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GAMMA#1225 Bits v Sitsongrit PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haruki Johnson (ranked 1789 p4p, 1706 weight class) and Roberto Romero (ranked 215 p4p, 202 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Shooting Stars ft. Toro y moi (Flume Cover). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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213
26 - 12 - 0 |
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205
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haruki Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Romero!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romero.
Johnson throws a hook but Romero blocks it.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romero lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Romero counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson throws a body punch but Romero moves out of range.
Romero tries to clinch up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Romero, as that shot connected.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Romero can pounce on him.
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Romero throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Romero swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero lands a head shot.
Romero lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Romero throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Romero's ribs.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Romero moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Romero saw that one coming.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romero jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Romero.
Romero uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Johnson has time to react.
Roberto Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Romero.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Romero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Romero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Romero blocks a jab.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
 It looks like Haruki Johnson has been cut.
Romero is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Romero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Romero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Romero comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Romero takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Romero lands an overhand right.
Romero is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romero moves away.
Romero throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Romero.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Romero sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romero drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Romero on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Johnson is leaning against Romero and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Romero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Romero.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Romero has double underhooks.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Romero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Romero misses.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Romero lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Romero.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Romero tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Romero throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Romero stalks Johnson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johnson's face. Johnson staggers backwards, shaken.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Romero throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Romero clinches.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romero lands a body shot in the clinch.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Romero controls the action.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Romero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romero moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Romero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haruki Johnson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Romero.
Nice jab there from Romero.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
letting Romero counter with a right hand.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romero blocks a jab.
Romero scores with a shot to the body.
Romero paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Johnson punishes Romero's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Romero lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Romero cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Romero slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Romero counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Romero is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Romero is out of range.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Romero avoids them all with ease.
Romero throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Romero's body.
Romero throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Romero slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Romero counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Romero counters with a one-two to the body.
Haruki Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Romero scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romero.
Romero cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Romero with a hook.
A cross from Romero lands.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romero's elbow.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romero staying out of range there.
Romero loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Romero takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Romero smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Romero darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Romero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Romero has the dominant position.
Romero just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Romero.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Romero avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Romero working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Romero is controlling the position.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero lands with a light punch inside.
Haruki Johnson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Romero is controlling the position.
Romero scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Romero has double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Romero tries to tie him up.
Romero blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Romero manages to break the clinch.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roberto Romero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A good leg kick by Romero.
The crowd cheers as Romero lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Romero lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Romero bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Johnson's head backwards.
Romero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Romero blocking some punches.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Romero.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romero. Romero obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Romero lands with a right hand.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Romero counters with a stiff right hand.
Romero scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romero scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romero lands with a right hand.
Jeez, Haruki Johnson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Romero has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Haruki Johnson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Romero stalks Johnson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johnson's face. Johnson staggers backwards, shaken.
Romero swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
and Romero counters with a nice uppercut.
Romero paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Romero takes one to the side of the head.
Johnson misses the body punch
and Romero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Romero.
Romero paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Romero darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Romero lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Romero.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Haruki Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Roberto Romero!
Roberto Romero bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Haruki Johnson spoke after the fight, saying 'Yeah but my nan says I'm really good at this.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hiya Pleb (ranked 622 p4p, 1305 weight class) and Gellir Signarsson (ranked 88 p4p, 163 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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17 - 14 - 0 |
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186
9 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Hiya Pleb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gellir Signarsson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pleb misses the shot to the body.
Pleb fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Signarsson.
Signarsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pleb.
Jab by Signarsson.
Pleb avoids a punch combination nicely.
A quick step to the side and Pleb tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pleb wants to clinch but Signarsson slips to the side
and Pleb takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pleb throws a leg kick that misses.
Pleb looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hiya Pleb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pleb jabs at Signarsson's body.
Pleb throws a sloppy head kick
and Signarsson counters with a one-two to the body.
Signarsson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Signarsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pleb.
Pleb lands a nice leg kick that just misses Signarsson's sensitive parts.
Pleb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Signarsson throws a right hand that misses
and Pleb counters with a straight right hand.
Signarsson misses with a two punch combination.
Pleb wants to clinch
letting Signarsson counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Pleb misses.
Signarsson feints a counter leg kick.
Pleb tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Signarsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pleb forces Signarsson back against the cage and clinches.
Signarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Pleb uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pleb.
Signarsson breaks from the clinch.
Pleb tries to clinch but Signarsson moves out of range.
Signarsson tries to bum rush Pleb with a series of wild strikes but Pleb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pleb is looking to wear down Signarsson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheers as Signarsson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pleb doesn't seem phased though.
Pleb throws a head kick that misses.
Signarsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pleb throws a body kick that misses.
Pleb gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Signarsson.
Pleb throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pleb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Signarsson manages to avoid it.
Signarsson misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pleb with a hook.
Pleb bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Signarsson tries to keep at a distance but Pleb has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pleb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Signarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pleb blocks an uppercut.
Signarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Pleb.
Pleb lands a left hand.
Pleb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pleb misses with a punch on the inside.
Pleb misses with a body punch.
Pleb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Signarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Pleb.
Signarsson working aggressively here.
Signarsson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pleb seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Signarsson can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleb tries to throw a body punch but Signarsson avoids it by throwing Pleb back against the cage.
Pleb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pleb tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pleb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pleb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Pleb.
Pleb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pleb blocks an uppercut.
Pleb throws a punch but it's blocked by Signarsson.
Pleb lands a shoulder strike.
Pleb tries to throw a body punch but Signarsson avoids it by throwing Pleb back against the cage.
Pleb throws a head punch that misses.
Pleb swings wildly with an uppercut but Signarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Signarsson scores with a shot to the side of Pleb's head.
Signarsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Signarsson misses with a straight left.
Pleb feints and then cracks Signarsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Signarsson down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Signarsson looks to land a left hand but Pleb moved out of range nicely.
Pleb tried to score with a low kick but Signarsson checks it.
Signarsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Pleb lands an overhand right.
Signarsson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pleb moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pleb with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pleb tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pleb misses with a body kick.
Signarsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Signarsson looks to land a left hand but Pleb moved out of range nicely.
A quick step to the side and Pleb tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pleb throws the kick towards the body but Signarsson avoids it.
Pleb throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pleb misses with a straight left.
Signarsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pleb.
Pleb swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Signarsson.
Signarsson throws a body shot but no joy.
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 Hiya Pleb will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pleb connects with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Signarsson.
Signarsson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pleb throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pleb tries to clinch up.
Signarsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pleb is looking to clinch.
Pleb swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gellir Signarsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Signarsson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pleb lands an overhand right.
Pleb throws the kick towards the body but Signarsson avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pleb drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Signarsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Signarsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Pleb is just out of range.
Signarsson blocks the body kick.
Pleb throws a body shot but no joy.
Signarsson throws out a counter right but Pleb avoids it with no problem.
Pleb throws a lazy body kick
and Signarsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleb throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pleb swings for the body but Signarsson moves out of range.
Pleb tries to clinch up but Signarsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pleb - that will leave a mark!
Pleb misses with a body punch
and Signarsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Pleb showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Signarsson.
Pleb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Signarsson.
An inside leg kick from Pleb misses.
A big right from Signarsson misses.
Pleb throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Signarsson counters with a straight right hand.
Pleb looks to land a body kick but Signarsson moved away.
Pleb has Signarsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Pleb throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pleb doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pleb misses with a punch on the inside.
Pleb misses with some punches.
Pleb lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pleb fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pleb tries a body shot but Signarsson blocks it.
Pleb blocks an uppercut.
Signarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Signarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Pleb.
Signarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Signarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Signarsson misses with the head strike.
Signarsson blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Signarsson.
Signarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pleb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Signarsson's elbow.
Signarsson blocking some punches.
Pleb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleb tries to work over Signarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pleb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pleb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pleb.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pleb.
Pleb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pleb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pleb blocking some punches.
Pleb has a couple of punches blocked by Signarsson.
A head punch on the inside from Pleb fails to land.
Signarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Pleb.
Signarsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pleb waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Signarsson.
Pleb getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pleb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pleb takes a swing at Signarsson's ribcage but misses.
Signarsson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pleb closes the distance and pushes Signarsson back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pleb working aggressively here.
Signarsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pleb working aggressively here.
Pleb misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pleb.
A nice right hand lands inside from Signarsson.
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!
Pleb misses with a punch on the inside.
Signarsson misses with the head strike.
Pleb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Signarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pleb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pleb blocking some punches.
Pleb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pleb misses with some punches.
Signarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pleb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Signarsson backwards.
Pleb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hiya Pleb will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Signarsson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gellir Signarsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pleb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Signarsson throws out a loose jab but Pleb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pleb looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pleb thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Signarsson if he has to take too many more of those.
Pleb throws a leg kick which misses Signarsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Signarsson tries to avoid it.
Pleb clinches up against the cage.
Signarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Pleb.
Signarsson blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Signarsson fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pleb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pleb throws a head punch that misses.
Pleb working aggressively here.
Pleb scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pleb misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pleb working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleb throws a head punch that misses.
Pleb tries a body shot but Signarsson blocks it.
Pleb working aggressively here.
Pleb misses with a punch on the inside.
Signarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pleb lands a body punch.
Pleb cracks Signarsson with a nice body shot.
Pleb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pleb doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Pleb.
Pleb swings wildly with an uppercut but Signarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pleb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pleb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pleb fails to land.
Signarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Pleb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pleb lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pleb lands a hook that snaps the head of Signarsson backwards.
Pleb digs a right hand underneath Signarsson's ribcage. Signarsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Signarsson.
Pleb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Signarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Signarsson working aggressively here.
Signarsson blocks an uppercut.
Pleb blocks an uppercut.
Pleb throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pleb.
Pleb misses with a punch on the inside.
Pleb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Signarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Pleb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pleb lands a shot to the body.
Pleb can't find room to land a body shot as Signarsson controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleb tries to throw a body punch but Signarsson avoids it by throwing Pleb back against the cage.
Pleb misses with the head strike.
Signarsson working aggressively here.
Pleb misses with the head strike.
Pleb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pleb.
Signarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pleb throws a head punch that misses.
Signarsson misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pleb.
Pleb misses with the head strike.
Pleb swings wildly with an uppercut but Signarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Signarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Pleb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pleb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Signarssons head.
Signarsson misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pleb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pleb lands with a light punch inside.
Signarsson blocks an uppercut.
Pleb lands a shoulder strike.
Signarsson blocking some punches.
Signarsson blocks an uppercut.
Pleb throws a punch but it's blocked by Signarsson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pleb misses with a punch on the inside.
Pleb is working Signarsson over against the cage.
Signarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pleb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Signarsson can do to turn this around?
Pleb misses with some punches.
Pleb lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Signarsson.
Signarsson misses with the head strike.
Pleb working aggressively here.
Signarsson blocks a body shot from Pleb.
A right handed body shot lands from Pleb.
Pleb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hiya Pleb showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pleb 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiya Pleb!
Hiya Pleb thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Repa Pulkkinen (ranked 740 p4p, 1105 weight class) and Liwa Kursiwa (ranked 84 p4p, 111 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
145
10 - 5 - 0 |
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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Repa Pulkkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 21 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Liwa Kursiwa!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kursiwa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pulkkinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kursiwa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kursiwa.
Liwa Kursiwa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kursiwa throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Pulkkinen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kursiwa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kursiwa wants to control but Pulkkinen is keeping busy.
Kursiwa regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kursiwa has Pulkkinen pulled in close to control his posture.
Kursiwa working a defensive guard here.
Pulkkinen is looking to stand up but Kursiwa won't let him.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kursiwa trying to keep a closed guard but Pulkkinen is proving a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kursiwa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pulkkinen avoids it really well and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kursiwa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pulkkinen did well to prevent Kursiwa getting side control.
Kursiwa sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kursiwa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pulkkinen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kursiwa drops back, looking for a kneebar! Pulkkinen looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Pulkkinen looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Pulkkinen!
Kursiwa struggling a bit here.
Kursiwa wants to get back to his feet but Pulkkinen is dominant here and he's now got Kursiwa's back!
Kursiwa prevents his opponent from getting back to his feet.
Kursiwa rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Kursiwa is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kursiwa wants to improve his position but Pulkkinen is controlling well.
Kursiwa keeps trying to improve his position.
Pulkkinen tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kursiwa is trying to get back to full guard.
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 Repa Pulkkinen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Pulkkinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kursiwa gets a clinch.
Pulkkinen is pressed up against the cage. Kursiwa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pulkkinen down to the mat. Pulkkinen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kursiwa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kursiwa closes the distance and clinches up with Pulkkinen, looking for a takedown. Kursiwa pushes Pulkkinen against the cage but Pulkkinen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kursiwa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pulkkinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kursiwa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pulkkinen will feel that in the morning.
Pulkkinen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kursiwa.
Repa Pulkkinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liwa Kursiwa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kursiwa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kursiwa shoots for a takedown but Pulkkinen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pulkkinen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Pulkkinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kursiwa shoots in looking for a takedown. Pulkkinen tries to sprawl out of it but Kursiwa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pulkkinen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
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.
Kursiwa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pulkkinen's waist but Pulkkinen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kursiwa off to one side.
A quick step to the side and Pulkkinen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kursiwa tries to work over Pulkkinen's front leg with a kick but Pulkkinen checks it.
Repa Pulkkinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kursiwa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pulkkinen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pulkkinen checks the leg kick.
Kursiwa misses the shot to the body.
Pulkkinen attempts a counter takedown but Kursiwa avoids it well and moves away.
Pulkkinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kursiwa shoots for a takedown but Pulkkinen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Pulkkinen misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kursiwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Pulkkinen is just out of range.
Pulkkinen lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kursiwa shoots in for a takedown but Pulkkinen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kursiwa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kursiwa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pulkkinen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kursiwa trying to control but Pulkkinen is working from the bottom.
Pulkkinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pulkkinen trying to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kursiwa wants to control from the top but Pulkkinen keeps moving.
Kursiwa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pulkkinen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kursiwa misses with an uppercut. Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
Pulkkinen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Liwa Kursiwa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kursiwa connects with a body shot.
Liwa Kursiwa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kursiwa shoots for a double leg takedown but Pulkkinen sprawls well. He's pushed Kursiwa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kursiwa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pulkkinen leaves Kursiwa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Kursiwa.
Kursiwa lands with a right hand.
Kursiwa darts in trying to clinch
and Pulkkinen counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kursiwa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pulkkinen sprawls well. Pulkkinen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kursiwa gets slowly back to his feet.
Pulkkinen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Repa Pulkkinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liwa Kursiwa.
Kursiwa connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kursiwa shoots in but no luck this time.
And Pulkkinen counters with a quick kick to the body but Kursiwa blocks it.
Kursiwa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pulkkinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kursiwa backwards.
Kursiwa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
 Kursiwa is rocked!
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike.
Kursiwa is still on wobbly legs! Can Pulkkinen finish him?
Pulkkinen lands a big knee to the head and Kursiwa goes down! Pulkkinen pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Repa Pulkkinen!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alcide Almunecar (ranked 1053 p4p, 723 weight class) and Pedro Porro (ranked 140 p4p, 101 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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8 - 1 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alcide Almunecar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pedro Porro!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Almunecar throws out the jab.
Porro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Porro there as he acknowledges the shot.
The fighters circling - Porro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Almunecar takes one to the side of the head.
Porro clinches up with Almunecar and pushes him back against the cage.
Almunecar lands with a short shot to the head.
Porro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Almunecar is defending well for now.
Porro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Almunecar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Porro missing with knees to the body.
Almunecar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Porro looking to throw knees to the head but Almunecar is blocking nicely.
Almunecar stalling.
Porro has a couple of punches blocked by Almunecar.
Almunecar is looking to break free of the clinch but Porro has double underhooks.
Porro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Porro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Almunecar's face.
It looks like Alcide Almunecar has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almunecar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Porro throws a body shot but no joy.
Porro closes the distance but Almunecar moves to the side
and Almunecar counters with a straight right hand.
Almunecar thuds a left hand into Porro's body.
A jab from Porro misses.
Almunecar throws a quick counter kick to the body but Porro avoids it.
Almunecar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Almunecar with a nice calf kick.
Porro throws a big shot that misses.
Porro lands a jab.
Porro wants to clinch but Almunecar slips to the side
enabling Almunecar to counter with a crisp jab.
Almunecar avoids the body shot from Porro.
Almunecar lands a jab to Porro's midsection.
Porro throws a right hand that misses
and Porro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almunecar throws a leg kick which misses Porro's front leg but catches the back leg as Porro tries to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almunecar slips under a jab from Porro.
Porro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Porro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Almunecar connects with an inside leg kick.
Porro is looking to clinch.
Porro is looking to clinch but Almunecar is avoiding it.
Pedro Porro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Porro lands a glancing blow to the side of Almunecar's head.
Almunecar throws a jab but it's blocked by Porro.
It looks like Almunecar has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Porro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Almunecar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Porro.
Porro throws a right hand that misses
and Almunecar counters with an inside leg kick.
Almunecar avoids the body shot from Porro.
Porro misses with an uppercut. Almunecar saw that one coming.
A counter left hand to the body from Almunecar misses its target.
Almunecar throws a hook but Porro blocks it.
Porro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Almunecar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Almunecar doesn't seem bothered though.
Almunecar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Almunecar avoids the body shot from Porro.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Almunecar.
Porro doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Porro misses with a wild body shot.
Porro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Almunecar.
It looked like Almunecar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Porro doesn't manage to clinch there - Almunecar circles away.
Almunecar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Porro was well out of range. Poor timing from Almunecar.
Almunecar throws a hook but Porro avoids it easily.
Porro takes one to the chin there.
Porro just misses with a punch to the body.
Porro moves into range and clinches up with Almunecar.
Porro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porro tries to work over Almunecar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Almunecar ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Almunecar no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Almunecar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almunecar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Almunecar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Almunecar is working hard here to advance position.
Almunecar controls Porro momentarily but Porro frees himself.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
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 Alcide Almunecar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alcide Almunecar's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jab, jab by Almunecar - just one landing.
Almunecar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Almunecar connects with a solid leg kick.
Almunecar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Almunecar swats away the attempt to clinch by Porro.
