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ENIGMA Fight Night New York PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Young Blood One (ranked 24637 p4p, 2724 weight class) and JB Penn (ranked 342 p4p, 214 weight class). Young Blood One has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Young Blood One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, JB Penn!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood One staying out of range there.
Penn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
 It looks like Young Blood One has been cut.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blood One feinted with a counter takedown.
Blood One avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Penn misses with an uppercut.
Blood One drops down looking for a counter takedown but Penn sprawls and moves away.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn throws a series of punches but Blood One moves out of range.
Blood One swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Blood One shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Penn as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn lands a nice hook to Blood One's body. Blood One takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oooooh!!! Penn has knocked Blood One down with a huge combo! Penn steps away and waves a wobbly Blood One back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn misses with a lunging right hand
and Blood One counters with a nice double leg into side control. Penn won't be happy with that.
Blood One content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Blood One working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn struggling a bit here.
Penn tries to improve position but can't.
Blood One scoring with punches and elbows.
Penn tries to improve position but can't.
Penn struggling a bit here.
We've been hearing good reports from Blood One's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Blood One cracks Penn with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Blood One has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Penn tries to hold on but Blood One postures up.
Penn is squirming around, avoiding Blood One's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn is trying to escape the mount.
Penn is squirming around, avoiding Blood One's attempts to control the action.
Blood One 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.
Blood One wants to finish this one by submission but Penn is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Blood One.
Penn slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Penn tries to get to full guard but Blood One has control of the leg.
Blood One trying to control from half guard but Penn is working away.
Blood One prevents Penn from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood One looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Penn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Blood One works his way into side control.
Penn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Penn is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Penn manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Penn stalling.
Blood One regains full guard. Nicely done.
Blood One keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
Blood One looking for a sweep. Not yet Blood One, not yet.
Penn wants to control from the top but Blood One keeps moving.
Blood One looking for a guillotine here but Penn defends easily.
Blood One preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Penn is in close to Blood One's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
JB Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Young Blood One's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blood One moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blood One swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Blood One has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blood One there as he acknowledges the shot.
Penn misses with the combination.
Blood One changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blood One counters with a nice double leg into side control. Penn won't be happy with that.
Blood One taking a breather here.
Penn wants to control but Blood One postures up.
Blood One swings around for an armbar but Penn sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Blood One's guard.
Penn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blood One works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Penn throws a big elbow that misses.
Blood One keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
Penn is looking to advance position but Blood One has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood One wants to take his opponent's back but Penn doesn't allow it.
Penn tries to hold on but Blood One postures up.
Penn might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Blood One haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Blood One looking to finish Penn with some ground and pound. This is bad for Penn!
Blood One is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Penn to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Penn shrugs it off.
Penn wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Blood One.
Blood One lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Blood One breaks from Penn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Blood One jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Penn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn can't do much from the bottom here.
Blood One looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Penn is avoiding damage well.
Penn is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Blood One off and has taken his back!
Blood One is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood One defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Penn's arms.
Penn has got one arm under Blood One's chin. This could be trouble... Blood One trying to control the other hand but Penn gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Blood One has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). JB Penn!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Gustafsson (ranked 3565 p4p, 3553 weight class) and Saita Paita (ranked 357 p4p, 355 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ragnar Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Saita Paita!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paita throws a head kick that misses.
Gustafsson misses with a body shot.
Paita lands a nice shot to the body.
Paita uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gustafsson moves out of range as Paita strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Paita.
Gustafsson throws a head kick that misses
and Paita counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gustafsson is trying to escape back to his feet but Paita uses the scramble to pass into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paita misses with the ground and pound.
Gustafsson pushes Paita away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Paita gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Paita trying to control the position but Gustafsson is working away.
Paita tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gustafsson sneaks out the side door and pushes Paita away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Gustafsson blocks a head kick by Paita.
Gustafsson misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paita shoots in for a takedown but Gustafsson shows good takedown defense.
Paita is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gustafsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gustafsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paita moves away.
A little jabbing left from Paita on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gustafsson throws a combination. Paita tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
 It looks like Saita Paita has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gustafsson lands a jab to the nose.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Paita.
Paita thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gustafsson if he has to take too many more of those.
