardman!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dux fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hardman on the side of the head.
Jab by Hardman.
Hardman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dux scores with a jab to the body.
Dux misses with a body shot.
Dux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardman.
A lazy left from Dux finds it's target.
Hardman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hardman throws a nice looking combination but Dux bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hardman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dux throws a series of punches but Hardman moves out of range.
Hardman swings for the body but Dux moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardman ducks right into an uppercut from Dux.
Hardman looks to land a combination but Dux avoids it well.
Dux is looking to counter punch.
Hardman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Bruce Hardman has been cut.
Hardman scores with a nice head shot.
Hardman throws a hook but Dux avoids it easily.
Hardman throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardman throws a lazy right hand but Dux sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruce Hardman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dux sprawls well initially but Hardman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hardman perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hardman is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Dux reverses the position - he's now on top in Hardman's guard.
Dux passes Hardman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dux seems to be looking for submissions.
Dux looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hardman wants to control but Dux is keeping busy.
Hardman trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Dux manages to pass to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardman tries to hold on but Dux pushes him away.
Hardman working to try and regain half guard.
Dux trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dux prevents Hardman from getting the reversal.
Hardman 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.
Dux can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hardman is looking to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dux is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hardman is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardman has given up his back here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dux is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Hardman knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Hardman for a finish.
Hardman trying to control the hands but Dux won't let him.
Dux controlling from the back.
Dux is hanging on to Hardman's back as he tries to escape.
Hardman is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Hardman trying to control the hands but Dux won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardman is trying to break free.
Dux biding his time, looking for the opening.
Dux is trying to stick to Hardman's back but Hardman is turning into Dux. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dux's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hardman.
Hardman looking to sit in guard and control but Dux gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hardman is looking for a triangle but Dux pushes his legs off easily.
Hardman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Dux dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Hardman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hardman tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dux swivels and escapes.
Dux will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dux feints and as Hardman raises his hands in defense, Dux changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hardman escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dux gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hardman has his hands on Dux's head, controlling the position.
Hardman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardman has his hands on Dux's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dux passes Hardman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hardman wants to control but Dux passes into side.
Dux trying to control the action but Hardman is working from the bottom.
Dux advances to mount.
Dux can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hardman is looking to escape.
Dux avoids the attempt from Hardman to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardman can't escape the position.
Hardman tries to control the position but Dux now has his back.
Dux avoiding Hardman 's attempts to control his hands.
Hardman looking very determined here, making life difficult for Dux.
Hardman looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Daniel Dux overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardman is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Dux keeps control of the position as Hardman tries to break free.
Dux struggling to keep hold of the position.
Hardman can't escape the position.
Dux doesn't have the hooks in and Hardman manages to turn into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dux looking to control.
Dux looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hardman is one step ahead there.
Hardman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dux swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dux is trying to control the position but Hardman postures up.
Hardman looking to pass the guard.
Hardman wants to control from the top but Dux keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hardman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dux haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Dux dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Hardman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hardman lands a jab-cross combination.
Dux takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hardman throws a big shot that misses.
Dux changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hardman misses with a right hand
and Dux counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bruce Hardman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardman tries to clinch up but Dux circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Dux wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd cheers as Dux lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hardman doesn't seem phased though.
Dux throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dux misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Dux, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Hardman finds it's way through Dux's defenses.
Dux cracks Hardman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardman motions for Dux to come forward. Hardman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dux moves forwards but Hardman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dux is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dux misses with a straight left.
Dux lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman misses with a looping right.
Dux looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hardman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dux fails with the takedown.
Dux looks to land a right hand but Hardman moved out of range.
Hardman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dux.
Dux punishes Hardman's body with a nice straight punch.
Dux looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hardman throws a series of punches but Dux moves out of range.
A big left from Dux misses.
Dux misses with a body shot.
Dux drops his hands momentarily and Hardman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Hardman enables Dux to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hardman manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Hardman has his foot on Dux's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dux works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dux tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardman is retaining full guard.
Hardman looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hardman working for a triangle but Dux defends it easily.
Dux is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardman can do to turn this around?
Dux postures up.
Dux passes into half guard.
Hardman is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dux moves into full mount! Hardman won't be happy about that!
Dux thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hardman is squirming around, avoiding Dux's attempts to control the action.
Hardman is looking to get to half guard.
Hardman manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hardman is not content to let Dux control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardman is trying to control but can't.