Porro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Porro. Almunecar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. Almunecar catches Porro right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almunecar misses with an uppercut. Porro saw that one coming.
Porro tries to clinch up but Almunecar circles away and keeps his distance.
Almunecar lunges at Porro with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Porro's hand.
Almunecar moves out of range of the strikes.
Porro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Almunecar.
Alcide Almunecar is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almunecar looks to land a combination but Porro avoids it well.
Porro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Porro. Almunecar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Almunecar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Porro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Almunecar throws a jab when Porro was well out of range.
Porro tries to clinch up but Almunecar circles away and keeps his distance.
Almunecar ducks under a wild hook from Porro.
Porro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Almunecar moves away from the strike by Porro.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Porro, as that shot connected.
Almunecar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Almunecar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Porro checks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almunecar. Porro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Porro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Porro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almunecar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Almunecar moves out of range of the strikes.
Porro connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almunecar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Almunecar throws a head kick but Porro moves out of range.
Almunecar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Porro has time to react.
Almunecar is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Porro tries to clinch
letting Almunecar counter with a right hand.
Almunecar blocks a jab.
Porro lands a lovely overhand right.
Almunecar misses with a leg kick.
Almunecar misses with a wild body shot.
Porro wants to clinch up but Almunecar keeps it at a distance.
Almunecar tried to counter with a leg kick but Porro avoided it.
Porro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Almunecar. That one must have hurt.
Porro dodges the punch combination from Almunecar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porro looks to score with a jab to the body but Almunecar is just out of range.
Porro scores with a nice right hand.
Porro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Porro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Porro on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Porro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Almunecar.
Porro misses with a straight left.
Almunecar is looking to chop away at Porro's legs.
Porro slips under a jab from Almunecar.
Porro throws a looping overhand right but Almunecar ducks down to avoid it.
Porro checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Almunecar lands an impressive looking overhand right. Porro doesn't seem phased though.
Porro misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porro throws a right hand that misses
and Almunecar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Porro misses with a few strikes there.
A counter left hand to the body from Almunecar misses its target.
Almunecar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Porro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Porro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Porro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Porro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Almunecar manages to avoid it.
Almunecar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Porro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Almunecar.
Almunecar throws a body punch but Porro moves out of range.
Porro is looking to clinch but Almunecar is avoiding it.
Porro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Almunecar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Almunecar.
Porro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alcide Almunecar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alcide Almunecar's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Porro is looking to clinch but Almunecar is avoiding it.
Pedro Porro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Porro rushes Almunecar and presses him up against the cage.
Porro looking to throw knees to the head but Almunecar is blocking nicely.
Porro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Almunecar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almunecar lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Porro.
Almunecar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Almunecar is working Porro over against the cage.
Porro has a couple of punches blocked by Almunecar.
Almunecar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porro has managed to clinch.
Porro struggles to land a body shot inside as Almunecar controls his hands.
Almunecar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Almunecar blocks a jab.
Nice jab there from Almunecar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almunecar scores with a shot to the body.
Almunecar misses with a looping left.
Almunecar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Porro. That did some damage!
Almunecar ducks right into an uppercut from Porro.
Porro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Almunecar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Porro throws a predictable looking body shot
and Almunecar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Porro digs a good body shot into Almunecar's ribs.
Porro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A low kick lands for Almunecar.
Almunecar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Porro looks to land a left hand but Almunecar moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almunecar scores with a jab to the head.
Almunecar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alcide Almunecar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almunecar throws the left hand but Porro avoids the punch easily.
Porro looks to score with a jab to the body but Almunecar is just out of range.
Porro misses with a wild body shot.
Porro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Porro throws a shot from downtown. Almunecar moves away and avoids it.
Porro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Almunecar's head.
Porro misses with a wild body shot.
Porro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Porro scores with a decent looking hook.
Porro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Porro misses the body punch
and Almunecar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Almunecar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Porro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Almunecar.
Porro swings for the body but Almunecar moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Almunecar.
Porro wants to clinch but Almunecar slips to the side
and Porro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Almunecar staying out of range there.
Porro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Porro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Almunecar throwing a counter right hand but Porro manages to avoid it.
Almunecar tests Porro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Almunecar scores with a hook.
Porro wants to clinch.
Almunecar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porro takes a swing at Almunecar's ribcage but misses.
Almunecar throwing a counter right hand but Porro manages to avoid it.
Porro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Almunecar counters with a stiff right hand.
Almunecar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Porro lands a body shot.
Porro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almunecar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Almunecar moves out of range of the strikes.
Porro clinches up against the cage.
Almunecar can't find room to land a body shot as Porro controls the action.
Porro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Porro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Porro misses with a knee to the head.
Almunecar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pedro Porro.
I think Almunecar 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Alcide Almunecar!
During a confident post fight interview, Alcide Almunecar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vance Patrick (ranked 800 p4p, 897 weight class) and MF Jones (ranked 109 p4p, 118 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Insanely flexible |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vance Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, MF Jones!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick slips under a jab from Jones.
Patrick jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Patrick swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.
Patrick checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Patrick has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Patrick moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jones misses with a right hand
and Patrick counters with a two punch combo.
Patrick connects with a single shot there.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Patrick is just out of range.
Patrick lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Patrick.
Danga de danga de dang - Patrick scores with a four punch combination!
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Patrick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Patrick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones avoids the body shot from Patrick.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Patrick thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Patrick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Patrick avoids it.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Patrick throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Patrick lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Patrick moves away and avoids it.
Jones slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patrick. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Patrick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Patrick scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jones checks a leg kick.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Patrick.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Jones moves out of range of the leg kick from Patrick.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Patrick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patrick.
Patrick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Patrick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patrick misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as Patrick lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Patrick fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Patrick throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Patrick.
Patrick moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Patrick throws out a powerful jab.
Patrick cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
Patrick is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Patrick chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
Patrick slips a straight right by Jones.
Patrick throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Patrick scores with the left hand. Jones knows he should have avoided that one.
Patrick paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Patrick throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jones throws a good cross that connects.
Patrick throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Patrick. That did some damage!
Jones shoots in and bounces Patrick off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Patrick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Patrick can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jones controls the pace.
Jones drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Patrick dives on top into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Patrick is aware though and is defending well.
Patrick postures up.
Jones working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Patrick has passed into half guard!
Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Patrick pulls his head out easily.
Patrick content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones tries to roll over but Patrick keeps him under control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vance Patrick dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Patrick counter with a right hand.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jones thumps Patrick with a low kick.
Patrick on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Patrick sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Patrick fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jones just manages to avoid it.
Patrick fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Some wild striking there from Patrick.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Patrick throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
Patrick cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Patrick.
Patrick just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patrick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Patrick tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Jones takes a swing at Patrick's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick throws a right hand that misses
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Patrick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Patrick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jones lands with a straight right. Patrick didn't see that one coming.
Patrick misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones throws a hook but Patrick blocks it.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Patrick is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jones cracks Patrick with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Patrick throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Patrick saw that one coming.
A jab from Patrick misses.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Patrick takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrick manages to avoid it.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Patrick checks a leg kick.
Patrick displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Patrick throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Patrick throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
A left lands for Patrick.
Patrick gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
Patrick moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jones misses with a body shot
and Patrick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Patrick's head but Patrick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Patrick appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Patrick's shoulder, as Patrick tries to avoid the shot.
Patrick lands with a hook. Jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Patrick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Patrick's shoulder, as Patrick tries to avoid the shot.
Patrick misses the shot to the body.
Patrick fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Patrick works the jab nicely.
Patrick digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Patrick moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Patrick thumps Jones with a low kick.
Patrick scores with a jab to the body.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrick manages to avoid it.
Patrick takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Patrick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patrick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patrick catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Patrick.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Patrick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Patrick misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Patrick's head back.
Patrick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Patrick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jones works the jab nicely.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patrick's hands.
Patrick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Patrick throws a one two combo.
Patrick walks into a left hand.
Patrick looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patrick was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Patrick to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Patrick misses.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Vance Patrick will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Patrick misses with an uppercut.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones misses with a hook. Patrick ducked under it nicely.
Patrick lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patrick doesn't seem phased though.
Patrick connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
Jones scores with a nice body kick.
Patrick is looking to chop away at Jones's legs.
Jones works Patrick's body with a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Patrick throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Vance Patrick is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones misses with a left hand
letting Patrick counter with a right hand.
Patrick moves away from the strike by Jones.
Donk. Patrick catches Jones right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Patrick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Patrick checks a low kick from Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Patrick.
A nice side step and Jones releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Patrick looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jones scores with a hook.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patrick is looking for a counter combo.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Nice shot by Patrick.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Patrick half committed to a counter leg kick.
Patrick connects with a solid leg kick.
Patrick throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
Patrick checks the leg kick.
Patrick lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jones lands with a good body shot.
Patrick swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones moves away from the strike by Patrick.
Jones moves out of range as Patrick strikes.
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Patrick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
MF Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings for the body but Patrick moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Patrick misses its target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patrick misses with a wild combination.
Jones throws a hook but Patrick avoids it easily.