Some bone on bone action there as Gustafsson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paita.
Paita shoots for a double leg takedown but Gustafsson sprawls well. He's pushed Paita's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ragnar Gustafsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saita Paita.
Gustafsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Gustafsson throws a body punch but Paita moves out of range.
Paita will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Paita shoots for a double leg takedown but Gustafsson sprawls well. He's pushed Paita's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gustafsson blocks a head kick by Paita.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Gustafsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Paita is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paita.
Gustafsson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Gustafsson is looking to wear down Paita with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Paita throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gustafsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gustafsson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Paita looks to land a combination but Gustafsson avoids it well.
Gustafsson is looking for a counter combo.
Paita throws a looping overhand right but Gustafsson ducks down to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Gustafsson misses its target.
Paita looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gustafsson lands a big head kick that sends Paita tumbling to the mat! Gustafsson takes a step backwards and waves Paita back to his feet - he wants the finish!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Gustafsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Saita Paita's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gustafsson moves out of range of the leg kick from Paita.
Gustafsson is looking for a counter combo.
Gustafsson scores with a spinning back kick!
Gustafsson staying out of range there.
As Paita tries to get set, Gustafsson tries to push him back and clinch up but Paita manages to avoid the attempt.
Paita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gustafsson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gustafsson looks to land a left hand but Paita moved out of range nicely.
Paita paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Saita Paita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Gustafsson. Beautiful body shot.
Paita keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gustafsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paita looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustafsson is just out of range.
A punch combination from Gustafsson misses.
Paita drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gustafsson defends it well.
Gustafsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Paita is just out of range.
Paita tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Paita shoots and misses
and Gustafsson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Paita tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gustafsson swivels and escapes.
Gustafsson moves out of range of the body kick.
Paita is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gustafsson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ragnar Gustafsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saita Paita.
Paita misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson checks a leg kick.
Gustafsson throws a body punch but Paita moves out of range.
Gustafsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paita can do to turn this around?
Paita throws a body shot but no joy.
Gustafsson throws a hook but Paita blocks it.
Gustafsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Paita throws a lazy right hand but Gustafsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gustafsson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Paita manages to circle out of the way.
Paita uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gustafsson.
Paita misses with a straight right.
Paita misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson scoring well with a low kick there.
A slow jab from Paita misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Paita throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A quick step to the side and Gustafsson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gustafsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gustafsson throws a series of strikes that have Paita backpedaling.
Paita attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A jab from Gustafsson misses.
Gustafsson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Paita has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson is looking to slow Paita down with leg kicks.
Gustafsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gustafsson digs a good body shot into Paita's ribs.
Gustafsson ducks under a wild hook from Paita.
Ragnar Gustafsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gustafsson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paita looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Paita chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gustafsson can pounce on him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Gustafsson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Saita Paita's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Gustafsson sizes up Paita with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Paita checks a leg kick.
Paita misses the body punch
and Gustafsson counters by clinching up.
Gustafsson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Paita is trying to maintain a safe position but Gustafsson gets an underhook and turns Paita into the cage.
Gustafsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paita.
Paita wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustafsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Gustafsson.
Gustafsson is leaning against Paita and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paita takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gustafsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gustafsson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Paita up against the cage.
Paita blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paita stalling in the clinch but Gustafsson improves position.
Gustafsson lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gustafsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Gustafsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gustafsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustafsson tries to work over Paita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paita blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gustafsson stalling in the clinch.
Gustafsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paita trying to land knees to the body.
Gustafsson taking a breather.
Gustafsson stalls.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gustafsson seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Saita Paita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paita is looking to break free of the clinch but Gustafsson has double underhooks.
Gustafsson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gustafsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gustafsson lands with a light punch inside.
Gustafsson misses with some punches.
Gustafsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gustafsson tries to work over Paita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paita tries a knee to the head but Gustafsson blocks it.
Ragnar Gustafsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paita wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson working aggressively here.
Gustafsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paita tries to stall but Gustafsson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson slowing the pace effectively.