Dux passes into side control, despite Hardman's attempt to control the position.
Dux tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hardman trying to control but Dux flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Hardman wants to control his opponent's hands but Dux gets his hands free.
Dux is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Hardman knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Hardman for a finish.
Dux is hanging on to Hardman's back as he tries to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Dux showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dux has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Dux!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
41% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between T Mustana Chai (ranked 1550 p4p, 540 weight class) and Amadi Yousuf (ranked 181 p4p, 69 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
 |
|
 |
| 187 cm
26
204
6 - 4 - 0 |
|
185 cm
26
195
8 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, T Mustana Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amadi Yousuf!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yousuf with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chai looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chai walks into a stiff left hand from Yousuf.
Chai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yousuf manages to avoid it.
Yousuf swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yousuf lunges at Chai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chai's hand.
Chai throws the left hand but Yousuf avoids the punch easily.
Yousuf only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Yousuf, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
Chai walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yousuf throws a hook but Chai avoids it easily.
Amadi Yousuf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Yousuf counters with a stiff right hand.
Chai takes one to the side of the head.
Yousuf lunges at Chai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chai's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Amadi Yousuf is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yousuf thumps Chai with a low kick.
Yousuf ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Chai missing with a left hand there. Yousuf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yousuf.
Yousuf throws a jab but it's blocked by Chai.
Nice shot by Yousuf.
Yousuf with the inside leg kick.
Chai misses with a straight left.
Yousuf has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Yousuf lands with a straight right. Chai didn't see that one coming.
Chai blocks the body kick.
Chai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yousuf lands with a right hand.
Yousuf throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws an overhand right that lands on Yousuf's shoulder, as Yousuf tries to avoid the shot.
Yousuf misses with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yousuf misses with a body kick.
Yousuf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chai.
Chai tests Yousuf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Amadi Yousuf has been cut.
Chai with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yousuf to score with a decent uppercut.
Chai throws a series of punches but Yousuf avoids them all with ease.
Yousuf looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
Yousuf throws a leg kick which misses Chai's front leg but catches the back leg as Chai tries to avoid it.
Chai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yousuf now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A slow jab from Chai misses its intended target.
Yousuf feints a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yousuf misses with a lunging right hand
and Chai counters by moving into the clinch.
Chai blocks a body shot from Yousuf.
Yousuf misses with a body punch.
Yousuf misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yousuf blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Chai.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yousuf.
Chai tries to throw a body punch but Yousuf avoids it by throwing Chai back against the cage.
Yousuf tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Yousuf back against the cage.
Yousuf swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yousuf is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yousuf makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chai misses with the head strike.
Chai misses with the head strike.
Chai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yousuf.
A head punch on the inside from Chai fails to land.
Chai can't find room to land a body shot as Yousuf controls the action.
Yousuf has a couple of punches blocked by Chai.
Chai misses with some punches.
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yousuf backwards.
Yousuf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chai misses with the head strike.
Yousuf misses with a punch on the inside.
Yousuf misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chai prevents a body shot from Yousuf.
Yousuf is leaning against Chai and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yousuf scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yousuf misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chai blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Chai fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Amadi Yousuf dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amadi Yousuf's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Chai connects with a right hand. Yousuf shakes it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chai. Yousuf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yousuf misses with a low kick.
Yousuf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chai was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yousuf lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chai with a jab.
Yousuf misses with a kick to the body.
Chai misses with an uppercut.
Chai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yousuf is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chai.
Chai throwing a counter right hand but Yousuf manages to avoid it.
Yousuf throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yousuf steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Yousuf replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chai blocks it well.
Chai throws an off balance right hand
and Yousuf counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Chai misses.
A swing and a miss from Chai.
Chai will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chai misses with a jab to the body
and Yousuf cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yousuf keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yousuf lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yousuf jabs Chai to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yousuf bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chai's head backwards.
Yousuf moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yousuf scores with a nice right hand.
Chai looks to land a left hand but Yousuf moved out of range nicely.
Chai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yousuf throws a leg kick
and Chai counters with a straight right hand.
Yousuf throws a wild body kick that Chai sees coming a mile off.
Chai missing with a left hand there. Yousuf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yousuf is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chai with a body shot.
Yousuf scores with a nice head shot.
Chai throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yousuf.
Chai misses with a two punch combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Yousuf misses.
Yousuf lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Yousuf counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chai lands with an uppercut that bounces Yousuf off the cage and back into range.