Patrick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Patrick 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Patrick saw that one coming.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Patrick swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Jones on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Patrick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Patrick lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Patrick saw that one coming.
That kick from Patrick tenderised Jones's leg. Jones is trying to keep his angry face on.
Patrick throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Patrick connects with a looping right hand.
Patrick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Patrick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Patrick down.
Patrick avoids a kick to the body.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patrick lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Patrick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones pivots, looking for a leg kick but Patrick is out of range and Jones settles back down.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Patrick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Patrick with a jab.
Patrick lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones throws a front kick aimed at Patrick's knee but Patrick avoids it well.
Jones looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Patrick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Patrick misses the shot to the body.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patrick.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patrick moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Patrick was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Patrick.
A low kick from Patrick misses
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones drops Patrick with a right and a left! Jones comes rushing in but Patrick regains his composure and manages to keep Jones in guard.
 Patrick is rocked!
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Patrick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vance Patrick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Patrick looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones throws an elbow that misses. Patrick uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Patrick!
Jones escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Patrick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to MF Jones.
I think Patrick 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vance Patrick!
During a confident post fight interview, Vance Patrick thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Lothbrok (ranked 297 p4p, 642 weight class) and Waheed Saqqaf (ranked 45 p4p, 88 weight class). Saqqaf has chosen The Endless River - Eternal Insomnia as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ragnar Lothbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Waheed Saqqaf!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lothbrok moves out of range of the strikes.
Lothbrok avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lothbrok comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lothbrok throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Saqqaf to counter with a crisp jab.
Lothbrok misses with a leg kick
and Saqqaf cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saqqaf.
Saqqaf throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saqqaf. That's going to slow Lothbrok down.
Saqqaf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lothbrok.
Saqqaf slips under a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Lothbrok misses the target.
Lothbrok throws a body punch but Saqqaf moves out of range.
Lothbrok takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lothbrok is rocked!
It looks like Ragnar Lothbrok has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Lothbrok. Saqqaf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oh Lothbrok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lothbrok stuns Saqqaf with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A lazy left from Lothbrok finds it's target.
Lothbrok seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Lothbrok catches Saqqaf right on the button with a cross.
Lothbrok scores with a jab. Saqqaf acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lothbrok throws a shot to the body.
Saqqaf takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Saqqaf misses with a low kick.
Lothbrok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lothbrok connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lothbrok fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Saqqaf on the side of the head.
Lothbrok takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Saqqaf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Lothbrok on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lothbrok throws a poor cross that misses
and Saqqaf counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saqqaf thuds his right hand into Lothbrok's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lothbrok connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A combination from Lothbrok does no damage.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lothbrok throws a jab but it's blocked by Saqqaf.
A head kick misses from Saqqaf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok misses with a lunging right hand
and Saqqaf counters with a thumping low kick.
Lothbrok scores with a shot to the body.
Lothbrok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saqqaf throws out the jab.
Nice straight punches there by Lothbrok. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lothbrok.
Lothbrok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saqqaf moves away from the strike by Lothbrok.
Lothbrok fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
 It looks like Waheed Saqqaf has been cut.
Nice shot by Lothbrok.
Lothbrok with a jab.
Lothbrok lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lothbrok throws a leg kick but Saqqaf sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lothbrok lands the left hand.
Saqqaf bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lothbrok missing with a left hand there. Saqqaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saqqaf checks the leg kick nicely there.
Saqqaf looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saqqaf jabs Lothbrok right on the nose. Lothbrok blinks but takes it well.
Lothbrok tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saqqaf tries to move into range but Lothbrok moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Saqqaf lands with a slapping head kick.
Lothbrok misses with a straight left.
Lothbrok with a nice calf kick.
Lothbrok looks to land a left hand but Saqqaf moved out of range nicely.
Saqqaf getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice defenses there by Saqqaf.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lothbrok.
Saqqaf misses with a low kick.
It looked like Lothbrok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lothbrok misses with a hook
and Saqqaf counters with a thumping low kick.
Saqqaf throws a looping overhand right but Lothbrok ducks down to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lothbrok connects with a leg kick.
Saqqaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lothbrok.
Saqqaf looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big left from Lothbrok misses.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saqqaf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saqqaf takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lothbrok lands with a good body shot.
Saqqaf checks a low kick from Lothbrok.
Saqqaf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saqqaf moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Saqqaf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lothbrok lands a lovely overhand right.
Saqqaf misses with a low kick as Lothbrok jumps back.
Saqqaf turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Saqqaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Saqqaf throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lothbrok tests Saqqaf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've been told by Lothbrok's head coaches at Mentor Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lothbrok lands a right hook to the body.
Saqqaf dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lothbrok. That did some damage!
Lothbrok throws a jab but it's blocked by Saqqaf.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Lothbrok dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Saqqaf misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saqqaf throws a lazy body kick
and Lothbrok connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saqqaf takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lothbrok.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot.
Saqqaf looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Saqqaf misses the shot to the body.
Saqqaf throws an off balance right hand
and Lothbrok counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lothbrok throws a low kick but Saqqaf avoids it.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saqqaf lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lothbrok's sensitive parts.
Saqqaf throws a hook but Lothbrok avoids it easily.
Lothbrok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saqqaf can do to turn this around?
A shot to the liver by Lothbrok. Beautiful body shot.
Saqqaf throws a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lothbrok throws a hook but Saqqaf avoids it easily.
Saqqaf throws an overhand right that lands on Lothbrok's shoulder, as Lothbrok tries to avoid the shot.
Lothbrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saqqaf.
An attempted straight right counter from Lothbrok misses the target.
Saqqaf connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lothbrok momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saqqaf misses with a straight left.
Lothbrok rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saqqaf counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ragnar Lothbrok is winning the standup battle so far.
Lothbrok tests Saqqaf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good exchange - Saqqaf coming out on top.
Lothbrok throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Saqqaf walks into a left hand.
Saqqaf takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lothbrok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saqqaf lands with a nice body punch.
Saqqaf has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Saqqaf slips a straight right by Lothbrok.
Saqqaf walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lothbrok checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lothbrok slips a jab from Saqqaf.
Lothbrok jabs Saqqaf to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Saqqaf blocks a jab.
Ragnar Lothbrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saqqaf moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lothbrok. Saqqaf does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws out a loose jab but Saqqaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Lothbrok misses the target.
A combination from Saqqaf does no damage.
Saqqaf throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Lothbrok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lothbrok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lothbrok feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Saqqafs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Saqqaf throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lothbrok sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saqqaf throws a chopping leg kick but Lothbrok manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fighters circling - Lothbrok throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lothbrok throws a lazy uppercut
and Saqqaf counters with a nice uppercut.
Lothbrok ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Saqqaf on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lothbrok scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lothbrok ducks under a wild hook from Saqqaf.
Saqqaf has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lothbrok finds it's way round the side to connect with Saqqaf's head.
Lothbrok throws a hook to the side of Saqqaf's head but Saqqaf sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Saqqaf might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lothbrok has got the better of the exchanges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Lothbrok misses the target.
A slow jab from Saqqaf misses its intended target.
Lothbrok appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lothbrok avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lothbrok was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Saqqaf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lothbrok throws out the jab.
Lothbrok misses with a leg kick.
Lothbrok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Saqqaf lands a nice shot that snaps Lothbrok's head back.
Lothbrok misses with a few strikes there.
Saqqaf throws a lazy right hand but Lothbrok sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saqqaf jabs Lothbrok right on the nose. Lothbrok blinks but takes it well.
Saqqaf misses with an uppercut.
Lothbrok connects with a nice looking jab.
Jab by Lothbrok.
Saqqaf pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lothbrok is out of range and Saqqaf settles back down.
Lothbrok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saqqaf throws out the jab.
Saqqaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lothbrok.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saqqaf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lothbrok.
Nice jab there from Saqqaf.
Saqqaf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lothbrok loads up on a big right hand but Saqqaf slips the punch.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot.
Saqqaf on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Saqqaf ducks under a wild hook from Lothbrok.
Saqqaf throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lothbrok.
Saqqaf changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Saqqaf throws a leg kick but Lothbrok checks it.
Lothbrok is looking to land body kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Lothbrok 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. And we move into the final round!
Lothbrok misses with a series of wild punches.
Ragnar Lothbrok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Saqqaf feints and then cracks Lothbrok's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lothbrok down.
Saqqaf loads up on a big right hand but Lothbrok slips the punch.
Lothbrok is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lothbrok.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lothbrok.
Lothbrok checks a low kick from Saqqaf.
A counter left hand to the body from Lothbrok misses its target.
Saqqaf tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Saqqaf gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Saqqaf gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saqqaf takes a swing at Lothbrok's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Saqqaf misses.
Saqqaf avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Saqqaf's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lothbrok under the eye.
Lothbrok misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Lothbrok. That snapped Saqqaf's head back.
Saqqaf throws a body punch but Lothbrok moves out of range.
It looked like Lothbrok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saqqaf just misses with a punch to the body.
Lothbrok chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lothbrok connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saqqaf moves away.
Saqqaf walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Saqqaf swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lothbrok lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Saqqaf pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lothbrok rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saqqaf counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lothbrok. Saqqaf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saqqaf scores with a jab. Lothbrok acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lothbrok uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saqqaf.