Paita goes for a takedown attempt but Gustafsson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Paita is defended easily by Gustafsson.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gustafsson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ragnar Gustafsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gustafsson 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ragnar Gustafsson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sachi Keikain (ranked 2772 p4p, 3135 weight class) and Bruno Baranka (ranked 282 p4p, 311 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sachi Keikain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Baranka!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keikain drops his hands momentarily and Baranka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Baranka misses the body punch
and Keikain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Keikain stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Baranka.
Baranka misses with a jab to the body
and Keikain counters with a nice uppercut.
Baranka misses with a left hand
and Keikain counters with a leg kick.
Baranka misses with a left hand
and Keikain counters with a low kick, right behind Baranka 's knee.
Bruno Baranka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baranka misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Keikain.
We've been told by Keikain's head coaches at Shut Up & Train! that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Baranka lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Sachi Keikain has been cut.
Baranka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keikain's sensitive parts.
Baranka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Baranka keeps Keikain at a distance using the push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baranka tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keikain is able to avoid easily.
Keikain seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Baranka's corner calls for a 1-2. Baranka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Baranka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keikain was well out of range. Poor timing from Baranka.
Keikain is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Baranka misses with a right hand
and Keikain counters with a nice low kick that buckles Baranka's knee momentarily.
Keikain scores with a head kick. Baranka tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baranka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Baranka misses with the combination.
Baranka avoids the body shot from Keikain.
Baranka wants to land a leg kick but Keikain is out of range.
A lazy body kick from Baranka
and Keikain counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baranka is looking to chop away at Keikain's legs.
Baranka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Keikain bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baranka's head backwards.
Baranka misses with an uppercut. Keikain saw that one coming.
Keikain throws a quick counter kick to the body but Baranka avoids it.
Baranka throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Keikain stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Keikain closes the distance and pushes Baranka back into the cage.
Baranka is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Baranka.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
Keikain lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baranka or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keikain blocking some punches.
Baranka throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
Baranka avoiding damage.
A right hand to the body from Keikain.
Baranka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Baranka.
Keikain tries to throw a body punch but Baranka avoids it by throwing Keikain back against the cage.
Baranka misses with the head strike.
Baranka misses with a body punch.
Keikain misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Keikain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baranka blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Keikain.
Keikain is stalling here.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Baranka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baranka.
Keikain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baranka.
Baranka throws a head punch that misses.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Baranka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Baranka on the inside.
Baranka digs a right hand into Keikain's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Keikain's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baranka is looking to control Keikain's arms but Keikain gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baranka has his back to the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Keikain.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Keikain takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Keikain misses with the head strike.
Baranka struggles to land a body shot inside as Keikain controls his hands.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baranka is looking to control Keikain's arms but Keikain gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baranka has his back to the cage.
Baranka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baranka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baranka trying to stall but Keikain improves his position.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Baranka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Keikain backwards.
Keikain lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Keikain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sachi Keikain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Baranka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Keikain counters by moving into the clinch.
Keikain lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baranka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A left hand lands to the body for Keikain.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain slows down the pace here.
Baranka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keikain's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baranka.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baranka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baranka lands a hook that snaps the head of Keikain backwards.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Baranka fails to land.
Baranka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baranka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Keikain throws a punch but it's blocked by Baranka.
Keikain has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Keikain gets through Baranka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Baranka misses with a punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a body punch.
Baranka lands a hook that snaps the head of Keikain backwards.
Keikain prevents a body shot from Baranka.
Keikain just leaning against Baranka, taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Baranka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Keikain pushes Baranka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baranka backwards.
Baranka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baranka.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baranka blocks an uppercut.
Keikain lands with a short shot to the head.
Keikain has Baranka pressed against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baranka blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keikain digs a right hand into Baranka's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baranka's gas tank.
Baranka tries to work over Keikain's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baranka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keikain.
Baranka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baranka being controlled against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keikain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baranka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Keikain.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keikain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
Baranka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Baranka is trying to stall.
Keikain throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barankas head.
Baranka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baranka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baranka takes a shot to the head.
Sachi Keikain has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Keikain scores with a hook to the body.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keikain misses with the head strike.
Keikain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baranka backwards.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Baranka.
Baranka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baranka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keikain swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
Keikain misses with a leg kick.
Baranka misses with a hook
and Keikain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Keikain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baranka's sensitive parts.