Chai moves forwards but Yousuf connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yousuf has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Chai misses.
Yousuf throws out a counter right but Chai avoids it with no problem.
Yousuf takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yousuf missing with a left hand there. Chai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yousuf. Yousuf obviously looking to wear him down.
Chai looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Chai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yousuf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chai.
Yousuf scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yousuf with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chai defending well as Yousuf loads up on a big left hand.
Yousuf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chai is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yousuf digs a good hook to Chai's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Yousuf.
Chai misses with a hook. Yousuf ducked under it nicely.
Chai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Yousuf.
Chai with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Yousuf.
Yousuf scores with a push kick.
Chai moves out of range of the body kick.
Yousuf misses with a wild body shot.
Chai is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Yousuf throws a looping overhand right but Chai ducks down to avoid it.
Chai blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Amadi Yousuf showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Amadi Yousuf's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yousuf uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Chai lands a nice shot to the body.
Yousuf leaves Chai with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Yousuf follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Yousuf dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yousuf was well out of range. Poor timing from Chai.
Yousuf steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chai gets the takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai is trying to get an arm triangle but Yousuf is defending well.
Chai is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yousuf is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Yousuf knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Chai trying to control the action but Yousuf is working from the bottom.
Yousuf struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yousuf is trying to improve his position.
Chai goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Yousuf has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Chai but great work by Yousuf.
Chai tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yousuf wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Chai can't do much from the bottom here.
Yousuf decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That kick from Yousuf tenderised Chai's leg. Chai is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yousuf lands with a shot to the body.
Chai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Amadi Yousuf seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chai lands a body shot.
Yousuf avoids the body shot from Chai.
Yousuf doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Yousuf moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yousuf misses the shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yousuf.
Yousuf throws a leg kick that misses.
Yousuf lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chai staying out of range there.
Chai throws a big counter combination but Yousuf scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yousuf. That's going to slow Chai down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yousuf jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yousuf looks to score with a jab to the body but Chai is just out of range.
Chai throwing a counter right hand but Yousuf manages to avoid it.
Yousuf fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chai.
Chai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yousuf pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yousuf throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chai cracks Yousuf with a good jab.
Chai getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yousuf.
Yousuf keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chai.
T Mustana Chai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slow jab from Yousuf misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Amadi Yousuf comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yousuf 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amadi Yousuf!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
58% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Co-main event
|
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kongthoranee Sitsongrit (ranked 52 p4p, 263 weight class) and Macho Fantastico (ranked 5 p4p, 29 weight class). Fantastico has chosen Macho as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 178 cm
31
157
17 - 3 - 1 |
|
176 cm
27
160
13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kongthoranee Sitsongrit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Macho Fantastico!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantastico throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Fantastico misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastico scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastico uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Fantastico drives through and clinches with Sitsongrit against the cage.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Fantastico lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sitsongrit is working Fantastico over against the cage.
Fantastico misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastico prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Sitsongrit's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Sitsongrit on the inside.
Fantastico wants to get back to striking at distance but Sitsongrit won't allow it.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastico throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastico is trying to stall.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Fantastico escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fantastico was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Fantastico now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sitsongrit lands a slapping body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Fantastico blocks the leg kick.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab.
Sitsongrit loads up on a big right hand but Fantastico slips the punch.
Fantastico gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastico blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Fantastico.
Fantastico breaks from the clinch.
Fantastico throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with low kicks.
Fantastico takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a good cross that connects.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Fantastico as he checks the leg kick.
Fantastico throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fantastico sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastico tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sitsongrit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a wild body kick that Fantastico sees coming a mile off.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit avoids the head kick by Fantastico.
Sitsongrit connects with a right hand. Fantastico shakes it off.
Jab from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit lands with a straight right. Fantastico didn't see that one coming.
Fantastico defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastico follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit throwing a counter right hand but Fantastico manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Fantastico ducked under it nicely.
Fantastico takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sitsongrit keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fantastico has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastico throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to Fantastico's midsection.
Fantastico throws a head kick that misses.
Sitsongrit tries a low kick but Fantastico avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tries to score with a low kick but Fantastico moves his leg out of the way.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fantastico! But no joy.
Fantastico keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastico throws a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Fantastico's ribcage but misses.
Fantastico looks to land a body kick but Sitsongrit moved away.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Fantastico.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Fantastico does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Fantastico's ribcage but misses.