Saqqaf throws a body shot but no joy.
Lothbrok appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Lothbrok coming out on top.
Lothbrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saqqaf.
Lothbrok is looking to counter punch.
A swing and a miss from Saqqaf.
Saqqaf just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLothbrok.
Saqqaf throws a combination. Lothbrok tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lothbrok misses with a lunging right hand
and Saqqaf counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lothbrok thinking.
Saqqaf takes one on the button.
Saqqaf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lothbrok.
Saqqaf moves forwards but Lothbrok connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lothbrok darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Decent striking displayed by Lothbrok there.
Lothbrok throws a jab but it's blocked by Saqqaf.
Saqqaf with the counter takedown but Lothbrok avoids it easily.
Lothbrok takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lothbrok clobbers Saqqaf with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A head kick misses from Saqqaf.
An attempted straight right counter from Lothbrok misses the target.
Lothbrok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saqqaf chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lothbrok can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saqqaf.
Saqqaf lands a right hook to the body.
Lothbrok lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Saqqaf pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lothbrok looks to throw a body kick
and Saqqaf counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lothbrok is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lothbrok connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Saqqaf pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saqqaf misses with a hook. Lothbrok ducked under it nicely.
Saqqaf throws a body kick that misses.
Saqqaf takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lothbrok lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saqqaf circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Lothbrok misses.
Lothbrok fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donk. Saqqaf catches Lothbrok right on the button with a cross.
Saqqaf ducks under a wild hook from Lothbrok.
Saqqaf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lothbrok.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saqqaf throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lothbrok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Lothbrok. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lothbrok.
Saqqaf waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lothbrok.
Saqqaf throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lothbrok counters with an inside leg kick.
Saqqaf misses with an uppercut.
Lothbrok lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lothbrok attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lothbrok looks to land a combination. Saqqaf sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lothbrok connects with a looping right hand.
Saqqaf misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick lands for Saqqaf.
Lothbrok swings for the body but Saqqaf moves out of range.
Saqqaf throws out a counter right but Lothbrok avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saqqaf. Lothbrok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Waheed Saqqaf has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lothbrok scores with a sloppy right hand. Saqqaf should have avoided that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ragnar Lothbrok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lothbrok 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ragnar Lothbrok!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Piston Honda Jr (ranked 585 p4p, 1188 weight class) and Montserrat Chai (ranked 83 p4p, 153 weight class). Honda Jr's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Punch Out Theme. Chai has chosen Right On- Showcore as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Piston Honda Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Montserrat Chai!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda Jr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Honda Jr lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chai is looking to chop away at Honda Jr's legs.
Chai throws a looping overhand right but Honda Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Honda Jr looks to land a combination but Chai avoids it well.
Chai misses the jab.
Honda Jr throws out a loose jab but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Honda Jr misses with a head kick.
Honda Jr misses with the combination.
Chai only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A lazy left from Chai finds it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai misses with a head kick.
Chai takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A clash of legs there as Chai blocks the low kick.
We've been told by Honda Jr's head coaches at Punch Out Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chai connects with a crisp jab.
Chai takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chai bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Honda Jr's head backwards.
Chai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honda Jr avoids the head kick by Chai.
Chai connects with a leg kick.
Chai scores with a nice strike.
Chai fails to land with a series of punches.
Chai thumps Honda Jr with a low kick.
Chai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chai keeps Honda Jr at a distance using the push kick.
Chai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jab by Chai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws a body shot but no joy.
Honda Jr lands with a kick to the temple. Chai shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Chai scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Honda Jr doesn't seem bothered though.
Chai throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chai moves out of range as Honda Jr throws a body kick.
Honda Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Chai is just out of range.
Chai scores with a kick to the midsection.
Chai looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chai lands a nice shot to the body.
Honda Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Honda Jr slips under a jab from Chai.
Chai throws a jab but it's blocked by Honda Jr.
Honda Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Honda Jr does no damage.
Chai follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr slips under a jab.
Montserrat Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - Chai coming out on top.
Chai throws a right hand that Honda Jr ducks under and follows up with a left that Honda Jr also avoids with ease.
Chai throws a series of punches but Honda Jr avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Honda Jr misses the target.
Chai tries to score with a low kick but Honda Jr moves his leg out of the way.
Chai with a nice cross.
Chai is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Honda Jr had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Honda Jr lands with a nice body punch.
Chai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Honda Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Honda Jr lands a head shot.
Chai defending well as Honda Jr loads up on a big left hand.
Honda Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Chai lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honda Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws a half hearted mid kick.
Honda Jr misses the shot to the body.
Chai is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Honda Jr with a body shot.
Chai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honda Jr manages to avoid it.
Honda Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Honda Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Honda Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chai moves away.
Chai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chai misses with a body kick.
It looked like Honda Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Honda Jr throws a push kick but Chai slaps the foot to one side.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Chai - that will leave a mark!
Chai throws out a leg kick but Honda Jr moves out of range and Chai only half commits.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honda Jr scores with a jab. Chai acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Honda Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Honda Jr cracks Chai with a good jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Montserrat Chai dominated 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.
Chai misses with a low kick.
Chai misses with a looping left.
Chai scores with a head kick.
Chai has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Chai scores with a push kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Honda Jr might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A lazy body kick from Chai
and Honda Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Honda Jr takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Chai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Honda Jr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honda Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Chai fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Honda Jr on the side of the head.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Honda Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Chai just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A leg kick checked by Honda Jr.
Chai scores with a spinning back kick!
Honda Jr will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda Jr missing with a left hand there. Chai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chai swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Honda Jr.
Honda Jr takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Chai throws a low kick, looking for Honda Jr's leg but Honda Jr calmly moves out of range.
Honda Jr takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chai missing with a left hand there. Honda Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Honda Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Honda Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chai in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Honda Jr takes one on the button.
Chai slips a jab and a cross from Honda Jr.
Chai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chai misses with a few strikes there.
Honda Jr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honda Jr takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Chai counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Honda Jr.
Honda Jr moves out of range of the body kick from Chai.
Honda Jr is looking to counter with a body kick.
Chai is looking to slow Honda Jr down with leg kicks.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Honda Jr.
It seemed like Chai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chai digs a good body shot into Honda Jr's ribs.
Chai misses with a hook. Honda Jr ducked under it nicely.
Honda Jr avoids a kick to the body.
Honda Jr steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chai. That one must have hurt.
Chai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Honda Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chai misses with a kick to the body
and Honda Jr counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr avoids the body shot from Chai.
Honda Jr throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chai appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Honda Jr ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Good leg kick by Chai.
Honda Jr takes one to the chin there.
Chai misses with a head kick.
Chai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Honda Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Honda Jr connects with a body shot.
Honda Jr checks a leg kick.
Chai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honda Jr moves away.
Chai lands a glancing blow to the side of Honda Jr's head.
Chai misses with a hook to the body
and Honda Jr finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Honda Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Chai throws a counter combo.
Chai takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai tries to land a leg kick but Honda Jr saw it coming and moves away.
Chai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Honda Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honda Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Chai looks to score with a jab to the body but Honda Jr is just out of range.
Chai scores with a jab to the body.
Chai misses with a body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Honda Jr misses its target.
Honda Jr is looking to land body kicks.
Honda Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Honda Jr throws out a powerful jab.
Honda Jr misses with a head kick.
Chai avoids the body shot from Honda Jr.
Honda Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chai throws a body punch but Honda Jr moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Montserrat Chai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Chai cracks Honda Jr with a good jab.
Honda Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chai can pounce on him.
Chai has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Honda Jr finds it's way round the side to connect with Chai's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Chai.
Chai scoring well with a low kick there.
Montserrat Chai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Honda Jr swings for the body but Chai moves out of range.
Honda Jr misses with a looping left.
Honda Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chai.
Chai lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chai moves away.
A little jabbing left from Chai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chai throws a front kick aimed at Honda Jr's knee but Honda Jr avoids it well.
Chai connects with a solid leg kick.
Chai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Chai ducks right into an uppercut from Honda Jr.
Piston Honda Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai misses with a hook. Honda Jr ducked under it nicely.
Honda Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Honda Jr misses with a body shot.
Chai walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chai misses with a body punch
letting Honda Jr counter with a right hand.
Chai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chai lands a leg kick that knocks Honda Jr off balance momentarily.
Honda Jr throws a right hand that Chai ducks under and follows up with a left that Chai also avoids with ease.
Honda Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Honda Jr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chai unleashes a big counter combination but Honda Jr bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Chai delivers a nice body kick.
Chai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chai scores with a kick to the body.
A left lands for Honda Jr.
Chai checks a leg kick.
Chai throws a low kick but Honda Jr moves out of range easily.
Honda Jr throwing a counter right hand but Chai manages to avoid it.
Honda Jr slips a jab and a cross from Chai.
Chai on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chai scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That kick from Chai tenderised Honda Jr's leg. Honda Jr is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Honda Jr.
Chai moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Chai scores with a hook to the body. Honda Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda Jr pushes Chai away with a front kick.
Honda Jr swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chai counters with a nice body kick.
Honda Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chai was well out of range. Poor timing from Honda Jr.