Baranka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baranka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baranka throws the kick towards the body but Keikain avoids it.
Keikain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baranka misses with a hook. Keikain ducked under it nicely.
Keikain appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A nice leg kick from Keikain, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baranka tries to score with a low kick but Keikain moves his leg out of the way.
Baranka looks for the body kick but Keikain saw that one coming.
Keikain scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Keikain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baranka.
Sachi Keikain is winning the standup battle so far.
Keikain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baranka misses with a lunging right hand
and Keikain counters with an outside leg kick.
Baranka tries a head kick but it misses.
Baranka throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Keikain to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keikain throws a body shot but no joy.
Baranka tries to land a front kick but Keikain steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It looked like Keikain wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Baranka thuds his right hand into Keikain's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Baranka throws a leg kick
and Keikain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keikain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keikain slips under a jab from Baranka.
Keikain fires out a quick counter leg kick but Baranka just manages to avoid it.
Baranka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keikain manages to avoid it.
Keikain scores with the left hand. Baranka knows he should have avoided that one.
Baranka misses with a hook
and Keikain counters with a nice uppercut.
Keikain takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Baranka misses with a body kick.
Baranka looks to score with a jab to the body but Keikain is just out of range.
Baranka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Baranka jabs Keikain right on the nose. Keikain blinks but takes it well.
That kick from Baranka tenderised Keikain's leg. Keikain is trying to keep his angry face on.
Baranka sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Baranka lands a high kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baranka misses with a right hand
and Keikain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baranka throws a solid leg kick but Keikain takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Baranka.
Keikain with the inside leg kick.
Keikain throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Keikain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baranka can do to turn this around?
Baranka avoids a kick to the body.
Keikain lands with a kick to the temple. Baranka shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Baranka avoids the head kick by Keikain.
Baranka takes one on the chin but seems OK.
 Baranka is rocked!
Keikain scores with a jab to the head.
Baranka is still on wobbly legs! Can Keikain finish him?
Baranka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Baranka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Keikain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baranka's sensitive parts.
Keikain throws out a powerful jab.
Keikain lands a jab to Baranka's midsection.
Baranka throws a leg kick
and Keikain counters with a nice body shot.
Baranka with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baranka misses with a body punch
and Baranka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Keikain lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Baranka falls backwards - clearly groggy! Keikain dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sachi Keikain!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markus Primus (ranked 2089 p4p, 2920 weight class) and Sairanix Lokren (ranked 223 p4p, 302 weight class). Primus comes to the cage accompanied by LEGIONS ARE MARCHING. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Markus Primus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sairanix Lokren!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lokren dives in and grabs Primus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Primus pushes down on Lokren's head and hops out.
Primus is looking to counter punch.
Lokren shoots in but Primus avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A little feinted left hand from Primus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lokren feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Lokren with a nice head shot there.
Lokren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Primus might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lokren stopping the sweep attempt from Primus.
Primus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lokren throwing strikes from guard but Primus blocks nicely.
Lokren drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Primus manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Lokren has Primus in his guard.
Primus wants to control from the top but Lokren keeps moving.
Primus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokren throwing short punches from the bottom.
Lokren throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Primus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lokren swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lokren will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Primus slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lokren wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Lokren struggling a bit here.
Lokren is trying to improve his position.
Primus working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Primus working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lokren is looking to regain half guard here but Primus keeps moving and retains side control.
Primus tries to advance to mount but can't.
Lokren regains half guard.
Lokren has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Primus is working away from the top position though.
Lokren won't allow Primus to pass to mount.
Lokren regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lokren keeping full guard, as Primus tries to pass.
Lokren has his hands on Primus's head, controlling the position.
Primus tries to free his leg and advance position but Lokren is retaining full guard.
Primus is working hard here to advance position.
Primus won't allow Lokren to sweep him here.
Primus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lokren swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokren escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Primus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lokren striking off his back but it's not causing Primus any problems.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lokren throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Lokren throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Primus passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lokren tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Lokren tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Lokren is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lokren sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Primus uses his free foot to push down on Lokren's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Lokren.
Primus looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Primus looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lokren working to try and regain half guard.