Fantastico scores with a nice strike.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand right.
Fantastico will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fantastico throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Fantastico moves out of range.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut there from Fantastico.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico gets tackled into the cage by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fantastico misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastico breaks the clinch.
Fantastico throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sitsongrit wants to slow Fantastico down by chopping away at his legs.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fantastico has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastico lands with a cross.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fantastico.
Fantastico has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantastico avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Fantastico cracks Sitsongrit with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fighters circling - Fantastico throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fantastico throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fantastico checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Fantastico is just out of range.
Fantastico sizes up Sitsongrit with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fantastico moves away.
Sitsongrit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fantastico under the eye.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Fantastico.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sitsongrit defending well as Fantastico loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit lands with an overhand left.
Sitsongrit lands a lovely overhand right.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Fantastico.
Fantastico checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that misses.
Sitsongrit gets tackled into the cage by Fantastico. Fantastico maintains the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands a hook that snaps the head of Fantastico backwards.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Fantastico lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sitsongrit or not.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit is leaning against Fantastico and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sitsongrit's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastico shoots in and drives through. Sitsongrit sprawls well.
Sitsongrit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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!
Sitsongrit with a nice calf kick.
Fantastico slips a jab from Sitsongrit.
Fantastico connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Sitsongrit as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Sitsongrit blocks the leg kick.
Fantastico looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sitsongrit tries to keep at a distance but Fantastico has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Fantastico avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit - that landed with a thud.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fantastico can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Fantastico controls his hands.
Fantastico blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastico misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastico breaks the clinch.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Fantastico's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Sitsongrit. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastico fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sitsongrit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fantastico takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastico slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Fantastico moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit moves forwards but Fantastico connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastico fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sitsongrit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit misses with a body kick.
Sitsongrit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Fantastico does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fantastico's sensitive parts.
Sitsongrit connects with a nice looking jab.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Fantastico's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Fantastico.
Fantastico displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Fantastico swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sitsongrit scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastico lands a lovely overhand right.
Sitsongrit thows a body kick. Fantastico tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Good standup being displayed there by Sitsongrit as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Fantastico does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastico throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fantastico.
Fantastico tries to move into range but Sitsongrit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice jab there from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit lands with an uppercut that bounces Fantastico off the cage and back into range.
Fantastico fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sitsongrit delivers a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fantastico throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastico connects with the punch.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Fantastico moved away.
Sitsongrit pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fantastico on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastico lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a poor cross that misses
letting Fantastico counter with a right hand.
Fantastico steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight right.
Fantastico misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Fantastico moved out of range.
Fantastico throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Fantastico moved out of range nicely.
Fantastico pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fantastico lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sitsongrit circles away quickly and effectively.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Fantastico is out of range.
Fantastico moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastico counters with a body kick.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick as Fantastico jumps back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Fantastico shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fantastico misses with a head kick.
Fantastico lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastico ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit dominated that second 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.
Fantastico pushes Sitsongrit away with a front kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sitsongrit 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 Fantastico has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fantastico and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Fantastico is just out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fantastico looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fantastico throws an overhand right that lands on Sitsongrit's shoulder, as Sitsongrit tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastico looks to land a body kick but Sitsongrit moved away.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastico connects with a solid leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that misses.
A jab from Fantastico does it's job there.
Fantastico throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fantastico under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
Fantastico drives through and clinches with Sitsongrit against the cage.
Fantastico prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fantastico blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fantastico.
A short left from Fantastico.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sitsongrit as Fantastico tries to tie him up.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Fantastico scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastico pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastico throws a combination that misses
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sitsongrit connects with a nice looking jab.
Sitsongrit thuds his right hand into Fantastico's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Fantastico.
Fantastico takes one to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fantastico.
Fantastico connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastico tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Fantastico.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastico has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico tries to close the distance and clinch but Sitsongrit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Sitsongrit. Beautiful body shot.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastico throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Fantastico lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastico fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastico blocks a low kick nicely.
Jab from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastico defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastico looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sitsongrit defending well as Fantastico loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Fantastico moves out of range of the leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Fantastico.
Good work by Fantastico as he checks the leg kick.
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastico blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Fantastico saw that one coming.
Fantastico throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fantastico checks it well.
Fantastico moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
Fantastico is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fantastico is able to avoid easily.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Fantastico's ribcage but misses.
Fantastico scores with a nice body kick.