Chai throws a poor cross that misses
and Honda Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Honda Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chai throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Honda Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Honda Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Honda Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Chai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Honda Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chai throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Honda Jr throws a looping overhand right but Chai ducks down to avoid it.
Chai lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Honda Jr at a distance.
Chai scores with a push kick.
Honda Jr scores with a nice head shot.
Chai lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Honda Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Montserrat Chai is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Chai is rocked!
Honda Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chai is still on wobbly legs! Can Honda Jr finish him?
Chai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honda Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Honda Jr misses with a head kick.
Honda Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Chai counters with a good, hard body kick but Honda Jr shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Montserrat Chai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chai has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Montserrat Chai!
In his post fight interview, Montserrat Chai gave a big smile as he said 'Gimme another fight, don't care if it's short notice. I will fight anybody!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quentain Martell (ranked 328 p4p, 489 weight class) and Mordor Mettovaara (ranked 53 p4p, 74 weight class). Martell comes to the cage accompanied by I Pledge Allegiance (Nate Dogg ft. Pharoahe Monch). 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 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quentain Martell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mordor Mettovaara!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martell slaps away a takedown attempt from Mettovaara, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mettovaara misses with a looping left.
Mettovaara scores with a spinning back kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Mettovaara.
Martell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mettovaara throws a combination. Martell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Quentain Martell has been cut.
Mettovaara shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good standup being displayed there by Mettovaara as he connects with a hook.
Martell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Martell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mettovaara gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Martell decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mettovaara's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mettovaara has his foot on Martell's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Martell works his way back into a safe position though.
Mettovaara has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martell can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mettovaara tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mettovaara looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Martell passes into half guard.
Martell looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Martell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mettovaara actively working from the bottom here.
Martell wants to free his trapped foot but Mettovaara is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Mettovaara has a hand on Martell's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Martell takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
We've been hearing that Martell has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mettovaara is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Martell looking to finish Mettovaara with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mettovaara!
Martell controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara taking shots to the head.
Mettovaara wants to control but Martell is having none of it.
Martell can't control as he wanted to and Mettovaara manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Mettovaara has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mettovaara has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Martell is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice strikes from Martell there.
Mettovaara is trying to get back to full guard.
Martell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Martell prevents Mettovaara from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Martell lands a nice short elbow.
Mettovaara is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martell pulls his head out easily.
Martell is keen to just control but Mettovaara is a slippery customer.
Martell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Martell with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mettovaara looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mettovaara tries to roll over but Martell keeps him under control.
Martell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
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 Quentain Martell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quentain Martell's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mettovaara staying out of range there.
Mettovaara throws a big counter head kick but Martell avoids it with no problem.
Mettovaara misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mettovaara 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 Martell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mettovaara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martell.
Mettovaara changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Martell blocks a head kick by Mettovaara.
Martell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Martell is looking for a counter combo.
Martell lands with a nice body kick.
Mettovaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mettovaara thumps Martell with a low kick.
Mettovaara looks to land a right hand but Martell moved out of range.
Mettovaara motions for Martell to come forward. Mettovaara throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mettovaara takes a swing at Martell's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Mettovaara.
Martell throws a big counter combination but Mettovaara scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mettovaara throws a head kick but Martell moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Martell misses its target.
Mettovaara loads up on a big right hand but Martell slips the punch.
Martell appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mordor Mettovaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters circling a little - Mettovaara finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mettovaara lands a jab to Martell's midsection.
Mettovaara takes a swing at Martell's ribcage but misses.
Martell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mettovaara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mettovaara looks to land a left hand but Martell moved out of range nicely.
Mettovaara throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Martell.
Mettovaara lands a two punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Mettovaara.
Martell feinted with a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Mettovaara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara tried to score with a low kick but Martell checks it.
Mettovaara misses with a low kick.
Martell appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mettovaara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Martell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mettovaara throws a sloppy head kick and Martell moves out of range easily.
Martell shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mettovaara is trying to defend but Martell finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ground and pound from Martell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara manages to get to full guard.
Martell is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Martell won't allow Mettovaara to sweep him here.
Martell stays in close to Mettovaara's body and controls the position.
Martell wants to control from the top but Mettovaara keeps moving.
Mettovaara isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Martell stacks Mettovaara on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Martell!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mettovaara is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Martell off and has taken his back!
Martell tries to roll but Mettovaara sticks to his back.
Well, with Mettovaara on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Martell is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Mettovaara doesn't have the hooks in and Martell manages to turn into his guard.
Martell wants to control from the top but Mettovaara keeps moving.
Mettovaara throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mettovaara is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mordor Mettovaara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Quentain Martell's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Mettovaara misses with a body punch
and Martell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Martell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martell misses with a wild body shot.
Mettovaara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Martell.
Mettovaara throws a head kick that Martell semi-blocks.
Martell avoids the body shot from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara thuds his shin into the meat of Martell's side.
Mettovaara lands a head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mettovaara dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mettovaara throws out a loose jab but Martell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mordor Mettovaara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mettovaara throws a nice looking combination but Martell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It looked like Martell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mettovaara throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mettovaara throws a lazy body kick
and Martell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martell drives through with a takedown into guard.
Martell wants to control from the top but Mettovaara keeps moving.
Martell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mettovaara looking for subs off his back but Martell has passed one foot through into half guard.
Martell takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell drops an elbow to the side of Mettovaara's head.
Mettovaara tries to roll over but Martell keeps him under control.
Martell working the head and body with strikes.
Mettovaara is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Quentain Martell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martell content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara tries to get to full guard but Martell has control of the leg.
Martell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mettovaara does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Martell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mettovaara trying to hold on to Martell's head to control him but Martell postures up.
Martell is trying to control the action in half guard but Mettovaara is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mettovaara wants to improve his position but Martell is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mettovaara has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Martell. Oh but Mettovaara has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Martell goes limp - he's gone! Mettovaara jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mordor Mettovaara!
Mordor Mettovaara 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Spicoli (ranked 16 p4p, 78 weight class) and Luca Li Citra (ranked 4 p4p, 13 weight class). Spicoli's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Money Buy Drugs. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeff Spicoli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Luca Li Citra!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li Citra wants to clinch.
Spicoli is looking to score with low kicks.
Spicoli misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Li Citra! But no joy.
Spicoli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Li Citra 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.
Li Citra throws a predictable looking body shot
and Spicoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Li Citra cracks Spicoli with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Spicoli moves out of range of the strikes.
Li Citra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good shot there by Li Citra.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li Citra cracks Spicoli with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Li Citra takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice shot lands for Li Citra.
A head kick misses from Spicoli.
Li Citra chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li Citra throws a body punch but Spicoli moves out of range.
Li Citra keeps Spicoli at a distance using the push kick.
Spicoli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li Citra misses with a hook
and Spicoli finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Li Citra blocks a low kick nicely.
Li Citra with a nice calf kick.
Li Citra has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Li Citra there as he acknowledges the shot.
A swing and a miss from Li Citra.
Li Citra lands with a good body shot.
Spicoli takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab by Li Citra.
Spicoli misses with a low kick.
Li Citra misses the shot to the body.
Spicoli throws a quick counter head kick but Li Citra was just out of range.
Li Citra lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li Citra tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spicoli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra rushes Spicoli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spicoli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li Citra backwards.
Li Citra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spicoli misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spicoli.
Knees to the body from Li Citra.
Spicoli gets through Li Citra's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Li Citra lands a body punch.
Li Citra blocks a body shot from Spicoli.
Li Citra effectively controlling the action here.
Spicoli swings wildly with an uppercut but Li Citra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li Citra working aggressively here.
Li Citra works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Li Citra misses with a knee to the head.
Spicoli misses with a knee strike.
Spicoli breaks the clinch.
A shot to the body from Li Citra misses
and Spicoli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've been told by Spicoli's head coaches at Globo Gym (5000) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Spicoli moves out of range as Li Citra throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Li Citra.
Spicoli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Li Citra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spicoli throwing a counter right hand but Li Citra manages to avoid it.
Spicoli slips under a jab from Li Citra.
A counter left hand to the body from Spicoli misses its target.
Spicoli throws a hook but Li Citra blocks it.
Li Citra throws a right hand that misses
and Spicoli counters with a slapping leg kick.
Li Citra misses with a right hand
and Spicoli counters with a stiff right hand.
Li Citra getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Li Citra throws a hook to the side of Spicoli's head but Spicoli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Li Citra lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spicoli misses with a kick to the body.
Li Citra throws a lazy right hand but Spicoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spicoli checks the leg kick nicely there.
Li Citra moves into the clinch.
Li Citra throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Li Citra.
A short right from Spicoli.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li Citra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li Citra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spicoli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Spicoli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Li Citra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Li Citra fails to land.
Li Citra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spicoli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spicoli lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li Citra.
Spicoli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spicoli lands a nice knee to the body.
Li Citra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spicoli lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spicoli.
Spicoli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li Citra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Li Citra blocks a body shot from Spicoli.
Li Citra misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Luca Li Citra will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fighters circling - Li Citra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Spicoli is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Luca Li Citra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spicoli moves away from the strike by Li Citra.
Spicoli throwing a counter right hand but Li Citra manages to avoid it.