Lokren has given up his back - I don�t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Primus is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Lokren defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Primus has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Lokren has freed his hand and lives to survive another� well, another couple of seconds at least!
Lokren tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lokren is trying desperately to improve position.
Lokren flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lokren is looking to improve his position but Primus isn't that keen on the idea.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Markus Primus dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lokren closes this distance looking for a takedown but Primus circles away.
Lokren shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lokren showed some decent athleticism there.
Lokren prevents Primus from improving his position.
Lokren missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Primus taking some punishment here, with Lokren in his half guard.
Lokren missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lokren throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lokren throws a strike but Primus avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Lokren is in close to Primus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lokren postures up in Primus's guard and throws a big left but Primus blocks it.
Lokren lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lokren postures up in Primus's guard and throws a big left but Primus blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Primus has momentary wrist control but Lokren slips an elbow through the middle.
Lokren is in close to Primus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lokren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lokren connects with a couple of short punches.
Primus wants to sweep here but Lokren controlling him for the moment.
Primus doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lokren cracks Primus with a solid left hand.
Lokren distracts Primus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lokren is in close to Primus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lokren makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lokren lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
 Primus is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lokren gets to his feet and stands over Primus, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Primus felt that one! Lokren unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Primus from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sairanix Lokren!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Jones (ranked 25036 p4p, 1954 weight class) and Cyprian Malinowski (ranked 452 p4p, 211 weight class). Cyprian Malinowski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greg Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cyprian Malinowski!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malinowski darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jones looking to score a takedown here. Malinowski is defending well but Jones drives through and ends up in Malinowski's guard.
Jones engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jones stops Malinowski from standing up.
Malinowski is trying to stand and escape. In the scramble, Jones has locked hold of an arm and he's managed to lock on an armbar - Malinowski taps out instantly and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Greg Jones!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santos Guerrera (ranked 3026 p4p, 1213 weight class) and Hail Satan (ranked 308 p4p, 155 weight class). Santos Guerrera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Santos Guerrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hail Satan!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satan looks to score with a jab to the body but Guerrera is just out of range.
Guerrera swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Satan throws an overhand right that lands on Guerrera's shoulder, as Guerrera tries to avoid the shot.
Satan scores with a hook to the body. Guerrera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Satan misses the shot to the body.
Guerrera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Satan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guerrera moves in looking to clinch but Satan pushes him off.
Guerrera is looking to clinch but Satan is avoiding it.
Satan has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Guerrera is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Satan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guerrera moves away.
Guerrera was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Guerrera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Satan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Satan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Satan connects with a nice looking jab.
Guerrera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrera moves in looking to clinch but Satan pushes him off.
Satan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Guerrera darts in and clinches Satan up against the cage.
Guerrera taking a breather.
Guerrera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Guerrera is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Guerrera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Satan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Satan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Guerrera.
Guerrera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Satan blocks it with crossed arms.
Guerrera landing knees to the head.
It looks like Hail Satan has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Guerrera.
Satan has had enough of the clinch but Guerrera keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Satan.
Guerrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Satan.
Guerrera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guerrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Satan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guerrera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Satan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guerrera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A shot in the inside from Guerrera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Guerrera.
Guerrera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Satan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guerrera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Satan misses the shot to the body.
Guerrera half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Guerrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guerrera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Satan.
Guerrera lands a jab.
Guerrera is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Satan.
It looks like Santos Guerrera has been cut.
Satan throws a shot to the body.
Satan misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrera walks into a straight right hand from Satan.
Guerrera moves into range and clinches up with Satan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stalling in the clinch from Guerrera.
Guerrera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Satan is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guerrera.
Guerrera lands an uppercut.
Satan breaks the clinch.
Satan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Guerrera tries to clinch
and Satan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Satan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guerrera is looking to clinch.
Satan takes a swing at Guerrera's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Santos Guerrera will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Guerrera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Satan throws a poor cross that misses
and Guerrera counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guerrera fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Guerrera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Satan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Guerrera rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice defenses there by Guerrera.
Guerrera tries to clinch there but Satan circles away.
Guerrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guerrera swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Satan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Guerrera at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Satan misses the shot to the body.
Guerrera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Satan, pushing him back against the cage.
Satan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Satan keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Satan. Those never looked like landing.