Fantastico takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastico lands a nice hook to Sitsongrit's body. Sitsongrit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastico attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Fantastico does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fantastico! But no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Fantastico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastico throws a right and a left that Sitsongrit avoids nicely.
Sitsongrit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit with a jab.
Fantastico tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sitsongrit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Fantastico throws a wild body kick that Sitsongrit sees coming a mile off.
Fantastico steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Fantastico chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Fantastico dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Fantastico sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fantastico counters with a body kick.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Fantastico strikes.
Fantastico doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fantastico 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 avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fantastico drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastico takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sitsongrit lands a glancing blow to the side of Fantastico's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice takedown defense from Sitsongrit. No joy for Fantastico on that attempt.
Sitsongrit throws a right hand that Fantastico ducks under and follows up with a left that Fantastico also avoids with ease.
Fantastico slips a straight right by Sitsongrit.
Nice shot by Fantastico.
Sitsongrit feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fantasticos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastico closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastico lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sitsongrit or not.
Fantastico blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Fantastico.
Fantastico manages to break the clinch.
Fantastico throws a head kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastico checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fantastico avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastico throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fantastico.
Fantastico lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fantastico moves out of range as Sitsongrit strikes.
Sitsongrit moves forwards but Fantastico connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit swats away the attempt to clinch by Fantastico.
Fantastico keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Fantastico takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastico cracks Sitsongrit with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastico moves out of range as Sitsongrit strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Fantastico checks it.
Fantastico gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Fantastico avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit lands a hook that snaps the head of Fantastico backwards.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Fantastico controls the action.
Fantastico works on Sitsongrit's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastico lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Fantastico avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Fantastico controls the action.
Fantastico fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico scores with a shot to the side of Sitsongrit's head.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastico misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Fantastico controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fantastico blocks an uppercut.
Fantastico pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastico doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Fantastico sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantastico fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sitsongrit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastico throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Fantastico throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastico throws a head kick that misses.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut
and Fantastico connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Fantastico sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fantastico misses the jab.
Fantastico takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook.
Fantastico missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fantastico uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
Fantastico lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fantastico.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fantastico is able to avoid easily.
Fantastico is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
Fantastico waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Fantastico lands a nice hook to Sitsongrit's body. Sitsongrit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fantastico's head.
Fantastico throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastico thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastico missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fantastico. That's going to slow Sitsongrit down.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. Fantastico should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left and a right from Sitsongrit both land. Nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Fantastico's head but Fantastico sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastico throws a front kick that sends Sitsongrit stumbling back into the cage.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Fantastico was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fantastico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Fantastico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastico shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sitsongrit as he jumps to the side.
Fantastico slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit connects with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice head shot.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Fantastico counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastico misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastico chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Fantastico.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fantastico.
Sitsongrit with the inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Macho Fantastico will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Fantastico moves away and avoids it.
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastico works over Sitsongrit's head and body with a nice combination.
Sitsongrit takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body kick.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastico takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fantastico.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Fantastico is just out of range.
Fantastico takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sitsongrit works Fantastico's body with a nice hook.
Sitsongrit cracks Fantastico with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastico chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fantastico throws an overhand right that lands on Sitsongrit's shoulder, as Sitsongrit tries to avoid the shot.
Fantastico throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Fantastico moved out of range.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Fantastico uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastico misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastico takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastico's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastico takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sitsongrit has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sitsongrit there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sitsongrit gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sitsongrit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Fantastico moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fantastico.
Fantastico throws a series of punches but Sitsongrit avoids them all with ease.
Fantastico's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sitsongrit under the eye.
Fantastico shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fantastico throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sitsongrit on the side of the head.
Fantastico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fantastico misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit digs a good body shot into Fantastico's ribs.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Fantastico avoids it.
Fantastico now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice cross by Sitsongrit.
Fantastico looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but Fantastico avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Fantastico moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
Fantastico fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sitsongrit checks it well.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Fantastico misses with a double jab.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit blocks a low kick nicely.
Fantastico misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastico uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sitsongrit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
A lazy left from Sitsongrit finds it's target.
Fantastico needs to keep his hands up - Sitsongrit had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastico turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastico tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sitsongrit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sitsongrit blocks a head kick by Fantastico.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fantastico throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Fantastico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Fantastico moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Fantastico loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fantastico sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Fantastico ducked under it nicely.