Li Citra throws a leg kick
and Li Citra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Li Citra shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Spicoli goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Li Citra.
Spicoli was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Spicoli walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Li Citra checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jab, jab by Li Citra - just one landing.
Li Citra misses with a left hand
and Spicoli counters with a straight right hand.
Spicoli throws a body punch but Li Citra moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li Citra throws an overhand right that lands on Spicoli's shoulder, as Spicoli tries to avoid the shot.
Spicoli misses with a hook.
Li Citra shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Li Citra misses the jab.
It looked like Spicoli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donk. Li Citra catches Spicoli right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spicoli misses with a two punch combination.
Li Citra slips under a jab.
Spicoli throws a half hearted mid kick.
Li Citra throws a hook but Spicoli avoids it easily.
Li Citra throws a chopping leg kick but Spicoli manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It looked like Spicoli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Li Citra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Li Citra moves in looking to clinch but Spicoli pushes him off.
Li Citra misses with a straight left.
Li Citra misses with a hook. Spicoli ducked under it nicely.
Li Citra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spicoli attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Li Citra tries to clinch there but Spicoli circles away.
Li Citra with a jab.
A punch combination from Li Citra misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A low kick from Li Citra is predictable there
and Spicoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spicoli punishes Li Citra's body with a nice straight punch.
Li Citra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spicoli swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Spicoli misses with a hook.
A nice side step and Li Citra releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
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!
Spicoli swings for the body but Li Citra moves out of range.
Luca Li Citra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spicoli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Li Citra.
Spicoli throws a hook but Li Citra avoids it easily.
Li Citra connects with a leg kick.
Li Citra throws out a loose jab but Spicoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li Citra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Li Citra missing with a left hand there. Spicoli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Li Citra ducks under a wild hook from Spicoli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli scores with a decent looking hook.
A big left from Spicoli misses.
Li Citra feints a counter leg kick.
Li Citra throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Spicoli swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Li Citra moves into the clinch.
Li Citra slowing the pace effectively.
Spicoli takes a knee right on the jaw!
Li Citra is pushing Spicoli up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Spicoli lands an uppercut.
Spicoli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li Citra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li Citra throws a punch but it's blocked by Spicoli.
Li Citra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li Citra scores with a shoulder strike.
Li Citra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Li Citra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Li Citra pushes Spicoli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spicoli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Spicoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra misses with a punch on the inside.
Spicoli lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Li Citra working aggressively here.
Spicoli misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Li Citra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spicoli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li Citra has a couple of punches blocked by Spicoli.
Li Citra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spicolis head.
Li Citra throws a head punch that misses.
Spicoli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spicoli tries to land knees in the clinch but Li Citra avoids the damage to the body.
Li Citra lands a nice uppercut.
Li Citra lands with a light punch inside.
Li Citra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spicoli is trying to break the clinch but Li Citra has him pressed against the cage.
Spicoli throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Li Citra.
Spicoli breaks the clinch.
Li Citra misses with an uppercut. Spicoli saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Li Citra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Li Citra cracks Spicoli with a good jab.
Li Citra lands a jab.
Spicoli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spicoli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Li Citra.
Spicoli tried to counter with a leg kick but Li Citra avoided it.
Li Citra doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Li Citra attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Spicoli moves out of range of the leg kick from Li Citra.
Li Citra forces Spicoli back against the cage and clinches.
Spicoli lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Luca Li Citra has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spicoli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Spicoli misses with a punch on the inside.
Li Citra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Li Citra lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spicoli blocks an uppercut.
Li Citra misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Li Citra fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spicoli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li Citra's elbow.
Li Citra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Li Citra as the two fighters clinch.
Li Citra has a couple of punches blocked by Spicoli.
Spicoli is looking to break free of the clinch but Li Citra has double underhooks.
Li Citra pushes Spicoli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li Citra lands with a left to the head.
Li Citra avoiding damage as Spicoli throws knees to the body.
Li Citra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Li Citra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Spicoli's face.
Li Citra scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jeff Spicoli has been cut.
Li Citra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Spicoli's face.
Spicoli tries to break the clinch but Li Citra is controlling the position.
Li Citra throws a punch but it's blocked by Spicoli.
A short uppercut from Li Citra.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li Citra lands a knee to the head.
Li Citra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Spicoli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Li Citra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spicoli tries to break free but Li Citra pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli tries a knee to the head but Li Citra blocks it.
A short uppercut from Li Citra.
Li Citra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Li Citra cracks Spicoli with a nice body shot.
Li Citra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Li Citra has a couple of punches blocked by Spicoli.
Li Citra lands a knee to the head.
Li Citra scores with a hook to the body.
Li Citra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spicoli backwards.
Li Citra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Li Citra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spicoli is rocked!
Li Citra tries to work over Spicoli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oh Spicoli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Li Citra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Spicoli seems to have got his legs back now.
Li Citra scores with a knee to the head.
Li Citra pushes Spicoli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spicoli looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Spicoli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spicoli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Li Citra lands with a short shot to the head.
Li Citra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li Citra misses with the head strike.
Spicoli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spicoli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li Citra's elbow.
Li Citra tries to land knees in the clinch but Spicoli avoids the damage to the body.
Li Citra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Li Citra scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Li Citra.
Spicoli tries a body shot but Li Citra blocks it.
Li Citra wants to stall.
Li Citra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spicoli lands a nice uppercut.
Spicoli putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Li Citra in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Luca Li Citra seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spicoli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li Citra can't find room to land a body shot as Spicoli controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li Citra digs a right hand underneath Spicoli's ribcage. Spicoli let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Li Citra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spicoli blocks it with crossed arms.
Li Citra blocking some punches.
Li Citra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Spicoli lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li Citra trying to land knees to the body.
Spicoli missing with knees to the body.
Spicoli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Li Citras head.
Spicoli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li Citra avoids it.
Li Citra has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Spicoli scores with a hook to the body.
Li Citra's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Li Citra tries to land a knee to the head but Spicoli blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spicoli misses with a body punch.
Spicoli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Li Citra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spicoli manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Li Citra really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Spicoli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Li Citra misses the target.
A counter left hand to the body from Spicoli misses its target.
Spicoli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spicoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spicoli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Li Citra.
Spicoli slips a straight right by Li Citra.
Li Citra walks forward, straight into a front kick from Spicoli.
Li Citra throws a body kick that misses
and Spicoli counters with a nice body shot.
Li Citra has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spicoli.
Li Citra looks to land a left hand but Spicoli moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spicoli throws a lazy right hand but Li Citra sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Li Citra looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spicoli drops his hands momentarily and Li Citra takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Spicoli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Spicoli ducks under a wild hook from Li Citra.
Spicoli throws a head kick that misses.
Li Citra is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Spicoli with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spicoli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Li Citra takes a swing at Spicoli's ribcage but misses.
Li Citra listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Spicoli misses with a looping left.
Li Citra tries to clinch up but Spicoli circles away and keeps his distance.
Li Citra pushes Spicoli up against the cage in a clinch.
Li Citra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Li Citra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spicoli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spicoli has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spicoli struggles to land a body shot inside as Li Citra controls his hands.
Spicoli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Li Citra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spicoli backwards.
Spicoli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Li Citra misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Li Citra.
Li Citra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Spicoli fails to land.
A short right from Li Citra.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spicoli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spicoli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Li Citra swings wildly with an uppercut but Spicoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spicoli misses with the head strike.
Spicoli lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spicoli.
Spicoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spicoli blocks an uppercut.
Li Citra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Spicoli can't break the clinch.
A short right from Li Citra on the inside.
Li Citra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spicoli misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li Citra.
Li Citra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Li Citra.
Li Citra throws a punch but it's blocked by Spicoli.
Li Citra has Spicoli pressed against the cage, preventing Spicoli from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Spicoli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Spicoli checks a leg kick.
Spicoli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Li Citra.
Li Citra fails in his attempt to clinch.
Li Citra rushes Spicoli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spicoli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Li Citra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spicoli manages to break the clinch.
Li Citra thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Li Citra backs away, Spicoli returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Li Citra looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra is looking to chop away at Spicoli's legs.
Spicoli seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Li Citra misses with a hook. Spicoli ducked under it nicely.
Spicoli takes one to the side of the head.
Li Citra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li Citra misses with some punches.
Li Citra lands a hook that snaps the head of Spicoli backwards.
Spicoli is trying to break the clinch but Li Citra has him pressed against the cage.
Li Citra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Li Citra fails to land.
Spicoli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spicoli misses with a punch to the body.
Spicoli tries a body shot but Li Citra blocks it.
Spicoli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Li Citra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spicoli.
Spicoli connects with a nasty looking knee right to Li Citra's face.
Li Citra lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Li Citra dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Spicoli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Li Citra with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jeff Spicoli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luca Li Citra is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Spicoli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A bone on bone clash there as Spicoli blocks the leg kick.
Li Citra misses with a hook.
Spicoli half committed to a counter leg kick.
Spicoli is looking to score with low kicks.
Li Citra thumps Spicoli with a low kick.
Spicoli throws a hook but Li Citra blocks it.
Li Citra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spicoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Li Citra.
Spicoli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li Citra bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spicoli swings for the body but Li Citra moves out of range.