Guerrera tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Satan manages to circle out of the way.
Guerrera cracks Satan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Satan lands a nice shot to the body.
Satan jabs at Guerrera's body.
Guerrera has managed to clinch.
Guerrera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Satan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guerrera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guerrera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Satan blocks it with crossed arms.
Guerrera stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Guerrera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Guerrera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satan dodges an elbow strike from Guerrera.
Guerrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Satan.
Guerrera lands a knee to the head.
Guerrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guerrera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Satan.
Guerrera prevents Satan from breaking the clinch.
Guerrera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrera stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Guerrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Satan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guerrera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Satan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Guerrera misses with a knee to the head.
Guerrera scores with a nice hook to the head.
Guerrera gets through Satan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Guerrera throws a head punch that misses.
Satan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Satan tries to break the clinch but Guerrera is controlling the position.
Guerrera throws a head punch that misses.
Guerrera throws a head punch that misses.
Guerrera trying to land knees to the body.
Guerrera tries to land a knee to the head but Satan blocks with his arms.
Guerrera looking to throw knees to the head but Satan is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrera scores with a shoulder strike.
Guerrera has a couple of punches blocked by Satan.
Satan blocks an elbow strike from Guerrera.
Satan can't break the clinch.
The referee calls for Guerrera to work.
Guerrera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Satan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guerrera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Satan's defenses.
Guerrera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Satan backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guerrera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Satan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guerrera lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Santos Guerrera dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Satan scores with a three punch combo!
Hail Satan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Satan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Guerrera stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Satan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Guerrera swings for the body but Satan moves out of range.
Guerrera looks to clinch
and Satan counters with a right hand to the body.
Guerrera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Guerrera takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Satan misses with a jab to the body
and Guerrera counters with a nice uppercut.
Guerrera looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Satan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guerrera tries to clinch there but Satan circles away.
Satan misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan throws a right hand that Guerrera ducks under and follows up with a left that Guerrera also avoids with ease.
Satan looks to throw the jab but Guerrera is out of range.
Hail Satan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guerrera missing with a left hand there. Satan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Satan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hail Satan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Satan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guerrera holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Guerrera tries a knee to the head but Satan blocks it.
Guerrera lands with a left to the head.
Guerrera lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Satan.
Guerrera misses with a body punch.
Guerrera working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guerrera controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by Guerrera.
Guerrera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Guerrera misses with an elbow over the top.
Satan breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guerrera looks to land a right hand but Satan moved out of range.
Satan keeps the fight on the outside.
Satan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Satan moves forwards but Guerrera connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Satan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satan keeps the fight on the outside.
Guerrera rushes Satan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Satan blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Satan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from Guerrera.
Guerrera looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Guerrera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Satan avoids it.
Guerrera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guerrera tries to land knees in the clinch but Satan avoids the damage to the body.
Satan manages to break the clinch.
Guerrera misses with a leg kick
and Satan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Guerrera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Satan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrera is looking to clinch.
Guerrera doesn't manage to clinch there - Satan circles away.
Satan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guerrera tries to clinch but Satan is having none of it.
Nice jab there from Satan.
Guerrera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guerrera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Satan can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guerrera throws a nice looking combination but Satan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Satan jabs at Guerrera's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oooooh!!! Satan has knocked Guerrera down with a huge combo! Satan steps away and waves a wobbly Guerrera back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
And that's the end of the fight!
Hail Satan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Guerrera has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santos Guerrera!
A very excited looking Santos Guerrera made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cenchrus Ekinato (ranked 749 p4p, 2276 weight class) and Summit Panda (ranked 95 p4p, 249 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cenchrus Ekinato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Summit Panda!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panda takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Panda wants to clinch up but Ekinato keeps it at a distance.
Ekinato throws the left hand but Panda avoids the punch easily.
Ekinato has closed the distance and engaged Panda in a clinch.
Ekinato lands a damaging elbow.
Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Panda tries to work over Ekinato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ekinato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Panda throws a head punch that misses.
Panda blocks a body shot from Ekinato.
Panda pushes Ekinato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Panda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato prevents a body shot from Panda.
Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato lands an uppercut.
Ekinato definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ekinato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ekinato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ekinato lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato scores with a hook to the body.