Fantastico lands a glancing blow to the side of Sitsongrit's head.
Macho Fantastico has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastico connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that misses.
Fantastico loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fantastico tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sitsongrit defends well and Fantastico ends up having to push Sitsongrit into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastico misses with a hook.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Fantastico tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Fantastico.
Sitsongrit moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastico uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Fantastico misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Fantastico misses the target.
Sitsongrit with the inside leg kick.
A low kick from Fantastico misses
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastico pushes Sitsongrit away with a front kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Fantastico.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kongthoranee Sitsongrit.
Well Sitsongrit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kongthoranee Sitsongrit!
Kongthoranee Sitsongrit retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Kongthoranee Sitsongrit rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
88% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Main event
|
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Handerson (ranked 78 p4p, 590 weight class) and White Cole (ranked 12 p4p, 72 weight class). Handerson comes to the cage accompanied by America - A Horse With No Name. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
 |
|
 |
| 198 cm
30
255
26 - 6 - 0 |
|
225 cm
33
265
19 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Handerson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, White Cole!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Cole there.
Cole throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Handerson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cole thinking.
Cole moves away from the strike by Handerson.
Cole walks into a jab.
It looks like White Cole has been cut.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Handerson moves away.
Cole digs a good hook to Handerson's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cole appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cole works Handerson's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole cracks a nice hook into Handerson's ribs.
Cole rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Handerson counters with a right hand to the body.
Handerson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cole.
It looked like Handerson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cole throws a hook to the side of Handerson's head but Handerson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Handerson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cole throws a lazy uppercut
and Handerson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White Cole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cole lands the left hand.
Cole throws a looping overhand right but Handerson ducks down to avoid it.
Handerson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Handerson.
Handerson is looking to counter punch.
Cole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Handerson manages to avoid it.
Handerson slips under a jab.
Cole misses with a lunging right hand
and Handerson counters with a right hand to the body.
Handerson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cole counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Handerson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Handerson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cole throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Handerson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cole.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Cole throws a shot from downtown. Handerson moves away and avoids it.
Cole misses with a looping right.
Handerson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cole swings widly with a right hand
and Cole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cole throws a right hand that misses
and Handerson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handerson slips a straight right by Cole.
A counter left hand to the body from Handerson misses its target.
Cole is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cole throws a looping overhand right but Handerson ducks down to avoid it.
Handerson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Handerson manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Handerson misses its target.
Cole misses the jab.
Handerson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Handerson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Handerson throws a right hand that misses
and Cole counters by clinching up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
White Cole dominated that round.
The cut man is working on White Cole's cut.
That's time! Handerson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Handerson misses with a wild body shot.
Cole let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cole lands with a straight right. Handerson didn't see that one coming.
Handerson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Handerson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cole.
Handerson throwing a counter right hand but Cole manages to avoid it.
Cole misses with a hook to the body
and Handerson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cole thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole swings away with a body shot that misses
and Handerson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cole with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Handerson to score with a decent uppercut.
That has opened up White Cole's cut even more.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Handerson avoids the body shot from Cole.
Cole rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Handerson counters with a nice uppercut.
Cole comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cole throws an off balance right hand
and Handerson counters with a nice right hand that sends Cole toppling to the canvas! Cole scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Handerson finish him?!
Handerson defending well as Cole loads up on a big left hand.
Handerson avoids the body shot from Cole.
A counter left hand to the body from Handerson misses its target.
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!
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Handerson moves away.
Handerson is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole takes a swing at Handerson's ribcage but misses.
A quick step to the side and Handerson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cole rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Handerson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The cut above White Cole's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Handerson slips a straight right by Cole.
It looks like Handerson has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Cole misses with a lunging right hand
and Handerson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cole misses with a left hand
and Handerson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cole misses with an uppercut
and Handerson counters with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses with a body shot.
Handerson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Handerson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cole is breathing heavily.
Handerson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cole.
Handerson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cole misses with a body punch
and Handerson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White Cole's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Handerson drives through and clinches with Cole against the cage.
Cole tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Handerson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Handerson presses Cole against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handerson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cole blocks a body shot from Handerson.
Cole prevents a body shot from Handerson.
Handerson lands a body punch.
Handerson works on Cole's body with a couple of short punches.
Handerson tries a body shot but Cole blocks it.
Handerson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Handerson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at White Cole's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dave Handerson!
Dave Handerson retains his heavyweight title!
Dave Handerson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
27% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