Li Citra is looking to clinch but Spicoli is avoiding it.
Nice straight punches there by Li Citra. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Li Citra.
Li Citra scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li Citra misses with a looping right.
Li Citra scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Li Citra moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Spicoli throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Li Citra tries to clinch but Spicoli moves out of range.
Spicoli lands with a hook. Li Citra tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Li Citra tries to clinch but Spicoli moves out of range.
Li Citra bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spicoli's head.
Li Citra lands a jab to Spicoli's midsection.
Li Citra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Li Citra looks to clinch
letting Spicoli counter with a right hand.
Li Citra connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li Citra is looking to clinch but Spicoli is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spicoli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Spicoli misses with a hook. Li Citra ducked under it nicely.
Li Citra changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Spicoli looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A low kick lands for Li Citra.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li Citra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spicoli misses with an attempted mid kick.
Spicoli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Li Citra misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Spicoli on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Li Citra tries to clinch but Spicoli moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Spicoli misses the target.
Li Citra takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Li Citra is out of range and Spicoli settles back down.
Li Citra checks the leg kick.
Spicoli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Li Citra.
Li Citra changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Li Citra throws a lazy right hand but Spicoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Li Citra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Li Citra throws a head kick but Spicoli moves out of range.
Spicoli is looking for a counter combo.
Li Citra scores with a jab to the jaw.
Spicoli has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Spicoli misses with a looping left.
Li Citra drives through and clinches with Spicoli against the cage.
Li Citra blocks a body shot from Spicoli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli is trying to push Li Citra away but Li Citra has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Spicoli is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Spicoli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Spicoli is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Li Citra is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li Citra.
Spicoli tries to throw a body punch but Li Citra avoids it by throwing Spicoli back against the cage.
Spicoli lands a body shot in the clinch.
Spicoli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Spicoli.
Spicoli throws a punch but it's blocked by Li Citra.
Li Citra managing to block the knees to the body from Spicoli.
Spicoli misses with a punch on the inside.
Spicoli goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luca Li Citra comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Li Citra has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 45:50
Judge James Glass scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luca Li Citra!
Luca Li Citra is the new light heavyweight champion!
Luca Li Citra seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Jeff Spicoli had this to say: 'Bogus!! That was my skull!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Bits (ranked 6 p4p, 54 weight class) and Swag Sitsongrit (ranked 1 p4p, 6 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tim Bits!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Swag Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bits counters with a left to the body.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bits sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sitsongrit checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bits looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Bits moves away and avoids it.
Bits swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bits is looking to land body kicks.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Bits is out of range.
Bits with the inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bits misses with a straight right.
Bits throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bits takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bits punishes Sitsongrit's body with a nice straight punch.
Sitsongrit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bits.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Bits throws a body kick.
Bits looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jab from Sitsongrit.
Bits misses with a looping left.
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!
Bits moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
Bits stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Bits with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sitsongrit to score with a decent uppercut.
Bits lands a head shot.
Sitsongrit with the inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bits keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Bits.
Sitsongrit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bits jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bits throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit jabs at Bits's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Bits checks it.
Bits throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bits misses with a head kick.
Bits misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An attempted straight right counter from Bits misses the target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a body kick.
Sitsongrit ducks right into an uppercut from Bits.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Bits moved out of range nicely.
A leg kick checked by Sitsongrit.
Bits fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bits lands a nice looking body shot.
Bits throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Bits blocks it.
Bits lands a leg kick that knocks Sitsongrit off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Bits avoids it.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bits at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Sitsongrit misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bits misses the target.
Bits throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Bits lands with a good body shot.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Bits feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bits fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sitsongrit checks it well.
Bits takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bits catches Sitsongrit with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bits throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bits throws a right hand that misses
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Tim Bits seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bits ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Bits misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Bits moved out of range nicely.
Bits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bits sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bits.
Bits scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bits avoids the head kick by Sitsongrit.
Bits bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bits is looking to land body kicks.
Sitsongrit lands a jab.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Bits sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sitsongrit takes one on the button.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice strike.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sitsongrit checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Bits's shoulder, as Bits tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Bits throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sitsongrit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bits throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Bits throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bits cracks Sitsongrit with a good jab.
Sitsongrit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bits under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bits slips a jab from Sitsongrit.
Bits moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit has Bits up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bits fails to land.
Bits's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bits dips to his left and cracks Sitsongrit with an uppercut!
Sitsongrit walks into a straight right hand from Bits.
Bits is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bits.
Sitsongrit takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
Bits throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bits tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bits fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bits throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bits looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Bits shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bits.
Bits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Bits.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tim Bits will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bits thumps Sitsongrit with a low kick.
The crowd cheers as Bits lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sitsongrit doesn't seem phased though.
Bits throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Both fighters circling a little - Bits finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bits looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good work by Sitsongrit as he checks the leg kick.
Bits displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit defending well as Bits loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bits. That did some damage!
Bits looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A swing and a miss from Bits.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bits.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Bits throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bits.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bits sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bits throws a wild body kick that Sitsongrit sees coming a mile off.
That kick from Bits tenderised Sitsongrit's leg. Sitsongrit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bits throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bits throws a leg kick but Sitsongrit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Bits moves out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bits scores with the left hand. Sitsongrit knows he should have avoided that one.
Bits has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Bits takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Bits blocks it.
Bits appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bits throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Nice shot by Bits.
Bits works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Bits.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
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 throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bits throwing a counter right hand but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bits.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bits throws a body kick that misses
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Bits.
Bits sets himself, and Sitsongrit steps forward looking for the clinch! Bits avoids it this time.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a jab when Bits was well out of range.
Bits displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Bits was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Bits throws a body kick.
Bits ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Nice shot lands for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit motions for Bits to come forward. Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Bits wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sitsongrit connects with a nice looking jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bits does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bits takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Bits is out of range.
Bits throws a low kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bits.
Bits throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Bits ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Bits misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Bits - just one landing.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Bits.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Bits ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Bits moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Bits is just out of range.
An inside leg kick from Bits misses.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Bits is out of range.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bits. That's going to slow Sitsongrit down.
A bone on bone clash there as Sitsongrit blocks the leg kick.
Bits doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Bits moves out of range easily.
Bits uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Bits's shoulder, as Bits tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bits takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bits moves away.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bits's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bits cracks Sitsongrit with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bits doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bits lands a head shot.
Sitsongrit stuns Bits with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bits throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick, looking for Bits's leg but Bits calmly moves out of range.
Sitsongrit checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bits.
Decent striking displayed by Sitsongrit there.
Bits throws the kick towards the body but Sitsongrit avoids it.
It seemed like Sitsongrit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bits breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit wants to clinch up but Bits keeps it at a distance.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to Bits's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bits looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit lands a right hook to the body.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Bits's shoulder, as Bits tries to avoid the shot.
Bits throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tim Bits will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.
Swag Sitsongrit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tim Bits is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bits misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bits.
Sitsongrit appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A low kick lands for Bits.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Bits sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Bits does it's job there.
Bits steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Bits misses with a left hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bits sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from Sitsongrit misses.
Bits lands a body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Bits avoids it easily.
Bits gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bits.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sitsongrit! But no joy.
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!
Bits avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bits scores with a nice strike.
Bits tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bits lands a leg kick that knocks Sitsongrit off balance momentarily.
Bits is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Donk. Sitsongrit catches Bits right on the button with a cross.
Bits scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bits. That's going to slow Sitsongrit down.
Sitsongrit lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bits scores with a jab to the head.
Bits walks into a jab.
Bits throws a leg kick but Sitsongrit sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sitsongrit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bits fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bits lands a head shot.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bits sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bits staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sitsongrit steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bits. That one must have hurt.
Bits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Bits throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bits connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bits lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sitsongrit at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Bits fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sitsongrit just manages to avoid it.
A big right from Bits misses.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bits throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit needs to keep his hands up - Bits had a free shot at his head there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bits.
An inside leg kick lands from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into Bits's ribs.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Bits moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bits misses the target.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bits throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sitsongrit takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bits jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bits with a nice cross.
Bits avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bits connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Bits moved out of range nicely.
Bits checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bits tests Sitsongrit's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bits misses with a leg kick
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Bits scores with a jab to the head.
Bits bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Bits moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Bits on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bits lands an overhand right.
Sitsongrit keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bits comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bits uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Bits's front leg with a kick but Bits checks it.
Bits throws a shot to the body.
Bits lands a leg kick that knocks Sitsongrit off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but Bits avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid body kick from Bits.
A cross from Bits lands.
Bits misses with a leg kick
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick from Bits, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Bits.
Bits swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bits ducks right into an uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Bits looks for the body kick but Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Sitsongrit with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bits to score with a decent uppercut.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bits moves away.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bits slips a straight right by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Bits moved out of range.
Nice shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Bits.
Nice shot lands for Bits.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Bits fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sitsongrit.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bits lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sitsongrit has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sitsongrit and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bits slips under a jab.
Bits takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Bits showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bits, 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Bits!
Tim Bits retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, Tim Bits thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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