Ekinato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Panda uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Ekinato.
Ekinato blocking some punches.
Ekinato working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Ekinato scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ekinato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ekinato avoiding damage.
Panda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ekinato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Panda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Panda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Panda blocking some punches.
Ekinato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land.
Panda misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Panda.
Ekinato misses with some punches.
Panda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Panda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ekinato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Panda misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekinato trying to control the position but instead, Panda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ekinato into the cage.
Ekinato working aggressively here.
Ekinato misses with an elbow strike.
Ekinato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ekinato lands a nice uppercut.
Panda misses with the head strike.
Ekinato lands a body punch.
Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato misses with a punch on the inside.
Ekinato lands an uppercut.
Ekinato blocking some punches.
Panda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ekinato lands a body punch.
Panda throws a punch but it's blocked by Ekinato.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Panda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Panda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Panda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ekinato.
Panda lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekinato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Panda lands a shoulder strike.
Ekinato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Panda prevents a body shot from Ekinato.
Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
Ekinato can't find room to land a body shot as Panda controls the action.
Panda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Panda lands with a right to the head.
Ekinato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ekinato misses with a punch on the inside.
Ekinato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pandas head.
Ekinato lands a nice uppercut.
Panda swings wildly with an uppercut but Ekinato uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Panda.
Panda lands an uppercut.
Ekinato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ekinato blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ekinato.
Ekinato lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Panda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ekinato.
Ekinato digs a right hand underneath Panda's ribcage. Panda let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ekinato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ekinato blocking some punches.
Ekinato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Ekinato scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ekinato tries to throw a body punch but Panda avoids it by throwing Ekinato back against the cage.
Ekinato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Panda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land.
Panda misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ekinato.
Ekinato is working Panda over against the cage.
Ekinato tries to throw a body punch but Panda avoids it by throwing Ekinato back against the cage.
Ekinato slows down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ekinato blocking some punches.
Panda blocks a body shot from Ekinato.
A head punch on the inside from Ekinato fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cenchrus Ekinato dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Ekinato loads up on a big right hand but Panda slips the punch.
Panda wants to counter the offense by Ekinato and move into the clinch position.
Ekinato lands a jab.
It looks like Summit Panda has been cut.
Ekinato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Panda can do to turn this around?
Panda moves into the clinch.
Ekinato with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ekinato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Panda misses with the head strike.
Panda scores with a shot to the side of Ekinato's head.
A short uppercut from Panda.
Cenchrus Ekinato has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Panda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ekinato fails to land.
Panda throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ekinato.
Ekinato blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ekinato scores with a nice short uppercut.
Panda can't find room to land a body shot as Ekinato controls the action.
Ekinato looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Panda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekinato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ekinato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Panda avoids it.
Panda throws a head punch that misses.
Panda working aggressively here.
Panda blocks a body shot from Ekinato.
Panda scores with a shot to the side of Ekinato's head.
Panda working aggressively here.
Panda swings wildly with an uppercut but Ekinato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Panda throws a punch but it's blocked by Ekinato.
Ekinato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ekinato blocks a body shot from Panda.
Ekinato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ekinato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ekinato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ekinato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Panda.
A left hand lands to the body for Ekinato.
Panda is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Panda takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ekinato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Panda's elbow.
Panda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekinato blocks a body shot from Panda.
Panda letting Ekinato take a breather here.
Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Panda throws a punch but it's blocked by Ekinato.
Panda prevents a body shot from Ekinato.
Panda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ekinato misses with some punches.
Panda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ekinato blocking some punches.
Ekinato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Panda's defenses.
Ekinato working aggressively here.
Ekinato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Panda's defenses.
Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Panda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ekinato lands a shoulder strike.
Ekinato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
Ekinato lands a damaging elbow.
Ekinato lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Panda or not.
A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekinato landing knees to the body.
Ekinato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Panda backwards.
Ekinato drops Panda with a big knee straight up the middle! Panda is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Panda is rocked!
Summit Panda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Panda switches off momentarily and Ekinato cracks him with a monster right hand! Panda topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Ekinato dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Ekinato!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cenchrus Ekinato!
Cenchrus Ekinato seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lopez (ranked 343 p4p, 1427 weight class) and Nobita Baki (ranked 43 p4p, 164 weight class). Lopez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 2PAC - All Eyez on Me. Diego Lopez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nobita Baki!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Baki misses with a takedown attempt
and Lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Nobita Baki has been cut.
Lopez connects with a combination that backs up Baki into the cage. Lopez lands a flurry of punches that gets past Baki's guard. Baki is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Lopez bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Lopez!
Diego Lopez 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.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Harrison (ranked 212 p4p, 1487 weight class) and Max All The Way (ranked 31 p4p, 173 weight class). Harrison comes to the cage accompanied by All of the Above. The key to victory for Michael Harrison has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Max All The Way!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
All The Way keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrison.
All The Way changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Harrison throws a hook but All The Way avoids it easily.
Harrison misses with an uppercut. All The Way saw that one coming.
Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison throws a right hand that All The Way ducks under and follows up with a left that All The Way also avoids with ease.
All The Way has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Harrison is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrison tries to counter by clinching up but All The Way breaks away and moves out of range.
Harrison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from All The Way.
Harrison tests All The Way's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from All The Way misses.
Harrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Harrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
All The Way misses with a hook.
Michael Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
All The Way misses with a left hand
and Harrison moves into the clinch.
Harrison lands a body shot.
All The Way tries to pull guard but Harrison won't allow it.
Harrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harrison lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
All The Way shoots for a double leg takedown but Harrison sprawls well. He's pushed All The Way's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Michael Harrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max All The Way.
Harrison looks to land a combination but All The Way avoids it well.
Harrison lands with an uppercut that bounces All The Way off the cage and back into range.
Harrison missing with a left hand there. All The Way was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harrison misses with an uppercut.
Harrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
All The Way moves away from the strike by Harrison.
All The Way manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Harrison on his heels. He'll look to pass Harrison's guard now, I'm sure.
All The Way looking to sit in guard and control but Harrison gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
All The Way tries to land a sweep but no joy.
All The Way bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harrison's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison looking to control but All The Way passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
All The Way is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
All The Way controlling the action here.
Harrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. All The Way is working away from the top position though.
All The Way is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison trying to control here.
All The Way sitting and controlling from the half guard.
All The Way trying to control from half guard but Harrison is working away.
All The Way moves nicely into side control.
All The Way creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Harrison sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
All The Way wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harrison keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
All The Way tries for a kimura but Harrison is defending well.
All The Way tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Harrison knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for All The Way on the ground.
All The Way is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Harrison is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
All The Way working away.
All The Way passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Harrison!
All The Way has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Harrison is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Max All The Way!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Frost (ranked 78 p4p, 2504 weight class) and Kaden Stephens (ranked 10 p4p, 256 weight class). Frost comes into the arena with Procreation (of the Wicked) blaring out of the sound system. Kaden Stephens is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaden Stephens!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stephens misses with a takedown attempt
and Frost counters with a takedown into side control.
Stephens is looking to reverse the position.
Frost tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stephens tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Frost wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Stephens!
Frost tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephens wants to hold on but Frost pushes him away.
Stephens tries to control Frost's body but Frost pushes him off. Stephens squirms to his side and now Frost has his back!
Frost is persistently looking for the submission but Stephens is defending it well.
Frost is hanging on to Stephens's back as he tries to escape.
Frost definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stephens is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Stephens's face� He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stephens manages to reverse the position and now he's in Frost's guard. Nice work there by Stephens.
Stephens looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Frost seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Frost looking for a sweep. Not yet Frost, not yet.
Stephens looking to sit in guard and control but Frost gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stephens not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Frost content to stall in guard here.
Stephens looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Frost has picked Stephens up and slammed him! Stephens can't keep hold of the triangle and Frost manages to pass to side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stephens looks to move to half guard but instead Frost has passed into mount! Damn!
Stephens can't escape the position.
Stephens reaches up and pulls Frost towards him, trying to control the position. Frost manages to get a guillotine from the mount though! This could be big trouble for Stephens! Stephens tries to roll over - now Frost is on the bottom but the guillotine is really deep and Stephens has to tap out! Great work there by Frost!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Eric Frost!
Our winner, Eric Frost, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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